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4 February 2015
Ballarat legends, The Dead Salesmen, are re-releasing their 1998 album Amen to vinyl through Heart of the Rat Records. Hap,…
4 February 2015
Ballarat legends, The Dead Salesmen, are re-releasing their 1998 album Amen to vinyl through Heart of the Rat Records. Hap,…
4 February 2015
Over the past couple of years, Jordan Riddle has become a household name in the Geelong region. Whether it’s the…
4 February 2015
Bendigo’s Music Man has found a great new way to help promote local talent, and it’s taking place on the final day of summer. As well as tunes, the family-friendly day will feature jumping castles, an online auction and raffles. The all-ages part of the event kicks off at midday with Detention. Stacy – V, Necron 99, Path of Destruction and Sisters Doll will follow.
31 January 2015
One of Geelong’s brightest celebrations takes place next month. Presented by Diversitat, Pako Festa is a day full of fantastic fun, music, dance and food. Expanding on that a little, Pako Festa is a street party combining cultural food, folk dancing, the famous Pako parade, workshops, art exhibitions, multicultural craft displays and entertainment on three world music stages in a 1-kilometre stretch.
30 January 2015
Motor City Music Festival has announced its fourth and final line-up release, ‘The Live and Local Line Up’ and it…
30 January 2015
Geelong Hip-Hop duo Spit & Mac have announced their debut album, ‘The Hourglass’ will be released on the 19th February….
30 January 2015
Werribee Park will host a fine selection of the country’s finest country music artists as part of February’s Live on the Lawn. Lining up you have Lee Kernaghan, Kasey Chambers, Adam Brand, Morgan Evans and Deep Creek Road. Wyndham City’s Mayor, Bob Fairclough: “Live on the Lawn is all about experiencing a wonderful live music event at one of Victoria’s most loved historic venues for a great picnic day with family and friends.
29 January 2015
GUIGUISUISUI may well become your favourite music-maker out of China. Combing elements of blues, punk, rock, hip hop, noise and 8-bit music, GUIGUISUISUI is the talents of zombie bluesman GUIGUISUISUI, his master and tormenter, King Necro, and his alter-ego, the self-absorbed rap-rock demigod, Lord Kamemameha. So as not to confuse matters, GUIGUISUISUI is just one man in three parts – DIY superstar Dann Gaymer.
29 January 2015
In 1995, Sydney guitar-based indie-rock outfit Bluebottle Kiss released their debut album, Higher Up the Firetrails. Recording for the release began in late 1994 on the day frontman Jamie Hutchings turned 23. You may have heard Jamie has been up to other things, mainly new project Infinity Broke. Following a successful Pozible campaign, the band will release their second album, Before Before, in April.
28 January 2015
The 2015 Groovin’ The Moo line up has landed and features a heap of our favourite Aussie acts and a…
26 January 2015
The Smith Street Band is celebrating the beginning of a new year the only way they know how – by getting high and seeing everyone. The tour is another chance for the band to show off their latest release, Throw Me in the River. Speaking with the Sydney Morning Herald, frontman Wil Wagner said: “We’re a live band more than a recorded band, maybe, so I guess it was just more time to try and capture that. But I’m very happy with how it sounds. I hope that it’s the best thing that we’ve done.”
24 January 2015
Next month Geelong will raise a glass to the Great Australian Beer Festival. Entering its third year, the festival is bigger than ever, with some 200 craft beers and ciders on offer. As well as being spoilt for choice when it comes to beer, the festival is putting the finishing touches on their Tastes of the Region foodie menu. There will also be plenty of entertainment, with the festival thrilled to welcome a comedy stage in 2015.
24 January 2015
Widely recognised as the premier Celtic festival in the Southern Hemisphere, the National Celtic Festival is a step inside seven unique Celtic lands. While it’s a little early to be able to give you too much news (seriously, we would if we could), we do know the festival takes place from June 5 through June 8. Our own Tex Miller spent time there last year: “There is a well-kept secret on the Bellarine Peninsula: on a wintery long weekend in June…
23 January 2015
Like all classic stories, the life of Gramps began in a shed in Port Fairy. Back then they were just teenage punks belting out tunes inspired by the weirdness and boredom that surrounded them. They recorded and released a self-funded album they probably thought would go nowhere. However, track ‘Glitter Eyed Girl’ was submitted to triple j Unearthed. It won the local comp and the band headed into the studio to re-record the track.
23 January 2015
Bareback Titty Squad – now there is a band name the whole family can get behind. If this isn’t a name that rings a bell, think about that triple j Hottest 100 mash-up. Yep, that was them. Within 48 hours the band was on the front page of reddit and YouTube among others. The band so dirty they’ll try anything twice, they then did a mash-up of DJ Mag’s Top 100 DJs. Beatport, NME and DJ Mag were among the 50+ publications gushing over the lads.
23 January 2015
The Odyssey has another huge Australia Day planned. Along with celebrating the triple j Hottest 100 countdown, they will be running the hottest 100 Aussie Craft Beers countdown. The Beer Garden (one of the better ones in the region!) will be abuzz with groups of people of all ages enjoying a safe, fun and unique Australian Day celebration.
23 January 2015
Next month, Celtic-flavoured punks The Rumjacks will take to the road with a bunch of new songs in their swag. One of the new tracks is ‘Blows & Unkind Words’, which has been steadily clocking up the views on YouTube. One song is great, an album’s worth is even better. On February 6 the band will release Sober & Godless, their second full-length album.
23 January 2015
Boys are made of snips and snails and puppy dog tails; girls are made of ROCK. Queens of Noize is a female-fuelled rock extravaganza that originated out of Bendigo. It made its Melbourne debut in 2014 and in 2015 will make stops in Sydney and Newcastle, with plans to swing by Adelaide and Brisbane at some point as well. Here we focus on Bendigo. Such is the amount of rock involved the event has to take place over two nights.
22 January 2015
Australia Day Eve at Geelong’s Eureka Hotel is an absolute corker, with Timmy Trumpet, Airwolf and Brynny among those set to perform. You would be doing well to find a busier DJ in the business than Timmy Trumpet. Juggling some 200 shows per year, including major festivals and international dates, Timmy barely finds the time to put up his feet.
22 January 2015
Cosmic Psychos and The Go Set are teaming up for the greatest punk rock show on earth. Is that an exaggeration? Maybe, but you wouldn’t want to bet against it. Taking more hits than Rocky, Cosmic Psychos have soldiered on no matter what they have come up against. They have been at it since 1982, releasing their debut album, Down on the Farm, in 1985. And they’ve made friends with the best in the business along the way.
22 January 2015
Let’s have one last look at one of 2015’s early treats – the Newstead Live Music Festival. Held from January 23 through to January 26, the festival welcomes a fine selection of international and local artists – not bad for a historic little country town. Lining up will be Vin Garbutt, Tim Edey Trio, Martyn Wyndham-Read, Black Market Tune, The East Pointers, Scott Cook, Greg Champion, Martin Pearson, Liz Stringer…
22 January 2015
Having smashed it as support for The Mark of Cain late last year, the sounds of King of the North will continue to rumble speaker systems through until March. If you haven’t heard of these guys, you may want to start paying attention. John Garcia (Kyuss), Jimmy Barnes, Lucius Borich (COG), John Scott (The Mark of Cain) and Dave Wyndorf (Monster Magnet) are among the fans of the band.
22 January 2015
Following a successful national jaunt, C.W. Stoneking is heading out for a regional adventure. His early years saw him raised by his father in the Aboriginal community of Papunya, before relocating to Sydney when he was nine. Stoneking had a guitar in his hands by the time he was 11, and by 13 he was playing with local bands. While a student at Sydney’s Balmain High School, Stoneking stumbled upon some of his old man’s blues tapes. He became hooked.
21 January 2015
There is a hot new relationship that has started up, and it’s a hell of a lot more interesting than any relationship out of Hollywood – that of Heart of the Rat and Dead Salesmen. Heart of the Rat is a brand new independent record label based out of Ballarat that is committed to the art of making a true record. There is no bowing to trends here.
