ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON 30 OCTOBER 2011 It’s Tuesday morning and Lindsay McDougall, radio host, occasional TV presenter and tattooed love-child guitar player for Sydney punk upstarts Frenzal Rhomb is calling in. Following…
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THE HARD-ONS: Back for the Attack
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON 29 NOVEMBER 2012 “He still suffers from vertigo and it still affects his 3D vision and stuff. I don’t think you can treat head injuries lightly. Unlike a broken…
Private Function at the Oxford Art Factory
Private Function, The Blamers, Year 6 Disco at the Oxford Art Factory, Sydney. 3 September, 2022 On September 3 in Sydney, punky lovers of the subversive and the absurd descended upon the…
THE CHATS – Get Fucked
75% Aussie punk rock is making a stab at the mainstream again lately and these Sunny Coast reprobates are in a big way responsible. Get Fucked sees The Chats leaning even harder into…
COSMIC PSYCHOS – Mountain of Piss
90% If there’s one constant in Australian music circles, it’s the Cosmic Psychos. No matter what else happens, which trend comes and goes, the Psychos are as the Psychos were as the…
BODYJAR – New Rituals
90% Bodyjar have always been a glimmer of Americanised melodic pop-punk in Australia, ruling the punk roost in one way or another since finding recognition amongst the boom of skate punk in…
SWEDISH MAGAZINES – I Wish Life Could Be…
90% In the early 00s, punk rockers The Swedish Magazines were something of a fixture on the inner-Melbourne scene, cementing a good reputation and playing shows with bands like Cosmic Psychos where…
Dr Colossus at the Duke
Dr Colossus, Tantichrist at the Duke of Enmore, Sydney. 4 June 2022 What better way to warm up on a cold Saturday evening in Sydney than to cram into the front bar…
Fangz at the Baroque Room
Fangz, Downgirl, Celestial Oath, Naugrim at the Baroque Room, Katoomba. 1 April 2022 After at least one previous recent attempt that was thwarted by the dreaded COVID, Fangz finally made it back…