Ronnie Simmon and the Redback Spiders, Punish, Avalanche at the Duke, Sydney. 11 May 2024 Another Saturday night, and we’re once again at the Duke. This time it’s for the very special…
Category: Rock
Brisbane Punk Legend Fred Noonan Has Died
Brisbane punk scene stalwart Alan “Fred” Noonan died in the early hours of this morning, 9 May, after a battle with cancer. Best known as the drummer with party punks Blowhard and…
The Butterfly Effect is Planning a Regional Tour…
and they want your help. The Butters want to take their Begins Here 20th Anniversary Tour to regional towns in 2025, so they’ve launched a page where fans can nominate which towns…
TUMBLEWEED: Return of the Riff
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON 19 DECEMBER 2010 Already a prominent name on their local scene thanks to some early releases, including a single produced by Mark Arm from Mudhoney, in 1992 Wollongong band…
Lost Hitmen DTK Live Recording Surfaces
Forgotten live recordings of punk rock records seem to have a knack for turning up decades after someone threw the tape in a box somewhere, and this time it’s a seriously lo-fi…
The Neptune Power Federation at the Duke, Sydney
The Neptune Power Federation, Black Aces, Pilots of Baalbek, Caster at the Duke of Enmore, Sydney. 27 April 2024 Saturday night in Sydney and I find myself once again at the Duke…
NUNCHUKKA SUPERFLY – Nunchukka Superfly 95
80% The culprits behind this slab of noise are the original members of Nunchukka Superfly, a mid-90s collection of souls from three of Sydney’s loudest and most furious – Blackie and Ray…
THE NEPTUNE POWER FEDERATION – Goodnight My Children
90% The Neptune Power Federation is onto their sixth album of original material now and they just keep delivering the goods. Consistency is a difficult thing for any band to achieve but…
Nunchukka Superfly (95) Tour Dates
The original version of Sydney experimentalists Nunchukka Superfly has reconvened to tour the release of their long-shelved debut album. With the release, at last, of Nunchukka Superfly 95, the band that recorded…
Rose Tattoo at the Bridge Hotel, Sydney
Rose Tattoo, The Poor at the Bridge Hotel, Sydney. 19 April 2024 One of the myriad of framed gig posters on the walls of the Bridge Hotel proclaims the venue to be…