Sick of hearing about the collapse of big ticket festivals (especially that steaming pile of shit called Pandemonium Rocks where the line-up is being stripped of headliners as we speak but is still selling tickets and being falsely advertised?) Well, here’s some better news.
The New Christs are headlining an all-day, multi-band bill in Newcastle this month for the ridiculously cheap door price of 30 bucks.
HellNation 24 is at the Lass O’Gowrie Hotel in Wickham on Saturday, April 13, kicking off at the ungodly hour of 11.30am.
There are loads of out-of-towners and local acts to make a weekend stay worth your while and tickets are going here.
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Sydney underground rock’s best kept secret, Joeys Coop, brings up its 10th anniversary with a special show at Camelot Lounge in Marrickville at Saturday May 4.
Fronted by dapper Mark Roxburgh (ex-Decline of The Reptiles) and with a sound shaped by the distinctive guitar stylings of ex-Died Pretty guitarist Brett Myers, the gig follows a five-month absence from the stage.
Joeys Coop promises special guests, a giveaway release of previously unreleased material and (maybe) balloons and party hats. Tickets are available here.
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By The Seat Of Our Pants - Pilots Of Baalbek (Outtaspace)
Next time somebody tells you that rock and roll is dead, know this: They’re either projecting their own sad existence or they’re looking for it in all the wrong places. The best Rock Action almost always exists on the fringes, never attracting mainstream support because most people don’t know what they like, they only like what they know.
Dig, and you shall find.
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In The Keep - Flowers for Jayne (self released)
Flowers for Jayne have been floating around for the last for a couple of years with their melodic power-pop blended with James Williamson-style, blazing guitar shredding.
The band is led by ex-Lime Spider, Jayne Murphy, whose background from Sydney’s western suburbs carried with it a staple diet of KISS, Cheap Trick and the cooler sounds of Australian indie- noisy guitar greatness.
Jayne has one part of the pedigree of a great rock ‘n’ roller – she’s an outsider with her own personal tribulations behind her. She has always relied on music to keep going.
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FULL FLOWER MOON BAND
SUNFRUITS
(and VILLE VALO)
Metro Social Club, Sydney
Saturday 16 March, 2024
Photos by DIGBY FROG
Brisbane's Full Flower Moon Band is one of the best, and most inventive bands in Australia; simply put they’ll lift the hairs on your arm. Bold statement, but true. The reasons why will be clear if you read on.
It’s a Saturday night. It’s raining, I am standing at the bus top, irritated and looking at the timetable. Damn, the bus is late again and I’m going to miss the connecting ferry. Fuck privatisation. It has turned the local bus service to shit.
Approaching is a cool rock ‘n’ roll couple who look about my age, one of them wearing a Chimers T-shirt (a rarity in my part of the world.)
We strike up a conversation about the appalling bus service as they have walked from another stop after giving up waiting for a bus that will never arrive.
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Cheap Trick
+ The Angels
The Palais, St Kilda, VIC
Wednesday, 13 March 2024
Hello I-94 Barflies! I hope you are all in fine form. Myself, I’m still recovering from seeing the amazing Cheap Trick at The Palais Theatre in St Kilda and they did not disappoint.
Dragging myself out of bed at 430am for a 1000 kilometre public transport round trip is never pleasant and as the years creep by, travelling does get more fiscally challenging. But family and live rock ‘n’ roll is what gets me off the land and out of The Farmhouse. First, let me say this if you’re ever in Melbourne The Pint On The Punt in Richmond is a nice place to start your drinking, get a feed and sleep on a lumpy mattress. It’s also within walking distance of the now boring suburb of St Kilda.
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The Ides Of March are almost upon us. It's a time of uncertainty across the universe, so Sydney band Flowers For Jayne have conjured an anthem with a message to help you find yourself again and breakout into song, chanting: "I look back to my past. I'm still practicing my craft!"
This is the lyric clip’s online debut. You can order a digital or physical copy of the song or the EP on which it can be found here.
Vocalist, guitarist and composer Jayne Murphy (ex-Lime Spiders) says: "I've stirred deep into life's caldron and drawn out the essence of my personal connection with the universe in this catchy, punchy and racy anthem which evokes feelings of entrapment, liberation and reflection. Make it your connection too!"
Flowers For Jayne are Jayne Murphy, Kevin Riddle (bass), Peter Timmerman (drums) and Stuart Wilson (percussion). It was recorded by Stuart Wilson at Stu Stu Studio in Marrickville NSW, mixed by Anton Hagop at A-Side Productions and mastered by Ernie O at his Urban Fringe Compound in Victoria,
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Canberra proto-punk-cum-metal band Pilots of Baalbek have released their second album, “By The Seat Of Our Pants”, on happening label Outtaspace and you night want cock an ear to what they're doing.
Said to be “a groovy platter of ‘70s-style space rock, punk, heavy metal, boogie and glam”, the LP references Hawkwind, The Sweet, New York Dolls, AC/DC, Stooges and Motorhead. Big call but you can judge for yourself by this filmclip for "Cargo Cult" by Mike Foxall (Neptune Power Federation, Nancy Vandal, The Fizz.)
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Australian underground guitar hero Johnny Casino has another album on the launch pad. “High Stone” will be released on Australian label Cheersquad on May 3 .
An epic, near 10-miniute version of The Byrds' psychedelic masterpiece "Eight Miles High” is a precursor to the album but, given its length, it won’t make it to threvinyl edition.It was recorded in Philadelphia with members of the band St James and The Apostles.
The new record was mixed in Spain by American Mike Mariconda, a garage legend in his own right who has worked with the Cosmic Psychos, Powder Monkeys, New Bomb Turks, Jack Oblivion and Holly Golightly.
The new album is said to highlight Johnny's huge guitar chops and fine singing songwrting. but features a stronger keyboard presence than usual – a soulful nod to Memphis greats the Reigning Sound.
Formerly of Sydney's beloved '90s high energy rock 'n' rollers Asteroid B-612, Johnny Casino now calls Spain home and regularly plays across Europe and in the US.
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