Big Words Presents: An Afternoon at the Amphitheatre

Saturday February 13th: Fairfield Amphitheatre, Melbourne

13:00 – 21:00

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For one night only, Big Words present to you this intimate, heavily curated line up of Melbourne’s greatest emerging talent. For lovers of soul, indie and all things alternative, Big Words have gathered some very special bands for a blissful afternoon of exploration. Taking place at the stunning open-air Fairfield amphitheatre, this will be a very special show and the last before the group begin recording their debut album.

2020 was a defining year for Big Words, having released their acclaimed Mixtape ‘Cherry’ which saw them be triple j Feature Artist and caught the attention of international tastemaker media such as Wonderland Magazine, V Magazine and Earmilk.

Finally being able to return to the stage, Big Words have a reputation for pairing their music with bespoke visuals & performance art in what many describe as one of the best live shows in Australia.

There are very limited tickets so please don’t wait.

BIG WORDS

With Drake-like charisma drenched in Beach Boys harmonies – Big Words are Melbourne’s most adored duo, made up of childhood friends Will Scullin and Kieren Lee, showcasing their lush hybrid of alt R&B, indie-pop and soul.

Since being discovered busking by Ghostface Killah during Wu-Tang Clan’s 2016 tour of Australia, Big Words have gone on to amass over 9 million streams, support Hobo Johnson and Tash Sultana on their national tours and play main stage slots at some of the biggest festivals around Australia including Beyond The Valley, Grapevine Gathering and Wildlands.

Their most recent output, mixtape ‘Cherry’ was serendipitously conceived during isolation.Originally the discarded demos from Big Words’ forthcoming debut album, The Cherry Mixtape took on a life of its own during quarantine when the duo were isolated in their apartment. One evening whilst having a few drinks, they decided they would finish off some semi-formed ideas which were never otherwise going to see the light of day. Entirely self-produced and completed in just two weeks, it wasn’t long before they realised these so-called ‘offcuts’ could actually be their best body of work yet. Cherry is a fortuitous treasure, embodying Big Word’s unique ability to create contemporary music, whilst nodding to different eras.

Kieren’s eclectic writing style developed over years of busking on the streets of Melbourne, whilst Will’s signature falsetto and production style has flourished from years of writing and recording at home. Together their sound is inspired by a wide range of visionary artists like Frank Ocean, Amy Winehouse, Mark Ronson, Daniel Caesar and Khruangbin.

Site Information:

The amphitheatre will be separated into two halves of 115 patrons each. You can move around your allocated half throughout the event but cannot cross into the other seated half.

Bar and Food:

The bar will be implementing table service. Patrons can find QR codes dotted around your allocated area with a corresponding number on it. Order to this number, wait until your order arrives and show the bartender your order receipt. You can move around and use other QR codes, just edit the number when ordering to ensure your drink comes to the right place.

Praise for Big Words

“Big Words making music with such a strong vision” – Dave Ruby Howe, triple j Unearthed

“Big Frank Ocean energy” – Life Without Andy

“No longer local knowledge, the soul/R&B/funk/pop outfit has grown from its initial cult fandom” – Dreamland Magazine

“Prepare for a solid coating of goosebumps” – Forte Magazine

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Forgotten Futures is an immersive live arts event taking place at Attenborough Art’s Centre on 1st May, which will also be streamed in high quality.

TICKETS AVAILABLE FOR BOTH LIVE EVENT AND LIVE STREAM:
https://www.gigantic.com/forgotten-futures-tickets/attenborough-arts-centre/2020-05-30-14-00

TICKETS: https://www.gigantic.com/forgotten-futures-tickets/attenborough-arts-centre/2020-05-30-14-00

Forgotten Futures Festival is pleased to announce the full line up of artists for Forgotten Futures 2021, including Penelope Trappes (Houndstooth) Douglas Dare (Erased Tapes), Jo Quail (Poppy Ackroyd etc), and Gallops. They are joined by an eclectic programme of music, carefully curated from across the worlds of classical music, electronica, post-rock, shoegaze and more, creating an engaging and unusual programme of music and visual art. Forgotten Futures is a musically diverse programme of artists across a full day of immersive performances staged within spectacular environments, taking place at Leicester’s Attenborough Arts Centre’s hall, galleries and studios. The event encourages collisions between music and visual art – whether they are being created simultaneously, responded to, or forming the backdrop for each other. An accessible experimental event, it is set to be an inspiring day of artistic expression. The festival offers tickets for both the live event at Attenborough Arts Centre, and for a high quality live stream.  Performances from DOUGLAS DARE GALLOPS JO QUAIL PENELOPE TRAPPES RICH LIST ALEXANDRA HAMILTON-AYRES CEREMONY: AUDIOVISUAL ORCHESTRATIONS TOM MORRIS (HER NAME IS CALLA) ALLATSON / WASTELL / WOODHEAD (Trio) CHIEF SPRINGS EYRE LLEW NATALIE EVANS LION/S MUTED FNORD PEOPLE NEED GOALS REEDER PETER WYETH Plus curated spaces from HAIKU SALUT COURTNEY ASKEY & NANCY DAWKINS INTERACT DIGITAL ART Headliner Douglas Dare is an English songsmith whose third studio album Milkteeth was released in February 2020 on Erased Tapes Records. Dare’s music speaks of his own experiences of universal themes like love, loss and childhood. Perhaps most importantly, his music gives a voice and a sanctuary to anyone who’s ever felt unusual or out of place. Whether he’s singing of the pain of those in the Magdalene Laundries as on Whelm, describing coming out to his parents on Aforger, or processing his own childhood isolation on Milkteeth, Dare has a graceful honesty and an abiding clarity of vision in his simple and distinctive sound. Penelope Trappes is a London-based, Australian-born vocalist, musician and ethereal soundscaper. She spent 2016 writing and recording what would become her first solo album, ‘Penelope One’ in a piano studio in East London. Composed of mostly percussion-less, reverb-heavy haunting atmospherics with dystopian themes, the LP was released via Optimo Music in 2017 on vinyl and as a photo book. The first single ‘Puppets’ premiered by opening the Fendi SS17 runway show. Penelope signed to Houndstooth in 2018 and released her sophomore LP ‘Penelope Two’ to critical acclaim. The minimalist, ethereal album was built around field recordings, meditations, guitars, synth drones, piano and reverb, and deals with mortality, predestination and empathy.  2019 saw the release of ‘Penelope Redeux’ consisting of reworks of songs from ‘Penelope Two’ by Cosey Fanni Tutti, Mogwai, Félicia Atkinson, Nik Colk Void and more. ‘Penelope Three’ will be out in Spring of 2021 on Houndstooth. Jo Quail is an internationally acclaimed composer and virtuoso cellist from London, UK. Equally at home on stage solo, with bands or in collaboration with choir and orchestra she combines an eloquent mastery of her instrument with innovative looping techniques, to realise her complex, evocative music for audiences worldwide. Inspired by the visual arts as much as by fellow composers, Jo cites Barbara Hepworth and Georgia O’Keefe as key influences, alongside the diverse music of Debussy, Pärt, Tool, and Trent Reznor. As a result, she freely crosses the boundaries between genres, awakening listener emotions, and taking audiences into uncharted territory with each concert. Her exuberant, celebratory performance style has won her a fanbase in the contemporary classical world as well as among enthusiasts of post-rock, metal and electronica. After releasing their debut album, a monstrous slab of dark experimental rock Yours Sincerely Dr. Hardcore in 2012, Wrexham’s Gallops soon announced they were no more and broke up in 2013. In 2016, almost three years to the day, they announced their return. Awakening from their nap, they have done so revitalised, rejuvenated and driven, creating an album that stretched their horizons even further and is driven by the propulsive charge of electronic music – Bronze Mystic was released a year later.

EVENT INFO HOW DO WE PUT ON AN EVENT IN 2021? We are extraordinarily aware of the uncertainty surrounding events scheduled for 2021 and want to make sure that Forgotten Futures takes place in one form or other. Initially we are offering both a general admission ‘in person’ ticket as well as a streamed ticket – for anyone who, for whatever reason, isn’t able to attend and experience the event in person. If it’s not safe for the ‘In Person’ element of the festival to take place in a workable form, all General Admission ticket holders will be offered at least a partial refund, and the event will become completely online, with streams of as much of the programme as practically possible, offered to the highest quality we are able.We sincerely hope we can be together in a room for Forgotten Futures, but if we can’t do that safely we will come together digitally for what will be a spectacular streamed event. CREATING AN ACCESSIBLE EVENT Forgotten Futures aims to be as accessible an event as we can be. Attenborough Arts Centre is fully wheelchair accessible, has accessible toilets, an Induction loop hearing system, adult changing facilities and shower, accessible parking spaces and is welcoming of assistance dogs. We encourage anyone who may have specific access requirements to contact us ahead of the event to discuss anything we can do to facilitate making their attendance at the event as easy as possible. If you require particular assistance, you are also entitled to a free companion or carer ticket. If attending in person is not practical, we also offer a streamed ticket, intended as a concession for those who are not able, or not comfortable, attending live music events – whether that be due to disabilities, anxiety, health or any other reason. We also want everyone to feel safe and welcome at our events. We have a Saf(er) Spaces policy which is in place for Forgotten Futures. There will also be gender neutral bathrooms available.

January 29, 2021 0 comments

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After a long and anticipated wait, The Mountain Goat Valley Crawl has finally released its set times for 2021.

Be ready to venture your way through this multi-venue festival on Saturday 6 February 2021 as you get a taster of the best live acts in the country. Maybe you’ll leave with a new favourite?

Set across ten different yet iconic venues across Brisbane’s Fortitude Valley, these unique locations are essential for any music lover’s experience, guiding you through an adventure of aesthetics and sounds of Austalia. With 43 acts providing you with different music tastes and tunes, an exciting night with dancing, friends, diverse music and unforgettable mems are definitely guaranteed.

Perhaps the most anticipated destination crawlers will reach during their evening will be “Brisbane’s Worst Kept Secret” Kickons – a new and upcoming valley bar on Warner St.

Brisbane will also be treated to some new up-and-coming artists to spice up their 2021. Replacing OK Hotel, The Flowers and Porcelain Boy will be Hallie, Bad Neighbour, Sammm and Tetrament.

Come along and grab your greatest mates for an eventful and festive evening to celebrate the good times, new highs and interesting newcomers in the music scene, I mean why not? Crawlers will have everything to gain and nothing to lose!

So, what are you waiting for? We’ll see you there!

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18+ EVENT SAT 6 FEB | 5PM – MIDNIGHT FREE ENTRYVENUES BLACK BEAR LODGE BLUTES THE BRIGHTSIDE THE BRIGHTSIDE (OUTDOORS) GREASER RIC’S BAR KICKONS O’SKULLIGANS THE VALLEY DRIVE-IN THE ZOO ARTISTS George Alice Concrete Surfers Heaps Good Friends Velociraptor Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers Teenage Joans Ayla Hallie Austen Waxflower BANFF Debbies RINSE Greatest Hits The Flowers Syrup Sunflower WALKEN Sunbather Daggy Man Order Sixty6 Lexicon Colourblind June Alt Fiction Mum Friends Flamingo Blonde Victor Bravo Bad Neighbour Sammm HANNI Ricky Albeck & The Belair Line Band Yb. PNK FME GENES Porcelain Boy Citrus Daze Pure Milk Ashgroove Pipin Sachém Oh Bailey Paris Irwin Mouse Tetrament

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January 28, 2021 0 comments

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Due to overwhelming demand and an unprecedented response to the announcement of Full Tilt Festival in Brisbane with over 80% of the tickets sold, Australia’s most exciting new Alternative music festival is expanding. Melbourne get ready to go Full Tilt on July 3 at the Coburg Velodrome.

Uniting from across the nation is a who’s who of the Australian Metal, Punk and Rock spectrums, spearheaded by ever evolving metalcore luminaries and Aria Award winners Northlane.

Joining them is a cavalcade of the best hard hitters in the land including Hands Like Houses, In Hearts Wake, Frenzal Rhomb, Thy Art Is Murder, Luca Brasi, Slowly Slowly, Make Them Suffer, Press Club, Alpha Wolf, Thornhill, Yours Truly, The Bennies and Drown This City.

Along with market stalls, there will be a huge variety of vegetarian, vegan and meat food trucks and Kickass DJ’s spinning tunes between the best live bands in the Nation. This is going to be one epic day under the big tops.

You won’t want to snooze on this one.

Melbourne Recital Centre and Crown Ruler bring the summer vibes to Southbank with a free outdoor music series featuring Melbourne’s finest DJs.

The Centre’s brand-new Forecourt on Southbank Boulevard is the perfect place to enjoy great music beneath the stars this summer. Every Thursday and Saturday night until the end of March, Crown Ruler will transform this unique open-air space with an unmissable program celebrating the Melbourne’s rich artistic pedigree.

With a backdrop of native trees, soak up the last of the day’s rays and linger long into the night with cocktails and food from Blondie Bar, while listening to a dream line-up of performers curated by Crown Ruler.

Emerging from the great cosmic dark, ORB are back with their first Australian show since August 2019. In a night of grand thematics, the 3 piece will bring their blend of wah drenched fuzz and dystopian sci-fi to the strictly limited capacity, fully seated Forum Melbourne. Sonically diverse and entirely monolithic, their wall of sound is set to envelope the audience across two divine sets. Split with intermission, each of the performances will showcase new and unheard works, as well as the bio engineered riffs and celestial synthesis that spans their esteemed discography. With special musical guests set to appear across the evening, this performance will bring on board some of Melbourne’s finest musical minds – in a show of synergistic grandeur and singular electricity. March 20th, one night only, ORB unparalleled.

TICKETS: https://www.ticketmaster.com.au/event/13005A32AA0C4D00

PETER’S STATEMENT 

To my friends in the music industry …. their families and those who love music.

As we are soon going into our second year, of little, or no gigs as a result of Covid ….

let us not forget what we need to do.

Let’s support each other… continue to check in and ask how we are doing.. be positive that a day is coming when we WILL get back to performing live, safely…. and do what we can to be a part of that wonderful day.

We need to remain positive, uphold our industry, where you see negativity in any area, including media…gently remind that it is through supporting our industry that we will ALL do better in the end.

Let’s not forget that although a large percentage of people have been able to get back to work …the live music industry, along with much of the hospitality and tourism industry hasn’t …. many of our favourite musicians and event company workers are on the dole, and suffering mental health issues. …

we need our media to report positively on us, and support the return of live music regularly in their reporting.

Let’s push the music media to agitate on our behalf.

We need government to find money to get us through this time, lots of it… we need them to Save Our Stages, as has been done in the US and across Europe through large grants, tax write offs and investment… and as well create a business interruption insurance policy to incentivise event presenters to put on events… and be protected in not going to the wall should an out break of Covid shut down their businesses at short notice… and protect that artists, crew  and Suppliers will get paid should that occur… the Federal government did it more than six months ago for the Film Industry to get them back to making movies… why are we still waiting?

If you possibly can…please hold on to your tickets, as concerts and events are RE-scheduled ….again.

Do you know that for each ticket refunded, there is a service charge from the ticket agency… up to $8?

The show presenters , facing up to two years of no shows… is charged for this, after having paid staff to work on the show, bought advertising and paid a deposit to the artist which will be returned with costs deducted… this isn’t sustainable for our industry… and will result in less promoters and less shows..particularly in the indie area.

Our issues haven’t gone away… they just aren’t being discussed regularly… and they aren’t being reported, as our industry …endures this marathon of waiting….and in so many cases not being able to wait any longer … and businesses closing, as well as very talented people leaving our industry.

It’s up to us to look out for each other and Live music….I know many of you are suffering in silence.

However, it’s time to raise our voices…. we are the Live Arts…. and we love what we do, and we are a fundamental part of society… and it is unjust for government not to support us more than they have financially …simply by extending Job Keeper to those industries they have regulated not to be able to get back to work without major restrictions… the Live Music Industry, we will see many of our fellow workers be laid off when it end in March. How can that be justified on any level.?

There is so much for us to do.

please feel free to share your ideas, as well as my post.

Let’s find the way to get back…..we can do this, and have each other’s back at the same time

Thank you

Peter Noble OAM

Bluesfest

Bluesfest Touring

Summer is the first track from a forthcoming EP titled Homelands by Aboriginal led punk-rock band Chasing Ghosts. Frontman Jimmy Kyle is a proud Koori man, a descendent of the Thungutti mob from the mid-north coast of NSW. He speaks and writes with a potent mind. Every track on the forthcoming EP is about real people and real situations, all of them born from intense real-life stories. Wanting to do justice to the topics while bringing everyone on the journey and simultaneously still speaking the truth was a pressure that weighted heavy. “I was scared to write these songs, because a lot of the topics are challenging,” says Jimmy Kyle. “But that’s how I knew I was onto something. It made me feel nervous.”

Listen to Summer
Watch the video for Summer

“Summer” is one hell of an amped track with a beat that drives so strong it has the legs to keep rockin’ all Summer long. Produced by Jimmy Kyle and Lincoln Le Fevre (Luca Brasi, Wil Wagner, Lucy Wilson), accompanied with an equally charged and culturally strong clip by award winning filmmaker Ben McFadyen and cover art by Wiradjuri, Ngiyampaa woman and Instagram design influencer @coffinbirth, this power posse is one you need to be across.

“Summer “finds Jimmy Kyle singing in both English and, for the first time ever, in his native tongue as he explores the horrors of the 1856 Towel Creek massacre. The singer-guitarist delivers the song through the eyes of a grieving Aboriginal Elder, of the story of “Baaba” (Babaang) Jack Scott as a baby; the lone survivor of the Towel Creek tragedy.  Incredibly, through a schoolyard incident when he was younger Kyle learned of a close family link to that Elder.

“The song explores white nationalism, colonisation, assimilation and ultimately reconciliation,” offers Kyle. “It asks the question of white Australia to come and reconcile the true history of the country and invites non-Indigenous Australians to see themselves as an extension of Aboriginal people.”

With a strong passion for Aboriginal languages Jimmy Kyle is committed to his culture and his community and has a long history working with First Nations Youth, Elders and community. Further, Jimmy’s cultural awareness training workshops and seminars are in high demand due to the cultural depth his brings to this space. He works with entities such as the Victoria Police, DHHS and other government agencies to help them better understand First Nations cultures and histories. “Only having a little knowledge is dangerous,” he says.

Summer single tour dates 2021
19 Feb – The Corner Hotel, Melbourne – Tickets
5 March – The Brightside, Brisbane – Tickets
13 March – Crowbar, Sydney – Tickets

CHASING GHOSTS : are Jimmy Kyle (founder/frontman and chief song-writer ), Josh Burgan (guitar/vocals), Aaron Schultz (guitar/vocals), Jake Dargaville (drums), Chris O’Neill (keys/vocals) and Rohan Welsh (bass).

After an enormously successful debut in Japan in 2020, Snow Machine is thrilled to expand to the premier alps of Queenstown, New Zealand for four snow-filled days of music and adventure across September 8th – 11th, 2021.

A fully curated destination festival, attendees will be treated to days on the slopes interspersed with aprés events on Coronet Peak and The Remarkables, before retiring to the main festival arena in the village in the evenings.

In partnership with NZSki, this edition will be headlined by none other than plunderphonic legends The Avalanches, alongside the most trusted cabin crew Flight Facilities and platinum soulful-house producer Hayden James. With sets at Glastonbury and Coachella listed on their resume, iconic festival mainstays The Presets are sure to heat up the frosty nights.

Sharing the stage will be acclaimed producer duo Hermitude, infamous time-travellng DJ Hot Dub Time Machine, chart topper Illy, New Zealand locals Sachi, indie/folk luminaries Boy & Bear, returning multi-platinum rappers Bliss N Eso, legendary dance-pop pioneers Sneaky Sound System, as well as Late Nite Tuff Guy, Yumi Zouma, Owl Eyes, Kinder, Tina Says, Tori Levett and host Jimi the Kween all flocking to the fields for the multi-day, experience based festival.

The heavyweight lineup will play in front of Queenstown’s infamous peaks providing the most idyllic backdrop. Considered one of the adventure capitals of the world, festival goers are invited to immerse themselves in optional additions of heliskiing, jet-boating, bungy-jumping and sky-diving.

CEO of NZSki Paul Anderson is delighted to host the New Zealand edition of Snow Machine, saying “We’ve seen how successful Snow Machine was in Japan and are excited to welcome Aussies over the ditch for the New Zealand version when the trans-Tasman border has opened. Being so close to Queenstown, our mountains are the perfect location for festival goers to hit the slopes before heading downtown to enjoy what is an impressive line-up of artists.”

Snow Machine is an all-in-one ticket offering a variety of accomodation options, a full four day festival ticket as well as a full four day lift pass.

With a travel bubble incoming and only a three hour flight from Sydney/Melbourne/Brisbane and under two hours for Auckland locals it’s a no brainer for travel suppressed revellers.

SNOW MACHINE
Wednesday 8th – Saturday 11th September
Queenstown, New Zealand

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PRE-SALE: 6pm Wed 20 Jan 2021
PUBLIC ON-SALE: midday Thurs 21 Jan 2021

featuring

THE AVALANCHES
FLIGHT FACILITIES
HAYDEN JAMES
THE PRESETS
HERMITUDE
HOT DUB TIME MACHINE
ILLY
SACHI
BOY & BEAR
BLISS N ESO
SNEAKY SOUND SYSTEM
LATE NITE TUFF GUY
YUMI ZOUMA
OWL EYES
KINDER
TINA SAYS
TORI LEVETT
and your host
JIMI THE KWEEN
along with TOM TILLEY and HUGO GRUZMAN’S FIRST BASE mountain aprés stage