The Explosive sound of Swedes with loud guitars

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By The Barman

The Barman

01 November 2020

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Watch Out! Look Out! - Doojiman & The Exploders (Heavy Medication)

Dunno about you but Scandirock was thicker on the ground in these parts in the 1990s than dandruff at a record collector fair. Doojiman & The Exploders are from Sweden and use a simple recipe of punk guitars from the garage, a sackful of strong songs and buckets of phlegm to attitude to rock the house down.

You gotta to be good to steal the title of a Stooges outtake as the name of your band and Doojiman & The Exploders are. There are traces of The (early) Hives, a less metal-ly Gluecefier and the venerable ‘Copters, sans six-string histrionics, on this 45rpm, nine-track slice of vinyl.

• punk
• sweden
• heavy medication records
• doojiman
• exploders
• watch out! look out!

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Last recording of L.A. biker band Angus Khan is exhumed

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By The Barman

The Barman

29 October 2020

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The long-unavailable second album from biker-metal band Angus Khan — “Angus Khan II: The Wrath of Khan” — is now available on Spotify. Angus Khan was a collaboration band between L.A. punk rock n roll acts The Streetwalkin' Cheetahs and B-Movie Rats that recorded one 2009 album (“Black Leather Soul”, also recently reissued in Spotify) before breaking up in 2012. But not before making one final album that has sat on the shelves...until now. 

The sound was biker metal meets glam rock meets ‘70s hard rock boogie and it’s all there in spades on this unearthed sophomore opus. Listen here. 

• streetwalkin' cheetahs
• angus khan
• the wrath of khan
• spotify
• b-move rats

Kim Volkman lays some "Blame"

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By The Barman

The Barman

29 October 2020

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Victoria is fresh out of its strict lock-up and Melbourne rocker Kim Volkman (Kim Volkman & The Whisky Priests, X, Ian Rilen & The Love Addicts) has a new video single out - recorded less than a week ago. It's called "Blame". 

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• blame

'Tis the season for some treason

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By The Barman

The Barman

28 October 2020

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Cultural Treason - Moot (Riot Records)

The sleepy resort town of Forster on the New South Wales Mid Coast might be an unlikely place to find a punk band, but never forget that Jello Biafra grew up as Stanley Boucher in nondescript Boulder, Colorado. Moot have a little Jello in the musical DNA on their debut EP - plus a whole lot more.

It’s said mainstream Americans don’t “get” sarcasm. Aussies do and Moot is dripping in the stuff. “Fake News” is a blast of bile with lots of dynamics, directed at you-know-who. "I Hate Hippies" channels a show at The Grand Hotel in Sydney in 1980 with its nod to Johnny Dole and the Scabs and is a punked-up attack on hipsters. Simple and simply effective. 

• newcastle
• forster
• moot
• riot records
• cultural treason

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Chris Masuak gets some Gunk on this Monday

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By The Barman

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27 October 2020

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Catch Chris Masuak (ex-Radio Birdman, Hitmen, Screaming Tribesmen and the New Christs among others) on Monday Evening Gunk at 7:30pm Sydney time on November 2 on the MoshPit Facebook. Klondike will be interviewed by Bob Short (Filth, Dead Rabids) and Tiffany Palmer (Sydney Rock and Roll Markets) before ripping into a live set with his band The Viveiro Wave Riders. 

• hitmen
• new christs
• radio birdman
• chris masuak
• viveiro wave riders
• moshpit
• monday evening gunk

Monday Evening Gunk Episode 6: Julie Mostyn Gilbert & Warwick Gilbert

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By The Barman

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27 October 2020

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Catch Monday Evening Gunk on the MoshPit Faccebook at 7.30pm every Monday or catch up here every Tuesday. Next up on Gunk: Chris Masuak of Radio Birdman, the Scraming Tribesmen, the Hitmen and the New Christs who will be interviewed by Bob Short (Filth) and Tiffany Palmer (Sydney Rock and Roll Markets) and play a set with his band, The Viveiro Wave Riders. 

• radio birdman
• chris masuak
• flaming hands
• julie mostyn
• warwick gilbert
• moshpit
• monday evening gunk
• jules rb normington

Wire continues to challenge with new music

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By Robert Brokenmouth

Robert Brokenmouth

25 October 2020

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Mind Hive - Wire (Pinkflag)
10.20 - Wire (Pinkflag)

First to the Rolling Rock ratings: "Mind Hive" gets a mighty seven bottles, and "10.20", six out of a possible five each... That's because I'm being stingy. Both these new Wire albums are series of pieces you simply play over and over. Then return to.

The only comparison I'll make today is that "Mind Hive" reminds me of Hugo Race's recent "Starbirth" - both seem compelled to take a long, personal view of where we are and, with mesmeric power and grace, both give us a view refracted from the apparently oblivious mainstream. We're in a state of flux, with numbed and shaved antennae.

• wire
• pinkflag
• graham lewis
• mind hive
• 10:20
• colin newman

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Joeys Uncooped to unveil new songs

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By John "Bod" Ventoura

John "Bod" Ventoura

22 October 2020

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"In The Flesh" with
Joeys Coop
+ Paul Berwick
The MoshPit, St Peters, NSW
October 11, 2020

I attended a very special show from the delightful Joeys Coop. Must have been something in the stars or numbers - as on 10/10/20 we were part of something special. In these Covid days where we have been starved of live music, the hip MoshPit played host to 20 fans and close associates of the band AND it was live-streamed by Zenn Stream.

I felt hugely privileged being there and in the company of my music bestie after a wonderful Greek taverna feed nearby, and felt obligated to share my thoughts.

For those who need an intro, JC is a supergroup of sorts with the critically acclaimed Brett Myers (Died Pretty) on guitar, Mark Roxburgh (Decline of The Reptiles/ME262) on lead vocals, the engine room of Lloyd Gyi on percussion/vocals (Perry Keyes/ Sicarios et al) and Marc Lynch (Glide), they are a tight and sophisticated outfit who play smart Rock from the heart.

• happy hate me nots
• died pretty
• joeys coop
• brett myers
• mark roxburgh
• moshpit
• paul berwick

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Next on Monday Evening Gunk: A Phantom, a Radio Birdman and a Flaming Hand walk into a bar

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By The Barman

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22 October 2020

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Phantom Records founder and Radio Birdman roadie/manager Jules RB Normngton chats to old friends Julie Mostyn Gilbert of Flaming Hands and Warwick Gilbert, bassist and graphic artists for Radio Birdman, on on our "Monday Evening Gunk" Internet TV show at 7.30pm Sydney time on Monday, October 26. You'll "Break Down and Cry" if you miss it! You can stream if free from the MoshPit bar Facebook page or catch up here on the day after. If you're in Sydney, admission is free but numbers are limited, and doors open at 6pm.

• radio birdman
• flaming hands
• phantom records
• julie mostyn
• jules normington
• moshpit
• monday evening gunk