Lou Ridsdale : Lance Rock Publicity/Z-Man Records/Meredith Music Festival & Golden Plains Festival
Top 10….
1. The Underminers : Heart Part Of Your Mind. The lil’ Ballarat band that done good. I went to primary school with Justin ‘Happy’ Hayward, and am so damn proud of him. Loved The Dead Salesmen and think he’s finally nailed it with this CD as I was a little luke-warm on previous Underminers stuff. Seriously – Album Of The Year status by a country mile. His lyrics never fail to make me weep. The Paul Kelly of our generation.
2. The drummer from The Beat Disease. Caught these cats in action in Melbourne whilst supporting my friends Daddy Long Legs and Mother & Father and he damn near blew my wig off. Like a stick of macaroni he is when he pummels those skins. Tightest drummer I’ve seen in a long, long time. Excellent band too!
3. Announcement of Jim Jones Revue touring Australia in January. No words necessary.
4. Moving to the country - best thing I’ve done in years. Space, gardening, trees, rivers, Macedon Ranges, sanity – they are all mine now. Mine, mine, mine.
5. Patrick Emery - best musical journalist in Australia hands down. Generous, lovely and funny dude.
6. Dimi Dero Inc returning to Oz to tour. Loved having my French pals back on our shores. My love for them is grande.
7. Jeff The Brotherhood at Meredith. Hubba hubba. Hell’ova racket from two Tennessee brothers. Really made me shake my thang.
8. My dear mate Andy Portokalis buying The Tote after all that heartache way back in January regarding the mindless politicians and the ‘Music Causes Violence’ bullshit. Andy and his mates (Jon and John) are the new custodians and have refurbished the old gal with respect for it’s past. It’s in very safe hands. Bruce Milne – what a champion. Sad to see him go from one of my fave pubs in Melbourne, nay the world. That man deserves Australian Of The Year Award for his long hard work in the Melbourne Music scene. The love that flowed from Melbounrians hearts towards Bruce in those black days during the protests etc, was so deserved. I love you Uncle Bruce.
9. Meredith Music Festival turning 20. Unbelievable! Having attended the very first one way back then, and not missing a single Festival (yep, 20 years worth!) I can unequivocally say it’s my fave music festival in the world. Worked on it for the past 10 years and it’s easily my most loved weekend of each year. Hats off to Rexy, Nolsey and Peelster for all their hard work and love over the years.
10. The Bonniwells CD – Unprofitable Servant. Please allow me to indulge myself in one biased entry here. I love this band so so much. So much in fact I signed them to my record label after Marky Nelson from The Stabs tipped me off. Trippin’ little Melbourne trio who have just burst onto the scene and I can’t wait to see what they have in store over the next few years. They do a fresh twist on a psych-garage homage to yesterday via The Cramps/The Sonics and all those kinda bands which I love. Excellent engineer work too via my dear mate & best ears in the business Michelle Dilevski aka Static Attack. Loose and loud. Love ‘em.
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