The beauty of BIGSOUND’s music program is the fact that it brings excitingly different acts together in one place, just like Sonic Reducer and Immy Owusu. In one corner, you’ve got a punk rock ...

Today, we continue our recurring series, "Sonic Reducer." In the series, Punknews writers compress a band, genre, theme, or time period into a playlist that would fit on a single CD. Along with the ...

Today, we continue our Sonic Reducer series! In the series, Punknews writers compress a band, genre, theme, or time period into a playlist that would fit on a single CD. Along with the playlist, ...

“You’re not my friend/ and that is fine,” croak-warbles David Thomas for starters. Circa 35 years ago, longtime Thomas-watcher Greil Marcus summed up the then-new music of Thomas’s Pere Ubu band, as ...

Established in 1995, triple j Unearthed has kicked off the careers of thousands of Australian musicians. With over 170,000 tracks from around 85,000 different artists, it"s also the spot to meet your ...

GOLFERS BEWARE! Canberra rockers Sonic Reducer tear up the driving range in this week’s Feature Video, ‘BEND’. Directed by Isaac Brown, a multi-time rage Feature Video alumnus (with the likes of Lime ...

A few years ago, local underground venue Black Eye hosted numerous impromptu late-night jam sessions and afterparties. On any given night, you could find a motley assortment of local and touring ...

We play: Ramones, Buzzcocks, PiL, Naked Raygun, The Cramps, UK Subs, Joy. Division, Killing Joke, The Sisters of Mercy, The Gun Club, Wire, Dead Kennedys, Black Flag ...

As we sit here pondering the filth and the fury of the next five days, we pause to reflect. And daydream in reverse. It’s been 11 years since the parties within the parties began to roll in and around ...