The Owen Guns are a hardcore punk band based in New South Wales, Australia with members split between Sydney and the South Coast. I really enjoyed their debut EP “Violating Community Standards” which was released on the 14th of August 2020 through Golden Robot Records/Riot Read More …
Author: Mike Wilson
The Great Gaso Launch
You may have heard that the Gasometer Hotel in Collingwood, Victoria is under new ownership and obviously that type of thing needs to be celebrated so how about a launch week, well sort of, a five night launch week is an epic effort. The festivities Read More …
Dole Bludga – Stoned Scum Review
One of my favourite new releases this past summer was Stoned Scum, the debut recording from a Sydeny two-piece band called Dole Bludga. This band has played some great shows over the last couple years and often with other bands from the local hardcore scene Read More …
Crannk Reviews “Livin’ Up The Coast” by Space Boozzies
Space Boozzies is a mongrel dog from the Central Coast (Woy Woy) of New South Wales Australia featuring members of all the popular surf/garage/rock bands you’ve never heard of. “Livin’ Up The Coast” is the bands second album and is available on vinyl in the Read More …
Crannk Reviews The New Desert Dogs EP Showdown
The Desert Dogs are a 4 piece band from Perth, Western Australia, Australia that formed in 2019. The bands debut single ‘The Australian Dream’ (3:10) was released on the 18th of November 2019 (although I recall it being on the bands Triple J Unearthed page Read More …
Crannk Reviews The Arturos – Tokyo-A-Go-GO!
The Arturos (named in honour of the late Arturo Vega, the unofficial “5th Ramone”) are a 3 piece punk rock band from Brisbane, Queensland, Australia which was started in late 2016 by Robbie as a solo studio based project. This idea turned into a full Read More …
Crannk Reviews The Owen Guns EP Violating Community Standards
The Owen Guns are a hardcore punk band with members split between Sydney and the South Coast in New South Wales, Australia. They play old school punk with a sense of humour and no respect for anything and anyone – especially themselves. The songs are Read More …
Crannk Reviews The BotBots Debut EP Stoneage Scomeos
The BotBots are a 4 piece political punk band from a few different parts of New South Wales, Australia. The bands first gig was in Mayfield back in February this year and the plug was pulled before they even finished their set, apparently due to Read More …
Mike the punk interviews Without Fail
Recently I worked with the awesome people at Jones In The Fast Lane Promotions to put together some live stream shows, the first one was “Iso-Nation” and featured a punk band from Tasmania called Without Fail, well one of them. Shanon put on an awesome Read More …
Crannk Reviews the Collateral Damage EP “Drop Ya Dacks”
Collateral Damage are a 3 piece punk band from Port Pirie, South Australia, Australia. This band has been featured on Crannk numerous times so if you need some background info just check the review of “Barbie Anthem” or one of the interviews that Jai did Read More …