Hello,

Im from the small big city Auckland.. If you wana see bands here you really only have 3 decent bars to go to.. The scene is small and its easy to find awesome bands. Im moving to the ever so slightly larger Melbourne and although I'm looking forward to my new adventure it would be nice to know of a couple of good venues..

I dont know, maybe unlike Auckland, Melbourne has hundreds?

Thanks for the list.. I move to Melbourne in about 6 weeks.. Can anyone recommend venues where I can catch garage / lo fi artists?

We are playing The Prague on the 22nd of April

http://garagepunk.ning.com/events/wolfy-the-bat-cubs-krakatota

and at The Penny Black on the 30th of April

http://garagepunk.ning.com/events/wolfy-the-bat-cubs-and-band

If you haven't heard Wolfy & The Bat Cubs yet we have two songs on our GaragePunk profile for you to hear - http://garagepunk.ning.com/profile/WolfyAndTheBatCubs

Hope some of you out there can make it along

Lots of love from Wolfy

Thanks steve! That was a fun afternoon at da da's ,I love playing in non venues, it's way more fun .

nice stuff mate.

I saw you guys play out the back at Dada's, must of been a few months ago now, the king khan cover was a killer.

Keep up the goood shit

This is our band, we are from Perth Western Australia. And this is some sloppy yet fun footage from a house party that happened last weekend.  

well, at least a start. thanks a lot.

check out mr sterile assembly whilst in wellington and die!die!die! in auckland (i think). there's also the coolies.

there used to be a great record store on queen st in auckland. forget the name but from what i've heard it's still there.

i don't know much else tho....sorry...

I'm gonna be travelling New Zealand in May.
If yer still around then I'll meet up with ya
If anyone wants to meet. Let me know!

Hi

I'm going to do a trip all around new zealand in jan-march.

Do you have any good bands, venues, shops which I must see? 
Or is there anybody who wants to get visited by me and would like to show me her/his town? :-)

I'm 32 from Switzerland. Would be nice to meet some of you.

Cheers
Thomas

Thank you very much! I am aware of only two of them (Booby Traps + Prehistorics), so I will check them out ASAP. Fuzzmeister said:

Meg

Here are some bands I know of in Sydney that might float your boat. There are probably heaps more I just can't think of any right now. You will probably find links to others off these guys' myspaces anyway.

The Booby Traps: http://www.myspace.com/theboobytraps

The Alohas: http://www.myspace.com/theealohas

The Dark Shadows http://www.myspace.com/brigittehandley

The Prehistorics: http://www.myspace.com/theeprehistorics

Meg Here are some bands I know of in Sydney that might float your boat. There are probably heaps more I just can't think of any right now. You will probably find links to others off these guys' myspaces anyway. The Booby Traps: http://www.myspace.com/theboobytraps The Alohas: http://www.myspace.com/theealohas The Dark Shadows http://www.myspace.com/brigittehandley The Prehistorics: http://www.myspace.com/theeprehistorics

Hello comrades,

I recently (Okay, not that recently--March) moved to Sydney from Brisbane, and though I'd been told it was pretty dead down here in terms of garage music and its many delightful relatives, I kind of shrugged that off as unlikely, given the size of the city and the sheer number of musicians that would have to live here.

Surely some mathematical law must state that within such a fray, a certain number of individuals would be perpetrating my kind of musical crime.

The first few months of my residence here were spent growing accustomed to my first full-time gig out of uni, and all the trappings of being an adult that I'd never faced before. Recently, given that all of it is now under control, I've been trying to figure out the comings and goings of Sydney music.

Can anyone point me in the right direction? Bands, venues, even websites similar to this one with a Sydney bent (if that's appropriate)?

Please forgive the n00blet 101 post, but I've failed pretty hard up to this point.

fabulous... thanks!!! I will have a look and see what I can find. That's one night sorted then! :D

How about this show? Johnny Casino & The Secrets + TheCrusaders + Los Chicos Sydney Harbour Cruise - Aug 14 If other shows are updated, you can check them out "THE LIVING EYE" section at: http://www.i94bar.com/ And you may be able to find any other show at: http://www.moshtix.com.au/default.aspx? Also, if you get ill and stay in a hospital in Brisbane till 15th Sep., you may be able to see Ed Kuepper at the night!@@ "Ed is playing "a special show" on the Brisbane Festival, 15th September, on King's George's Square."

I'm gonna be spending a few days in each of these places and really wanna find some decent music nites while I'm there. If Anyone can point me in the right direction I'll love you forever!
I'll be in Brisbane 3-6 August, Broome 7- 12 and Sydney 13-16. Even some names of bands to look out for will helps loads!

Now that's more like it! Thanks for sorting it out, Dead Boy. Dead Boy said:

I actually don't have the CD, but I think the track listings on ebay are wrong. Check out this page. http://www.hitmendtk.com/images/tora_back_inlay-001.jpg
So, I guess there's no problem.
http://www.hitmendtk.com/index.html

I actually don't have the CD, but I think the track listings on ebay are wrong. Check out this page. http://www.hitmendtk.com/images/tora_back_inlay-001.jpg So, I guess there's no problem. http://www.hitmendtk.com/index.html

I'm thrilled to death that their Tora Tora D.T.K. has been reissued (1st time on cd) but when I checked the track listings from the guy selling on eBay, half the songs from the original lp are not on the double-disc cd. Does anyone know anything about this?

Not sure if this is really the right place but I thought I'd give it a shot.

I'm currently looking to either form, start or jam with people with similar mind sets. I basically like a lot of obscure rock such as 60's Surf/Psychedelia/Garage/Beat, Shoegaze, Neo-Psychedelia, Garage Punk, Blues, Lo-Fi, ProtoPunk etc.

Something along the likes of Black Lips, White Stripes, Eddy Current Supression Ring, Brian Jonestown Massacre, The UV Race, 13th Floor Elevators, The Sonics, The Frowning Clouds, The Seeds, Ride, My Bloody Valentine, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Jesus & Mary Chain, The Warlocks etc.


I'm hoping to play very striped back music that to most people, sounds wrong..shitloads of reverb, fuzz, treble, untuned guitars and jangle. Mostly 60's Garage/GaragePunk influenced type stuff but dabbling in shoegaze, surf, psychedelia etc.

I'm 22 from Tullamarine so looking for people around that age. Don't really care on skill , band/recording/live experience or ability, as long as theres the right influences, an aquired tone & decent gear is there. I mostly play a Telecaster, & Gretsch Tennesee Rose through a few pedals into a Twin Reverb / Hot Rod Deville these days.

Whole lot of reverb, delay, jangly guitar, fuzz, cleans, low-fi, treble & oscillation.

I can be contacted via pm/this thread or email at hks_01@hotmail.com

Alright, Steven! I'll check out Red Eye Rec then, to see what's goin on! Thanks a lot! Steven Noble said:

Red Eye Records
http://www.redeye.com.au
Good place to shop.

Good music kind of appears in random places on random nights so there's no one venue to just hang in, but Red Eye or this place or i94bar.com are all good places to find out what gigs are on when you're in town.

Red Eye Records http://www.redeye.com.au Good place to shop. Good music kind of appears in random places on random nights so there's no one venue to just hang in, but Red Eye or this place or i94bar.com are all good places to find out what gigs are on when you're in town.

Hey all!

I'm going to Sydney next july so I'm looking for info about bands, places, beer, record stores, etc...

Could someone gimme some tips?

Thanks a lot!

Al, Sydney, like to play geetar and take happy snaps ... nod to the Bronx ;-). After that i haven't bought nuthin' in a while, need my horizons broadened somewhat, think i'm stuck in 1999 ...

hey y'all
we are returning to nz for a short spell.
we are looking for gigs in nz / oz
dates are
17th dec-22nd dec
28th dec-3rd jan
13th jan-15th feb
lil help?
brick, quickbrownfox