80% Here in Australia we have a special way of taking musical form and creating something individual to us with it. Crankees are a Sydney based punk band doing just that. They…
Category: Punk
2024: The Year That Was
BRIAN GIFFIN: It was a very low-key year here at Loud Online, but after a full twelve months of being offline over 2023 (the site crashed on New Year’s Day, 2023 and…
The Bennies to Headline Munk and Petal
Ocean View at the Wamberal Surf Club will turn into a day of punk and metal madness on March 1 when Munk & Petal 2025 stakes its claim to the NSW Central…
Downgirl Heads North
Sydney’s grunge punk foursome Downgirl are heading up the coast in January to launch their new double-A side, Horsegirl/Dig. The femme antagonists will be on the Goldie, this Brissie and wrapping it…
RONNIE SIMMONS AND THE REDBACK SPIDERS – Bite! Part One
70% Birthed during lockdown in an LA apartment, these songs are the first real flowering of Ronnie Simmons as an artist in his own right. After years as a skilled sideman, Bite!…
Fangz Rip Into the New Year
Punk rock reprobates Fangz are kicking off 2025 in their own inimitable style with Fangzstock across three weekends in January and February. With good buds Mountain Wizard Death Cult helping out at…
Blacken Open Air Returns!
Following 2022’s epic event, after which total silence seemed to fall, Blacken Open Air is returning “for one last time” in 2025! The news comes in the wake of a series of…
Busy Times for Downgirl
Femme punk antagonists Downgirl are stepping out again with a brand new double-A side and a flurry of shows coming up. Horsegirl/Dig is out on 15 November, and available for pre-order now….