Meredith Arrives
8 December 2016
Oh joyous time, Meredith has arrived. Going to a festival can be pretty tough work, what with organising your time and making sure your friend Ryan doesn’t forget the sleeping bags.
8 December 2016
Oh joyous time, Meredith has arrived. Going to a festival can be pretty tough work, what with organising your time and making sure your friend Ryan doesn’t forget the sleeping bags.
8 December 2016
Dorsal Fins have emerged with their brand new video ahead of hitting the road for a string of shows.
8 December 2016
Melbourne-via-Torquay septet King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard have always had a thing for out-of-the-ordinary album titles. Past example
s include I’m In Your Mind Fuzz, Paper Mâché Dream Balloon and even their most recent LP, April’s endlessly looping Nonagon Infinity. With the announcement of their ninth album, however, it seemed as though the Gizz had truly outdone themselves with the mouthful that is Flying Microtonal Banana. Just try saying that three times fast.
8 December 2016
Sunday afternoons are never easy. Maybe you’ve spent the morning out and about, or you’re nursing a hangover from a big Saturday night, and as the time goes on, it looms on you that soon it will be the dreaded return to work with a full week ahead.
8 December 2016
Diving head-first into a crowd of people while screaming the high notes of a brooding track sounds like a rare feat. But for Hayley Mary, lead vocalist of Sydney’s beloved four piece The Jezabels, it doesn’t even require a second thought.
8 December 2016
Tickets are limited, with only 700 available
8 December 2016
Kingswood have emerged from hibernation with a new album under their arm, ready to take on Australia with a national tour.
7 December 2016
Boogie festival has lifted the veil off their first acts for 2017.
6 December 2016
Life couldn’t be better for UK game changers Glass Animals. Since the release of their highly anticipated follow up album, How to Be a Human Being, the mild-manner quartet from Oxford have become the toast of the town, in almost every city in the world, including the city of love – and this is where Forté Mag found drummer Joe Seaward strolling along the canals.
6 December 2016
Get your sea legs ready, Melbourne.
6 December 2016
Brenden Boslem aka Bozza is an upcoming Indigenous hip-hop artist from Cardwell in far north Queensland.
5 December 2016
What do artists such as Moby, Fatboy Slim and Led Zeppelin all have in common? At some point in their career they all covered or interpreted classic folklore songs to create something genuinely unique to their own style. In terms of current acts that still provide this focus on freshly interpreted folk songs, Australia’s own Bush Gothic is incomparable.
4 December 2016
Andy Layfield is a blues guitarist, harmonica, singer and songwriter, exploring his passion for music through both solo performances and with his four piece band The Andy Layfield Sound. Forté chat to Andy about his sound, upcoming performances and a future album.
3 December 2016
Forté chat to vocalist and guitarist Joshua Peasley from the Geelong’s pop/punk band Phoenix Avenue.
2 December 2016
One of the parties of the year that leads into the holiday season is the Veeped JERK-mas party.
2 December 2016
Geelong’s Great Australian Beer Festival is back this summer at Geelong’s Racecourse for its fifth, and set to be the biggest year yet, according to festival director Michael Ward.
2 December 2016
The Pleasure Garden should be at the top of your festival list this December. Coined as an immersive, creative arts and music feast set in a picturesque parkland, this one will be a delight for the senses and a treat for the soul – so to speak. It’s been said that The Pleasure Garden will change you, so here is the low-down of what to expect.
2 December 2016
Melbourne’s very own folk pop twins are set to travel around the country and give fans a taste of both new and old material.
1 December 2016
The boutique electronic festival Inner Varnika has released their dates and first act for 2017.
1 December 2016
The Drunken Poachers are heading back to Geelong.
1 December 2016
The Bruthen Blues & Arts Festival boasts itself on creating a massive, yet intimate community event. Held on the third weekend in February, festival chairperson Eva Grunden says the intimacy of this volunteer run festival is what sets it apart, and is the reason is it still continuing 22 years later.
1 December 2016
Can we just take a second to applaud the team from Roundhouse Entertainment?
1 December 2016
Leather is the group’s first 7″ record and comes in the wake of their last two full-length releases.
30 November 2016
Hang on to your racquets, as The Australian Open have officially upped their game for 2017 – announcing a first-class music lineup to appease the masses.
