Wednesday 2 December 2009
With Ashan Munesinghe
Discovered a really cool young Aussie band a few days ago called The Dream, The Chase. Head to their MySpace to find some beautifully delay-driven tracks (myspace.com/thedreamthechase).
If you’re a fan of ambient-driven bands like Secret & Whisper or metal bands check out new local band The Ascension. They bring together ex-members from The Bright Star Alliance, minus the screaming. Find the, add them, favourite them and whatever else he wants you to do with them via myspace.com/wearetheascension.
New local gigs announced this week include Shout Outs South East, hip hop extravaganza featuring Killah Queenz, Phinesse, Timomatic, Child’s Play, Baby Steps and more at the Springvale Town Hall on December 11, plus the following night at the Sunbury Youth Centre, The Big Nite Out, showcases the fine talents of Sweet Kicks, Check Your Smile, Break The Skies, DJ Brad and DJ O.
Looking into the new year, recent international announcements include Paramore, hitting Festival Hall on February 23, and AFI, hitting the same venue the following night.
Additionally, Alexisonfire have also just announced a Soundwave Sidewave show with Comeback Kid and Anti Flag. Definitely a show for the old hardcorers! Rx Bandits, Glassjaw and Motion City Soundtrack will support Sunny Day Real Estate in another Sidewave, and similarly, that show will be something of the old emo, the way it was, and the way it needs to be again. Both sets of tickets go on sale on December 9 at 9am sharp. Tickets will probably get snapped up within a week of on sale, so I wouldn’t wait on anything if you really want to be there.
The all ages house party crew, I Oh You, are back this weekend for another edition with live bands Neon Love, Comic Sans and some quick fix DJs (including members from Young & Restless). You will have to email secrethouseparty@hotmail.com for the secret, (not so secret), location.
Speaking of Neon Love, a friend asked me if I wanted to listen to them a few days ago. Being the post-hardcore/emo/screamo kid that I am, I blew it off at first, then had a quick listen to Skin and was blown away. Keep Us In the Dark is their debut album and the influences seem to come from everywhere. It’s amazing!
If you’re like me, it’s time to get back to watching the addictive first few episodes of True Blood, and eagerly await the Sienna Skies debut release to drop! Catch you guys and gals later, peace and love, as always, and forever.
All Ages Weekend Timetable Frenzy
Thursday 3 December
Shire of Campaspe & Teknique present Get Your Dance On, featuring Teknique DJs, at Fontera Centre, Echuca, 10am-12pm, Free, AA
Thursday 3 December
Hilltop Hoods at Festival Hall, 7.45pm, $48, Ticketmaster: 136 100, AA
Saturday 5 December
Hindmarsh Youth Music & Cultural Events present the final FReeZA Push Start Battle Of The Bands Regional Final for the year with Barking Sparrows and RockNHorse, at Nhill Community Centre, Nhill, AA
Saturday 5 December
I Oh You Secret House Party featuring Neon Love, Comic Sans and Quick Fix DJs, Richmond, $10, AA
Thursday, December 3, 2009
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.
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.
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
The Push and Fiasco Productions present.. The Red Shore
After supporting Bring Me The Horizon and Cancer Bats earlier this year, and following the release of their debut album The Lost Versus, The Red Shore bring their shredding brutality to The Evelyn’s stage for two shows, Friday 11 (18+) and Saturday 12 (U18) December, supported by The Push and Fiasco Productions.
The Red Shore has given birth to some of the most iconic songs on the Australian metal and hardcore landscape of late, including Sink or Swim, Pulling Teeth and Misery Hymm - influencing many other younger bands in the process.
Adelaide’s answer to the technical brutality of The Red Shore, Nazarite Vow, will support alongside Sydney’s young all ages hardcore-stars Sienna Skies, Melbourne’s hot new kids I Explode Like and promising core-kids Feed Her To The Sharks. Additionally, the unmistakably groovy tunes of Electrik Dynamite have a spot on the over 18s show, while local FReeZA champions My Own Enemy will cover the unders.
The Push & Fiasco Productions present
The Red Shore, Nazarite Vow, Electrik Dynamite, Sienna Skies, I Explode Like, Feed Her To The Sharks - Friday 11 December (18+) - Doors 8pm
The Red Shore, Nazarite Vow, Sienna Skies, I Explode Like, Feed Her to The Sharks, My Own Enemy - Saturday 12 December (U18) - Doors 1pm
Tickets $17 presale from www.moshtix.com.au or $22 at the door if not sold out
@ The Evelyn, 351 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy
Head to www.thepush.com.au\ for more info!
The Red Shore has given birth to some of the most iconic songs on the Australian metal and hardcore landscape of late, including Sink or Swim, Pulling Teeth and Misery Hymm - influencing many other younger bands in the process.
Adelaide’s answer to the technical brutality of The Red Shore, Nazarite Vow, will support alongside Sydney’s young all ages hardcore-stars Sienna Skies, Melbourne’s hot new kids I Explode Like and promising core-kids Feed Her To The Sharks. Additionally, the unmistakably groovy tunes of Electrik Dynamite have a spot on the over 18s show, while local FReeZA champions My Own Enemy will cover the unders.
The Push & Fiasco Productions present
The Red Shore, Nazarite Vow, Electrik Dynamite, Sienna Skies, I Explode Like, Feed Her To The Sharks - Friday 11 December (18+) - Doors 8pm
The Red Shore, Nazarite Vow, Sienna Skies, I Explode Like, Feed Her to The Sharks, My Own Enemy - Saturday 12 December (U18) - Doors 1pm
Tickets $17 presale from www.moshtix.com.au or $22 at the door if not sold out
@ The Evelyn, 351 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy
Head to www.thepush.com.au\ for more info!
Sunday, November 22, 2009
JOIN THE PUSH OVER STREET TEAM
Want to join the The Push promotions and marketing team? The Push is seeking enthusiastic young alternative music lovers from around Victoria who would like to help promote our all ages live music festival Push Over, Sunday 7 March, 2010 at the Abbotsford Convent, Melbourne. 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.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
The Push Beat All Ages Column
With Ashan Munesinghe
The amazing Vixia, barely out of school, blew the roof off at the FReeZA Push Start Southern Metropolitan Regional Final at the Brighton Town Hall last weekend. Vixia drew the crowd in and set the night on fire with stunningly ambient renditions of old pop songs. Their costumes - duck-tape and all, were also something to behold!
Astral Flight, first to take the stage, brought an army of support and won the door prize. The Lost Boys, who followed, shook the floor with a blend of hip hop and metal like no other. Isles did the same, but in a more melodic way, while California Rise wooed the punters with piercings, tattoos and heavy rock melodies. The guitarist from Call it Conspiracy had a blast on stage, his band mates soon followed suit, and the place went off. Lost Pacific, who played last, won maximum merit for their friendliness and interactivity, but there could only be one winner. Vixia took first place and will join The Houses, Masketta Fall, The Cactus Channel and five other finalists (to be announced) at the FReeZA Push Start Final at Push Over Festival, March 7 at the Abbotsford Convent. Just announced, the festival, will feature 30 bands for 30 bucks, including 50 Lions, Lovers Grave, Kisschasy, I Explode Like and many more. Hip hop acts, MCs, DJs and breakers are invited to register for battles throughout the day via thepush.com.au. Tickets for Push Over are available now through Moshtix, Oztix and Ticketek.
I Exlope Like will also join California Rise, Summer of Betrayal, My Own Enemy, A Fate Worse Than Death and Beyond Redemption at Pakenham Town Hall on December 18.
My Own Enemy will join Nazarite Vow, Sienna Skies, I Explode Like and Feed Her to The Sharks in supporting The Red Shore as they bring their shredding brutality to The Evelyn’s stage for an under 18’s show December 12, tickets from moshtix.com.au.
After shows in South East Asia and the United States, Parkway Drive are back home with their Sick Summer Tour, hitting Melbourne in February with Confession and Word Up. Confession also play The Evelyn this weekend!
All Ages Weekend Timetable Frenzy
Friday 20 November
Pearl Jam, Ben Harper & Relentless7 and Liam Finn, Etihad Stadium
Hilltop Hoods, Schweppes Centre, Bendigo, 8pm
Gippsland FReeZA Push Start Regional Final featuring Arrowfield, Shock Therapy and The Thieving Gypsies, Traralgon Town Hall, Traralgon
Saturday 21 November
Hume FReeZA Push Start Regional Final featuring Avera, Elisa Card, Executor, Samson, Smoking Aces and Temporal Logic, Alexandra Secondary School Hall, Alexandra
The Funkoars, Mind Over Matter, Coptic Soldier and Phat Chance, YMCA, Wangaratta, 7.15pm
Sunday 22 November
Confession, Evelyn Hotel, 2pm
Please submit your listings via whatson@thepush.com.au by 10am Wednesdays.
The amazing Vixia, barely out of school, blew the roof off at the FReeZA Push Start Southern Metropolitan Regional Final at the Brighton Town Hall last weekend. Vixia drew the crowd in and set the night on fire with stunningly ambient renditions of old pop songs. Their costumes - duck-tape and all, were also something to behold!
Astral Flight, first to take the stage, brought an army of support and won the door prize. The Lost Boys, who followed, shook the floor with a blend of hip hop and metal like no other. Isles did the same, but in a more melodic way, while California Rise wooed the punters with piercings, tattoos and heavy rock melodies. The guitarist from Call it Conspiracy had a blast on stage, his band mates soon followed suit, and the place went off. Lost Pacific, who played last, won maximum merit for their friendliness and interactivity, but there could only be one winner. Vixia took first place and will join The Houses, Masketta Fall, The Cactus Channel and five other finalists (to be announced) at the FReeZA Push Start Final at Push Over Festival, March 7 at the Abbotsford Convent. Just announced, the festival, will feature 30 bands for 30 bucks, including 50 Lions, Lovers Grave, Kisschasy, I Explode Like and many more. Hip hop acts, MCs, DJs and breakers are invited to register for battles throughout the day via thepush.com.au. Tickets for Push Over are available now through Moshtix, Oztix and Ticketek.
I Exlope Like will also join California Rise, Summer of Betrayal, My Own Enemy, A Fate Worse Than Death and Beyond Redemption at Pakenham Town Hall on December 18.
My Own Enemy will join Nazarite Vow, Sienna Skies, I Explode Like and Feed Her to The Sharks in supporting The Red Shore as they bring their shredding brutality to The Evelyn’s stage for an under 18’s show December 12, tickets from moshtix.com.au.
After shows in South East Asia and the United States, Parkway Drive are back home with their Sick Summer Tour, hitting Melbourne in February with Confession and Word Up. Confession also play The Evelyn this weekend!
All Ages Weekend Timetable Frenzy
Friday 20 November
Pearl Jam, Ben Harper & Relentless7 and Liam Finn, Etihad Stadium
Hilltop Hoods, Schweppes Centre, Bendigo, 8pm
Gippsland FReeZA Push Start Regional Final featuring Arrowfield, Shock Therapy and The Thieving Gypsies, Traralgon Town Hall, Traralgon
Saturday 21 November
Hume FReeZA Push Start Regional Final featuring Avera, Elisa Card, Executor, Samson, Smoking Aces and Temporal Logic, Alexandra Secondary School Hall, Alexandra
The Funkoars, Mind Over Matter, Coptic Soldier and Phat Chance, YMCA, Wangaratta, 7.15pm
Sunday 22 November
Confession, Evelyn Hotel, 2pm
Please submit your listings via whatson@thepush.com.au by 10am Wednesdays.
Monday, November 16, 2009
DJ, MC & BREAKIN' BATTLES AT PUSH OVER - REGISTER HERE
MCs, DJs and breakers have the opportunity to be part of The Push’s signature all ages live music festival Push Over, Sunday 7 March, 2010, at The Abbotsford Convent.
The Push It! hip hop arena will feature headline artists Urthboy (Elefant Traks/The Herd) and Horrorshow plus the freshest underground Melbourne hip hop acts, MC battles, DJ battles and three-on-three breakin' battles throughout the day.
Sign up for battles and showcases via www.thepush.com.au by Friday 4 December, 2009.
For more info head to www.thepush.com.au, call (03) 9380 1277 or push@thepush.com.au.
Monday, November 9, 2009
The Push’s signature all ages live music festival Push Over returns to The Abbotsford Convent on Sunday 7 March, 2010. As always, Push Over will feature over 30 acts across four stages, and some of the best current crop or upcoming “next big things” on the Australian indie rock, hardcore and hip hop scene! Now in its 18th year, Push Over provides one of the hottest and freshest summer line ups on offer - as voted by young people from around the state!
Live acts (in alphabetical order) for the 2010 event include: 50 Lions, Break Even, Built on Secrets, City Escape, Dash & Will, Heroes for Hire, Horrorshow, I Explode Like, Kisschasy, Lovers Grave, The Mission In Motion, The Sundance Kids, Urthboy, Wherewolves, Yacht Club DJs, Young Heretics and Yves Klein Blue; plus nine FReeZA Push Start battle of the bands Regional Final Winners, and multiple MCs, DJs and break-dancers battling it out in the Push It hip hop arena.
Keeping the event way more affordable and accessible than other music festivals thanks to the generosity of the bands, the ticket price will remain at just $30 presale ($40 on the door, if not sold out). Tickets go on sale Monday 16 November from www.moshtix.com.au, www.oztix.com.au & Ticketek 132 849! Tickets for the 2009 festival sold out so don’t miss out and get in early.
Push Over is proudly supported by The Push, triple j, FReeZA, FReeZACentral and Victoria Rocks.
Event Details:
The Push & triple j present
Push Over Festival
Sunday 7 March, 2010
12midday – 8pm @ The Abbotsford Convent, 1 St Heliers Street, Abbotsford, Melbourne, Victoria
Tickets $30 + bf presale from www.moshtix.com.au, www.oztix.com.au & Ticketek 132 849 or $40 at door if not sold out. On sale Monday 16 November 2009.
Push Over is an All Ages, Fully supervised, Drug, Alcohol and Smoke-Free Event
For more info head to www.thepush.com.au, call (03) 9380 1277 or email push@thepush.com.au
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