The Push Beat All Ages Column

Wednesday 10 February 2010
With Vanja Bezbradica

Vanja here, your new Beat columnist and all ages guru! To start off with a quick introduction: I am a final year journalism student and currently part of the The Push FReeZACentral mentoring program for 2010; a festival tragic and think that Matt Bellamy is my hero. I look forward to being your one stop shop for everything all ages! Thanks to outgoing all ages columnist Ash Munsinghe who has enlightened us on the awesome world of hardcore and other heavy treats for the last 5 months!

With the summer festival season slowly wrapping up I was starting to get a little depressed about the lack of outdoor music festivals to get me through the winter season. You can only imagine my happiness when I saw the line up for Groovin’ The Moo. The folks over in Bendigo have pulled off a killer line up and best of all it’s for festival heads of all ages! That’s right kids pencil May 1 into your diaries, put your studies on hold, get your winter coats ready and head straight for the paddocks as headliners Vampire Weekend, Tegan & Sara, Grinspoon, Silverchair and Empire of The Sun cure our winter blues! For all the details head to www.groovinthemoo.com.au.

Meanwhile for all of you love birds Valentine’s Day is on Sunday! I on the other hand will be kicking it in the sunshine at Festival Sunday, the final day of the St Kilda Festival. The Push, FReeZA and the Cities of Port Phillip, Stonnington, Kingston and Bayside are holding a fully supervised all-ages drug/alcohol/smoke-free music stage at the festival. Come and get crazy with rock/ambient favourites City Escape, hardcore six piece Sienna Skies, rockers The Kalaharies and Triumphs of Oriana, dance outfit The Electric Stranger and four young sisters of rock lotah. The show kicks off at 12.00pm.

Great news for House Vs Hurricane fans! The local heavy favourites announced an U18 show at the Corner Hotel on April 9 as part of their Perspectives album tour. Their much anticipated debut studio album will be released on March 5. Get your tickets asap at www.cornerhotel.com.

I know most of us are guilty of bobbing along to Taylor Swift on our i-Pods. I am proud to admit that I have had my fair share of Swifty sing-a-longs. The country phenomenon brings her Fearless tour to Rod Laver tonight.

On the other side of town, fresh from winning the first Grammy of their career for best hard rock performance for War Machine, high voltage rockers AC/DC long awaited return to Melbourne is finally here with three epic shows at Etihad Stadium. I have my mosh ticket for the Thursday night show and I’m ready for some serious rock and roll!

Until next week - I am off to practice my best Angus Young impersonation.

PS. Don’t forget to grab your Push Over tickets! They are being snapped up faster than ever. This week, MzRizk and DJ n.Cision join the list of awesome Aussie hip hop acts to perform at the festival.

All Ages Timetable Frenzy

Saturday 7 February – Saturday 13 February
Live & Local, St Kilda Festival, Free, for set times go to: www.stkildafestival.com.au, AA

Wednesday 10 February – Thursday 11 February
Taylor Swift, Rod Laver Arena, 7.30pm $99.00, Ticketek: 132 849, AA

Thursday 11 February – Saturday 15 Monday February
AC/DC, Etihad Stadium, 6.00pm, $99.00-$149.00, Ticketmaster: 136 100, AA

Sunday 14 February
The Push Stage w/ City Escape, Sienna Skies, The Kalaharis, Triumphs of Oriana, The Electric Stranger, lotah, St Kilda Festival, 12.00pm-4.45pm, Free, for set times go to: www.stkildafestival.com.au

Mista Savona + Prince Alla, Footscray Community Arts Centre, $5.00 (adults) kids free, 3.00pm-5.30pm, www.footscrayarts.com, AA

Dreams Of Leaving, Missing Link Records Instore, 1.00pm, free, AA

Tuesday 16 February
The Motown Event w/ The Four Tops, The Temptations, Mary Wilson of The Supremes + more, Rod Laver Arena, 8.00pm, $185, Ticketek: 132 849, AA

For more like this, head to www.thepush.com.au.

Please submit your listings via whatson@thepush.com.au by 10am Wednesdays.

triple j UNEARTHED BAND ANNOUNCED FOR PUSH OVER FESTIVAL

triple j and The Push are pleased to announce the winning band in the Push Over Unearthed band competition.

Melbourne indie rock duo Big Scary, will join over 30 of the best Aussie indie, hardcore and hip hop acts playing at Push Over, on Sunday 7 March at The Abbotsford Convent in Melbourne.

The pair are playing a number of dates launching their new EP, At The Mercy of the Elements in Sydney and Melbourne in the lead up to the all ages live music festival.

The band was hand-picked by the good music folk at triple j and Unearthed from a slew of Victorian bands who uploaded their music onto the Unearthed site.

Head to http://triplejunearthed.com/bigscary to hear and read more about them!

For more info head to www.thepush.com.au / www.myspace.com/thepushinc, call (03) 9380 1277 or email push@thepush.com.au

Want A Market Stall @ Push Over?

Expressions of interest are open for market stall holders for Push Over, all ages live music festival, Sunday 7 March, 2010 at The Abbotsford Convent, Melbourne!

Push Over brings together young music lovers from around Victoria, and will feature over 30 of the best current crop of Aussie indie, hardcore, heavy and hip hop bands!

To host a market or food/beverage stall, download an application via www.thepush.com.au/html/whatsnew.

For further questions please contact Sarah at The Push via push@thepush.com.au or phone on (03) 9380 1277.

Applications close 5pm Friday 19 February.

triple j UNEARTHED PUSH OVER COMPETITION

If you want to be part of the Push Over 2010 Festival, here's your chance!

triple j Unearthed and The Push are offering one lucky band from Melbourne the awesome opportunity to not only attend the 2010 Push Over Festival, but also play!

The winning band will play alongside over 30 of the best Aussie punk, hardcore, indie and hip hop acts including, new addition Coby Grant, plus already announced, 50 Lions, Carpathian, Dash & Will, Horrorshow, Kisschasy, The Mission In Motion, The Sundance Kids, Urthboy, Yacht Club DJs, Yves Klein Blue and many more!

To be in the running, bands need to upload their tracks onto the Unearthed website by Sunday 7 February, or if they have tracks on the site already, are automatically eligible.

The winning band will also receive a $250 performance fee and a prime timeslot at the festival!

For terms and conditions, head to the triple j Unearthed website http://www.triplejunearthed.com. Competition goes live January 13.

Push Over 2010 is proudly presented by The Push, triple j, jmag and Fasterlouder and supported by MySpace Music, FReeZA, FReeZACentral, Victoria Rocks, Victorian State Government, Plakkit, Speaker TV, Mistake Clothing, Oz HipHop.com, Take This Pic, Afends, This Is It, Kill Your Stereo, Bombshellzine and Broken Glass Online.

Event Details:
Push Over Festival
Sunday 7 March, 2010 ,12midday – 8pm
@ The Abbotsford Convent, 1 St Heliers Street, Abbotsford, Melbourne, Victoria

Featuring:
50 Lions, 8 Bit Love, Anon Speak, Arrowfield, Ayera, B Wiv Deece, Barking Sparrows, Bidla, Break Even, Built on Secrets, Carpathian, City Escape, Coby Grant, Dash & Will, Heroes for Hire, Horrorshow, I Explode Like, In Trenches, Kisschasy, Lovers Grave, Masketta Fall, Regular John, Sheer Abandon, The Cactus Channel, The Creep Team, The Houses, The Mission In Motion, The Sundance Kids, Urthboy, Vixia, Wherewolves, Yacht Club DJs, Young Heretics, Yung Philly, Yves Klein Blue, plus MC, DJ & Breakin’ Battles

Tickets:
$30+ bf on sale now from www.moshtix.com.au, www.oztix.com.au, Ticketek 132 849
$40 at door if not sold out
Push Over is an All Ages, Fully supervised, Drug, Alcohol & Smoke-Free Event
Markets, MySpace Music Artist Signing Area, Food Court (including Vegetarian) & more

For more info head to www.thepush.com.au / www.myspace.com/thepushinc, call (03) 9380 1277 or email push@thepush.com.au