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.
Thursday, February 11, 2010
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
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