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The Jesus Lizard are returning to Australia for the first time since 1994, playing three shows in October. The 2024 release of their seventh studio LP, “Rack” has marked a re-birth for band and the album has garnered great reviews.

Since their inception in Austin, Texas, in 1987, the Jesus Lizard has thrilled audiences all over the planet. The rocket-thrust rhythm section of bassist David Wm. Sims and drummer Mac McNeilly remains the perfect launchpad for guitarist Duane Denison’s jagged riffing and vocalist David Yow’s mercurial vocalisations.

The Jesus Lizard
Australian Tour
OCT
15 - The Croxton, Melbourne, VIC
+ The Nation Blue
Tickets
17 - Liberty Hall (ex Max Watts), Sydney, NSW
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19 -  Crow Bar, Brisbane, QLD
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The New Christs have confirmed a UK and Europe tour in August 2025 – their first gigs on the Continent in 11 years.  The 18-date tour kicks off in Manchester, UK, on August 19 and includes Glasgow and London before making its way to Italy, France and Spain.

Closer to home, tickets are on sale for their Sydney show with The On and Ons on June 6 here and they’ll play with Tumbleweed at the Hamilton Station Hotel in Newcastle on June 21. Tickets for that gig are here. 

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The term “legend” is readily applied in rock and roll it but it belonged to James Baker. Drummer, at various times, for the Hoodoo Gurus, Scientists, The Victims, Beasts of Bourbon, The Dubrovniks and The Beasts, James succumbed to cancer at home in Perth last night, aged 71.

Tributes have been flying around the Interwebs all day and two of the best come from Melbourne and Sydney. They bear repetition here.

The current iteration of ‘90s alternative rock band Budd (right) are releasing their new split seven-inch single with Geelong band Smoke Witch ahead of a run of New South Wales and Victorian shows.

Budd has lasted through numerous line-up changes, since the heady days of the early ‘90s, releasing four albums and three EPs that captured the of grunge, stoner rock, punk, and hard rock.



Originally from Brisbane, the current Melbourne-based line-up is original guitarist Jeremy Finlayson, with drummer Cris Wilson (Warped, Hoss, Johnny Casino, Legends of Motorsport) and bassist Kez (Holocene, Autohaze, Sunset Strip, Magnolia Strip).  

“Banger” is the single and you can hear it here.

Budd will be joined at the NSW shows by Sydney heavy blues/doom rock band Hekate, Melbourne's Spitting Chips (ex Cosmic Psychos members), and reunited ‘90s Sydney band Drill, who will also head to Melbourne for release shows in Geelong and Melbourne.

MAY
9  – Link & Pin, Woy Woy 
w/ Hekate + Spitting Chips
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10 - Moshpit, Sydney - 2 SHOWS!
Afternoon show w/ Spitting Chips + Drill
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Evening show w/ Hekate + Spitting Chips
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11 - La La La's, Wollongong
w/ Hekate + Spitting Chips
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23 - Stone Vault Studios, Fyansford (Geelong)
w/ Smoke Witch + Drill (NSW)
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24 - Last Chance Rock & Roll Bar
w/ Smoke Witch + Drill (NSW)
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He’s best known around these parts as the explosive drummer for the classic line-up of the Lime Spiders but Richard Lawson has moved down a radically different musical path since then.

He's evolved into a multi-instrumentalist, contributing to more than 25 recordings across many genres.  His latest project is a collaboration “How To Read A City, Your Place of Last Resort”, recorded by Acacia Quartet at Richard's Four Winds studio in Bermagui, New South Wales ,  

Exploring themes of love, loss, and storytelling through intricate harmonies and lyrical intonation as well as unusual instrumentation, “How To Read a City” comes to WestWords Parramatta on Thursday May 29 at 6.00pm for its live premiere. Tickets are free but it’s best to reserve places here.

The scorching “The Kiss Off” b/w “Carny Marriage” is the farewell single for Chris Masuak And The Viveiro Wave Riders on US label Savage Magic Records, and we’re selling a limited number via the I-94 Bar Bandcamp site where you can also have a listen. Pre-orders are open now. 

Chris “Klondike” Masuak should need no introduction, with a heritage that includes service in Radio Birdman, the Hitmen, the Screaming Tribesmen, the New Christs and his own Klondike’s North 40, The Raouls and the Juke Savages.