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Live Gallery: Descendents Prove Their Punk Legacy Endures At Sydney’s Roundhouse 11.06.2026

There are bands that influence a genre and there are bands that practically write its DNA. Nearly half a century after first emerging from Manhattan Beach, California, Descendents arrive at…

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News: Eddy Current Suppression Ring release latest album, In Light Of Recent Events

It isn’t often that we get truly excited about a new release, but Melbourne’s hugely popular DIY garage-punks, Eddy Current Suppression Ring have dropped their latest long-player, the aptly named…

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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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