Deep within the Melbourne underground rock scene, on a floor covered in spilt beer, piss and blood, we find the Forklift Assassins. A three-piece who manage to tour harder than a solo act but sound bigger than their parts. New single Wake Up (Rapid Eye Movement) is an instant earworm. A blend of the garage-familiarity […]
Read more“How the fuck is this news?” – the obvious question posed with all the venom and precision we’ve come to expect from The Owen Guns on the track Stop Making Deadshits Famous. This album is only 8 tracks but manages to use up plenty of canvas in a Pollock’s worth of mess and poignant energy. […]
Read moreFresh off a national tour supporting Bodyjar and Gyroscope, legendary Melbourne indie rock outfit Klinger have returned with their first new music in over two decades. Forming in the late 90s in Melbourne’s northern suburbs, Klinger achieved national success with songs like Hello Cruel World and Ben Lee dominating the airwaves and landing in JJJ’s Hottest 100 (twice!). They supported the likes of Green Day, […]
Read moreWhile punk relics like Cockney Rejects and The Exploited tour the globe before old-age takes them, few bands remain to carry the torch and fewer still with young blood and fresh eyes. If “punk” …real punk, was ever anything, it was more than a self-serving whinge fest. Historically it was always the unifying call-to-arms for […]
Read moreThe brilliance of LITTER’s album is rivalled only by the calibre of artists responsible for it. The brainchild of Matt Downey (Death Mattel/Cousin Betty) and featuring the arrangements and direction of Andrew Scott (along with The Pocket Trio Designed as a concept of uniqueness and limit, this band and this album will play their only two ever JAZZ shows, one being in […]
Read moreLITTER and the journey to creating and releasing a jazz album in 2022. The idea and passion project of Matt Downey (Death Mattel, Cousin Betty) formed via contributions from home studios as distant as Philadelphia, Japan and all over Australia. LITTER’s album features ten original works in two different treatments, punk and jazz, making it […]
Read moreBands, all bands, are arguably their most dynamic and appealing in their infancy. A school of thought reinforced in the debut release of Acid Amora. This single, titled On Replay is the bristly, shining, bright light of 18 months in a studio and a years’ worth of hard touring. Just when you think you’ve nailed […]
Read moreCousin Betty seems to be one of those bands that have been around and referenced for so long, that one could assume they have a plethora of studio albums – but not the case. Cousin Betty’s debut self-titled album, just off the vinyl press, is an eclectic mix of everything brilliant about “Rock” music. A […]
Read moreThey’re at it again. Aussie punk reprobates The Owen Guns have released new video for their song Drunk Shirtless Guy, from the recently released album Dawn of the Braindead. Written about that guy that most of you would be familiar with – the drunken buffoon who shows up at gigs, rips off his shirt and […]
Read moreIf you ask Conor O’Donoghue – The Person. He’ll tell you that his influences are The Church, The Stones and The Beatles. While hints of these are present in debut single Shine On Through, Conor O’Donoghue – The Band tweak them so they aren’t so prevalent that they detract from the sheer Pop-Perfection of this […]
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