In a barely lit corner of the Sandringham Hotel in Sydney, the Barman slides me a white plastic bag stuffed full of CDs. I peek inside. Veteran tour manager Peter Ross looks on, shaking his head. “Those poor bastards,” he mutters.
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- By Bob Short
- Hits: 5109
Another day, another re-release of some apparently fabled recordings from the late '70s and early '80s. Because, you know, everything from back then was like totally rad, man. All them cool guys. Not one of them was an ex art school hippy chancing his way on the next bandwagon.
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- By Bob Short
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This week's rhetorical question is about bands singing in faux Irish accents with traditional Celtic instruments, mixing it up with banjos, strings, pipes and punk rawk guitars. The query is: "Do we need 'em?" The quick answer is: "I'll get back to ya." From your perspective I know that's it's not really good enough so I'll spend the next 400 words so telling you how albums like this get to exist in the first place.
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- By The Barman
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Who says the French don't "get" rock and roll? There's plenty of evidence to the contrary - especially on these two albums from Brittany power trio Ultra Bullitt, who are coming to Australia in 2013 to show us how it's done.
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- By The Barman
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Melbourne songstress Crystal Thomas has woken up in too many emergency ward beds for her own good. Next time you or I do the same, let this album be playing in the background.
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- By The Barman
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Every so often, a record lands that knocks you sideways and leaves you wondering if anybody took down the registration number of the truck that just hit. The busy London borough of Hackney isn't known as Rock and Roll Central but The Dustaphonics sound like they're doing their level best to change that.
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- By The Barman
- Hits: 4906
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“May Mayhem”
The Jane Does
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+ The Strike-Outs
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Marrickville Bowling Club
- May 3
Missing Link # 5
The Bluebottles
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Shotkickers, Thornbury, VIC
- May 3
Mike Rudd + Tim Gaze
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4 - Banshees Bar, Ipswich, QLD
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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.
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I-94 Bar Records and Promotions presents
The Johnnys
"Live in Lyon" CD launches
MAY
+ Van Ruin
Old Manly Boatshed, NSW
-24
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+ Van Ruin
+ Dave Favours & The Roadside Ashes
Sydney Crowbar, Leichhardt, NSW
- 25 (5pm)
+ Australian Beefweek (public bar)
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+ Murray’s Bay Country Club
+ Traumaboys
St Kilda Bowls Club, VIC
- 30
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+ Penny Ikinger’s Marbles
+ The Vibrajets
- 31 The Tote, VIC
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The Mick Medew & Ursula 4
w/ Painters & Dockers
+ Sunny Coast Rude Boys
The Triffid, Brisbane
- May 24
Los Monaros + Men From UNCLE
+ Flippin’ Kick Outs
MoshPit, St Peters, NSW
- May 25
(3pm)
The Blowers
MAY
AUS
9 - Adelaide - Grace Emily Hotel
w/ HAGO +
Juliette Seizure & The Tremor-Dolls
10 - Adelaide - TBC
w/ Street Legal
+ TGRX
EU
21 - GER – Leipzig, Zwille, Germany
22 - GER – Dortmund, Maschinerie, Germany
23 - BE – Liège, La Zone, Belgium
24 - NL – Den Haag, Sniester Festival, Netherlands
25 - BE – Menen, Boegie Woegie, Belgium
27 - GER – Karlsruhe, Alte Hackerei, Germany
28 - CH – Basel, Quarterdeck, Switzeland
29 - GER – Köln, Bumann & Sohn, Germany
30 - GER – Hamburg, Hafenklang, Germany
31 - GER – Berlin, Loge, Germany
JUN
AUS
20 - Shotkickers, Melb
21 - Trash Cult, Bendigo
09 - Grace Emily, Adelaide
10 - The Cumby, Port Adellaide
The Johnny Batchelor Pary
Golden Barley Hotel, Enmore
- Jun 14 (free)
The Mezcaltones
Marrickville Bowlo
- Jun 15
(free)
Cherie Currie
Australian Tour
with Hot Machine
SEP
5 - Rosemount, Perth
6 - Crown and Anchor, Adelaide
11 - The Corner Hotel, Melbourne
12 – Sydney Crowbar
13 – Brisbane Crowbar
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Dead Kennedys
Australia and NZ
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16 - Auckland, Powerstation
17 - Wellington, Meow Nui
19 – Melbourne, Northcote Theatre
20 - Brisbane, Tivoli
24 - Perth, Astor Theatre
26 - Adelaide, The Gov
27 - Sydney, Metro Theatre
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