Page 5 - August Billy News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Review: Geraldine Hickey’s ‘What a Surprise’ is a triumph of low stakes, high reward comedy Words By August Billy ★★★★★ During her allotted five minutes at this year’s Melbourne International Comedy Festival Gala, Geraldine Hickey said the word “agapanthus” approximately 25 times. The bit –­ which centred on digging out some obstinate agapanthus and installing a “lesbian pit” in her backyard – was a perfect snapshot of Hickey’s easy-going, sensually tickling comedy style. I don’t mean sensual in a Serge Gainsbourg, ‘Je T’aime’ sort of way. Rather, Hick...

An Afro-funk powerhouse, Cool Out Sun have their own formula for success Words by August Billy We chat to N’fa Jones, the Melbourne supergroup’s lead vocalist. Cool Out Sun will headline Prahran’s Chapel Off Chapel on Friday March 26. The gig is part of Chapel Summer Sessions, an event series running until the end of March. It’s also Cool Out Sun’s first full band performance since before the pandemic. The cross-cultural supergroup comprising vocalist N’fa Jones, percussionist Nui Moon and drummer/producer Sensible J will be using it as an opportunity to premiere new music.

After a year devoid of live music, Simona Castricum is bringing it harder than ever Photo by Alex Dubois Words by August Billy In what sounds like the synopsis for a neon-branded sci-fi flick, she’ll appear alongside hordes of synthesisers at Sidney Myer Music Bowl this month. The rapturing event is all thanks to the Melbourne Electronic Sound Studio – better known as MESS – who’ve curated a dazzling lineup of homegrown electronic music goodness.  In addition to Mat Watson and the 16-piece MESS Synthesiser Orchestra, the event will feature performances...

The record will be released on vinyl for the first time ever this April. The Badloves’ debut album, Get On Board, was released via Mushroom Records in July 1993. Nearly three decades on, the album is being released on vinyl for the very first time, hitting shelves this April courtesy of Warner Music.  To celebrate, […]

Ben Folds was a virtuoso, comedian and educator in one when he came to Melbourne 1 / 3 Pics by Bandanna Photography We went along to Ben Folds’ Melbourne show on Monday and this is what went down. It’s funny how familiar the prospect of seeing Ben Folds perform with a symphony orchestra has become. This is the guy from North Carolina who grew up “on sugar cereal and TV” and rose to fame playing a frequently tongue-in-cheek brand of alternative rock that he called “punk rock for sissies”. But over the last decade and a half, Folds has taken to aligning him...