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News: The Living End announce regional ‘I Only Trust Rock n Roll’ tour for July/August 2026

Legendary Australian rockers, The Living End have announced a 9-date regional tour on the back of the band’s latest album, and first in eight years, I Only Trust Rock n…

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Live Gallery: Lambrini Girls Detonate Like Molotov Cocktails at Sydney’s Metro Theatre 27.02.2025

Live Review: At Sydney’s Metro Theatre, Lambrini Girls deliver an incendiary Australian tour performance, bringing their politically driven punk and rapidly growing global reputation into sharp focus.

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Live Review + Photo Galleries: Cosmic Psychos smash out boozy finale to their extensive ‘I Really Like Beer’ national tour at Altar Bar, Hobart 14.02.2026

On a warm evening at Altar Bar in Hobart, Australian punk-rock stalwarts, Cosmic Psychos brought their beer-soaked punk rock to a dedicated, beer-fuelled crowd to further promote their latest. and…

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Live Review & Gallery: Still Loud, Still Defiant, Dead Kennedys at Metro Theatre – Eora Land, Sydney 27.09.25

The Dead Kennedys filled the Metro Theatre with a noise and sense of conviction that hasn’t aged out. Original members, guitarist ‘East Bay’ Ray Pepperell and bassist ‘Klaus Flouride’ (Geoffrey…

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News: Still loud, still sharp: Eddy Current Suppression Ring unleash the gritty Shapes and Forms

Eddy Current Suppression Ring — the twice ARIA Award-nominated garage/punk rock band — have re-emerged from a long studio silence with Shapes and Forms, their second new song following on…

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Live Review + Photo Galleries: Dark Mofo Festival – Gut Health, Dick Move and Woolworths Flushot at Altar Bar 11.06.2025

Another great triple-act night was had at Tasmania’s world-renowned, mid-winter festival, Dark Mofo at Hobart’s Altar Bar. This triple involved three bands who sit within the punk-rock category, albeit that…

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Live Gallery: ‘Never Mind The Bollocks’, The Sex Pistols are in Australia Performing With Frank Carter – Hordern Pavilion, Eora Nation/Sydney 08.04.25

It’s wild, really – the Sex Pistols only ever released one official studio album. Just one. But what a detonation it was. Nearly fifty years later, the blast radius is…

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News & Track: CLAMM Release Scathing Single ‘No Idea’ Ahead of Upcoming Album and EU/UK Tour

Naarm/Melbourne trio CLAMM have just released ‘No Idea’, a shredding new single that doubles down on the band’s rawest instincts – fast, furious, and zero facade. It’s the second taste…

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live review: stiff little fingers, ricky warwick and the fighting hearts. the barbican, york. 18/03/2025

The Barbican was full of legends tonight and the crowd didn’t disappoint either. When Ricky Warwick and the Fighting Hearts hit the stage the gathered ensemble was modest to say…

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Live Review & Gallery: Shame Revel In Punk Devotion, Giving Australia Stage Dive Sermons – Metro Theatre, Eora Land/Sydney, 04.03.25

I’d heard along the grapevine that Shame’s set at Yours and Owls Festival was the one to catch, best of the weekend, unfiltered punk energy carrying the day forward ahead…

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