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  • ghost velvet paradeGhost - Velvet Parade (Kasumuen Records)

    In what promises to be a huge weekend, this Saturday (May 3) Velvet Parade will be in Adelaide ahead of their Japanese tour, supported by The Cold Field and Electric Badger. 

    Velvet Parade is Cold Harbour's Vincent J. Kramer is on guitar, Fraudband's Don Drum is on drums, The Coves' Pete Azzopardiis on bass, Ashley Jones (from Matt Malone and The Holy Spirits) is on keys, and (former Adelaide boy) Ripley Hood on vox...

    Sorry, why is Rip a former Adelaide boy?

    Well, he found the railway station, is what I heard...

  • velvet parade liveRipley Hood fronts Velvet Parade.

    Velvet Parade
    The Cold Field
    Electric Badger
    The Metro, Adelaide
    Saturday, May 3, 2025

    In his recent review of “Adjustment Disorder”, The Institutionalist’s new album, the reviewer states: "Post-punk is a stupid term. It’s even dumber than Punk. But everybody can get their head around it, right?"

    Well, the algos on the various streaming/attention services certainly require such absurd categorisation to flourish. Partly because you know, a fuckin' robot is a fuckin' robot, with no concept of reality - because the terms of reality are defined by humans, and robots can't think, much less define shit. Can you imagine a robot, all on its own, suggesting that a ferry be called “Boaty McBoatface”. for example?

    You should be able to walk into a pub with a bunch of bands playing, like I did last night to see Electric Badger, The Cold Field,and the Velvet Parade, and, instead of identifying what genre each band was, to simply get down and enjoy the music, the performers, and the quite varied expanse of what is, essentially, forms of rock 'n' roll.

  • the on and ons bowlo

    Revered Sydney powerpop combo The On and Ons will be previewing songs from Album Number Seven at their old stamping ground, Marrickville Bowling Club, on Saturday, November 8. Tickets are selling here.

    The as yet untitled album is due on US label JEM Records in early 2026. JEM issued “Come On in””, a part retrospective-part new release that re-introduced The On and Ons to the North American market. The band had put out a single with American label Get Hip.

    “Come On In” has attracted widelspread global airplay so the next release is being eagerly anticipated. The band's vocalist-guitarist Glenn Morris (ex-Screaming Tribesmen, Kings of The Sun) is a prolific writer of high-quality songs and has an emormous stockpile. 

    The gig will also be a showcase for main support Melbourne-based Velvet Parade,fronted by ex-Sydneysider and Mushroom Planet vocalist Ripley Hood.

    Velvet Parade has been playing regularly around Melbourne and were supports to X at one of their “At Home With You” re-issue shows in the Victorian capital. The band toured Japan last month. 

    Garage heavyweights Jupiter 5are opening the night and arefresh from studio sessions for a new long-player, being tracked at Bexley’s Sugarplum Studios.

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The Cha Cha Chas
Back in Oz Australian Tour
OCT
4 - The Gem Bar VIC 4pm
16 - Link and Pin NSW 6pm Tickets via Try Booking
17 - The Grand Hotel Newcastle NSW 8pm with Black Tiger DJ
18-  Hiss & Crackle Records (1pm - All ages)
18 -  Golden Barley Hotel NSW (8pm - 2 Sets!)
19 -  Enmore Hotel NSW
+  The Dunhill Blues
24 - The Tote VIC Album Launch
+ Stu Manchu & His Chosen Few
+ Jungle Jim Smith + DJ Twistin’ Fever
NOV
1 - Tyldenvania, Tylden Hall VIC
(5pm - All ages)
4 -  Social Club, Balnarring, VIC
(3:30pm - 2 Sets)
9 - Desert Highways Reservoir VIC
(2pm - All ages)
15 – The Gem
+ The Breadmakers (36th anniversary)
w/ The Fadeaways (JP) +) DJ King O.P.P + Mystery band
16 - TBA, VIC
22 - The Drunken Poet, VIC
(9pm - 2 Sets)

Soundpressing presents
Datura4 
+ The Spivs
Iron & Resin Garage, Currumbin, QLD
- Oct 24
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The Johnnys
+ The Mick Medew & Ursula 4
+ Scrambler
Mos's Desert Clubhouse, Burleigh Heads
- Nov 28
Tickets

The Soft ‘n’ Sexy Sound Tour
Dave Graney and the Coral Snakes
OCT
3 - Factory Theatre, Marrickville, Sydney
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4 - Waves, Wollongong, NSW
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5 - The Street Theatre, Canberra
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10 - The Corner Hoyel, Richmond, Vic
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11 - Bundy Hall, Bundalaguah VIC
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24 - Freo Social, Fremantle WA
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25 - The River Hotel, Margaret River WA
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31 - Brisbane Crowbar QLD
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NOV
1 - The Imperial, Eumundi QLD
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2 - Mo's Desert Clubhouse, Gold Coast QLD
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7 - Byron Bay Theatre NSW
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8 - Bellingen Memorial Hall NSW
Tickets
13 - King Street Bandroom, Newcastle
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14 - Avoca Beach Theatre NSW
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15 - The Lounge, Chatswood NSW
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16 - Dangar Island Bowlo NSW (matinee)
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21 - The Gov, Adelaide SA
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28 - Royal Oak, Launceston TAS
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29 - The Pier, Ulverstone TAS
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30 - Longley International Hotel, Longley TAS
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4ZZZ presents
“ZED 50”
Ther Saints ’73-‘78
+ Regurgitator
+ Tropical Fuck Storm
+ Full Flower Moon Band
+ Big Noter + Butterfingers
+ Screamfeeder
+ Nice Biscuit + Party Dozen
+ Frangipanis + Dancingwater
+ Platonic Sex + Velociraptor
Roma St Parklands, Brisbane
- Oct 25

The On and Ons 
New Album Preview Show
+ Velvet Parade
+ Jupiter 5
Marrickville Bowlo, NSW
- Nov 8 
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“4ZZZ Joint Effort 50”
Dave Warner’s From The Suburbs
+ X + The Survivors + XERO
+ The Black Assassins
+ Pineapples From The Dawn of Time
Hamilton Hotel, QLD
- Nov 8

Asteroid B612
Australian Tour
NOV
6 – La La La´s, Wollongong NSW
7 – Marrickville Bowling Club, NSW
8 – Avalon Beach RSL Club, NSW
14 - The John Curtin Hotel, Carlton VI

The Saints ’73-’78
North America and Europe 
NOV
5 - Los Angeles, CA - Teragram Ballroom
7 - San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall
8 - Portland, OR - Revolution Hall
9 - Seattle, WA - Neptune Theatre
11 - Chicago, IL – Metro
13 - Toronto, ON - The Phoenix Concert Theatre
14 - Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg
15 - Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer
16 - Washington, DC - Union Stage
21 - Bristol - Trinity Community Arts
22 - Leeds - Project House
23 - Glasgow - The Garage
24 - Manchester – Academy
26 - London - Electric Ballroom
28 - Stockholm - Debaser
29 - Malmo - Plan B
30 - Berlin - Astra
Tickets

Punkest, Lockdown, Renegade Playground & 4ZZZ present
GIG CITY
Headliner TBA + The Johnnys 
+ Gazoonga Attack
+ Monster Zoku Onsomb! + Dad Fight
+ Mark N [Bloody Fist Rec.] + The Disables
+ Combat Wombat + Paul Abad + Fat
+ Viper Snatch + Mitch Please + Gurridyula
+ Coral Outcrops Half Star Band + The Distained
+ The Stress of Leisure + Kunt
+ Red Devotchkin + Evil Dick Industries
+ Strange Stains
The Brightside, Brisbane
- Nov 29 from 3pm
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Cosmic Psychos
"I Really Like Beer Tour"
NOV
7 — Singing Bird, Frankston, VIC
8 — Theatre Royal, Castlemaine, VIC
9 — Corner Hotel, Melbourne, VIC
12 — UC Hub, Canberra, ACT
13 — Uni Bar, Wollongong, NSW
14 — Crowbar, Sydney, NSW
15 — King Street Bandroom, Newcastle, NSW
19 — Racehorse Hotel, Ipswich, QLD
20 — Vinnies Dive Bar, Gold Coast, QLD
21 — Solbar, Maroochydore, QLD
22 — Crowbar, Brisbane, QLD
23 — Bangalow Bowlo, Bangalow, NSW
26 — The River, Margaret River, WA
27 — Rosemount Hotel, Perth, WA28 — Indian Ocean Hotel, Scarborough, WA
29 — Queenscliff Music Festival, Queenscliff, VIC
JAN
1 — Edge Hill Tavern, Cairns, QLD
2 — Dalrymple Hotel, Townsville, QLD
3 — Magnums, Airlie Beach, QLD
4 — Metropolitan Hotel, Mackay, QLD
7  — Harvey Road Tavern, Gladstone, QLD
8  — Grand Hotel, Childers, QLD
9 — MO’s Desert Clubhouse, Gold Coast, QLD
10 — Seaview Tavern, Woolgoolga, NSW
11 — Bellingen Brewery, Bellingen, NSW
14  — Moonshiners Honky Tonk Bar, Tamworth, NSW
15 — Finnian's Tavern, Port Macquarie, NSW
16 — Avalon RSL, Avalon, NSW
17 — The Marlin, Ulladulla, NSW
18 — Beer Deluxe, Albury NSW
22 — Tanswells Hotel, Beechworth, VIC
23 — Sooki Lounge, Belgrave, VIC
24 — Westonport Hotel, San Remo, VIC
25 — Social Club, Balnarring, VIC
26  — Volta, Ballarat, VIC
29  — Whalers Hotel, Warrnambool, VIC
30 — Torquay Hotel, Torquay, VIC
31  — Riverview Hotel, Tarwin Lower, VIC
FEB
12  — Royal Oak, Launceston, TAS
13 — Forth Pub, Devonport, TAS
14  — Altar, Hobart, TAS

 

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