The Push Beat All Ages Column

Wednesday 25 November 2009
With Ashan Munesinghe

So I was trolling around some of the top social networking and music sites a few days ago and found out that Brand New had posted a concert near me. Needless to say I was overjoyed, and needless to say I got straight onto borrowing my mum’s credit card. Also, needless to say that my Christmas list was made so much easier for nearly all of my best friends… it will be Brand New’s last trip to Australia and quite possibly Jesse Lacey’s last trip to Australia. That dude has loved this country like no other American artist, with the possible exception of Geoff from Thursday who is married to a lovely Australian girl. Further details at fightoffyourdemons.com (note: further details are about Brand New, not Geoff’s marriage). Check out the Brand New Australian tour blog via myspace.com/brandnew.

Congratulations to the new FReeZA Push Start Regional Final winners announced, 8 Bit Love (Northern Country), Sheer Abandon (Eastern Metropolitan), Arrowfield (Gippsland) and Ayera (Hume). The Regional Finals will finish up on December 5 at the Nhill Community Centre in the Mallee Wimmera region, in the state’s far west, and the Grand Final will be staged at Push Over Festival 2010, at the Abbotsford Convent on March 7.

The Push is seeking enthusiastic young alternative music lovers from around Victoria who would like to help promote the Push Over festival. Street teamers will be required to distribute posters and flyers in their local areas, at their school and to their friends. Teamers will receive heaps of great rewards like free tickets to Push Over, free CDs, meet and greets with the Push Over bands and other great merchandise. Please email push@thepush.com.au or call (03) 9380 1277 ASAP to register your interest before December 7.

The soundtrack to Where The Wild Things Are is amazing! I got it from the states a week ago. You can hear a taster at myspace.com/wherethewildthingsare. It’s by a band, formed just for the soundtrack, called Karen O (Yeah - Yeah Yeah Yeah’s) and the kids.

Don’t forget the all ages show by Cardinia Shire Council and Electric Productions, featuring I Explode Like, California Rise, Summer of Betrayal, My Own Enemy, A Fate Worse Than Death and Beyond Redemption on December 18 (a week from Christmas). The show will start at 6.30pm at the Pakenham Town Hall and will only be $8 at the door.

Catch you guys and gals till next time, love and peace as always… don’t all turn into werewolves now…

All Ages Weekend Timetable Frenzy

Friday 27 November
The Acacia Strain, The Red Shore, State Of East London and Beneath The Rising Tide, at TLC, 265 Canterbury Road, Bayswater, 6.30 - 10pm, $27 + bf, from Fist2Face Ringwood Fist2Face.com.au, AA

City of Casey & Spectrum Entertainment present Live n Loud featuring Behind Crimson Eyes, The Rose Line, Hereafter, My Own Enemy and As Ember Burns, at Cranbourne Public Hall, High Street, Cranbourne, 6 - 11pm, $12 - $15, AA

Wyndham City Council Youth Services & Infinite Entertainment present Youth Fest featuring Elliots llama, A Sadistic Nightmare, Passport for Amy, K3 and more, at Youth Resource Centre, 86 Derrimut Road, Hoppers Crossing, 4.30 -1 0pm, Free, AA

Shire of Campaspe & Teknique present Dance Party with DJ Strat, at Rushworth Town Hall, 6 - 10pm, $5, AA

Friday 27 November – Sunday 29 November
Queenscliff Music Festival featuring The Original Wailers, Tim Finn, Little Birdy, Marcia Hines, Bertie Blackman and many more, $166.85 - $437.40, Moshtix: 1300 438 849, qmf.net.au, AA

Saturday 28 November

Baw Baw Shire Council & FReeZA present Supanova, Free City, Dig, Joseph & Mairead, The Cool Change and Pludo, at Warragul Exhibition Hall, Howitt Street, Warragul, 2 - 6pm, $5, U18

Korumburra Buskers Festival, South Gippsland Tourist Railway, korumburrabuskersfest.com, AA

Sunday 29 November

World Supremacy Battlegrounds Urban Dance Battle, at the Arts Centre, Hamer Hall, 3pm, $55 - $110, For tickets, go to what’s on at theartscentre.com.au

For more like this, head to thepush.com.au. Please submit your listings via whatson@thepush.com.au by 10am Wednesdays.