australian tour

_{Luther Russell and Jody Stephens in Those Pretty Wrongs duo format.}

As drummer and a founding member of the legendary Big Star, Jody Stephens is an icon to so many of today's musicians. The musical legacy of Big Star is as omnipresent as it's ever been and undoubtedly this enormous global respect is due to the band's recording of three of the greatest albums ever set to vinyl.

A hugely successful reformation by Big Star in the early ‘90s produced a world tour and a fine fourth album. Pleasingly, over this past decade, Jody has gone on to create even more marvellous music wth a duo outfit with Luther Russell, Those Pretty Wrongs. 

As a songwriting pair, their music is refreshingly honest, supremely melodious and inherently tender in its style. And the recordings are super hi fi harking back to the quality of John Fry’s famous work at Ardent Studios with Big Star. 

It is therefore the music of Those Pretty Wrongs I primarily wished to focused on in this Q&A in advance of Those Pretty Wrongs’ exciting upcoming second tour of Australia. I was especially keen to seek a deeper understanding of how Jody’s own musical journey influences the music of Those Pretty Wrongs. 

The much-anticipated return of Endless Boogie and the Australian debut of Howlin’ Rain will happen, and has now been moved from April to late October and early November.

Both bands will be appearing at the rescheduled Boogie festival (October 30-November 1) in rural Victoria and at the same East Coast venues they were originally booked into. All existing tickets will be honoured. 

Endless Boogie & Howlin' Rain
OCT
29 - The Tote, Melbourne, Sydney
NOV
5 - Crowbar, Sydney
+ feedtime
Endless Boogie only
6 - Black Bear Lodge, Brisbane
7 - Eltham Hotel, NSW

Tokyo funk-garage rockers ZOOBOMBS are back in Australia after more than a decade away. A May and June 2025 tour will bring them to Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne.

The band will be releasing a new Australian edition of their classic 1999 album “Let It Bomb” via Cheersquad Records & Tapes and May 23.

ZOOBOMBS have captivated audiences worldwide and shared stages with the likes of The Black Keysand Jon Spencer Blues Explosion. First turning heads Down Under on the Big Day Out festival tour in 2001, their high-octane performances leave a lasting imprint.

Regurgitator's Ben Ely is playing with ZOOBOMBS in Brisbane with his band Ben Ely and The Mango Fungo Band, and The Meanies and Rocket Science are each one one of their two Melbourne shows.

ZOOMBOMBS (JP)
Australian Tour
MAY
29 – The Crowbar, Brisbane
+ The Unknowns + Ben Ely and The Mango Fungo Band 
30 – The Crowbar, Sydney
+ The Unknowns + Liquid Zoo 
JUN
1– The Evelyn, Fitzroy
w/ The Meanies + The Vovos 
2 – Kindred Studio, Footscray
w/ Rocket Science 
Tickets