Our irregular round-up of some new-ish cassette, CD-R and vinyl releases featuring Ghastly Spats, The Galaxy Folk, Bad//Dreems, Mad Nanna and the best punk band Australia has produced in ages, Helta Skelta. Words by TIM SCOTT . Ghastly Spats We're Breaking Through the Hymen (EP, Heinous Anus Records) Two dudes and two gals who break out smeared mascara and chipped black nail polish rock. It all sounds kind of feral. The music that a Hollywood production company would use for the soundtrack of an apocalyptic film shot in Marrickville. 'Sordid' has a pulsating and droney vocal chant/mumble while ...

A hardcore-heavy round-up of some new-ish cassette, CD-R and vinyl releases including Loose Grip, Taco Leg, Martyr Privates and Negative Reinforcement. Words by TIM SCOTT . Loose Grip Cereal (7”, Bedroom Suck) By far the best 7” I've heard so far this year. The debut for this Brisbane weirdo/super group hits all the right buttons. It's five tracks of fun speedy US hardcore punk without the goon factor – well, maybe a little bit. There's also a good sense humour – one song is called 'Baked' the other 'Cereal'. Kieran's vocals are manic but controlled, but more on ...

Suppose someone said to you  your life's through or you've just got one more chance left to live which would you choose? You'd run to your Mother to help you decide We might as well all just stay in our rooms until we die - Felt - Chicago is the windy city. Paris is the city of lights. NYC is the city that never sleeps. Adelaide is the city that shuts at 5 every night. I left myself behind the years have not been kind I wander down the bay with nothing much to say It's 5 o ...

Download BOAWS Podcast: Episode #14 01 – No Anchor – Pussyfootin’ 02 – Ty Segall – It’s a Problem 03 – Dear Eloise – Song for Him 04 – Electric Jellyfish – Nothing 05 – German Shepherd – Empire 06 – Oh Condor – Tidal Waves Goodbye 07 – The Men – Open Your Heart 08 – Opium Taylor – Aquaman 09 – Panzram – Maintenance 10 – Ashrae Fax – Dynamite Dust 11 – Kam Kama – The Living 12 – Vacuum – Walking Slow 13 - Window Liquor – Sympathy For… 14 – Two Inch Astronaut – Tree Ate My House 15 – Grass is Green – Slow Machine 16 – Glorium – There’s a Strain 17 – Keith Canisius – Where Did You Go All These Years 18 – Woollen ...

Dafür, dass seine Bevölkerung nicht mal an die Kaliforniens ranreicht, ist es ja schon bemerkenswert wie locker Australien momentan in Sachen verkrachter Rock mit den USA mithalten kann. Zu einem der Epizentren darf man R.I.P. Society wohl spätestens seit der Albumveröffentlichung des großzügigerweise gleich mit zwei Sängern aufwartenden (und mit zumindest einem davon wie ein großartig seltsamer Treffpunkt von Calvin Johnson und Eat Skull klingenden) Schrammeltrios Woollen Kits zählen. [Stream] Woollen Kits - Out Of Whack [Stream] Woollen Kits - Always Spätestens wohlgemerkt, denn vorher kam dort neben Singles von Circle Pit und Naked On The Vague auch schon u ...

Our irregular round-up of some new-ish cassette, CD-R and vinyl releases including Cured Pink, Bleeding Knees Club side project Wax Witches and releases from Negative Guest List, the label/zine run by the late Brendon Annesley . Words by TIM SCOTT . Mole House Hey Come My Way (7”, Quemada) This debut featuring Michael, Pat and Carla of Mad Nanna and White Woods starts with a broken down pop song that's similar in feel to early Eric's Trip at their creaky wire screened kitchen door best. Carla's lead vocal has a sombre and introspective tone feel and the music ...

(R.I.P. Society) I hate Woollen Kits R.I.P Society know how to pick ‘em. First Royal Headache, now Woollen Kits, and that’s in amongst a bucketload of raw Australian talent now hitched to their post. The debut record from the latter act is one devoid of any wankery, and I’m in debt to them for not having to sit through another tepid outing from a future Hottest 100 contender. Somehow Woollen Kits have put together an entire record of songs that sound almost effortless in their construction. Th ...

Recommended Show: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2012 PALOMAR @ LITTLEFIELD 622 Degraw St Brooklyn, NY 11217 $8, 8PM They played on our show on WHFR last night, but they'll be live and in person at Littlefield tonight! Brooklyn band Palomar are sure to rock it! k.Flay @ Santos Party House Laura Cantrell @ Hill Country Milagres & ohnomoon @ Mercury Lounge Doomtree & F. Stokes @ Bowery Ballroom John Medeski & Marc Ribot @ Le Poisson Rouge Ed Askew, Neal Morgan, & Metal Mountains @ Union Pool Waking Lights, Hollis Brown, & Freak Out Dude @ Maxwell's Clinical Trials, Hifi July, & Yankee Bang Bang @ Cake Shop Slow Club, Air Waves, & Chalk ...

by Bill Pearis There are so many good shows happening tomorrow (2/16) this column could be renamed This Thursday in Indie. But I won't because that would be dumb. What about next week? And the week after? Thursday might be...

Fuzzy garage rock from Australian band Wollen Kits, who are in town for a free show tonight at Memory Lanes

Tom H, Tom R and Leon are Woollen Kits, three no-nonsense Melbourne dudes who write some damn catchy punk rock. After a couple EPs they recently released their debut LP on Sydney’s R.I.P Society, and are currently touring the US. Before they left, they spoke to TIM SCOTT about shedding their early Beat Happening-inspired sound, shooting budget DIY clips and their plans for a follow-up. Photo by DIMITY KASZ . So you've just released your debut album. How long was it in the making? Tom H: Ages! [ Laughs ] I realised 'Be Your Friend' which is on the ...

Vide Poches #010 by rockoh Woollen Kits – « Maths » (Maths/Out Of Town EP) J’ai découvert « Maths » sur l’excellente compilation sortie par Fan Death Records en décembre dernier. Depuis je n’ai [...]

Woollen Kits are a three piece band from Melbourne, Australia. The trio has sprung out of the garage with their self-titled debut album, released via Sydney, Australia's  R.I.P Society record label. Its nine primitive, gritty guitar tunes straddle surf pop, proto-punk and garage rock. The album was mastered by Mikey Young, guitarist for Aussie favorites Eddy Current Suppression Ring and member of the garage four-piece  Ooga Boogas , whose debut album never leaves my side. Woollen Kits are currently on a tour of the US - see the dates here . They also have some free downloads on bandcamp . "It ...

Melbourn, Australia’s Woollen Kits have just released their self-titled debut album via RIP Society and have commenced a tour of the US this week. These are three brave young men, embarking on a tour of the US virtually unknown and with no American record label. On the plus side they have a new record under [...]

Happy Australia Day! I'm incredibly hungover after another successful Sonic Masala show, bur raring to do it all again! Before I do, though, here are some Aussie bands doing good that you wont find on the Australian yoof channel's top 100 shitfest. Blank Realm are a band that are incessant in their breakneck rise into the centre of the sun. Unlike Icarus, this Brisbane quartet want to feel the molecule-rending heat, to feel themselves morph with a might much greater than their own. Such a brazen exploratory outlook is evident in their ever-evolving live shows, which can swing ...