Honest Music, Honest Gal

If there’s a lady who’s not afraid of speaking on taboo subjects, the pressure society puts on image and general personal qualms, it’s Shelley Segal. Exposing much of herself (physically and emotionally) in her music, Shelley will take to the Babushka Bar stage in Ballarat on May 29 to do just that (though with more clothes on of course). Make sure you head down and listen to the lyrics with thought, as chances are they’ll change how you see the world.

Dewayne Everettsmith

You would have heard him before as the voice of Tourism Australia’s $250 million international advertising campaign singing his song,…

Gonna Get Myself Arrested

Summer days remain with Arrester’s new EP Endless Summer Days. As a ’90s kid, Simon Connolly (aleks and the ramps,…

I’m the Wildeornes

What happens when the two guitarists/vocalists from seminal Melbourne stoner doom band Downriver (who also both spent the ’90s playing…

Gather Ye Brains Trust

So, how’s your music trivia? Do you know Van Halen’s original name? Do you know what the first CD pressed…

The New Kings of Beav's Bar

Two of the big moving new rock bands on the Australian scene at the moment are The Drop Bears and Palace of The King, and this Sunday the two bands bring their shows to Geelong for what should be an awesome early evening of new rock at Beav’s Bar.

If I Were a Carpenter

There was a time in her life when Mary Chapin Carpenter wasn’t really feeling music, so much so that she…

Do You Believe in Magic?

Yo, you heard Magic Bones’ ‘Anytime Anywhere’ yet? It would be surprising if you haven’t, considering it’s being getting a…

Tim, Have You Met The Bamboos?

Tim Rogers and The Bamboos have added a show at Torquay Hotel on June 26 and it’s all got to…

Looking Pretty

Hopefully you’re on the ball when it comes to Melbourne’s fuzz-rock-shoegrunge-shoegaze-whatever else outfit Pretty City. Throughout this month they have…

Like, Totally Massive

The story goes that one day, as daydreaming students, the members of Massive were asked what they wanted to do…

A Palace in the Sky

Formed in 2012, Palace of the King have shared the stage with the likes of The Tea Party and Airbourne,…

The Sporting Globe

It was five and a half years ago when James Sinclair and Brad Harris first opened The Sporting Globe and what would soon become a well-known and loved brand across Geelong and Melbourne. “Thinking back to those early days when we bought the first venue it was really head down bum up. It had been a failed business so we were really working hard to build some customer loyalty and have people trust in our brand as a place to dine,” James says.

When a Plan Comes Together

There are plenty more good times to be had with The Getaway Plan in 2015, the best of which is…

We Have the Cure

In 2010, when Ballarat darlings Epicure announced they would be parting ways, Rhythms Magazine asked frontman Juan Alban about his…

How the River Runs

He’s warmed himself up with a date at Bluesfest and now Ash Grunwald is hitting the road to play a…

A Bunch of Clowns

How many clowns does it take to make a hardcore band? Four. Hailing from Melbourne’s Eastern Bayside, Clowns released their…

Alpine’s Foolish Games

It takes a brave band to call their album Yuck, but Alpine don’t seem to give a hoot. Co-produced by…

A Tale of Three Cities

Three outstanding talents in Imogen Clark, Darcy Fox and Paige Renee Court have teamed up for the A Tale of…

A Friend in Need

Originally a solo project, Olly Friend stumbled upon a couple of dudes he liked in Nick Rushbrook and Tyler Crimmin…

Mmm, Nachos

Get the margaritas ready because Chicago’s Weekend Nachos are making their way Down Under in June. Sharing a name with one of the tastiest foods the world has known, the band is widely regarded as ‘powerviolence’ kings. They formed back in 2004 out of DeKalb, the same town in which Charles Bronson was formed, with the objective of making music that combined furious playing with really slow, brutal heavy parts.

Xavier Rudd & The United Nations Raise the Flag

The Rolling Stones were right when they described Xavier Rudd and the United Nations as a “beautiful celebration of a global sound”, so we’re pretty stoked such a sound is heading to Costa Hall in Geelong on September 18 and The Capital in Bendigo on September 15. The show is part of a 35-date tour in which they cross every state.

Good News For British India Fans

Good news for all those who missed out on tickets to British India in Geelong. Due to popular demand, the…

Don’t Mention the War

A dozen episodes is all it took for Fawlty Towers to become a classic TV show. In a list compiled by the British Film Institute in 2000, the chaotic sitcom topped the list, beating out the likes of Catchy Come Home, Doctor Who, Monty Python’s Flying Circus and Parkinson. In 1997, Faulty Towers the Dining Experience debuted in Brisbane. Today, eight teams of casts tour the world, bringing Basil, Cybil and Manuel into your dining room.

 

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