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  • loud as ever coverLoud As Ever – Various Artists (Sound As Ever)

    Every generation of music lovers grows up thinking its era was the best. So it goes with those who ploughed through puberty in the ‘90s, a time now digitally immortalised  (as all things are) by a Facebook page, “Sound As Ever”, dedicated to Australian independent music from 1990-99.

    “Sound As Ever” is a snapshot of what life looked and sounded like on the fringes of Australian music in the ‘90s. It has an audience of 72,000 Facebook users after just a year. Like any retrospective, some of what’s thrown up is gem-like and some is shite.

    Personally, the ‘90s were a letdown: Once the tidal wave of grunge had subsided, it left a lot of mediocrity on the surface and it seemed there wasn’t much Real Rock and Roll left. Bands like the Powder Monkeys and New Christs that were grossly underappreciated at the start of the decade criminally remained so at the end.

  • adjustment disorder cvrAdjustment Disorder – The Institutionalist (self released)

    The Institutionalist is a post-punk creation from the sonic laboratory of Ernie O, a gifted but unassuming producer, engineer and musician from the fringes of Melbourne.

     At this point we’ll declare that The O Man is the mastering wiz-of-choice for many discerning labels, I-94 Bar Records, among them. His  playing history includes Suburban Urchins, The Photon Belt, The Undecided By Defaultand Vocabularinist, none of which are household names. That’s what you get for misspending your youth in Tasmania. In a fair and just world, however, “Adjustment Disorder” would change that.

  • Listening To Gospel Music On The Radio – Moonlight Five (self releseed video single)

    "Listening To Gospel Music On The Radio" is the sophomore release from alt blues/country act from Sydney’s northern beaches Moonlight Five. Led by ex-Waxworks and Dwarfthrower frontman and I-94 Bar contributor Edwin Garland (and, no, we won’t hold that last point against him), "Gospel Music" leans heavily into the Tom Waits via-Dylan category, without being derivative.  

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Australian East Coast Tour
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APR
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+ Bugg Music
Marrickville Bowling Club
- Apr 26
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"Live in Lyon" CD launches
MAY
+ Van Ruin
Old Manly Boatshed, NSW
-24
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+ Dave Favours & The Roadside Ashes
Sydney Crowbar, Leichhardt, NSW
- 25 (5pm)
+ Australian Beefweek (public bar)
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St Kilda Bowls Club, VIC
- 30
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- 31 The Tote, VIC
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“May Mayhem”
The Jane Does
+ Jupiter 5
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+ The Strike-Outs
(playing order TBD on the night)
Marrickville Bowling Club
- May 3
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Missing Link # 5
The Bluebottles
+ The Wraylettes
+ Honk
+ The Missing Link Band
Shotkickers, Thornbury, VIC
- May 3

Mike Rudd + Tim Gaze
MAY
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4 - Banshees Bar, Ipswich, QLD
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 The Mick Medew & Ursula 4
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The Triffid, Brisbane
- May 24

The Blowers
MAY
AUS
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w/ HAGO +
Juliette Seizure & The Tremor-Dolls
10 - Adelaide - TBC
w/ Street Legal
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EU
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AUS
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21 - Trash Cult, Bendigo
09 - Grace Emily, Adelaide
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"Straight Into The Sun Tour"
MAY
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JUN
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7 - Mandurah Performing Arts Centre, Mandurah WA.
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Cherie Currie
Australian Tour
with Hot Machine
SEP
5 -  Rosemount, Perth
6 - Crown and Anchor, Adelaide
11 - The Corner Hotel, Melbourne
12 – Sydney Crowbar
13 – Brisbane Crowbar
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 Dead Kennedys
Australia and NZ
SEP
16 - Auckland, Powerstation
17 - Wellington, Meow Nui
19 – Melbourne, Northcote Theatre
20 - Brisbane, Tivoli
24 - Perth, Astor Theatre
26 - Adelaide, The Gov
27 - Sydney, Metro Theatre
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Ross Williamson posted a comment in Lest We Forget: Sydney salutes The Stems
Nice post and great to see them finish with "Sad Girl" (not tears me in two) which had been missing ...
Was,nt at this either. But i really can,t see the point of swapping one ginger knob, for a different...
yeah started great, no fun sucked a lot of air out of the room. My way was rubbish. Holidays great...
Just as sickening is The Sunnyboys STILL haven't been inducted into the ARIA Hall Of Fame.
Mike f'n K posted a comment in Rip into SSD's latest Shit or Bust
Maybe late to the game. May be drunk. Just found this revival. Damn, just feels good. It's organic.

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