Author: Rob Stewart
You bloody well can now cobbers…We’re BACK on the 106.9 frequency without all the shit static noise! On your wireless that is. Thanks to a couple of astronomically clever local masterminds Tony and Tim, (who will be richly rewarded) Gove FM is once again cranking locally on the 106.9 frequency modulation. So grab a couple […]
Word on thew street is NEAL legends, East Journey are now taking bookings for festivals, events and special performances across Australia. Led by Rrowun Maymuru (also lead singer of Yothu Yindi), East Journey brings a powerful mix of Yolŋu culture, spiritual connection to Country, rock music and traditional dance. Their performances celebrate the land, language […]
Monday June 3 2024 In the later weeks of May a tidal surge of insert flooded into the wet tropics of Far North Queensland, and steaming through the swell was ‘A Boat With No Name’. The little movie that keeps on keeping on. It’s premiere FNQ screenings were at the Silkwood Hotel, Silkwood and the Bootleg […]
BAND: Mr Chrisy Mertas ALBUM: Cookers Paradise RELEASE DATE: 22/02/2024 Sometimes reviewing albums can be an onerous task, listening to music that just isn’t hitting your triggers, but you desperately try to mine for the positive treasures. Sometimes, and this is very rarely, it’s a task where you find yourself thinking…’fuck this, I’d much rather […]
An Album review of sorts. Music, it should be acknowledged, has an indeterminate uphill battle in objectivity. The shit that shakes my derrière may not come remotely close to eliciting a modest jiggle of cellulite wiggle from your posterior! It’s a problematic issue for a lot of musos who would for examples sake love their […]
October 11 Rob Stewart (all ramblings within text are the thoughts and opinions of Rob and not reflective of Gove FMs ideology) Much like the Gurindji Strike (Wave Hill Walk Off), admittedly without the political significance, this little idea, is sure to become a very big thing for music and culture in North East Arnhem […]
Sunny coast punks, The Chats unapologetically announce the release of their second album, GET FUCKED for release worldwide on August 19th via Bargain Bin Records. The band have also let a new single and video rip PLUS revealed an Australian headlining tour for September 2022. LISTEN: THE CHATS – ‘6L GTR’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrkuo0y8gMU ‘6L GTR’ is the new […]
MusicNT have announced a rebranded, reimagined annual award ceremony to celebrate the incredible talent, innovation and dedication of the Northern Territory music industry. The NT Music Awards, previously known as the NT Song of the Year Awards, return for the first time since 2018 and include a number of new award categories to capture and celebrate the […]
Saturday night at Darwin Entertainment Centre’s Stage Theatre was the scene of paradoxical delights. It was where brutality and precision were interwoven through a seemingly unlikely ally. Welcome to the world of Southeast Desert Metal. A very metal band who hail from the Arrernte Indigenous Community of Santa Teresa, making them possibly one of the […]
Those magnificent human beings from Artback NT have been working with another group of fine humans from the Gove Arts Theatre and they have been working earnestly to bring to us mere beings the joyous craft of seriously creative artists. Sunday the 7th of March was a standout point in case. Myself and others made […]
