- Details
- Written by: The Barman
- Hits: 1844
Trailblazing Melbourne garage-pop/hard rock band Girl Monstar are back with their first new music since 1992.
The new album with the very Rolling Stonesy title of “GRRRR!!” will be released on January 27 via Vicious Kitten Records. Pre-orders are already open at the Girl Monstar Bandcamp here.
The first single “Blue Cat With Green Eyes: is out now and second single “Hate Train” is coming on November 20.
Girl Monstar were the first all-female band to gain a national profile in Australia in the late '80s and early ‘90s.
(There's a mini documentary telling their story after the SEE MORE link.)
- Details
- Written by: The Barman
- Hits: 2339
The Beasts have announced the undercard and special guests for their one-off Sydney show to celebrate the legendary 1990 Beasts of Bourbon album “Black Milk” at The Factory Theatre on December 12.
Old friends The Johnnys were already main support and they’ll be joined by Richie Weed & Natalie De Silver performing as a duo. Starting the evening will be Unsound!
Joining The Beasts as special guest vocalists are Rob Younger (New Christs, Radio Birdman), Richie Weed (Tumbleweed) and Hellen Rose, who supplied backing vocals at the album’s sessions. Tickets are on sale here.
- Details
- Written by: The Barman
- Hits: 1294
Connoisseurs of underground garage punk and punk wave will be familiar with Melbourne’s BRAT FARRAR and they’re back in the saddle with a new release looming.
“Tower of Lies” is the digital single that hits all streaming services on November 7 as the precursor to the album “GROUP” released in February 2026 via Beast Records (France), Take The City Records (Spain) and Ghost Highway Records (Spain). Recorded by Idge at Soundpark, ‘GROUP” was mastered by the ubiquitous Mikey Young.
We've had a preview of "Tower of Lies" and it's a searing piece of steamroller punk rock. Pre-save it on Spotify here.
- Details
- Written by: The Barman
- Hits: 2125
Two new tracks from the final Saints record, “Long March Through The Jazz Age”, have been released and the album will be out on November 28 on Fire Records.
“Long March Through the Jazz Age” is the last recorded work by Chris Bailey and The Saints. It’s a moving farewell - a testament to a restless, uncompromising artist who always moved forward, one of rock’s great lyricists and iconoclasts.
You can stream the new tracks, “Gasoline” and “Carnivore (Long March Through the Jazz Age)” here. The CD or LP can be pre-ordered here.
- Details
- Written by: The Barman
- Hits: 3400
Dom Mariani, leader of The Stems and proud parent of a brand new solo album, “Apple Of Life”, is taking his ‘70s psych-boogie band Datura4 out of Western Australia for a fang around South-Eastern Queensland this weekend.
Datura4 plays Iron & Resin at Currumbin on Friday October 24 with local garage stompers The Spivs. Tickets for that one are here.
On Saturday, Datura4 hits The Brightside in Brisbane with special guests The Dubrovniks (sans the late James Baker) and The Horny Toads. The occasion is Dubrovniks guitarist Glenn Armstrong’s 60th birthday and tickets are here.
- Details
- Written by: The Barman
- Hits: 935
Excuse the commercialism but the first review of the impending Chris Masuak's Dog Soldier album on our own I-94 Bar Records is in and it's a 10/10 from Colin Gray of The Australian Rock Show. The self-titled CD is out on 7 November.
Pre-order your own copy here and join the Bandcamp listening party to chat with Chris and members of the band here at 9pm (AEDST) on Thursday November 6. If you register at the associated Facebook event you'll receive a reminder an hour before it goes live.
- Details
- Written by: The Barman
- Hits: 1847
It’s not easy being the Kings Of The Combat Zone. You’re living in the lap of luxury in Pismo Beach. There’s champagne to be sipped, caviar to be eaten, and a stream of adoring and beautiful women won’t leave them alone.
Every December, the Psychotic Turnbuckles remember their beginnings in the cruel and shallow money trench called the music business. It was more than 40 years ago when they were banned from the Pismo Beach Wrestling Alliance and landed in Sydney, Australia.
It’s tradition now that each year, The Undefeated Champions jump onto private jets and return to Australia for a Festive Spectacular. The 2025 ringside action occurs at Marrickville Bowling Club on Saturday, December 13 and tickets are here.
These humble giants of rock and roll wrestling think of it as a small gesture for the fans.
Jesse The Intruder’s little helpers this year will be The Dark Clouds and The Sugar Beats. The honour of playing with these Immortals was something both bands could not pass up.
This year, every advance ticketholder will receive a present at the door.
Don’t leave things to chance. Who knows what you’ll miss when the Psychotic Turnbuckles lay waste to Dull City one more time?
- Details
- Written by: The Barman
- Hits: 2004
With one Sydney gig on the verge of a sell-out, a second show has been announced by Aussie punk rock supergroup Fuck The Neighbours. Fuck The Neighbours will be part of the “Ian Krahe Memorial Punkfest” at the Sydney Crowbar, Leichhardt, on Sunday November 2.
Organisers and participants Slack Punks have assembled a strong bill to pay tribute to the late X and Evil Rumours guitarist Ian Krahe.
- Details
- Written by: The Barman
- Hits: 1262
It's been a home to Powder Monkeys, The Cheater Slicks, Bored! and more recently the Lipstick Killers so when Aussie label Dog Meat discovers your band, you're in esteemed company.
That’s the enviable spot Melbourne's young Bayside Beat sensations The Gnomes have found themselves in as they gear up for the label to release their debut record. The Gnomes have unveiled their debut video, for new single "Flippin' Stomp".
More Articles …
- Now, Sydney gets a serve of "Black Milk"
- Chris Klondike Masuak's medical update
- The On and Ons dishing up taste of Number Seven
- The Cha Cha Chas return home with debut album in hand
- The Fadeaways add mystery band to their Sydney bill
- The new Chris Masuak's Dog Soldier album is nearly here even if the tour isn't
Page 3 of 104
Send us stuff to review
PO Box 334
Oatley NSW
2223 Australia
Get in touch: barman@i94bar.com
The Living Eye
DYGL (JPN)
Australian Tour
JAN
22 – Dissent Café and Bar, Canberra
w/ GRMLN (USA/Solo) + Vanishing Sound + Olivia's World
23 - Marrickville Bowlo, Sydney
+ Bridge Dog, GRMLN (USA/Solo)
24 - Singing Bird Studio, Frankston, VIC
+ Billiam and The Split Bills + The Handgrenade Hearts + Clydesdale
25 - The Curtin, Melbourne
+ Dippers + Aquatico
26 - Trash Cult, Bendigo, VIC
+ Astrofuzz
Tickets
"King Street Crawl
Summer Edition"
- Jan 25
Too many venues to mention
in Newtown, NSW
Mach Pelican
“A Secret Session”
Single Launch
+ Loose Lips + Elvis II
The Last Chance Bar, Melbourne
- Jan 31
Tickets
Peter Black solo tour
FEB
5 - Society City - Wollongong, NSW
Details
7 - Velvet Fog Records - Katoomba, NSW
Details
13 - The Cave Inn, Brisbane, QLD
Tickets
14 - Vinnies Dive Bar, Gold Coast, QLD (Matinee Show)
Tickets
19 - Medusa Bar, Geelong, VIC
Tickets
20 - Town Hall Hotel, Melbourne (two sets)
Details
21 - Shedshaker Brewing Company, Castlemaine, VIC
Details
27 - Hopsters Brewery - Sydney
Details
28 - Flow Bar - Old Bar, NSW
Details
MAR
1 - Hiss and Crackle Records, Newcastle, NSW
Details
Dave Favours & The Roadside Ashes
Service Station Chcken Tour
JAN
20 – The Tamworth Hotel, Tamsworth, NSW
“The Tops Day Out” festival
30 – Link & Pin, Woy Woy, NSW
+ The Dunhill Blues
31 – The Oak Tighes Hill,Newcastle, NSW
+ Crank Williams and Patsy Decline
FEB
27 – The Main Bar, Ballarat, VIC
28 – Union Hotel, Brunswick, VIC
MAR
1 – Bendigo Hotel, Brunswick, VIC
The Gnomes
Dive! Dive! Dive!
Rock ‘n’ Roll Dive Bar Tour
JAN
23 - The Gem, Collingwood (8pm)
+ W.O.M.B.A.T. + Sargent Baker
30 - Last Chance Rock'n'roll Bar, Melbourne (8pm)
+ Winsky + Riviera
31 - Trash Cult, Bendigo (7pm)
+ Clydesdale
FEB
14 - Shotkickers, Thornbury (8pm)
+ Public House + Special Guests
20 - The Tote Front Bar, Collingwood (6pm)
+ Champ Ruby
21 - Kindred Bandroom, Footscray (8pm)
+ Stimpies + special guests
The Sugar Beats
+ Plastic Section
Golden Barley, Enmore
- Feb 20
TsuShiMaMiRe (JP)
Australian Tour
FEB
19 - Shotkickers, Melbourne, VIC
20 – Trash Cult, Bendigo, VIC
22– Young St Tavern, Frankston, VIC
27 - Shadows, Canberra, ACT
28 – Moshpit, Sydney, NSW
The Jackets (CH)
Australian Tour
FEB
25 – Shotkickers, Thornbury, VIC
+ Plastic Section + Burning Effigy + Special Secret Guest
26 - Vineyard, St Kilda, VIC
(Door sales only)
27 – Mixtape Bar & Brewing, Marrickville,
Sydney, NSW
(moved from Marrickville Bowlo)
+ The Strike-Outs + pocketwatch
28 - The Bendi, Collingwood, VIC
MAR
1 -– Trash Cult, Bendigo, VIC (arvo show)
+ Grinding Eyes, + The Damos
2 – The Last Chance, Melbourne, VIC
Tickets
Cosmic Psychos
"I Really Like Beer Tour"
JAN
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
“Surreal Science”
Music of the Scientists &
Kim Salmon
and The Surrealists
APR
10 – The Corner, Melbourne
Tickets
11 – Oxford Art Factory, Sydney
Tickets
18 – Rosemount Hotel, Perth, WA
Tickets
Fresh Reviews
-
Humble Jim and his Family Dog deliver a classic
07 January 2026
-
"10 More" will make you believe to your soul
06 January 2026
-
Chow down on "Service Station Chicken" and taste the Aussie pub difference
21 December 2025
-
Dom's new country-inflected gem has pop at its core
20 December 2025
-
Ex-Trash Brat Brian McCarty's soulful letter from the Motor City
18 December 2025