New MusicA. Swayze & the Ghosts – ‘Paid Salvation’ Album Review by Luka Simonetti A. Swayze & The Ghosts fit a post-punk aesthetic, donning hard eyeliner, cropped leather, and occasionally bleached mohawks on stage. A. Swayze & The Ghosts…
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New MusicNewsWATCH: Total Revenge – ‘The Fair’ by Kayla McNicoll LA-based artist Ryan Pollie recently announced his new project Total Revenge, blessing us with the first single The Fair, an infectious slosh of woozy pop-punk….
FeaturesNewsThe Dandy Warhols – ‘Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia’: Why It Mattered by Kayla McNicoll In their first six years as a band, The Dandy Warhols quickly established themselves as outliers in the rock and roll scene. Tinkering with garage, psych-rock,…
FeaturesThe Clash: the only band that matters by James Peppercorn Of all the artists who “changed everything”, The Clash stand loud and proud. Over the course of their seven years (only taking into account the…
NewsVIC Premier Dan Andrews allegedly gives all clear for using coke in lockdown by Ben Hansen When Melbourne punk band Clowns tagged Victorian Premier Dan Andrews in an Instagram poll asking if cocaine was allowed during lockdown, they didn’t expect a…
New MusicLISTEN: The Buoys – ‘All This Talking Gets Us Nowhere’ by Ben Hansen Sydney’s The Buoys deliver their debut EP full of punchy, passionate punk, paired with a new video for their song Linda. At just 16-minutes, you’re…
NewsVinylMysterious bags pressed into Private Function’s new vinyl, probably speed by Ben Hansen Back in the day, Melbourne punks Private Function promised to buy “speed and booze” with the profits made from their merch. Looks like they followed it through. Yesterday, the…
Enmore AudioFeaturesGearTone lord: the tale of legendary guitarist and producer Mick Ronson by Dave Stano The legendary guitarist and producer Mick Ronson was best known for his work alongside David Bowie in the 1970s. But Ronson was much more than…
New MusicNewsParty Dozen – ‘Pray For Party Dozen’ Album Review by Claudia Schmidt Almost three years on from their debut album Living Man, Party Dozen have returned to the stage in the way that only Party Dozen can. As…
NewsStranglers keyboardist Dave Greenfield has died, aged 74 by Luka Simonetti The Stranglers‘ iconic keyboardist, Dave Greenfield, has died aged 74, due to coronavirus complications. After facing heart problems, he spent a prolonged time in hospital…
ListsNewsFrom ‘Gimme Danger’ to ‘Punk!’, here are the 5 greatest punk docos ever made by James Peppercorn Punk rock. Is there any other genre that evokes so much history and transformation? It’s the genre of music that has always defined releases of…
