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  • kevin cherry 2025

    TEN MEMORABLE MUSIC EVENTS OF 2025 IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER

    (1) WOLLONGONG AND NEWCASTLE
    Sydney's satellite cities have long held the mantle of creative incubators, with their alluring property prices, sun-kissed beaches, and a vibrant local populace ready to both entertain and be entertained. While the Sydney music scene has seen better days, it’s refreshing to witness bands from Wollongong and Newcastle stepping into the limelight, particularly in the realms of post-punk and alternative genres,

    These regional cities are breathing new life into the music landscape, fostering a plethora of new acts supported by improved venues and facilities, creating an electric atmosphere for more creative music.

  • Top 12 Gigs

    01 Cruel Sea

    The Cruel Sea - City Recital Hall, Sydney. 31/05/2025.
    Set list full of older songs and deep cuts. 

  • ftn simonFuck The Neighbours leader Simon Chainsaw.

    Fuck The Neighbours
    + The Molly Fet Circuit
    MoshPit Bar, St Peters, NSW

    WORDS: Geoffrey Datson
    IMAGES: The Barman

    There was some confusion, so I’m arriving at the bright Saturday afternoon gig late.

    Into the long dark venue.

    It seemed there’d been some mishap?

    A first responder with a head torch on  is stumbling through debris, where the stage used to be.

  • FTN WEBHe spent his early years as a player in Sydney’s underground music scene and also broadcasting its music on community radio. So it was a labour of love for ex-Vanilla Chainsaws frontman-turned-solo-artist Simon Chainsaw in 2009 when he put together a covers record of the songs of the era that inspired him.

    Sixteen years later after the “Fuck The Neighbours” record, he’s taking to Sydney stages with a band bearing the same name whose members helped birth the music.

    Named after a Thought Criminals song, “Fuck The Neighbours” is an all-Australian punk supergroup playing Oz punk classics for a limited number of shows. You can catch them for a matinee show at MoshPit Bar in St Peters in Sydney on Saturday, November 29. Tickets here.

    Comprising Simon Chainsaw on vocals, guitarist Cub Calloway (The Saints, New Christs), bassist Bob Short (Filth, Urban Guerillas) and drummer Murray Shepherd (Fun Things, Screaming Tribesmen. Hitmen DTK) as the core band.

    They’ll be joined at the MoshPit by guests including Mark Easton (Suicide Squad, Bedhogs, The Kelpies, Soggy Porridge), Geoff Holmes (X, Evil Rumours) and others to-be-announced.

  • punkfest banner

    With one Sydney gig on the verge of a sell-out, a second show has been announced by Aussie punk rock supergroup Fuck The Neighbours.  Fuck The Neighbours will be part of the “Ian Krahe Memorial Punkfest” at the Sydney Crowbar, Leichhardt, on Sunday November 2.

    Organisers and participants Slack Punks have assembled a strong bill to pay tribute to the late Xand Evil Rumours guitarist Ian Krahe.

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Peter Black solo tour
FEB
5 - Society City - Wollongong, NSW
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7 - Velvet Fog Records - Katoomba, NSW
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13 - The Cave Inn, Brisbane, QLD
Tickets
14 - Vinnies Dive Bar, Gold Coast, QLD (Matinee Show)
Tickets
19 - Medusa Bar, Geelong, VIC
Tickets
20 - Town Hall Hotel, Melbourne (two sets) 
Details
21 - Shedshaker Brewing Company, Castlemaine, VIC
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27 - Hopsters Brewery - Sydney
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28 - Flow Bar - Old Bar, NSW  
Details
MAR
1 - Hiss and Crackle Records, Newcastle, NSW
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Dave Favours & The Roadside Ashes
Service Station Chcken Tour
FEB
27 – The Main Bar, Ballarat, VIC
28 – Union Hotel, Brunswick, VIC
MAR
1 – Bendigo Hotel, Brunswick, VIC

The Gnomes
Dive! Dive! Dive!
Rock ‘n’ Roll Dive Bar Tour
FEB
14 - Shotkickers, Thornbury (8pm)
+ Public House + Special Guests
20 - The Tote Front Bar, Collingwood (6pm)
+ Champ Ruby
21 - Kindred Bandroom, Footscray (8pm)
+ Stimpies + special guests

The Sugar Beats 
+ Plastic Section
Golden Barley, Enmore
- Feb 20

TsuShiMaMiRe (JP)
Australian Tour
FEB
19 - Shotkickers, Melbourne, VIC
20 – Trash Cult, Bendigo, VIC
22– Young St Tavern, Frankston, VIC
27 - Shadows, Canberra, ACT
28 – Moshpit, Sydney, NSW

The Jackets (CH)
Australian Tour
FEB
25 – Shotkickers, Thornbury, VIC
+ Plastic Section + Burning Effigy +  Special Secret Guest
26 - Vineyard, St Kilda, VIC
(Door sales only)
27 – Mixtape Bar & Brewing, Marrickville,
Sydney, NSW
(moved from Marrickville Bowlo)
+ The Strike-Outs + pocketwatch
28 - The Bendi, Collingwood, VIC
MAR
1 -– Trash Cult, Bendigo, VIC (arvo show)
+ Grinding Eyes, + The Damos
2  – The Last Chance, Melbourne, VIC
Tickets

Cosmic Psychos
"I Really Like Beer Tour"
FEB
12  — Royal Oak, Launceston, TAS
13 — Forth Pub, Devonport, TAS
14  — Altar, Hobart, TAS

Bleak Squad
FEB
7 - Blue Mountains Theatre & Community Hub,
Springwood, NSW
8 - East Perth Power Station, WA
12 - .Her Majesty's Theatre, Ballarat, VIC
13 -  Theatre Royal, Castlemaine, VIC
14 – Riverboats Festival, Echuca, VIC
19 - Princess Theatre, Brisbane, QLD
20 – Imperial Hotel, Eumundi, QLD
21 - The Regent Cinema, Murwillumbah, NSW
MAR
4 - Canberra Theatre Playhouse, ACT
5 - The Factory Theatre, Sydney, NSW
8 - Golden Plains Festival, Meredith, VIC
Tickets

On The Loose Presents
Guitar Wolf Australian Tour
MAR
14 - Perth, Seasonal Brewing Co.
15 - Fremantle, The Buffalo Club
all WA shows with Aborted Tortoise
18 -  Gold Coast, Vinnie's Dive Bar
w/ supports TBC
19 - Nambour, The Ramp
w/ supports TBC
20 - Brisbane, Season Three
w/ Future Shocks & Evil Dick Industries
21 - Sydney, Factory Fusebox
w/ supports TBC
22 -  Wollongong, La La La's
w/ Itchy & the Nits
25 - Bendigo, Trash Cult
w/ supports TBC
26 - Castlemaine, Bridge Hotel
w/ The Freedom Wave
27 - Melbourne, The Tote
w/ Alien Nosejob & Cujo
28 - Frankston, Singing Bird
w/ Split System & DJ Centipede & The Worms
29 - Balnarring, Social Club
w/ Cry Cyclops
Tickets 

“Surreal Science”

Music of the Scientists & 
Kim Salmon
and The Surrealists

APR

10 – The Corner, Melbourne
Tickets
 11 – Oxford Art Factory, Sydney
Tickets
 18 – Rosemount Hotel, Perth, WA
Tickets

 

 

 

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