Geoff Achison plays the Soul Train
By TERRI LEE FATOUROS IF YOU haven’t taken time out to catch Geoff Achison and his band, The Souldiggers, then stop procrastinating and go see them. They are brilliant. With Gerry Pantazis on drums and two ex-members of Little River Band – bassist Roger McLachlan, and keyboardist Mal Logan morphing harmoniously within structured songs, giving rise for Achison’s unique guitar virtuoso to ad-lib during performances, it’s enthralling, to...
The fabulous Jackson Four
By TERRI LEE FATOUROS Peter Jackson is the dynamic, high-octane front man of The Jackson Four, yep four, not 4, and showbiz ain’t no stranger to him either. When you grow up in England with a father, Peter ‘Hank’ Jackson working at Abbey Road Studios for a decade from 1960 on, during the Beatles era, you’re going to meet some pretty interesting people. As a young boy, Jackson met The Beatles several times while waiting for his dad in...
International Womens Day at MOTH
By LACHLAN BRYAN Looking ahead at the Mornington Peninsula’s live music calendar for 2016, it’s hard to go past the lineups scheduled for Music on The Hill, Red Hill’s monthly listening party at the football club pavilion. Especially impressive is the lineup scheduled for International Womens Day on March the 4th, headlined by Sally Seltman, one of Australia’s most successful and underrated songwriters. The artist often known as New...
Frenzal Rhomb
By ANDREW DIXON There’s no more quintessentially Aussie punk rock band than Frenzal Rhomb. They’ve had their music banned from the Aussiest of Aussie radio stations, Triple J, led the Vans Warped Tour around the country and opened for some of the century’s biggest punk acts like Blink 182, NOFX and Bad Religion. Lead singer Jason “Jay” Whalley’s even had on-air verbal shitfights with Austereo personalities Kyle and Jackie O. As...
Artist profile : Emilee South
By LACHLAN BRYAN There are few more exotic locations I can think of than Melbourne’s Northern suburbs. Ok, that’s not quite true – maybe Hawaii is a little more exotic, but only by a whisker. Then again, perhaps Paris gets the nod over both – thanks to a few hundred years more history and some more expensive shops. Well, if you can’t decide between the three, maybe you should simply check out the music of Emilee South – who has honed...
The Beautiful Girls
The Beautiful Girls have announced they will be heading to The Grand Mornington on Friday 8 January as part of their annual Summer SoundSystem outings. Lead singer Mat McHugh has said that the band will perform again after a 9-month-long hiatus in which the singer/songwriter released his critically acclaimed album WAVES. The album was available to fans as a free download. It’s been a tumultuous year for Mat, who had to cancel the...