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32 • B.ENTERTAINED www.bendigoweekly.com.au Bendigo Weekly – Friday, May 6, 2011 GROOVED! BEN CAMERON Groovin The Moo was not only a massive day out for local punters,but for local musicians. b.entertained caught up with the hard partyin’pop rockers from Quarry Hill,Oh Pacific,and celloist Lauren Jennings from The Bride Stripped Back,who managed to score a game of table tennis with Architecture in Helsinki... IT was the biggest day of Oh Pacific’s less than brief career. The Bendigo pop rock- ers opened proceedings at Groovin The Moo on Satur- day morning, their first dip- ping of the toe in the great big sea of festival life. But the potential turn- ing point in their career was approached like any other gig – a few hours sleep and a few beers for breakfast – in keeping with the rock n roll tradition. “We played in Mel- bourne the night before, in front of 20 people,” drummer Lachie Bubb said. “We didn’t get back to Bendigo until about two o’clock this morning.” Lead singer Josh Martin said the band had ridden a wave of good will up until their slot. “I was being rung con- stantly, people saying good luck,” he said. Despite the stock stan- dard rock preparation, there was a huge element of the great unknown for Oh Pa- cific. “We didn’t know what to expect at all,” Bubb said. “Because we were play- ing so early we didn’t know if there was going to be a 100 people there, a 1000, or whatever. “Then we walk out and there’s like 400 people watching, it was crazy. “There’s been this, the Birds of Tokyo gig and then nothing else.” The 11am opening slot was another sign the band, who only played their first gig in Bendigo in June last year, are growing in their on stage stature. “We’ve progressed in stage presence,” Martin said. “I used to shake, I walked down to The Birds of Tokyo gig shaking. “I would not leave the microphone (during the set). But now I can walk around and have fun.” Apart from a few techni- cal problems, and a guitar mic being knocked over during one song, it was all pretty seamless for the boys, who share a house in Quarry Hill. “Couldn’t have asked for anything more,” Bubb said. “I could see my Mum going mad. She’s always there (at their gigs), she’s our number one fan.” Oh Pacific hope to re- cord an EP by the end of the year. OH PACIFIC GROOVIN The Moo has quickly become an annual pilgrimage for thousands of music fans across the region. This year it also provided a platform for a talented Ben- digo teen to express herself to just as many. That young local per- former is 17-year-old Lauren Jennings, celloist for The Bride Stripped Back, one of four bands chosen to repre- sent Bendigo at GTM on the weekend. For the former Girton Grammar student, hanging out in the band room with music royalty like The Jeza- bels, Cut Copy and Darwin Deez was just as thrilling as performing to thousands of people. “There was a band area out the back with a few couches and a ping pong table where everyone hung out,” she said. “All the bands were nice, I got on with the Australian ones really well. Architech- ture in Helsinki and Art Vs Science were the main two I hung out with. “I played table tennis against Sam from Architec- ture in Helsinki and won! “There were a few funny moments – at one stage Dan from Art Vs Science did a slightly scary improvisation on my cello. “I met quite a few bands backstage, I made the most of getting to meet who I could, the band area got a bit wild by the end of the day!” On stage however, it was all class from Jennings and the rest of The Bride. “It was by far the biggest gig I’ve ever done so it was great being able to perform in front of a home crowd,” she said. “I wasn’t too nervous, I was actually pretty pumped about the whole thing! It was good seeing some familiar faces in the crowd to settle the nerves.” A few weeks of solid re- hearsals paid off. “We rehearsed a lot prior to the big day to make sure everything ran smoothly and had a lot of positive feed- back,” she said. “Things were pretty calm as we were setting up on the day.” GTM was also a great op- portunity for Jennings, as a punter, to appreciate styles of music she wouldn’t nor- mally listen to. “It was good seeing some familiar bands perform and also getting to listen to some new music that I hadn’t heard before,” she said. And what did she learn? “Well I learnt not to drink a can of coke before riding on the Slingshot,” she laughed. “I’ve been really lucky so far. I’d also like to thank Nat (lead singer) and the rest of the band for everything.” THE BRIDE STRIPPED BACK DATAROCK ART VS SCIENCE DARWIN DEEZ THE BRIDE STRIPPED BACK THE JEZABELS THE WOMBATS BIRDS OF TOYKO OH PACIFIC Photos by Bill Conroy and Brett Jones LIVE MUSIC 49 BRIDGE STREET, BENDIGO PHONE 5443 7811 0605 Friday May 6 Soulchild Sunday May 8 The Croakers Sunday May 15 Leigh Turner Friday May 20 Leigh Turner Sunday May 22 Taylor Sheridan Friday May 27 The Regular Joes OFFERING CUISINE WITH A BLEND OF PERFECT ASIAN TECHNIQUES & CULINARY ADVENTURISM… DINE IN OR TAKEAWAY FULLY LICENSED FUNCTIONS L Mon - Fri 12 - 2pm D Mon - Sat from 5pm www.malayanorchid.com.au 155 View Street, Bendigo Ph 5442 4411 0605 0LWFKHOO 6W %HQGLJR 3K One tablet you’ll enjoy taking Bendigo’s only locally owned and operated book store DYMOCKS BENDIGO is excited to announce the launch of the Acer ICONIA A500 Tablet. The Iconia Tablet is a perfect way to download, store & read electronic books. 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32 • B.ENTERTAINED www.bendigoweekly.com.au Bendigo Weekly – Friday, May 6, 2011
GROOVED!BEN CAMERON Groovin The Moo was not only a massive day out for local punters, but for local musicians. b.entertained caught up with the hard partyin’ pop rockers from Quarry Hill, Oh Pacific, and celloist Lauren Jennings from The Bride Stripped Back, who managed to score a game of table tennis with Architecture in Helsinki...
IT was the biggest day of Oh Paci� c’s less than brief career.
The Bendigo pop rock-ers opened proceedings at Groovin The Moo on Satur-day morning, their � rst dip-ping of the toe in the great big sea of festival life.
But the potential turn-ing point in their career was approached like any other gig – a few hours sleep and a few beers for breakfast – in keeping with the rock n roll tradition.
“We played in Mel-bourne the night before, in front of 20 people,” drummer Lachie Bubb said.
“We didn’t get back to Bendigo until about two o’clock this morning.”
Lead singer Josh Martin said the band had ridden a wave of good will up until their slot.
“I was being rung con-stantly, people saying good luck,” he said.
Despite the stock stan-dard rock preparation, there was a huge element of the great unknown for Oh Pa-ci� c.
“We didn’t know what to expect at all,” Bubb said.
“Because we were play-ing so early we didn’t know if there was going to be a 100 people there, a 1000, or whatever.
“Then we walk out and there’s like 400 people watching, it was crazy.
“There’s been this, the Birds of Tokyo gig and then nothing else.”
The 11am opening slot was another sign the band, who only played their � rst gig in Bendigo in June last year, are growing in
their on stage stature.“We’ve progressed in
stage presence,” Martin said. “I used to shake, I walked
down to The Birds of Tokyo gig shaking.
“I would not leave the microphone (during the set). But now I can walk around and have fun.”
Apart from a few techni-cal problems, and a guitar mic being knocked over during one song, it was all pretty seamless for the boys, who share a house in Quarry Hill.
“Couldn’t have asked for anything more,” Bubb said.
“I could see my Mum going mad. She’s always there (at their gigs), she’s our number one fan.”
Oh Paci� c hope to re-cord an EP by the end of the year.
OH PACIFIC
GROOVIN The Moo has quickly become an annual pilgrimage for thousands of music fans across the region. This year it also provided a platform for a talented Ben-digo teen to express herself to just as many.
That young local per-former is 17-year-old Lauren Jennings, celloist for The Bride Stripped Back, one of four bands chosen to repre-sent Bendigo at GTM on the weekend.
For the former Girton Grammar student, hanging out in the band room with music royalty like The Jeza-bels, Cut Copy and Darwin Deez was just as thrilling as performing to thousands of people.
“There was a band area out the back with a few couches and a ping pong table where everyone hung out,” she said.
“All the bands were nice, I got on with the Australian
ones really well. Architech-ture in Helsinki and Art Vs Science were the main two I hung out with.
“I played table tennis against Sam from Architec-ture in Helsinki and won!
“There were a few funny moments – at one stage Dan from Art Vs Science did a slightly scary improvisation on my cello.
“I met quite a few bands backstage, I made the most of getting to meet who I could, the band area got a bit wild by the end of the day!”
On stage however, it was all class from Jennings and the rest of The Bride.
“It was by far the biggest gig I’ve ever done so it was great being able to perform in front of a home crowd,” she said.
“I wasn’t too nervous, I was actually pretty pumped about the whole thing! It was good seeing some familiar faces in the crowd to settle
the nerves.” A few weeks of solid re-
hearsals paid o� .“We rehearsed a lot prior
to the big day to make sure everything ran smoothly and had a lot of positive feed-back,” she said.
“Things were pretty calm as we were setting up on the day.”
GTM was also a great op-portunity for Jennings, as a punter, to appreciate styles of music she wouldn’t nor-mally listen to.
“It was good seeing some familiar bands perform and also getting to listen to some new music that I hadn’t heard before,” she said.
And what did she learn?“Well I learnt not to
drink a can of coke before riding on the Slingshot,” she laughed.
“I’ve been really lucky so far. I’d also like to thank Nat (lead singer) and the rest of the band for everything.”
THE BRIDE STRIPPED BACK
DATAROCKART VS SCIENCE
DARWIN DEEZ
THE BRIDE STRIPPED BACK
THE JEZABELS
THE WOMBATS
BIRDS OF TOYKO
OH PACIFIC
Photos by Bill Conroy and Brett Jones
LIVE MUSIC
49 BRIDGE STREET, BENDIGOPHONE 5443 7811
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CULINARY ADVENTURISM…
DINE IN OR TAKEAWAYFULLY LICENSED FUNCTIONS
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Friday, May 6, 2011 – Bendigo Weekly www.bendigoweekly.com.au B.ENTERTAINED • 33
G R O O V I N The Moo has for the third year r u n n i n g provided a
phenomenal day of music.A regional touring festi-
val is a rare thing indeed, and there really is nothing more satisfying than walking out the festival gates at the end of the day knowing that you are only a 10 minute journey from home, and don’t have to endure a two hour train ride.
Props must be given to the festival’s organisers in ironing out many of the kinks that plagued the � rst two runnings of the event.
The quality of the music was on the up as well, with eight international acts and some of the biggest names in modern Australian music.
Local boys Oh Paci� c kicked things o� with an in-credible set, they looked like the happiest band on the planet as they tore up the stage with their melodious brand of pop-punk.
The stoner rock sounds of Redcoats and local favou-rites The Bride Stripped Back were also early highlights.
Sampology’s work in the Moolin Rouge dance tent thouroughly impressed as
well. The Jezabels portrayed
their beautifully emotive music perfectly in a live set-ting and were a standout act.
Washington was diasap-pointing. Anyone who saw her live showcase on The Arias last year shouldn’t ex-pect anywhere near the en-ergy or enthusiasm from her textbook performance.
House of Pain are by no means one-hit wonders, but when they took to the stage there was only one song that everybody wanted to hear, and the atmosphere when they played Jump Around was completely o� -tap.
The Aston Shu� e showed us all exactly why they’re hailed as Australia’s number one DJs, they’re experts at greatly improv-ing everybody else’s songs whilst throwing in a healthy dosage of original dance � oor anthems.
Art Vs. Science were sim-ply incredible, near on the highlight of the day and de� -nitely the act that had the most people moving. I � nd it hard to believe that anybody could question how the Syd-ney electro three-piece got so big, so quick.
Birds of Tokyo were per-fect, as always. They have be-come the new Powder� nger
in terms of consistently � aw-less and professional perfor-mances.
My only disappoint-ment with Birds was vocalist Ian Kenny’s unusually nor-mal stage presence, I want the crazy awkward dance moves back!
Unfortunately a lighting mishap cut The Wombats’ set short, they were clearly the international highlight of the day.
Cut Copy and Drapht closed the night and I spent a lot of time walking be-tween the two bands, en-deavouring to catch as much of Cut Copy’s set as possible without missing a second of Drapht’s classic track Jimmy Recard.
My main problem with the otherwise brilliant festi-val was the lack of variation on the lineup. The hardest hitting bands on the bill were Gyroscope and per-haps Birds of Tokyo. I really hope that Groovin The Moo break the trend of trying to appeal to a niche market.
In general, I’d like to see the event grow bigger with each year and strengthen its place within Bendigo’s music culture. Don’t ever take an event like Groovin The Moo for granted Bendigo, lets just hope it’s here to stay!
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