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  • the undermines albumIt’s taken me a little while to get to this one, and I wish I’d got here sooner.

    There’s 12 tracks, nine by guitarist Dylan Webster, three by other guitarist Jason Sharples. With your bass by Dave Lundquest, drums by Serge Ou (no, really, that’s what it says here) and vocals by Michael Preiss… we’re looking at a band capable, if we read the back of the CD right, of constructing and delivering the twin guitar assault.

    Do they?

    My oath they do.

  • howlin threadsHowlin’ Threads - Howlin’ Threads (Meinshaft Records) 

    The ability of rock and roll bands to shed limbs that regenerate themselves is a thing of eternal wonder. From the The Undermines, out of Canberra - and many years prior, The Fools, from Newcastle - spring Howlin’ Threads, a no-nonsense guitar band from the Wollongong and Canberra regions, packing a self-titled debut EP.

    These “Howlin’ Threads” are yet to play a show - they were supposed to debut in June in Wollongong before The ‘Rona had other ideas - but clearly have their shit together in the studio. Their music ticks boxes familiar to any I-94 Bar patron. It’s flashing back to high-energy Sydney, circa the late ‘80s with nods to all the usual suspects, but a notch above the imitators that abounded back then.

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Marrickville Bowlo, BSW
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Chimers Australian Tour
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Grand Pricks
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+ The Tall Stories
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The Stranglers
50 Years In Black  
2025 Australasian Tour
MAR
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Smiths Alternative, Canberra
Ticets
- Feb 7
+ The On and Ons
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- Feb 8
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