Australian indie rock band Ups and Downs has released Radio Is Dead, their first EP of original music in ten years. To support the release, the band will embark on a four-date tour across Queensland and New South Wales in October.
Two of Australia’s flagship garage power pop acts, Benny J Ward from Perth and Lava Fangs from Melbourne, interrupt normal transmissions to present a split 4-song 7″ EP to consummate their mutual admiration and to mark the fact that they’re playing shows together in Melbourne in October.
Kim Salmon’s new outfit SMOKED SALMON have announced a national tour to promote their forthcoming self-titled debut album, which is out Feb 28 on Cheersquad. The announcement follows the launch of the video for “Hell in a Handbasket”, which is the 2nd single from the forthcoming album.
The Hard-Ons have followed a massive 2024 with the release of the new video for “Ride To The Station” – the single take from their new album I Like You A Lot Getting Older – and the announcement a May/June US tour with old friend Jerry A of legendary Portland punks Poison Idea!
Melbourne’s fave rave 3-guitar rock’n’roll power poppers The Prize have today digitally release the new single & video “Had It Made”, just a month before they head off with their friends the Chats for their 2nd European tour.
Esteemed Californian independent and radical publisher PM Press has today published a groundbreaking new book on Australian punk, Orstralia: A Punk History 1974–1989 by Melbourne author Tristan Clark. Clark has also today published a companion volume Orstralia: A Punk History 1990 –1999.
Johnny Casino, formerly of Sydney’s Asteroid B-612, has released his new album “High Stone” today. Available on Cheersquad Records & Tapes, the album features a blend of strong guitar work and keyboard influences reminiscent of ’60s garage-pop.
A long-lost live recording of Radio Birdman offshoot, HITMEN D.T.K., featuring Deniz Tek has been released. Captured in 1991, this recording marks Tek’s return to the Australian stage after a decade. The album, celebrated for preserving a significant piece of rock history, showcases powerful performances from both original and new tracks, encapsulating a fierce, rock ‘n’ roll ethos. The release coincides with Radio Birdman’s 50th anniversary celebrations.
Cheersquad Records & Tapes have announced a new album by Australian underground rock’n’roll hero Johnny Casino. Entitled ‘High Stone’, the album will be released May 3. Ahead of the album, the new single, an epic 9:54-minute version of The Byrds’ masterpiece “Eight Miles High”, is out today.
Melbourne-via-Perth power pop wonder boy Wesley Fuller has today released the 4th single from his forthcoming album ‘All Fuller No Filler’, “The Velvet Affair”.
Revered Melbourne blues institution CHECKERBOARD LOUNGE, whose Sun Sessions Album topped the Australian Blues Charts in 2022, are back with the new Jeff Lang-co-produced set Roller Coaster
