The Blues Train

The Blues Train has recovered from a cold winter to return to the rail next month. The experience is a beauty. You have four different themed carriages with different seating configurations.

Leading Ladies

If there’s two ladies leading the forefront for women it film, Jennifer Lawrence and Amy Schumer are certainly front runners for the title. In only our wildest dreams they’d work together on a film and, unless we’re in a coma of sorts, that has become a firm reality according to the New York Times, as the duo are reportedly writing a screenplay in which they play sisters.

Hitch Your Lagwagon

Remember early 2015? Suspenders were the ‘must-have’ fashion item, dancing was the new craze and Lagwagon toured Australia as part of Soundwave.

Life is Beautiful

In the early ’90s, sisters Vikki Thorn and Donna Simpson, along with Josh Cunningham, formed The Waifs out of Albany, Western Australia.

Top Off the Cash Crop

If Forbes is good for anything, it’s making the rest of us feel as if we haven’t accomplished a single thing. The feeling has been felt further with Forbes’ highest paid actor list being released.

The Great Divide

Fresh-faced Geelong outfit Modern Divide will be headlining a show at the Worker’s Club this Saturday night, September 19.

Music, Mirth & Meredith

Big Daddy Kane, Bully, Father John Misty, Floating Points, Fatback Band, GL, Goat, Harvey Sutherland, Jessica Pratt, Julia Holter, Levins and Lucy Cliché, The Peep Tempel, Master Khalil Gudaz, MC Jane Clifton…

Close Your Eyes, The Witch Is Coming

Hands up who looks suspenseful creepy movies? All those with hands down, please step aside. After winning the ‘Best Director’ award at Sundance Film festival this year The Witch has released the trailer and it’s terrifyingly brilliant. This is all about the supernatural folklore with a bit of creepy goat action thrown in – check it out.

Spare a Thought for Cooper Lower

Warrnambool’s Cooper Lower is a young singer-songwriter you may want to keep an eye on. Influenced by the likes of John Butler, Ed Sheeran and Lewis Watson, the soulful acoustic muso began chipping away at the guitar when he was 12.

A Glass of Lemonade

Dylan Joel is about as driven and focused as they come. The Melbourne hip hop star not too long ago crossed the finish line on the massive 47-­date tour he undertook with Seth Sentry and DJ Sizzle, and now he is eyeing a headlining run – his first solo tour.

They’re Heading for Soundwave

With their new album Node running hot, it was a no-­brainer for Soundwave to send out an invite to Northlane.

Cruel to be Kind

With several dates crossed off on their current run, by the time The Preatures arrive in Forte territory they should be in mighty fine form.

Geelong Nightlife Reinvigorated

Regardless of your opinions of the current state of Geelong’s nightlife, things are set to amp up with the renovations for the Little Malop St area and updates to the Geelong Hotel (formerly known as the Bended Elbow/Bended).

Ya Dirty Bums

Statistics show that three out of five people will suffer from bum grubs at some point in their life. It could be your dad, your mum, your sister or brother.

AWME Second Round Artists

Now in its eighth year, the AWME showcases a diverse line up of roots music over two days in Melbourne.

Love Those Residuals

Geelong-based alternative rockers Residual love nothing but a good time. And it won’t get better than this when the band takes in a date at Geelong’s Workers Club on September 9 with Revolution and Children of the Sun.

Excuse Me While I Kiss the Sky

On September 18, 1970, the world lost Jimi Hendrix. While there will be readers who will know little of the man, most will know of the riffs – Purple Haze, Hey Joe, Little Wing, Foxy Lady and Voodoo Chile.

The Eastern

The Eastern in Ballarat has a few gigs to keep an eye on this month. Kicking off tomorrow night, September 4, you have The Hunted Crows.

Down by the River

As you probably know, The Drones are in celebration mode. It has been ten years since the group released Wait Long by the River and the Bodies of Your Enemies Will Float By, the band’s second album and the one that really got things going for the Melbourne via Perth outfit.

Get Your Frock On

October means more than just a few months until Christmas, it’s also a month where donning your finest dress for Frocktober (a not-for-profit organisation raising funds and awareness for ovarian cancer research) is common-place. Adding to the usual events, the Australian International Tea Expo are throwing a Frocktober Morning Tea on October 17 with all proceeds going to the Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation. Visit australianteaexpo.com.au for more information.

Hey Joe, What Do You Know?

Crafted at Abbey Road Studios, The Age of Entitlement is the new album from The Basics.

Love In A Box

Ah, the humble goon. It’s the choice of drink for when you have no choice of drink.

Rumble in the Jungle

There will be very few among us who haven’t been found guilty of singing the wrong lyrics to a song at some point in our lives.

Melbourne Music Bank 12 Finalists

Time to put your hands together and give a big round of applause for the 12 finalists of the Bank of Melbourne competition Melbourne Music Bank, allowing an emerging musician the chance to win a bounty of prizes.

 

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