Moonee Tunes at The Valley
The Reach Foundation and The Valley are thrilled to announce Moonee Tunes – their first music festival extravaganza – to be held at the The Valley (Moonee Valley Racecourse) on Friday 8th April. An action-packed, all ages evening of music with all funds raised going towards the Reach Foundation who do amazing work to support young people within the Victorian and New South Wales communities. The stellar line up is headed up by...
Sammy Owen Blues Band
By TERRI LEE FATOUROS It’s bound to be a good fit when a left-handed lead guitarist finds a lefty bassist. Enter the Sammy Owen Blues Band. Owen, lead vocalist, met Michael Landells – a left handed Fender Precision 1978 bass player – over six months ago, hitting it off and gigging together since. Being younger musicians, both men endevour to keep the blues tradition alive by expressing the music with their unique bent. Liam Kealy adds...
Violent Soho’s Waco
Having spent the last eight months recording and mixing their forthcoming record at The Shed studios in Brisbane with producer Bryce Moorhead, it’s fair to say that the four friends from Mansfield that are Violent Soho have been putting in the hard yards to make sure that the follow up to 2013’s breakout album Hungry Ghost is not only up to par with its predecessor, but builds upon it. Hungry Ghost, released in September 2013 was a...
Rudimental Return
Rudimental will return to Australia and New Zealand this May to play their biggest headline shows to date, joined on tour by fellow UK powerhouse Jess Glynne plus local talent Thandi Phoenix for all Australian shows. The UK four-piece have gone from strength to strength with the release of 2015’s We The Generation, celebrating the album’s release with a near-sell-out global tour that included a string of sold out Australian headline...
Hugo Race
By TERRI LEE FATOUROS Hugo Race and his band The True Spirit recently returned from a three-month world tour, which saw them gigging to sell out venues pretty much everywhere. Race has been honing his musical signature for many years, lending his name to numerous bands including world famous, Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds and The Wreckery. The line up in The True Spirit is rather spectacular, with remarkable musicians who, having...
Strawberry Records
By BILLY DIXON We all know the music scene on the Mornington Peninsula can be a little… well, let’s just say sparse, from time to time. If you’re one of the few lucky enough to get gigs, it’s highly likely you’re a classic pub-cover band or rock musician. And there’s nothing wrong with that – if you’re making it doing what you love, you’re onto something and should stick with it. But as Seth Sentry pointed out to me in...