With five studio albums, a compilation, a soundtrack, a live album/film and a whole bunch of singles, Kinematic's music has been described as indie rock, pop, folk, alternative and electronic, all of which is confusingly true. This site is a good spot to learn more about the li'l indie band that knows no boundaries.
681 Sydney Rd, Brunswick, VIC
We're back at the EC, which has been getting to be more fun with each visit! It's summer so we'll be out in the beer garden (or front bar if the weather plays up) for a couple of sets of acoustic goodness. It's a great vibe here on a late arvo, with good food, good drink and good people. Drop in if you're in the neighbourhhood (there's no cover charge) and challenge us to play a cover version of something (we probably won't but you never know).
Queenscliff Ferry Terminal, 1 Wharf Street East, Queenscliff, VIC
It's been a couple of years since we paid Queenscliff a visit but what better time of year is there for a return trip? Located right next to the ferry terminal, Ferryman has Blackman's Brewery beers and happy hour from 3pm, sweet! Mike and Gordo are tackling this one as a duo and, with three glorious summer hours to fill, they'll probably play the entire Kinematic catalog! Perfect for folks on the Belarine and a short ferry ride from the Mornington Peninsula too.
280 Sydney Rd, Brunswick, VIC
This is a great bar to catch a gig and we're chuffed to be heading back to the Retreat for a midweek two setter. Bringing our lo-fi sounds to the front bar, we'll be playing tunes from all our albums, plus previewing tracks from the upcoming record, which is due out soon soon soon. Free entry, two acoustic sets.
The Long Divide CD $20
Kites CD $20
Live At Bakehouse DVD $20
Kinematic beanies $25
In a stunning display of music marketing genius, we have not only paired our 15th annual Christmas giveaway (aka the ‘December 17 Specials’) with the release of the first single from our forthcoming sixth studio album, we've also turned the apparently radio-friendly single format on its head by making it a brooding and melancholy six-minute tragi-drama, Vesuvius.
What could possibly go wrong?
Perhaps a signifier of the shitty year that was 2023 - as if the pandemic years weren’t quite enough - Vesuvius is a musical imagining of fire and ash falling from a Pompeii sky on that fateful day in 79 AD. Not your typically festive Christmas fare, but hopefully ticking the box of thoughtful reflection that’s part of coming to the end of another year.
The surprise release also includes the slightly chirpier and much shorter Open Up Your Eyes. And if neither of these sound like your cup of eggnog, there’s always last year’s special giveaway, Christmas Forever. Vesuvius is available to stream and download for free, exclusively on our preferred music platform Bandcamp, on December 12 with all other platforms to follow on the very Kinematic date of December 17.
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Kinematic acknowledges the Traditional Owners of Country throughout Australia and the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung and Bunurong/Boon Wurrung Peoples of the Eastern Kulin, the traditional custodians of the land on which Kinematic resides, performs and records. We pay our respect to Elders past, present and emerging and acknowledge that sovereignty has never been ceded. Damn right we do.