A Good Time Tonight
16 October 2015
Joyfully remembering making bad decisions, falling in love and getting lost, ‘Good Times’ is the new single from hard-working, hard-playing seven-piece folk revivalists The Bon Scotts.
16 October 2015
Joyfully remembering making bad decisions, falling in love and getting lost, ‘Good Times’ is the new single from hard-working, hard-playing seven-piece folk revivalists The Bon Scotts.
16 October 2015
Taking place this Saturday, October 17, at Geelong’s Barwon Club, the Mane Event is a musical festival that aims to raise awareness of mental health issues.
16 October 2015
Paradise Music Festival have today announced the second round of acts that will perform at their 2015 incarnation. Completing the 2015 lineup will be Roland Tings, Flyying Colours, The Infants, Leisure Suite, Deer, Alta, Neighbourhood Youth, Misty Nights, Nutrition and IO.
15 October 2015
Marlon Williams (along with his band the Yarra Benders) has a date with Geelong’s Workers Club on December 10. The New Zealand crooner, who is currently based in Melbourne, is having a dream run at the moment.
15 October 2015
Did you know that American singer-songwriter JD McPherson is heading to Theatre Royal, Castlemaine on February 20, 2016? We know it’s a while off, but four out of five dentists suggest that people like plenty of time to make decisions.
15 October 2015
No, not the chocolate flavoured kind, Custard the band that haven’t released new music for 16 years – until now that is. Titled Come Back, All is Forgiven, the album recorded over a weekend has 11 new songs to get into. Chances are you’ll also hear them when they play at the Toff in Town on December 5.
15 October 2015
The Peninsula Picnic is back for their sophomore outing. Roll out your picnic rug and sample the best food, wine and produce from Peninsula favourites, all while listening to the dulcet sounds of Missy Higgins, Kim Churchill, Darren Middleton, Timberwolf and Ruby Whiting.
15 October 2015
Born Lion hits The Loft, Warrnambool tomorrow night, October 16. Pete Murray has a date with the Torquay Hotel, Torquay on October 17, while The Hunted Crows make Bendigo’s Music Man their home on October 17.
15 October 2015
The 10th birthday celebrations continue for Golden Plains with the line up officially announced for the 2016 festival. Eddy Current Suppression Ring were already announced to perform a special anniversary celebration for GP after not playing for six years. The band were also on the very first line up for festival numero uno, so it’s celebrations all round.
15 October 2015
In a new innovative work by emerging artists, the theme of abandonment will be explored through a fusion of audio, visual and sensory experiences. Held at the Deakin University Project Space on October 15 – 17 (with performances at 7pm and 8.30pm) tickets are a mere $10 to support the blossoming talents of young artists in Geelong.
15 October 2015
Jeez, it must be pretty okay living in Geelong. Next month we see the introduction of Streetlife, Geelong’s first laneway festival, and it’s looking like being a ripping new addition to the festival family.
14 October 2015
It seems anything Sticky Fingers touches it turns to gold, and while the track ‘Ghost Town’ by The Specials was already pretty amazing, the Stick Fingers have made us love it that little bit more. Yes, it was possible.
14 October 2015
Melbourne-based singer songwriter Fatai Veamatahau came to our attention in the first season of The Voice, placing as a semi-finalist. Penning a deal with Mercury Records Australia, she spent the next two-and-a-half years under their guidance before deciding her future looked brighter as an independent artist.
14 October 2015
Things are changing in the food scene in Geelong, and it’s all for the better. The newest venue to open is Centra, previously known as the Carrington Hotel, the newly renovated space has a rustic Italian menu and a modern ‘urban ruin’ design.
14 October 2015
Dallas Frasca and her musical brothers Jeff Curran and Josh Eales are soon to hit the road with those beautifully hair-rich men known as The Beards, but once that run of shows wraps up they will soldier on for some headliners. And among these headliner dates are ones on Forte turf – Torquay Hotel, Torquay on November 6 and The Loft, Warrnambool on November 14.
14 October 2015
Slaughterhouse started as a rap battle between Joe Budden and Royce da 5’9”. From there a respect grew, and along with Crooked I and Joell Ortiz they appeared on Budden’s 2008 album Halfway House. The track, ‘Slaughterhouse’, became the group, and they would release a self-titled album independently in 2009.
14 October 2015
Rainbow Serpent Festival has quickly received a cult following with 15,000 attendees dancing across the four days of the festival each year.
14 October 2015
If only we meant Kevin Parker was really in your bedroom, pulling the sheets up around your chin to keep you warm. Instead, the second best thing comes with the ‘Bedtime Mix’ Kevin made for Phil Taggart’s BBC Radio One show featuring artists like Panda Bear, Air, Frank Ocean and Gotye. “Making a chilled-out playlist is not something I do regularly, but having been asked to do it, I’m looking back at the playlist now, and I may actually put this on tonight when I go to bed.”
14 October 2015
There’s the old saying of ‘taking time to smell the roses’ in this case orchids are the flowers of choice and you’ll certainly have an endless amount to smell and admire. The Ballarat Orchid Show will take place over October 16-18 at the Primary Industries Training Center in Wendouree.
14 October 2015
A week before the event was meant to happen, the organisers of Soulfest have cancelled the festival.
13 October 2015
In a glorious story of how the internet uncovers all, an alleged list of the Pulp Fiction original casting short lists have arisen, and they hold some pretty interesting results. Mostly that John Travolta was a (strong) runner up to Michael Madson, and Uma Thurman wasn’t even listed for Mia and neither was Bruce Willis for Butch. Um, what?
13 October 2015
The John Steel Singers, Money for Rope, Immigrant Union, East Brunswick All Girls Choir, The Harlots, Cove, Forever Sun, Brother James, Karl S. Williams, Crossfire Hurricane, Spiral Arm, Blackwood Jack, Sheriff, Rough River, TSUN, ORB and Mangelwurzel are the dear darlings that make up the Kennedys Creek Music Festival, October 24 & October 25.
13 October 2015
In 1983, David Bridie formed Not Drowning, Waving with John Phillips. Combining elements of rock, ambient and world music, the band released a handful of albums and soundtracks before disbanding in 1994.
13 October 2015
The finishing touches are being put to the Lorne Film Festival, with submissions closing tomorrow, October 16. The inaugural event took place in 2013, which received over 1000 submissions before 29 films were screened across the festival’s duration.
