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Former Radio Birdman guitarist Chris Masuak will end a long break from touring as part of a fiery two-band Australian assault on Europe this summer.
Named in honour of Roky Erickson, “The Two Headed Dog Tour” pairs Chris Masuak’s Dog Soldier with high energy Aussie garage rockers The Crisps for shows in Poland, Germany and France in July and August.
The tour will be Masuak’s first since emergency eye surgery cancelled an Australian tour by Dog Soldier in 2025. The band will return to Australia in October. The players involved will need no introduction to European audiences.
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Sweating on the release of the new Stones record "Foreign Tongues"? Hard-Ons stole a march on them today with a foreign tongue effort of their own, releasing a mini-album with bassist Ray Ahn singing in Korean.
“Korean Language Mini Album” (hey, what else would you call it?) features versions of early Hard-Ons classics “Where Did She come From?”, “Raining”, “Just Being With You” and “Suck and Swallow”.
In other words:
그녀는 어디에서 왔을까?
비가 내리고 있어
너와 함께 있는 것만으로도
빨고 삼키고
The A side incorporates the songs, while the B side features artwork by Ray etched into the vinyl. It will be available in four variants - the colours of the Korean flag - blue, red, white and black. You can order a copy here.
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Mudhoney returns to Australia this October to play club shows and headline 4ZZZ FM’s “Zed 51” Festival. The grunge pioneers are also adding a handful of New Zealand dates for the first time in more than a decade. Tickets on sale on Tuesday, June 30 from 9am AEST.
Special guests on the Australian leg of the tour (except Ballarat and Byron Bay) are Californian trio and In The Red recording artists Primitive Ring, featuring members of Ty Segall Band, Iggy Pop's band, Fuzz, GØGGS, Mikal Cronin and more.
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For nearly two decades, UK-based King Salami & His Cumberland Three have been spreading the Rhythm & Punk grease all around this big old world, bringing along with them buckets of fun, raucous energy, silliness, smiles and sweat! With this quartet, every show is a party!!
To mark their 20 years anniversary of relentlessly playing shows around the globe and releasing dozens of records, King Salami & the Cumberland Three have dug deep into their extensive catalogue to select 16 of their most killer tracks.
“16 Knockout Hits!” on the Damaged Goods label makes for a fun-packed album on the back of wacky classics such as “The Pulpo Dance”, “Pineapple Mama”, “Shake it Wild” and “Do the Wurst”.
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He’s marking his 50th year as a recording artist and Ed Kuepper is adding three more albums to his bulging back catalogue prior to his July-August Australian tour.
“The Exploding Universe - Live” is a double LP/single CD recorded at the National Theatre, Melbourne in 2023. ,It features long time Kuepper drummer Mark Dawson, bassist Peter Oxley (Sunnyboys), keyboardist Alister Spence and brass arranger Eamon Dilworth.
A vinyl and CD re-issue of the Ed Kuepper solo album, “Today Wonder”, will come with seven bonus live tracks from a contemporaneous radio session in Holland on the digital format version.
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Severely underrated Australian band Joeys Coop is flagging the imminent release of their third album with a single, “In The Pines”.
It will be accompanied by an extensive tour which starts on Thursday June 25 at MoshPit in Sydney, and continues over the weekend of July 11 and 12at Mullum Roots Festvial in Mullumbimby in Far North New South Wales. Expect more dates to be announced.
Not only can you buy the digital single and pre-order the album on Bandcamp, you can purchase the band’s own label wines here. In the words of Mark Roxburgh: “Each bottle consumed will get us closer to paying off our latest release, Sawdust Memories, and move us a little bit closer to another one in a few years’ time. The more you drink the happier you’ll be".
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That first Australian tour we told you about by US punk outfit FEAR has been cancelled on medical advice.
It's understood frontman Lee Ving has an undisclosed health condition. FEAR has cancelled all other 2026 dates.
The band was headlining boutique festival Thrashville in the New South Wales Hunter Region on June 27 and Cosmic Psychos have stepped into the breach
Refunds for other shows are available from the point of purchase.
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The New Christs are playing their first Sydney show in a year at Marrickville Bowling Club on June 19 but if you want to be there, you better move fast as they’re selling quickly. That’s the word from rehearsals in an undisclosed location (pictured above).
It’s a killer line-up deserving of a sell-out. Support will be seasoned veterans Jupiter 5, taking a break from recording their second album, and underground rock jukebox, The Stallers, who have been laying down original tracks of their own.
The band will be selling vinyl copies of the recent compilation, “The Fall Of Rome”, and T-shirts. Hey, gotta make a living somehow, Tickets for the gig are here. If you miss out, don’t say you weren’t warned.
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Huxton Creepers 2026. Photo supplied
We mentioned that Huxton Creepers are re-issuing their classic debut album “12 Days to Paris” 40 years after the fact on vinyl on Cheersquad on June 5 with pre-orders open now. And we said they'd support it live, in what will be their first full tour since 2011.
The dates are confirmed They'll be joined by old mates Icecream Hands in Melbourne and The Johnnys in NSW and QLD, with former Screaming Tribesmen frontman Mick Medew and his wife, Ursula, also joining the party in Brisbane.
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The Living Eye
Joeys Coop
"Sawdust Memories" Album Tour
JULY
11 & Sun 12 - Mullum Roots Festival,
Mullumbimby, NSW
18 - Indie Festival, Bellingen, NSW
Indie Sounds of the Harbour City Vol 2
Launch Tour
JUL
3 - Dissent Bar, Canberra ACT
4 - Ryans Hotel, Thirroul
5 - The Marlin Hotel, Ulladulla
10 - Hamilton Station Hotel, Newcastle
11 - Six String, Erina
12 - Deadsset, Darlinghurst, Sydney
17 - Lou Lou Room, Wynnum, QLD
18 - Coffs Harbour Hotel, Coffs Harbour, NSW
19 - Blah Bar, Lismore, NSW
24 - Crowbar Sydney
25 - Vi-Nil HQ, Ourimbah, NSW
26 - Link & Pin, Woy Woy, NSW
31 - The Vic, Orange, NSW
AUG
1 - Crossroads, Dubbo, NSW
7 - Diamond Dogs, Dapto, NSW
8 - Wings & Tins, Dee Why, NSW
Two Headed Dog Euro Tour
Chris Masuak's Dog Soldier
+ The Crisps
JULY
23 - Krakow - Klub Baza (PL)
24 - Warsaw - Klub Mechanik Warsaw (PL)
25 – Berlin - Wilde at Heart (DE)
31 – Paris - L'Armony (FR)
(with The Unbelievera)
AUGUST
1 – Paris - Holy Holster (FR)
(Unplugged)
6 – Toulouse - L'Autan Bar (FR)
(with Big T & The Nuts)
7 – Montpellier - Secret Place (FR)
(with Big T & The Nuts)
9 – Sete - Guinguette Thau'thèmes (FR)
Joeys Coop
AUG
22 - Union Hotel, Newtown, NSW
+ The On and Ons
28 - Smiths Alternative, Canberra
+ Sanctimonious Fux
30 - Link & Pin, Woy Woy, NSW
SEP
13 - MARRICKVILLE BOWLO, NSW
+ Swaggerland
18 - Tap Room, Castlemaine, VIC
19 - Painted Lady, Ballarat, VIC
+ Cold Irons Bound + Neutron Flow
20 - Union Hotel, Brunswick, VIC
NOV
28 - Blah Bar, Lismore, NSW
29 - Junk Bar, Brisbane, QLD (arvo)
Amammoth + None For One
+ Old Heathens + Buzz Wagon
+ The Limited + Headspacer
+ My Velvet Exit
Lazy Thinking, Dulwich Hill, NSW
2.30-11PM
- July 25
Smoked Salmon
Totally Sick!! Tour
JULY
24 - Mojo's, Fremantle, WA
25 - Prince of Wales, Bunbury, WA
31 - Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine, VIC
AUG
1 - Shotkickers, Thornbury, VIC
2 - Wheatsheaf, Adelaide, SA
6 - La La La's, Wollongong, NSW
7 - Petersham Bowling Club, Petersham , NSW
8 - Link & Pin, Woy Woy, NSW
9 - The Oak Tighes Hill, Newcastle, NSW
(free)
14 - Tanswells, Beechworth, VIC
(free)
15 - Smiths Alternative, Canberra, ACT
21 - Republic Bar, Hobart, TAS
22 - Royal Oak, Launceston, TAS
28 - Junk Bar, Brisbane, QLD
29 - Blah Bar, Lismore, NSW
30 - Cabarita Beach Club, Cabarita, NSW (free)
SEP
4 - Young St Tavern, Frankston, VIC
The Exploding Universe of Ed Kuepper
Ed Kuepper 50 Years Retrospective
JULY
30 - Avoca Theatre #
31 - Canberra, The Street
AUG
1 - Wombarra Bowlo
6 - Adelaide, The Gov
8 - Melbourne, National Theatre
9 - Barwon Heads Hotel
15 - Fremantle, Freo Social
20 - Brisbane, The Princess
21 - Coffs Harbour, The Jetty Theatre
22 - Murwillumbah, Regent Theatre
27 - Sydney, Enmore Theatre
Tickets
Huxton Creepers
12 Days To Paris Tour
AUG
7 - Sooki Lounge, Belgrave, VIC
+ Icecream Hands
8 - Croxton Bandroom, Thornbury, VIC
+ Icecream Hands
14 - Marrickville Bowling Club, NSW
+ The Johnnys
15 - Marrickville Bowling Club, NSW
+ The Johnnys
16 - Hamilton Station Hotel, Newcastle, NSW
(afternoon show)
+ The Johnnys
21 - Norton Music Factory,
Caloundra, QLD
+ The Johnnys
22 - Crowbar Brisbane, QLD
+ The Johnnys
+ Mick Medew and Ursula
23 - Wallaby Hotel, Mudgeeraba, QLD
(afternoon show)
+ The Johnnys
The Damned
Final Damnation 50
Australia and New Zealand
SEP
8 - AUCKLAND, Powerstation
10 - SYDNEY, The Opera House
11 - BRISBANE, The Tivoli
13 - MELBOURNE, The Forum
Tickets
Public Image Ltd
Australia and NZ
JAN
20 - Auckland, Powerstation
22 - Brisbane, The Tivoli
23 - Sydney, Enmore Theatre
24 - Melbourne, The Forum
26 – Adelaide, The Gov
28 - Perth, The Astor
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