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Punk Rock 

The Saints ‘73-’78 Conquer North America

November 11, 2025November 11, 2025 Ron Hart 2 Comments Australia, Brooklyn, Chris Bailey, Ed Kuepper, Ivor Hay, Mark Arm, Mick Harvey, MUDHONEY, New York, Peter Oxley, The Birthday Party, The Saints, The Saints '73-'78

Catching up with founding member Ed Kuepper on this fall’s hottest tour

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Punk Rock 

The Saints’ Classic Debut, (I’m) Stranded, Celebrated with Deluxe Edition

June 12, 2024June 12, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments (I'm) Stranded, 2024, Australia, Box Set, Chris Bailey, Ed Kuepper, In The Red Recordings, Ivor Hay, Mark Arm, Mick Harvey, The Saints

4LP vinyl set due out on November 15th

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Alternative Rock Britpop Rock 

The Church: Rock ‘n’ Roll Aromachology

April 16, 2024April 17, 2024 Katherine Yeske Taylor 0 Comments 2024, Australia, Bob Dylan, Communicating Vessels, Eros Zeta and the Perfumed Guitars, Steve Kilbey, The Beatles, The Church, The Rolling Stones

Frontman Steve Kilbey talks about the band’s latest LP Eros Zeta and the Perfumed Guitars

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Punk 

The Saints’ Iconic Single “(I’m) Stranded” Gets First Reissue

July 14, 2023July 14, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments (I'm) Stranded, 1976, Australia, Chris Bailey, Ed Kuepper, In The Red Records, The Damned, The Ramones, The Saints

Limited edition run expected to ship on August 2nd

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Rock 

King of the Mountain: Midnight Oil’s Peter Garrett Turns 70

April 16, 2023April 16, 2023 Jim Sullivan 1 Comment 1988, 1990, 70th Birthday, Australia, Blue Sky Mining, Diesel and Dust, Jim Moginie, Midnight Oil, Peter Garrett, Rob Hirst

Revisiting a pair of archival interviews with the Australian rock legend

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Alternative Rock Indie Rock Pop Rock 

Rock ‘n’ Roll Gentleman: An Interview with Robert Forster

February 8, 2023 Ryan Maffei 0 Comments Australia, Grant McLennan, Karin Bäumler, Robert Forster, Tapete Records, The Candle and the Flame, The Go-Betweens, The Goon Sax

The former and forever Go-Between on love, illness and the healing power of music

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Rock 

Little River Band Reclaim Their Legacy

December 14, 2022December 14, 2022 Katherine Yeske Taylor 10 Comments Australia, Beeb Birtles, Glenn Shorrock, Graeham Goble, Little River Band, Masterpieces, The Beatles, The Hollies, The Mamas and The Papas, Ultimate Hits

Founding member Graeham Goble sets the record straight

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Alternative Rock New Wave Rock 

The Time Has Come: Midnight Oil’s Diesel and Dust at 35

August 22, 2022August 22, 2022 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 1 Comment 1987, 35th Anniversary, Aborigines, Australia, Beds Are Burning, Bones Hillman, Columbia Records, Diesel and Dust, Jim Moginie, Martin Rotsey, Midnight Oil, Peter Garrett, Peter Gifford, Rob Hirst, The Dead Heart

Looking back on the Australian band’s most successful LP

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Country and/or Western North Americana Rock 

ALBUMS: Wesley Dean’s Australian Americana

June 28, 2022June 28, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 2022, Australia, Billy Joel, Hall of Flames LLC, Tom Petty, Unknown, Wesley Dean

The Australian Idol winner aims to break out beyond Down Under on Unknown

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Punk 

ALBUMS: Comfortably Punk

September 21, 2021April 3, 2022 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 2021, Amy Taylor, Amyl & The Sniffers, ATO Records, Australia, Comfort To Me, Cosmic Psychos, feedtime!, Punk

A bigger, bolder second album proves that growth suits Amyl & The Sniffers pretty damn well

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Indie Rock Pop 

The Diary of a Teenage Noise Addict

July 2, 2020July 2, 2020 Lee Zimmerman 1 Comment 1995, 25th Anniversary, Australia, Beastie Boys, Ben Lee, Brad Wood, Grand Royal, Grandpaw Would, Noise Addict

25 years later, Grandpaw Would reflects Ben Lee’s endurance as an alt-pop mainstay

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Folk Indie Rock North Americana 

Josh Rennie-Hynes and the Evolution of Australian Americana

September 3, 2019September 4, 2019 Ron Hart 2 Comments Australia, Josh Rennie-Hynes, Midnight Oil, Paul Kelly, The Ahern Brothers

On a grant from his country’s government, the onetime Ahern Brother heads to Nashville to cut an outstanding third solo album

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Punk 

CONCERTS: Les Chats Noir

July 26, 2019July 30, 2019 Eric Davidson 0 Comments Australia, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Bowl, Cutie, Eamon Sandwith, Get this in ya, Gnarcissists, New York City, Nirvana, Oi, Queensland, Smoko, The Chats, The Hives

Queensland, Australia’s The Chats arrive in The Big Apple, declare New York “a piece of shit” at first ever show at the Brooklyn Bowl

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Punk 

Ain’t He A Saint?

January 7, 2019January 8, 2019 Michael Toland 0 Comments Australia, Ed Kuepper, The Saints

Catching up with Australian punk icon Ed Kuepper

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Pop Punk Rock 

Lost and Naughty in Oceania

October 24, 2018June 26, 2023 Eric Davidson 1 Comment Australia, Baby Grande, HoZac Records, Steve Kilbey, The Church

Baby Grande: Aussie Glitter Rock Before It Went to Church

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