Articles by Mandy Hall

Rocks, are a Sydney based Punk Rock band which started its life as a three piece in 1976 with childhood friends Bill Webb (a.k.a. Bill Posters) Drums/Lead Vocals, Peter Davie Guitar/Vocals and Steve Vanderschoot Bass/Lead Vocals.

Beijing’s Birdstriking are pioneers of the current Chinese independent music scene being one of the first bands to make their way out of their hometown scene and capture the attention of the West with a sound that fuses the energy of punk with a uniquely Chinese melodic sensibility.

Melbourne psych band Mote (featuring members of Jack on Fire, Pink Tiles, Greta Mob) supported Birdstriking at the Tote. It’s been a couple of years since the band dropped their demo ‘Recordings I’ which received local radio attention, including a feature on PBS FM’s Radio City 2016 special wrap-up and airplay on RRR. Since then, the band has been playing around town, including strong recent supports with regarded psych bands Flavor Crystals (US) and Dream Can (China).

Tropical Fuck Storm is an Australian band from Melbourne, Victoria formed by Gareth Liddiard and Fiona Kitschin after taking a hiatus from the art-punk psych band The Drones. Lauren Hammel, from the band High Tension, plays drums and Erica Dunn, from the bands Harmony and Palm Springs, plays guitars, keys and other instruments.

Surfbort is a Brooklyn-based punk band that has been active since 2015. Fed up with sheeple polluting the airways and submitting to easy listening and passive ideals.

All the Weathers are Georgia Lucy, Gigi, Callum. All the Weathers, All the hits, All the time.

Two different Guitar worlds collided at Camelot Lounge Marrickville, Celebrating “Tom Petty”. Kent Steedman (The Celibate Rifles) and Martin Cilia (The Atlantics).

With a stellar career spanning 4 decades Richard Clapton is an Australian music icon, his songs are the soundtrack of our lives. Richard has continually recorded and released numerous records with an unmistakable Australian sound.

Leading the tribute were The Celibate Rifles, the band Damo fronted for 39 years. Rifles members past and present shared the stage with a host of guest singers including Ben Brown (The Hellmenn), Evil Dick (HiTS), the ageless Jeff Duff and mega-fan Jello Biafra; frontman for the Guantanamo School of Medicine and founding member of the Dead Kennedys.