Post Punk
Live Gallery: From The Gnomes to Private Function to Viagra Boys, Chaos Reigns at Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion 18.01.2026
Sydney is getting hammered by rain, and it somehow feels appropriate. Inside the Hordern Pavilion, The Gnomes kick the doors open with scrappy, straight-ahead rock’n’roll, warming up a crowd that already feels feral from the weather outside. Private Function follow with the kind of unhinged, all-or-nothing set that’s made them infamous, turning their final Sydney show into a joyous mess of noise, sweat and confrontation. By the time Viagra Boys hit the stage, the room is primed for release. Their satire-soaked post-punk lands heavy and absurd in equal measure, cutting through the storm with precision and bile. It’s a night where chaos feels earned — inside and out.
Album Review: ‘Soft Monstrous Masses!’ – 208L Containers deliver an anarchic dose of sardonic humour on a bed of angular post punk with a buzz-saw blast
Lutruwita/Tasmanian outfit 208L Containers have just released a blast of iridescent joy from the intense furnace of their creative minds in ‘Soft Monstrous Masses!’. Sardonic and unashamedly Australian-accented voices sing of a range of familiar and alien concepts laced with humour and a thousand yard stare, a mix of political observations with tales of the …
Say Psych: EP Review: Rhys Bloodjoy – Evils Highway EP
Rhys Bloodjoy is a one man noise machine, using sophisticated loops, echo drenched harmonies and reverb soaked melodies to create a truly unique style all of his own. His new EP is something special, and we had to see what all the fuss was about! His debut album Human.Pattern.Repeat. at the start of the pandemic …
Album Review: Sliver Fleet Ships set sail into the darkness with their atmospheric debut album ‘Before Never, After Forever’.
Nipaluna/Hobart band Silver Fleet Ships are signed to the tremendous Meanjin/Brisbane label False Peaks Records, and this is a sure guarantee of the quality you can except in their debut album ‘Before Never, After Forever’. It’s an album which bleeds atmosphere from every pore: statuesque and gilded with an Antarctic chill exacerbated by the sharp expressive guitar …
Say Psych: Video Premiere: Rhys Bloodjoy – I Believe I Can Die
Sister 9 Recordings have just announced pre-orders for Rhys Bloodjoy‘s upcoming Evils Highway EP with an exclusive Backseat Mafia Video Premiere of the lead single, ‘I Believe I Can Die’! The EP will be Bloodjoy’s first solo release since last year’s album, The Chaos In Veins—and is set for release on 31 October. For the …
Album Review: Lutruwita’s TEENS display a bit of raw and visceral ‘Negative Energy’ in an explosive second album.
The streets of the southernmost capital in Australia are filled with crazed youths, and at the front of the pack is the rampant Lutruwita band TEENS spreading discord and riotous energy everywhere they can with a wild-eyed blend of punk, pop and anarchy. They have today released their second album ‘Negative Energy’ through No Sleep …
Track: Lutruwita/Tasmanian band Lennon Wells declare ‘No Kings’ with a swaggering blast of attitude.
Lennon Wells first caught my attention last year when they supported iconic Australian band Jet celebrating 20 years since the release of their album ‘Get Born’ in Hobart – a special night bejewelled by the visible appearance of the spectacular Aurora Australia in the skies that evening. I observed of the band that they put …
News: Enigmatic Naarm/Melbourne duo HighSchool announce self-titled debut album with new single ‘Dipped’.
Naarm/Melbourne postpunk maestros HighSchool have been enticing us with a series of stunning singles over the past few years and they have announced the release of their self-titled debut album slated for 31 October 2025 through [PIAS] Australia. This follows up their magnificent EP ‘Accelerator’ last year (see my 9/10 review here), and as an added …
EP Review: Radio Free Alice unveil their sonically iridescent third EP ‘Empty Words’ as they continue breaking records on their European and US tour
We have been closely following the rapid ascent of Radio Free Alice ever since premiering their video for ‘I (Gotta Fall In Love)’ back in 2023. This was followed by their signing to the massive and highly prestigious WME Agency for worldwide representation after their signing locally to the illustrious Double Drummer label. This is band that has been garnering world wide attention …