Dreamtime - Dreamtime (Conquest Of Noise)

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By The Barman

The Barman

10 August 2014

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It’s been brow-beaten, down-trodden, emasculated and generally forced underground but hard ’n’ heavy rock and roll has never been fully wiped out these last 20 years.

Purists will tell you that it still exists in the cracks and crevices of grimy back-streets in a select number of cities. They’ll go on to say that the so-called power trio format is its most genuine manifestation because it allows each element to stand out in the sharpest of relief.

• psychedelic
• stoner
• conquest of noise
• dreamtime

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Zonar Rose - Keith Morris, Ty Segall, John Dwyer and Steven McDonald b/w Girl It’s Me - The Primevals (Glitterhouse Records)

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By The Barman

The Barman

10 August 2014

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If you’’re aware of the Jeffrey Lee Pierce Sessions Project you’ll already know the quality of the acts contributing to the ongoing series of musical tributes to the late Gun Club frontman. Here’s another salvo, this time in the shape of a double A-sided seven-inch single pairing a punk rock supergroup of sorts with a super garage rock group from Scotland.

• primevals
• off
• jeffrey lee pierce
• redd kross
• ty segall
• thee oh-sees
• glitterhouse records
• zonar rose
• girl it's me

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Vahan Matkaa Viela b/w Lippalakki Suojana - Riitaoja (Dull City Records)

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By The Barman

The Barman

10 August 2014

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Chances are that your command of the Norwegian language is as limited as mine and that your knowledge of the Finnish underground music scene is even more bereft. That’s why the finer details behind this moody seven-incher by Finnish band Riitaoja on a tiny label from Norway will probably forever remain darker than a late evening stroll in an Arctic Circle winter.

• vahan matkaa viela
• lippalakki suojana
• riitaoja
• dull city records

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Saturated b/w My Pal - Cellophane Suckers (Ghost Highway)

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By The Barman

The Barman

10 August 2014

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This is a strictly limited edition (250 copies) double-headed tribute to Aussie icons Beasts of Bourbon and GOD that hits the spot like a depth charge in a bathtub.

• beasts of bourbon
• single
• ghost highway
• cellophane
• suckers
• GOD

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Perdition - Not Just Another Anthology (Reactor Records)

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By Robert Brokenmouth

Robert Brokenmouth

09 August 2014

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Punk rock from Adelaide? No. This is a actually great little pop record.

Take the CD’s opener, "Nothing For You". If it weren’t for the times (of buzzsaw fuzz guitar) and the haircuts (ok) you’ve got yourself a tight, fast, witty and pointed powerpop outfit.

Simple.

• punk
• adelaide
• perdition
• reactor records
• not just another anthology

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Looking back: Dick Wagner in conversation with Geoff Ginsberg

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By Geoff Ginberg

Geoff Ginberg

08 August 2014

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The recent passing of legendary American guitarist Dick Wagner is as good an excuse as any to look back on his long and incredible career. Philadelphia-based record label head, manager, writer and all-round music maven Geoff Ginsberg conducted a landmark I-94 Bar interview with Dick in 1999. It's reprised below. - The Barman

• Lou
• Reed
• dick
• alice
• cooper
• bob ezrin
• wagner

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River Rocks line-up a stone classic

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By The Barman

The Barman

08 August 2014

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Organisers have announced the line-up for the seventh annual River Rocks festival in the Victorian city of Geelong (aka Gee-troit) and it's a good 'un.

Heavyweight stoner rockers Tumbleweed (pictured), rock royalty Kim Salmon & The Surrealists and Brisbane's peerless HITS head a gun line-up of 20 bands over over two stages at the Barwon Club on November 15.

• tumbleweed
• kim salmon
• Hits
• river rocks

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The Mark Of Cain return with single and tour

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By The Barman

The Barman

06 August 2014

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They're releasing a new single, "Grey-11", from their acclaimed 2012 album "Songs Of The Third & Fifth" so The Mark Of Cain have announced their first Australian tour since March last year.

It will take in the usual hot spots and also includes a return to Newcastle (for the first time since 2002) and a trip to Hobart for the first time in almost 20 years.

• the mark of cain
• tmoc
• tour

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Sydney bands say goodbye to Christian

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By The Barman

The Barman

05 August 2014

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Friends and former bandmates are staging a memorial gig in Sydney on Saturday, September 20 for the late Christian Houllemare, bass player for the Happy Hate Me Nots, New Christs, Someloves and Bad Brains. Funds raised will go to his family in France. 

• deniz
• tek
• dm3
• benefit
• new christs
• christian
• houllemare

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