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  • DATURA4 2022 PROMO

    Dom Mariani, leader of The Stems and proud parent of a brand new solo album, “Apple Of Life”,  is taking his ‘70s psych-boogie band Datura4 out of Western Australia for a fang around South-Eastern Queensland this weekend.

    Datura4 plays Iron & Resin at Currumbin on Friday October 24 with local garage stompers The Spivs. Tickets for that one are here.

    On Saturday, Datura4 hits The Brightside in Brisbane with special guests The Dubrovniks (sans the late James Baker) and The Horny Toads. The occasion is Dubrovniks guitarist Glenn Armstrong’s 60th birthday and tickets are here.

  •  the darts1

    The Darts (US)
    + The Spivs
    + Jollee
    Vinnies Dive Bar
    Southport, Queensland, Australia

    Wednesday, September 9, 2026

    Words: ANGELA EVOL
    Photos: MARK CHANDLER

    Wednesday nights are not traditionally the stuff of rock ’n’ roll legend, particularly at a venue that doesn’t usually put bands on midweek. Someone forgot to tell the Gold Coast.

    The opening night of The Darts’ first Australian tour sold out Vinnies Dive Bar and filled the room with a crowd ready to make a night of it. By the time the headliners appeared, there was no standing around waiting to be convinced. Vinnies was hot, packed and ready for trouble.

    There had already been plenty of trouble before anyone played a note, although nobody in the audience would have known it.

  • girlies bne webFrom the smoke-choked seedy back rooms of Brisbane's 1980s underground scene to the rehearsal dens of Melbourne's inner north, The Girlies have blasted their way back out of the garage.

    In the year of the 40th anniversary of their debut single, original member Heyden Wilson will unleash a re-tooled version of the band for one show at Brisbane’s PFR Lounge on Friday, April 24, to celebrate its legacy and pay tribute to fallen members.

    Supports will be Dr Bombay and Gold Coast garage rockers The Spivs. Tickets are limited and on sale here.

    Formed in 1986 at the tail end of Brisbane's punk heyday, The Girlies were a brash and unapologetic force, proudly wearing their Detroit Rock influences -The Stooges, MC5 and Radio Birdman squarely on their sleeves.

    Descendants of a scene that birthed The Saints and fed the fire of Australian garage rock, The Girlies quickly became a fixture in the east coast pub circuit, alongside other Brisbane contemporaries like The Vampire Lovers, Voodoo Lust and The Screaming Tribesmen.