RL GRIME JOINS GOOD LIFE 2016 SUMMER is here and the world’s largest under 18’s event, Good Life, returns to Sydney, Perth, Brisbane and Melbourne next month. With huge names on the line-up – including A$AP Rocky, Jeremih, Dawin, Will Sparks, Timmy Trumpet, DVBBS and Deorro, plus TV stars from ‘Geordie Shore’, ‘The Vampire Diaries’, ‘Orange Is the New Black’ and ‘Vampire Diaries’ – Good Life ’16 just got a whole lot bigger: red hot trap n’ rap New York City producer RL Grime has joined the bill! Henry ‘RL Grime’ Steinway is no stranger to Aussie music lovers, having just wrapped a series of bangin’ dates across the country, including spots at Field Day, Beyond The Valley and Origin NYE. Now, the superstar ‘Core’ producer is heading back down under just to perform for his 13-17-year-old Aussie fans! Note there will be no 18+ shows on this visit. He’s remixed everyone from Kanye West to
Jamie Lidell, Chris Brown and Benny Benassi, has seen hits like ‘Tell Me’ streamed millions of times and used by Adidas, sold out shows in Los Angeles and New York City in mere hours and was just last week unveiled on the 2016 line-up for Coachella. All of this follows the release of his killer album Void, released in Nov 2015 via WeDidItRecords/Warner Music Australia. Across 12 tracks such as ‘Scylla’, ‘Reminder’and ‘Kingpin’ RL creates a visceral, inventive experience, mixing electronic and rap music to create daring sonic beats and compositions featuring guests such as Big Sean, Boys Noize, How To Dress Well and Djemba Djemba. He also team-up with Aussies What So Not on the ace ‘Tell Me’. Earlier recordings include EP Grapes (2012) and High Beams (2013). With 20 of the hottest local and international stars across three massive stages, Good Life
STEPHEN CUMMINGS By Lachlan Bryan
‘16 is the ultimate day out, and exclusively for 13-17-year-olds. Good Life returns to Sydney, Perth, Brisbane and Melbourne in February 2016 and will take place at all new venues. Brisbane Showgrounds, Melbourne Park & Hisense Arena, Sydney Showgrounds, and Claremont Showgrounds (Perth) will each play host to the festival, with each city running till 10pm. With a Theme Park, Water Park, Sports Zone, and Outdoor Cinema featuring all the hottest flicks too – PLUS the chance to meet your favourite TV celebs, up close and personal, this is one party you don’t want to miss! Grab your BFFs – Good Life ’16 is coming! Get your tickets ASAP. To purchase tickets to Good Life, scan the QR code or visit www. goodlifefest.com.au
THE WEEPING WILLOWS @ MAIN RIDGE MARCH 4th will see the release of The Weeping Willows’ sophomore album, Before Darkness Comes A-Callin’. Recorded in Los Angeles with Grammy Award winning engineer Ryan Freeland (Justin Townes Earle, Bonnie Raitt), Before Darkness Comes A-Callin’ is a collection of 10 tracks that are raw, earthy alt-country.
The Caravan Music Club has become well-known for hosting special musical events in a relatively intimate setting. Now and again, a show proves so popular that two nights at the venue are required and that is exactly the case with Stephen Cummings’ imminent celebration of his two most acclaimed releases: Lovetown and A New Kind of Blue. Whilst Cummings has enjoyed a place amongst our most revered songwriters for quite some time now, he has never quite managed to live down the artistic success of these records, released twenty-eight years ago. That’s both a blessing and a curse for the artist, music arts events entertainment
but this month at The Caravan he’ll be looking on the bright side, gathering together much of his original band (including Peter Luscombe, Shane O’Mara and Steve Hadley) for an all-star performance of both records in full. The shows will take place on February 21 and 22 (Saturday and Sunday) and tickets can be purchased from www.caravanmusic.com.au For those unfamiliar with Stephen Cummings’ particular take on pop music, a visit to The World of Stephen Cummings (aka www.stephencummings.com.au) will help you get your head around one of Melbourne’s most iconic and original voices.
The album sees Kevin Breit (Rosanne Cash) on banjo, David Piltch (Billy Bragg) on upright bass, Tommy Detamore (Ray Price) on pedal steel, Luke Moller (Kasey Chambers) on fiddle and mandolin, and guest vocals from Melbourne alt. folk duo Sweet Jean. Lead single ‘River of Gold’ is a stunning centrepiece, whilst ‘The Pale Rider’ explores the duo’s darker edges and Lachlan Bryan – that most restless of Australian alt. country wanderers – joins for a co-write on ‘Devil’s Road’. The Weeping Willows will be playing at T’Gallant Winery in Main Ridge on Sunday, 27th March, so don’t miss them! Next month, MINT will be giving away two copies of The Weeping Willows’ new album, Before Darkness Comes A-Callin’. Grab a copy of MINT in March to find out how and when!
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