The loveable (or hateable) knuckleheads, The Owen Guns, will release their new single "Me and My Big Mouth" across all streaming platforms on April 17.  You'll find the link to the premiere at 0900 (AEST) on the same day below, after the fold,

It's the second single by the bnand based in Wollongong, New South Wales, from their forthcoming album "Songs About Fucking Idiots". The long player (with no apologies to Big Black) will be released on May 22 (on vinyl, CD, and streaming) through Outtaspace Presents and Booker/Bastard Records. 

Says singer Sean The Bastard about “Me And My Big Mouth”: “It's a song about speaking out, getting into trouble because of it, and being unwilling/unable to change”.

Backed by a pummelling drum track and the slashing guitar and basswork you've come to expect from this cheeky four-piece, it also features the sterling triangle playing of Jay Whalley (Frenzal Rhomb).

The award for 2025’s Lowest Act so far goes to a lame tribute band from Queensland that somehow managed to “kill” the lead singer of the iconic Australian band from which it profits.

Sunnyboys Shakin’ has been playing shows in South-East Queensland since late last year and  today posted a fake Facebook obituary to Sunnyboys frontman Jeremy Oxley, claining he had passed away two days earlier. 

The real band’s mouthpiece, Sunnyboys Fan Club, was quick to dispel the fake news within two hours of it going online. Images of Jeremy Oxley posted to Facebook indeed showed he is very much alive and well and still a Happy Man.

The fake news drew a sharp retort from Jeremy's wife Mary Oxley-Griffiths who posted a cxomment: "You pricks! Jeremy is alive and well!"

Sunnyboys have disassociated themselves from Sunnyboys Shakin’ and a quick listen to performances posted online reveals why.

Concerns about the way the tribute act and some venues have billed the fake band have angered fans of the real thing. We look forward to the retraction and explanation.

From The I Didn't See That Coming Department: After a 25-year hiatus, legendary Australia’s Asteroid B-612 are making a return with their brand new single, 'Park Bench Gods', out April 25 via Golden Robot Records.

The track is available for pre-save on all major streaming platforms right here..

Lifted from their forthcoming album “Roads, Stars”, “Park Bench Gods” is a raucous, full-throttle return to form that captures the essence of what made Asteroid B-612 an underground cult favourite.

Recorded in both Australia and Spain throughout 2024, the single is pure, unfiltered rock ‘n’ roll. It features the blistering guitar work of band founder, guitarist and songwriter Johnny Casino, alongside the unmistakable raw and soulful vocals of original frontman Grant McIver( from the band’s first three albums).

Long-time drummer Ben Fox (a member since 1993) brings his signature locomotive groove, rounding out a rhythm section bolstered by new members, guitarist Xabi Garre (Señor No, Roy Loney, Cheetah Chrome) and bassist Juancho Lopez (Paul Collins, Peralta, Kurt Baker Combo).

Fresh from last year’s sold-out 40th anniversary 2024 tour of Australia and Europe, and following on from single “Falling from the Sky”, The Stems have released a new sseven-inch.

“Deep Freeze” arrives in the lead up to their much-anticipated East Coast Tour and festival appearance at The Gum Ball festival in New South Wales.  It’s the second single from the band’s forthcoming album and is a classic freakbeat-R&B stomper. Yiou can hear it here. 

“Deep Freeze” is on Cheersquad Records and Tapes on all streaming platforms and on limited edition 7" vinyl in translucent blue (100 copies), translucent teal (100 copies), and black. Buy it here.

The Stems
East Coast Australian Tour
*with special guests
Rinehearts
APR
23 – Northcote Social Club, Melbourne, VIC*
24 – Crowbar Sydney, NSW*
25 – Gum Ball Festival, Hunter Valley, NSW
26 – Old Museum, Brisbane, QLD
Tickets

Reformed The Cruel Sea are heading out on the road on the back of their fabulously soulful summery long-player, "Straight Into The Sun", with an Australian winter tour.

The onetime inner-Sydney instrumental surf band turned spicily eclectic chart-busters are promising two-set shows in theatre venues, visiting five states and the Australian Capital Terrritory. 

Recent runs of selected headlining shows and a national tour supporting Cold Chisel attracted rave reviews. 

This itme out you can expect Tex Perkins and Co to deliver the new album in full and a bracket of classics.

The Cruel Sea
"Straight Into The Sun Tour"
MAY
1 - Dunstan Playhouse, Adelaide SA
2 - Athenaeum Theatre, Melbourne VIC
3 - Canberra Theatre, Canberra
16 - Anita’s Theatre, Wollongong NSW
18 - The Tivoli, Fortitude Valley QLD
31 - City Recital Hall, Sydney NSW
JUN
5 - The Regal Theatre, Perth WA
7 - Mandurah Performing Arts Centre, Mandurah WA.
Tickets
Tom Wilkinson photo

_{Flashback to Thrashville 2023.}

Heavy Hunter Valley music festival Thrashville is back on the New South Wales map at the town of Dashville in Lower Belford on Saturday, June 28. The news flies in the face of a wave of festival cancellations, and organisers are going with 25 bands over four stages. 

Heading the first line up announcement are Melbourne punks Private Function, hard core stalwarts King Parrot, raw and powerfully eclectic MUDRAT, hard mosh beasts Volatile Ways, blistering heavy-hitters Frankenbok, Simpsons themed Dr Colossus and rising folk-punk superstar Slim Krusty.