HITS with Bitter Sweet Kicks, Bruce and Modesty in Sydney

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By The Barman

The Barman

04 May 2014

Hits: 8914

Do you miss the thrill of the unexpected? Do you long for the anticipation and uncertainty that goes with risk taking and the sudden inhale of breath in response to seeing someone break the rules? You need to visit The Imperial Hotel in Sydney’s Erskineville on a Friday night.

• live
• Hits
• bitter sweet kicks
• bruce,
• mercy,
• imperial,
• rollerden,

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New Christs preview "It's Not A Game" from upcoming album

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By The Barman

The Barman

29 April 2014

Hits: 6984

The New Christs emerged from the recording studio to play a show at Thirroul Hotel south of Sydney last Sunday. Ace videographer Boris Zemljacenko of BZ Film Co was on hand to shoot some footage. This is "It's Not A Game" from the forthcoming album "Incantations." 

BZ Films on YouTube

• live
• new christs
• incantations
• boris zemljacenko
• bzfilmco

Early Gurus return from the Stoneage

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By The Barman

The Barman

28 April 2014

Hits: 12733

The "Stoneage Romeos" line-up of the Hoodoo Gurus will reunite for this year's Splendour In The Grass festival in Byron Bay on Friday, July 25.

Clyde Bramley and James Baker, original members of the Hoodoo Gurus - post the bass-less line-up which went under the name Le Hoodoo Gurus - will join the band for part of the bracket.

• hoodoo
• gurus
• james baker
• clyde bramley
• stoneage romeos
• blow your cool
• splendour in the grass

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Go - Little Murders (Off The Hip)

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By The Barman

The Barman

27 April 2014

Hits: 7661

Guitar pop like this has no equal. Rob Griffiths has been writing and playing it longer than anyone can remember. Little Murders are a Melbourne institution and the current line-up is the longest serving. Each of these facts is connected.

• off-the-hip
• power
• pop
• powerpop
• rob
• little
• murders
• griffiths
• go!

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She Loves You But You're Dead: Niagara Detroit in Profile

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By The Barman

The Barman

26 April 2014

Hits: 12539

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January 27, 2008 - If the impending (2008) return to live performance by premier Detroit art-punk chanteuse Niagara isn't enough to get you excited, you're browsing the wrong website or you're a cadaver.

• punk
• ron
• asheton
• hitmen
• niagara
• destroy all monsters
• dark carnival
• stoogs
• colonel galaxy

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Only Want You For Your Body - Buffalo (Aztec)

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By Steven Danno-Lorkin

Steven Danno-Lorkin

26 April 2014

Hits: 6299

Aztec Music once again has done a brilliant job with great remastering, a massive booklet with liner notes, band interviews and tons of photos. Plus 2 rare bonus tracks (a 7” edit/mix of "What’s Going On" and a live GTK recording of "United Nations"). Aztec have done such a good job that the bootleggers have actually had the nerve and audacity to cry unfair...Ha! Maybe the bootleggers should pay the band some royalties first, before complaining too much.

• peter
• dave
• buffalo
• tice
• wells
• only want you for your body

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Buffalo Dead Forever - Buffalo (Aztec)

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By Steven Danno-Lorkin

Steven Danno-Lorkin

26 April 2014

Hits: 6107

I remember when I first bought this album. It would have been around 1974 or '75 on my first visit to Sydney's famous Ashwoods Records in Pitt Street (RIP). Being a poor high school student, the idea of cheap second-hand albums was cool beyond words! For about $2-3 each I scored Slade "Slayed", "Black Sabbath Vol 4" and, of course, Buffalo’s debut LP "Dead Forever".

• john
• dave
• buffalo
• tice
• forever
• pete
• wells
• baxter

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Mother's Choice and Average Rock 'n' Roller - Buffalo (Aztec)

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By Steven Danno-Lorkin and The Barman

Steven Danno-Lorkin and The Barman

26 April 2014

Hits: 6950

All good things must come to an end and Aztec's reissue series on the mighty Buffalo is something that in a perfect world would never end (a world which would also include hangover free beer, amps that really do go to eleven and pizza that grows on trees).

Considered by some collector types as not being as valid as the earlier Buffalo albums, "Mothers Choice" and "Average Rock & Roller" are both very different to the hard and heavy jams as heard during the John Baxter (guitarist, songwriter) era of the group.

• dave
• buffalo
• mother's choice
• average rock 'n' roller
• tice

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Opinion: You can be a successful band without airplay

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By Anonymous Australian Band Member

Anonymous Australian Band Member

25 April 2014

Hits: 12763

By An Anonymous Australian Band Member

Recently I was interested to read an article on a News Corporation website in which Justin Burford, from a lame pop band called End of Fashion, took aim at AustralIa’s national youth broadcaster JJJ.

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• band
• column
• end of fashion
• triple jay
• jjj
• airplay

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