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Melbourne songwriter-bandleader Penny Ikinger is launching a series of conversations with musical peers, starting Sunday April 19.
The first “A Penny For Your Thoughts” features Brian Jonestown Massacre founding member Ricky Maymi at One Star Lounge & Gallery in West Melbourne, from 5pm and tickets are here.
“A Penny For Your Thoughts” is an intimate series that invites audiences to delve beneath the surface of music and art. It’s all about exploring the forces shaping musicians and creative minds, revealing the stories behind the sound and wil include an audience Q&A..
San Franciscan Maymi is a multi-instrumentalist with a long history that stretches way back before his recent Australian with the Brian Jonestown Massacre.
Maymi’s collaborations include Australian artists Steve Kilbey (The Church), Glenn Bennie (Underground Lovers, GB3), and The Triffids. He has also toured internationally with The Wild Swans (UK), Flavor Crystals (USA), and others.
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“The Small Bar That Could” and “Sydney’s version of CBGB”. They’re two of the names for MoshPit, the dive bar on King Street in the suburb of St Peters that’s been a spawning ground for countless up and coming bands - and a home for some not so young.
The venue is notching its ninth birthday in May and is holding a three-day event to mark the occasion.
“None of us know which birthday will be our last so we're going all out with bands all weekend - Friday night, all day Saturday, and Sunday arvo,” said mine host Pat Jones (pictured above).
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Ex-Dubrovnik Peter Simpson has released another single from his excellent solo album, "Good Times Gone Bad”.
“Turn My World” takes a slight country tack and includes backing vocals from Peter’s Dubrovniks bandmates Boris Sujdovic and Chris Flynn, and his his sons Dom and Vo Simpson.
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The release of Vil-Nil Records’ “Indie Sounds From The Harbour City Volume 2” is imminent, and a tour to support it has been announced.
A stack of Sydney appear on the LP and CD. The roll call is Hard Ons, Van Ruin, The Darrans, Mezcaltones, Nunchukka Superfly, The On and Ons, The Jane Does, Tshitaki, Fowl Weather Vein, Disgraceland, Division 4, Jupiter 5, Pocketwatch, and Little Incursions.
Album pre-sales are open here. Don't be tardy. It will sell out, just like its predecessor.
The accompanying tour is extensive, taking in Sydney, Canberra, Coffs Harbour, the Central West, Wollongong, the Central Coast and the Shoalhaven, as well as a gig in Brisbane. Bands appearing include The Jane Does, Fowl Weather Vein, Jupiter 5, The On and Ons, DISCGRACEland, Owen Guns, Loose Surface and I Hate People.
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On the back of their long-awaited return to Australia in June last year Asteroid B-612 (above) are back with another dose of high-octane rock.
Their brand-new single, “Fallen Slow’”, will be released on April 10 via Golden Robot Records and is available to pre-save now on all major streaming platforms.
The re-tooled Asteroids were in Australia to promote their 2025 album “Roads, Stars”, the band found themselves with a rare few hours to spare during rehearsals. Wasting no time, Johnny Casino and Co headed into the studio.
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New York No Wave Queen Lydia Lunch returns to Australia and Nedw Zealand in June to perform the songs of synth–punk duo Suicide and Suicide vocalist Alan Vega.
Lunch will be joined by Andrew Coates of revered Melbourne electro trio, Black Cab to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Vega’s passing, with special guests.
The Melbourne show will feature both principals of Black Cab, Coates and James Lee.
Lunch originally met Suicide – the duo of late vocalist Alan Vega and multi-instrumentalist Martin Rev – in the 1970s, when she moved to New York City from Rochester as a teenager. They formed a lifelong bond and she often joined them on-stage to perform the song “Frankie Teardrop”, recording a duet as part of Vega’s solo album “Sniper”, a collaboration with French experimental artist Marc Hurtado.
Since Vega’s passing in 2016, Lunch has performed several Suicide tribute shows, often with Hurtado; together the pair recently released the live album “Metempsychosis: Reincarnate the Music of Alan Vega + Suicide”.
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Having trouble keeping up with the plethora of new releases each week? Too much music, too many formats.
The struggle is real.
Welcome to The I-94 Bar's semi-regular round-up of new music that might appeal to Barflies.
First cabs of the rank are Wollongong, New South Wales, performance art-punks The Leftards who are calling it a day after almost a decade.
Their swansong release, “Bread and Circuses”, is available via their Bandcamp.
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Richie Weed, the unmistakable voice of Tumbleweed, stepped into bold new territory in 2024 with his debut solo album “Strays” and is doing a run of Northern New South Wales and Queensland shows to support it.
Recorded live-to-tape, “Strays” is made of songs written over the years that didn't fit into the heavy psychedelic groove of Tumbleweed, and was recorded without distortion pedals.
Richie Weed & His Band of Strays are packing up the van and setting the periscope for Brisbane, Murwillumbah and Ipswich, ready for fans to drift in.
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From Zombie Zoo Productions, the people who brought you “Fags In The Fast Lane” and tours by bands like Japan’s Baitones, comes “Wolf Cat Fever” a film that’s shaping as a must-see for aficionados of schlock rock and distorted guitars.
“Wolf Cat Fever” is having its Australian Premiere at the Ritz Cinema in Sydney’s Randwick on Friday, April 24, followed by a screening at The Lido in Melbourne on May 2, as part of the "Fantastic Film Festival Australia".
“Wolf Cat Fever” is an undeniable Australian original and the plotline is unique:
Furr Fever – a wild, fuzzed-up guitarist feline- crosses paths with the howling, leather-clad Wolfy Howl… two lost souls collide in a blaze of glitter and guitar overdrive.
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The Living Eye
Indie Sounds of the Harbour City Vol 2
Launch Tour
AUG
7 - Diamond Dogs, Dapto, NSW
8 - Wings & Tins, Dee Why, NSW
Heavy Medication Records, Savage Magic Records
& I-94 Bar Records present
"Two Headed Dog Euro Tour"
Chris Masuak's Dog Soldier
+ The Crisps
AUGUST
6 – Toulouse - L'autan Bar (FR)
(with Big T & The Nuts)
7 – Montpellier - Secret Place (FR)
(with Big T & The Nuts)
8 - Marseille - L'Intermediare Live
9 – Sete - Guinguette Thau'thèmes (FR)
Smoked Salmon
Totally Sick!! Tour
AUG
6 - La La La's, Wollongong, NSW
7 - Petersham Bowling Club, Petersham , NSW
8 - Link & Pin, Woy Woy, NSW
9 - The Oak Tighes Hill, Newcastle, NSW
(free)
14 - Tanswells, Beechworth, VIC
(free)
15 - Smiths Alternative, Canberra, ACT
21 - Republic Bar, Hobart, TAS
22 - Royal Oak, Launceston, TAS
28 - Junk Bar, Brisbane, QLD
29 - Blah Bar, Lismore, NSW
30 - Cabarita Beach Club, Cabarita, NSW (free)
SEP
4 - Young St Tavern, Frankston, VIC
Joeys Coop
AUG
22 - Union Hotel, Newtown, NSW
+ The On and Ons
28 - Smiths Alternative, Canberra
+ Sanctimonious Fux
30 - Link & Pin, Woy Woy, NSW
SEP
13 - Marrickville Bowlo, NSW
+ Swaggerland
18 - Tap Room, Castlemaine, VIC
19 - Painted Lady, Ballarat, VIC
+ Cold Irons Bound + Neutron Flow
20 - Union Hotel, Brunswick, VIC
NOV
28 - Blah Bar, Lismore, NSW
29 - Junk Bar, Brisbane, QLD (arvo)
I-94 Bar Records presents
Psychotic Turnbuckles
Vinyl Single Launch
+ Spittin' Chips
+ The No Such Things
Marrickville Bowlo, NSW
- Sept 5
Tickets
New Christs
SEP
11 - Last Chance. North Melbourne, VIC
+ Penny Ikinger’s Marbles
12 -Last Chance, North Melbourne, VIC
+ Moler
19 - Heritage Hotel, Bulli, NSW
NOV
21 - The Brightside, Brisbane, QLD
+ Suicide Country Hour
+ The Mick Medew & Ursula 4
Huxton Creepers
12 Days To Paris Tour
AUG
7 - Sooki Lounge, Belgrave, VIC
+ Icecream Hands
8 - Croxton Bandroom, Thornbury, VIC
+ Icecream Hands
14 - Marrickville Bowling Club, NSW
+ The Johnnys
15 - Marrickville Bowling Club, NSW
+ The Johnnys
16 - Hamilton Station Hotel, Newcastle, NSW
(afternoon show)
+ The Johnnys
21 - Norton Music Factory,
Caloundra, QLD
+ The Johnnys
22 - Crowbar Brisbane, QLD
+ The Johnnys
+ Mick Medew and Ursula
23 - Wallaby Hotel, Mudgeeraba, QLD
(afternoon show)
+ The Johnnys
The Damned
Final Damnation 50
SEP
8 - AUCKLAND, Powerstation
10 - SYDNEY, The Opera House
11 - BRISBANE, The Tivoli
13 - MELBOURNE, The Forum
Tickets
The Exploding Universe of Ed Kuepper
Ed Kuepper 50 Years Retrospective
RESCHEDULED
OCT
29 - Avoca Theatre, NSW
30 - Canberra, The Street Theatre, ACT
31 - Wombarra Bowlo, NSW
NOV
4 - Adelaide, The Gov, SA
5 - Melbourne, National Theatre, VIC
6 – Geelong, Barwon Heads Hotel, VIC
7 - Sydney, Factory Theatre, NSW
(matinee & evening shows)
13 - Fremantle, Freo Social, WA
15 - Brisbane, Princess Theatre, QLD
Tickets
Public Image Ltd
Australia and NZ
JAN
20 - Auckland, Powerstation
22 - Brisbane, The Tivoli
23 - Sydney, Enmore Theatre
24 - Melbourne, The Forum
26 – Adelaide, The Gov
28 - Perth, The Astor
Respect The Rock Australian Tour
The Hellacopters + Gluecifier
MARCH
17 – Brisbane, The Triffid
18 – Sydney, Manning Bar
19 – Melbourne, The Croxton
20 – Adelaide, Ed Castle
Tickets
Fresh Reviews
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This Lipstick Killers rock opera is one Strange Flash
26 July 2026
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Ghosts in the machine
20 July 2026
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Copulaters will give you a boning
08 July 2026
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Album Number Three hits the mark for Joeys Coop
04 July 2026
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The Strike-Outs load the bases with electricity
28 June 2026