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bloodloss Today I did something I haven't done since I was eleven. I mixed concrete. It was as enjoyable and peculiar as I'd always remembered it. Stunk in that ugly beautiful earthy way. Rather wonderful.

Details: By Robert Brokenmouth; 10 January 2014; Hits: 4736

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lost-my-head Fourteen years old by now, "Lost My Head for Drink" sounds both ahead of its time and retro, and has an elusive timeless quality. Who else puts out such a fabulous mixture of mellow tunes and stifling ferocity? Rock discovered parallel with caustic, free-flying jazz? This version of Bloodloss is its own genre. Simple as that.

Details: By Robert Brokenmouth; 10 January 2014; Hits: 7270

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hellhathnofury As they say at well-to-do sailing clubs on Sydney's north side: "I like the cut of their jib."

Details: By The Barman; 10 January 2014; Hits: 5962

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pillar-to-post In a barely lit corner of the Sandringham Hotel in Sydney, the Barman slides me a white plastic bag stuffed full of CDs. I peek inside. Veteran tour manager Peter Ross looks on, shaking his head. “Those poor bastards,” he mutters.

Details: By Bob Short; 10 January 2014; Hits: 5192

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gradman-cover Another day, another re-release of some apparently fabled recordings from the late '70s and early '80s. Because, you know, everything from back then was like totally rad, man. All them cool guys. Not one of them was an ex art school hippy chancing his way on the next bandwagon.

Details: By Bob Short; 10 January 2014; Hits: 7187

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signed-and-sealed-in-blood This week's rhetorical question is about bands singing in faux Irish accents with traditional Celtic instruments, mixing it up with banjos, strings, pipes and punk rawk guitars. The query is: "Do we need 'em?" The quick answer is: "I'll get back to ya." From your perspective I know that's it's not really good enough so I'll spend the next 400 words so telling you how albums like this get to exist in the first place.

Details: By The Barman; 10 January 2014; Hits: 5040

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The Strike-Outs
+ Thee Herbal Lunatics
(ex-Hellmen)
+ Cruel World
MoshPit, St Peters, NSW
- June 13

The Stallers
+ DISGRACEland + Motordose
MoshPit, St Peters, NSW
- June 21 (3pm)

I-94 Bar presents
Spitting Chips
(ex-Cosmic Psychos)
+ Jupiter 5 + The Sugar Beats
Marrickvile Bowlo, NSW
- July 11
Tickets

Henri Herbert with Ezra Lee
Australian Tour
JUN
10 - Melbourne Blues Association, Flemington, VIC
12 - The Drunken Poet, West Melbourne, (piano duo show w/ Ezra Lee)
13 - Union Hotel, Heathcote, VIC
14 - Moon Dog Wild West, Footscray, VIC
15 - Tom Katz, Sorrento Portsea RSL, Sorrento, VIC

The Johnny Batchelor Party
+ Phil Hall (solo)
Golden Barley Hotel, Enmore
- Jun 14 (free)

The Mezcaltones
Marrickville Bowlo
- Jun 15 (free)

New Christs
w/ Tumbleweed
Hamilton Station Hotel, Newcastle
- June 21

Pete Ross & The Sapphire
+ Looch Lewis & The Press Gangsters
Marrickville Bowlo
June 22
(4.30pm - free)

The Blowers
JUN
20 - Shotkickers, Melb
21 - Trash Cult, Bendigo
09 - Grace Emily, Adelaide
10 - The Cumby, Port Adelaide

Sick Fizz
(album launch)
+ The Owen Guns
+ The Jane Does
The Duke, Enmore, NSW
- Aug 2
(Free)

The New Christs
UK and Europe Tour
AUG
13 - Night ´n Day, Manchester UK
14 - Stereo, Glasgow UK
15 - Oslo, London UK
16 - Edonè, Bergamo IT
17 - Flog-On Plen Air , Firenze IT
19 - TBA Bologna IT
21 - Shake Club, La Spezia IT
22 - Molotov, Marseille FR
23 - Secret Place, Montpellier FR
24 - Le Moulin du Rousseau, Perigueux FR
28 - Relache, Bordeaux FR
29 - Festivalle Tobalina, Quintana Martin Galinde ES
30 - 16 Toneladas, Valencia ES
31 - Stereo, Alicante ES
SEP
2 - Sala Upload, Barcelona ES
4 - Sala El Sol, Madrid ES
5 - Sala Milwaukee, El Puerto de Santa Maria ES
6 - Hogaza Rock, Alfacar ES

Cherie Currie
Australian Tour
with Hot Machine
SEP
5 - Rosemount, Perth
6 - Crown and Anchor, Adelaide
11 - The Corner Hotel, Melbourne
12 – Sydney Crowbar
13 – Brisbane Crowbar
Tickets

Dead Kennedys
Australia and NZ
SEP
16 - Auckland, Powerstation
17 - Wellington, Meow Nui
19 – Melbourne, Northcote Theatre
20 - Brisbane, Tivoli
24 - Perth, Astor Theatre
26 - Adelaide, The Gov
27 - Sydney, Metro Theatre
Tickets

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

4ZZZ presents
“ZED 50”
Ther Saints ’73-‘78
+ Regurgitator
+ Tropical Fuck Storm
+ Full Flower Moon Band
+ Big Noter + Butterfingers
+ Screamfeeder
+ Nice Biscuit + Party Dozen
+ Frangipanis + Dancingwater
+ Platonic Sex + Velociraptor
Roma St Parklands, Brisbane
- Oct 25

“4ZZZ Joint Effort 50”
Dave Warner’s From The Suburbs
+ X
+ The Survivors
+ XERO
+ The Black Assassins
+ Pineapples From The Dawn of Time
Hamilton Hotel, QLD
- Nov 8