Editor’s Note
Whistling into the second week of December, there’s a special smell in the air. Struck with the first barefaced inklings of another sultry summer, Melbourne punters are hitting up rooftop bars, beer gardens and music festivals because temptations are too strong. Meredith, The Pleasure Garden and Good Things have made their summer stamps already, concurrently putting on festive extravaganzas that confounded their respective clienteles.
Now, we wait on a new friend in town, Day By The Bay, which, in early 2019, will envelope Port Phillip Bay with a forward-thinking design embracing sustainability and the ethos of Melbourne’s adored cove. Keeping with the music festival theme, Party In The Paddock graces our cover this week before it stunningly blankets Tasmania’s White Hills in early February. Think Lily Allen, The Presets, The Jungle Giants, Vera Blue and more, and there you have a veritable music lineup.
Then we’ll hear from the landmark perpetual music showcase taking over the next NGV Friday Nights instalment. Bach X Reimagined as it’s called welcomes the futuristic music wunderkinds of anon. to the Gallery Kitchen across the next four months.
With Falls Festival fixtures Soccer Mommy and Bishop Briggs, alongside I’m With Her, The Merindas and USER rounding out this week’s music coverage, we welcome our 1656th edition, and what a doozy it is.
