Snap Scene

Snap Scene: The Heartache State, Caravan Music Club – Sun 5th Nov 2017

Justin Garner & Nick Barker have been playing together on and off for 15 years – Nick producing Justin’s band Southpaw’s debut album and Justin playing on Nick’s last solo record (Blackwater Blues). 3 years ago they hunched over acoustic guitars and hammered a bunch of ideas into songs that became the Heartache State’s debut self titled album. Justin loves the Allman Bros, Nick loves the Replacements, every one likes the Stones so the band, with the addition of long time friend Venom on Drums and Michael Hubbard on Bass, is a collision of all. 

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Q&A Scene

Q&A Scene: The Black Seeds

Since 1998, vocals led by Barnaby Weir and Daniel Weetman have been the driving force behind expressing The Black Seeds message. Conscious lyrics convey personal triumphs and failures, relationships good and bad, and are underpinned by a constant optimism.

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Snap Scene

Snap Scene: Sarah McLeod with Mick Skelton – Pelly Bar, Frankston. 25th October 2017

Sarah McLeod describes her latest release, Rocky’s Diner, as “dirty deeds, simple and sweet” yet her scene was, and still is, one of “bunkering down”. The singer-songwriter/guitarist, in her own right as well as a founding member of The Superjesus, explains: “Yeah that’s true – if I had a house. I don’t have a house now. But when I do, I very rarely leave the house. I’m a full home body. I bunker on in there and play my guitar and play with my dog, work on music, fun.”

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