After a 20-year hiatus, Melbourne slackabilly surf trio The Tommys are back on the live circuit and launching a new singe. 

Well pedigreed veterans Ollie Laurie (Exotics), Jonathan Lickliter (Died Pretty) and Rob Lastdrager (T Bones) are unveiling their red vinyl 45 single, “Born to Follow” b/w “Window Pane”, at the Old Bar in Fitzroy from 4pm on Saturday. June 7.

They'll also play a live-to-air on Melbourne community radio station 3CR's Burning Vinyl Radio show radio on the Friday between 2-4pm. 

The Tommys released their debut album, “Grow Fins”, way back in 2000 and the follow up single, “Chastity Melts”, recorded live and dirty at the Old Bar in Melbourne, four years later.

Reforming for Garage Fest 2024 they toured of duty in Cambodia and now they’re thrilling audiences in Melbourne and Sydney once more with their tsunami of lo-fi garage surf grooves.

Special guests The Kreep 500 are supporting with their own brand of savage howls with garage nous. A duo far beyond the sum of its parts (think Cramps, Scientists, Reigning Sound), their debut album sold out in months and its follow-up is due in late 2025 on the Groovie (Europe) and Off The Hip (Australia) labels.

Physical stock of the new Chris Masuak single (and the swansong for his killer Spanish band The Viveiro Wave Riders) has landed in Australia and is now shipping.

“The Kiss Off” b/w “Carny Marriage” is on US label Savage Magic Records, and we’re selling a limited number via the I-94 Bar Bandcamp site. If you're overseas, the Savage Magic Records Bandcamp may be your most economical choice or drop us a line This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and we'll quote on postage. 
 
A reminder that the global premiere of the film clip for "The Kiss Off" is imminent and the Facebook event will give you a reminder.

The clip goes live on YouTube at  at 4pm US Pacific Time on Friday, May 16 or 9am Australian Eastern Standard Time on Saturday, May 17 

Masuak has new studio material underway with both his other Spanish band The Revelators and the Australian line-up of Chris Masuak's Dog Soldier. Stay tuned for details of Australian dates for Chris Masuak's Dog Soldier later this year. 

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Sydney’s favourite dive bar, The MoshPit, is marking its eighth birthday with two nights and a day of wall-to-wall rock and roll – and it’s free.

It kicks off on Friday, May 16 at 7:30pm with Newcastle’s Jacques Levy's Desire. The first band to play the venue, Blurter, is back at 8:20.

Young guns Pocketwatch plan to get the joint jumping at 9:10 and will show off tunes they recorded with multi-ARIA award winning producer Wayne Connolly, plus a few others. Veterans Jupiter 5 bring the Sabbath-meets-The Sonics riffarama-lama at 10pm. The indie sleaze of Aria Nova is on at 11pm and plays out until close.

Australia’s pioneering and hard partying cowpunks, The Johnnys, are re-emerging from a round of studio tinkerin’ and drinkin’ for a run of gigs in May, brandishing a live CD and a refreshed set.

“Live In Lyon” is the album, and it captures a rollicking 1990 French gig by the classic line-up of Hoody, Billy, Slim and Spencer P Jones on their only European tour. Restored from the original tape at Turtlerock Studios in Sydney by Rick O’Neill, it’s brimming with Saucisson, Vin Rouge and bawdy cowpunk rock and roll.

Tokyo funk-garage rockers ZOOBOMBS are back in Australia after more than a decade away. A May and June 2025 tour will bring them to Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne.

The band will be releasing a new Australian edition of their classic 1999 album “Let It Bomb” via Cheersquad Records & Tapes and May 23.

ZOOBOMBS have captivated audiences worldwide and shared stages with the likes of The Black Keys and Jon Spencer Blues Explosion. First turning heads Down Under on the Big Day Out festival tour in 2001, their high-octane performances leave a lasting imprint.

Regurgitator's Ben Ely is playing with ZOOBOMBS in Brisbane with his band Ben Ely and The Mango Fungo Band, and The Meanies and Rocket Science are each one one of their two Melbourne shows.

ZOOMBOMBS (JP)
Australian Tour
MAY
29 – The Crowbar, Brisbane
+ The Unknowns + Ben Ely and The Mango Fungo Band 
30 – The Crowbar, Sydney
+ The Unknowns + Liquid Zoo 
JUN
1– The Evelyn, Fitzroy
w/ The Meanies + The Vovos 
2 – Kindred Studio, Footscray
w/ Rocket Science 
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The Jesus Lizard are returning to Australia for the first time since 1994, playing three shows in October. The 2024 release of their seventh studio LP, “Rack” has marked a re-birth for band and the album has garnered great reviews.

Since their inception in Austin, Texas, in 1987, the Jesus Lizard has thrilled audiences all over the planet. The rocket-thrust rhythm section of bassist David Wm. Sims and drummer Mac McNeilly remains the perfect launchpad for guitarist Duane Denison’s jagged riffing and vocalist David Yow’s mercurial vocalisations.

The Jesus Lizard
Australian Tour
OCT
15 - The Croxton, Melbourne, VIC
+ The Nation Blue
Tickets
17 - Liberty Hall (ex Max Watts), Sydney, NSW
+ The Nation Blue
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19 -  Crow Bar, Brisbane, QLD
+ The Nation Blue
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