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A. Swayze & the Ghosts


Closing out the monumental week of SXSW Sydney, Fest X Inner West transformed Enmore Road into a live music playground, offering a full day of free gigs across some of the area’s most iconic venues. From midday to late, we dove into an absolute whirlwind of performances, splitting time between the three stages at Factory …

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A. Swayze and the Ghosts are undeniably one of Tasmanian’s finest exports (along with a horror-tinged brand of southern gothicism, unfiltered Gin and the Dark Mofo Festival) and create an immensely satisfying new wave punk affront that is both dynamic and visceral. Their debut album ‘Paid Salvation’, released back in 2020, was itself a long time …

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As the dying corpse of winter makes one last desperate grasp at our ankles down at the wintery, cold and blustery antipodean outpost of Backseat Mafia, a heart warming ray of sunshine is blasted our way by the radiant A. Swayze & The Ghosts with their new single ‘Tell You All The Time’. It is …

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Favourites here at the southern outpost of Backseat Mafia, A. Swayze & The Ghosts are back with a renewed fervor following their come back single earlier this year ‘Cool Cucumber’. ‘He Is Dead’ confirms that the band’s palette is filled with many colours as they explore new territories beyond their punk origins – a dash …

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One of Australia’s best punk exponents, the brilliant A. Swayze and the Ghosts from niaplauna/Hobart, have made a blazing return to the scene with their new single ‘Cool Cucumber’. It’s been four long years since their debut album ‘Paid Salvation’ (see my review here) and the new single is a satisfying electric shock to the …

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