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  • Mucho Band Photo

    They’re a six-piece, face-melting, horn-infused punk rock band from Newcastle in Australia, if you didn’t know, and Mucho Sonar are hitting the road to promote their fifth and first live album, “Live at Punkfest”, in October and November. You can have a sneak preview of the LP here.

  • squatter 2022Hi I'm Squatter the Cockatiel. I share a house with Chris Converse (4ZZZ and Punkfest) and Cathy Kerlin (Punkfest and Platform 5 Cafe and Bar) so I get to meet the really cool GC's* and hear some great music.

    I am also a 4ZZZ subscriber.

    Here is my top ten releases of 2022, in no particular order:

    The Owen Guns- Dawn of the Braindead

    Mitch, Please - Yes Thanks

    The Square Tugs - "Monster Hits"

    Eviction - "Demo"

    The Interrupters - "In the Wild"

    The Disables - "No more Rules, No more Ruled"

    Mucho Sonar - "Under the Influence"

    The Cutaways - "Cheap Curtains"

    Topnovil - "Stand Tall"

    Masochist - "Bloom"

    Hope you enjoy my selection and like the picture. I am way more popular than Cathy or Converse.

    Love and chirps,

    Squatter

    *Cockatiel for Good C_nts

  • indie sounds from newyIndie Sounds from Newy and The Hunter – Various Artists (Vi-Nil Records)

    He’s never been seen in anything other than a T-shirt and one of his own label’s trucker caps, but it’s easy to picture Vi-Nil Records label boss Mark Fraser as the Pied Piper of the New South Wales Central Coast and Newcastle music scenes.

    The analogy has to stick like baby shit to a blanket after the release of his second collection in the Indie Sounds series. Fraser is batting 2-0.

    Picking a bunch of local bands and presenting two songs each on CD and vinyl is some brave/crazy idea in these days of diminishing economic returns.