Author: Mike Wilson

I’ve been following The Owen Guns since their debut EP “Violating Community Standards” released in August 2020 … well, around that time anyway. They display Australian culture without flying a flag, lyrically they poke fun at themselves or offer up hilarious takes on social commentary Read More …

On Saturday, September the 10th 2022 after meeting up with an old friend for some pre gig drinks (thanks Dee, it was great to catch up) the four of us made our way to the Corner Hotel at 57 Swan Street in Richmond, Melbourne, VIC. Read More …

One of my favourite ska bands ever is The Resignators from Victoria, Australia, a seven headed brash and boisterous ska punk monster, featuring blistering guitar, thumping bass, melodious keyboards, driving drums and a military like horn section, ready to attack, putting a bomb under the relatively Read More …

Radio Rejects are a punk rock band from the south coast of New South Wales, Australia, they formed in 2018 but it wasn’t until 2019 that I got my first taste of them. It came in the form of a 2 track release called Dadcore Read More …

Fake News is a Queensland punk band formed in 2017 from different parts across the East coast of Australia.The band quickly established themselves in their local punk scene releasing their debut EP & sharing the stage with many punk favourites including Good Riddance, No Fun At Read More …

The Kombi Killers are an old school punk rock band based in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. They have been on my radar for a couple of years now due to playing regular shows with other bands I like but they have been belting out old school Read More …

TAWNY HAWK are a high energy, loud and rowdy punk rock/thrash band from Brisbane, QLD. Here’s the origin story … During 2019, Singer/songwriter Nathan E Murphy re recorded his 1990’s Sasqauvine album. Session Musicians were hired for the recording, including Chris Gilbert on bass. Through Read More …

Buckled are a 4 piece party punk band from the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. They recently released their debut EP OUSS…. featuring 4 tracks and a runtime of just under 10 minutes The opening track “Knock Knock” (2:28) starts with a sample from the 1997 Read More …