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Five Quickfire Questions With Special Features

Interviews Quintin -
Does anyone here remember director's commentaries and the behind the scenes documentaries for movies back in the day? Not...

Five Quickfire Questions with Pizza Death

Interviews Quintin -
“Pizza thrash” is a pejorative term used to describe contemporary thrash metal bands that make numerous cultural references to...

Full Flower Moon Band

The OnlyBands Podcast josip -
After failing to all be in the same room together for the better part of a year, Jed, Josip,...

prchr. Makes His Mark On THE PAVEMENT With His Sophomore Album

Music Reviews Quintin -
Nothing good happens after a certain time of night in Fortitude Valley. Seasoned fiends who’ve lived here for years...

The New Year of The Rat: Dune Rats Start 2026 With New Music and a Throwback Tour

News Quintin -
The Dune Rats are a band that of course need no introduction if you’re into Australian music. This trio...

Let’s Get Legless: Quickfire Questions at The Tote Takeover

Interviews Stephen Shelverton -
I am propped up in the front bar of The Tote on a brisk Sunday noon in November, feeling...

Get This: The All-American Rejects Are Well and Truly Back With Their Latest Single

Music Reviews Quintin -
The All-American Rejects are one of those bands that immediately take me back to my adolescence, where they were essentially inescapable....

Five Quickfire Questions With Slim Krusty

Interviews Stephen Shelverton -
Who is Slim Krusty? Is he really Slim Dusty’s forgotten heir? Or is he the newly appointed Australian Minister...

Five Quickfire Questions With Zenith

Interviews Stephen Shelverton -
The Gold Coast music scene is surfing in style, talent and dedication, with many artists heading in the right...

#8 Chris and Dan from Roadhouse

The OnlyBands Podcast josip -
On the eighth episode of Australia’s least consistently released podcast, we have Brisbane rock n rollers Roadhouse! Having recently celebrated...

Five Quickfire Questions With Arabella And The Heist

Interviews Stephen Shelverton -
I once again decided to go to Melbourne to witness Knee in their bid to take over the Last...

Five Quickfire Questions With W.O.M.B.A.T

Interviews Stephen Shelverton -
I found W.O.M.B.A.T through the always on point What A Great Punk podcast and met their guitarist Lachlan a...

Five Quickfire Questions With Leatherman

Interviews Stephen Shelverton -
Leatherman are so hot that they’ll have you walking around like a half-opened pocket knife. While I had to...

Pound Cake: A Confectionery Interview With Polish Club

Interviews Stephen Shelverton -
A Pound Cake is described as “denser and firmer than your average cake”. With nine songs in eighteen minutes,...

#1 Michael ‘Mikey’ Richards From Violent Soho

The OnlyBands Podcast josip -
On Episode 1 of the OnlyBands Podcast we talk to Michael Richards (Mikey) from Brisbane's Violent Soho! Join your...

#2 Gerard & Mitch From Semantics

The OnlyBands Podcast josip -
On the second episode of OnlyBands, we join our hosts Josip, Jed, and Quintin as they catch up with...

#6 Simon from DZ Deathrays and Jai from Haters

The OnlyBands Podcast josip -
It’s been a while between drinks once again but we’re back for OnlyBands Episode 6, Return of The Jedi! This...

#3 Eamon and Josh Hardy from The Chats

The OnlyBands Podcast josip -
Notorious Sunshine Coast pub-punks, Eamon Sandwith and Josh Hardy from The Chats join us for the third episode of...

#4 Taylor and Zoe from Bad Neighbour

The OnlyBands Podcast josip -
On the fourth episode of the OnlyBands Podcast we’re joined by an old mate and a new one, Taylor...

#5 Zach and Archie (Chris) from Wasted Vacation

The OnlyBands Podcast josip -
After getting lost in the wilderness for a couple of months, we’re finally back and (potentially) better than ever! For...

#7 Logan, Zane, Kaden, from Verum

The OnlyBands Podcast josip -
Australia’s least consistently released podcast emerges from the wilderness once again with another episode. Joining us for OnlyBands Episode 7...

Five Quickfire Questions With Autobahns

Interviews Stephen Shelverton -
A true punk connoisseur will drool excess saliva from the corner of their mouth, convulsing in electro spasms as...

Five Quickfire Questions With Flamboyant Nightmare

Interviews Quintin -
With a name like Flamboyant Nightmare, you already set some high expectations in the minds of punters. For me,...

Five Quickfire Questions With R.U.B

Interviews Stephen Shelverton -
Last time I was in Melbourne, I found myself back at the place I want to be interred or...

Five Quickfire Questions With Private Function

Interviews Stephen Shelverton -
I write about Private Function a lot, like a reeeeal lot. Maybe not as much as DZ Deathrays but...

Five Quickfire Questions With Cutters

Interviews Stephen Shelverton -
Welcome back to the biggest procrastinator in punk media. I owe Cutters and R.U.B full gratitude for patiently waiting...

The VANNS Are “Up All Night” Trying to Find God at the Bar on Their Latest Single

Music Reviews Quintin -
The VANNS are a band that feel like they've always been around. In fact I can’t really remember a...

Five Quickfire Questions With Good Sniff

Interviews Heath Turville -
Good Sniff gives the crowd a masterclass in the art of live music every time they play. Between the...

Five Quickfire Questions With Dead Mall

Interviews Heath Turville -
There’s nothing Dead about this Mall! I can confidently pronounce that after witnessing another sublime performance from Newcastle’s chief...

Five Quickfire Questions With The Beefs

Interviews Stephen Shelverton -
The indecisive nature of Cyclone Alfred hampered the travel plans of The Beefs and myself for the third leg...

Five Quickfire Questions With Mannequin Death Squad

Interviews Stephen Shelverton -
Mannequin Death Squad are a duo with the strength of four-piece. They come barging onto stage with a flurry...

Five Quickfire Questions With Ruby Fields

Interviews Stephen Shelverton -
Adelaide, also known as “The City of Churches”. Compared to the monikers that some other state capitals have, I...

Five Quickfire Questions With Sam Wrangle

Interviews Quintin -
There are a lot of strong songwriters and lyricists in the Brisbane scene but I’m not sure I’ve met...

Five Quickfire Questions With Frenzee

Interviews Stephen Shelverton -
I have never seen anyone sing with the ferocity of Apollonia. Combine that with Nikos’ booming drums and Adonis’...

Four Quickfire Questions at Psyched As Forever 2025: Part 3

Interviews Stephen Shelverton -
The pressure was on for me to get Part 3 of these interviews out just in time for my...

Four Quickfire Questions at Psyched As Forever 2025: Part 2

Interviews Stephen Shelverton -
Welcome to Part Two of the Psyched As journey! This time we have hardcore punks Swine, our first international...

Four Quickfire Questions at Psyched As Forever 2025: Part 1

Interviews Stephen Shelverton -
Last year’s Psyched As Forever festival looked so damned good to me that it induced months of serious FOMO....

Five Quickfire Questions with C.O.F.F.I.N

Interviews Stephen Shelverton -
What a year 2024 was for C.O.F.F.I.N! They are becoming the favourite adopted sons of Queensland, with at least...

Five Quickfire Questions With Poltergeist 9000

Interviews Heath Turville -
Poltergeist 9000 or P9 as deemed by the local Novocastrian population, have been playing shows in Newcastle over the...

Five Quickfire Questions With Square

Interviews Stephen Shelverton -
It was twelve months to the day where I nearly saw Square (missing out due to my poor event...

Five Quickfire Questions With Where’s Jimmy

Interviews Stephen Shelverton -
In true OnlyBands style, here comes another very delayed article. I am very sorry but Quintin and I have spent...

Five Quickfire Questions with CATPISS

Interviews Stephen Shelverton -
Apparently, CATPISS is an odour used to describe key notes in wine tasting but all I can smell is...

Five Quickfire Questions With Fast Johnny and The Slow Burners

Interviews Stephen Shelverton -
When Quintin and I first saw Fast Johnny and The Slow Burners in The Triffid beer garden earlier this...

Five Quickfire Questions With VOIID

Interviews Quintin -
VOIID are band that I’ve seen far too many times to count. At this point, I would have seen...

Five Quickfire Questions With CIVIC

Interviews Stephen Shelverton -
CIVIC are one of Australia’s most electrifyingly punk acts and seeing them twice in one weekend got me that...

Five Quickfire Questions With KICKED-IN BICKIE TIN

Interviews Quintin -
Hailing from Moree in rural New South Wales, KICKED-IN BICKIE TIN travel far and wide to bring their music...

Five Quickfire Questions With Straight Arrows

Interviews Stephen Shelverton -
OnlyBands were ecstatic to spend the night at Iron and Resin Garage celebrating the birthday of none other than...

Five Quickfire Questions With Beddy Rays

Interviews Quintin -
Emerging from the surf and the sand of Redland Bay, Beddy Rays have had a real rollercoaster of a...

Five Quickfire Questions With Love Banana

Interviews Stephen Shelverton -
On the advice of Cam from Mini Skirt, I am at The Bearded Lady, navigating the minefield of Dad...

Five Quickfire Questions With Split System

Interviews Stephen Shelverton -
The excellence of Stiff Richards spills through a grimy umbilical cord into its Legless Records dizygotic twin and punk...

Five Quickfire Questions With Stiff Richards

Interviews Stephen Shelverton -
The members of Stiff Richards and Split System are in about eight overlapping punk bands in Naarm/Melbourne. I questioned them...

Five Quickfire Questions With Full Flower Moon Band

Interviews Quintin -
The Megaflower is well and truly in bloom for Full Flower Moon Band. With their third album becoming the...

Five Quickfire Questions With Trim Reaper

Interviews Stephen Shelverton -
It’s true, OnlyBands has a penchant for grimy, dirty Australian punk, the stickier and harder, the better. However, it’s...

A Showdown on Stratton Street

Live Reviews Quintin -
It was a cloudy but somewhat warm Saturday afternoon when Shelvo and I returned to The Triffid like a...

Five Quickfire Questions With My Friend Chloe

Interviews Stephen Shelverton -
My Friend Chloe have been making some serious waves around Brisbane since their formation in early 2023, which is...

An Ode to the Black Rat – DZ Deathrays’ Second Album in Retrospective

Music Reviews Stephen Shelverton -
Rattus rattus, better known by its common name the black rat, is a shrewd and cunning rodent species that’s...

Five Quickfire Questions With Bad Dreems

Interviews Quintin -
Shelvo is definitely the interview king but this time round, you’re stuck with the Quinterviewer. With Splendour in the...

Five Quickfire Questions With Mini Skirt

Interviews Stephen Shelverton -
The roar of a guitar amp stack bellows across the band room, out over the bowlo green, and into...

Five Quickfire Questions With Drunk Mums

Interviews Stephen Shelverton -
It’s widely touted that you shouldn’t meet your heroes. Over the past few years, I’ve been lucky to meet,...

Five Quickfire Questions With HOON

Interviews Stephen Shelverton -
(Editor's Note: This was recorded close to a month ago now but in classic OnlyBands fashion, we've only just...

Hear the Siren Call of CHEAP-SKATE on Their Latest Single CELLPHONE

Interviews Stephen Shelverton -
Gippsland ratbags (and good mates of ours) CHEAP-SKATE have been riding their surf-punk wave across Australia recently, playing with...

Five Quickfire Questions at SILO 20 With ARSE

Interviews Stephen Shelverton -
(Editor’s Note: This is our last interview from SILO 20, which would have been a month ago now! Speed...

Five Quickfire Questions at SILO 20 With dust

Interviews Stephen Shelverton -
(Editor’s Note: Yes, another late one that was conducted on the 20th of April, I just didn’t get around...

Five Quickfire Questions at SILO 20 With Fat Dog and The Tits

Interviews Stephen Shelverton -
(Editor’s Note: This interview was recorded on the holiest of days, April 20th, but as usual, there’s been quite...

Five Quickfire Questions With The Sex Guys

Interviews Stephen Shelverton -
(Editors Note: This interview happened on the 18th of April but as usual we're useless so there's been quite...

Five Quickfire Questions With The Bennies

Interviews Stephen Shelverton -
(Editor’s Note: Stephen’s interview happened on the 18th of April but I’m a useless cunt so there’s been quite...

Five Quickfire Questions With Witchgrinder

Interviews Stephen Shelverton -
Even with hemochromatosis, I still need to get a fix of heavy metal once in a while, and who...

The Doctor Is In – Dr Sure’s Unusual Practice Total Reality Album Review

Music Reviews Quintin -
They say that an apple a day keeps the doctor away but I’m not sure there’s anything in this...

Five Quickfire Questions with Sophisticated Dingo

Interviews Quintin -
We’re back and a little sooner than usual without the usual months long gap in-between anything that we release!...

Two Night Tango at The Triffid – Tropical Fuck Storm and Full Flower Moon Band

Live Reviews Quintin -
If you live in Brisbane and love live music, I think it’d be very hard to not have a...

Five Quickfire Questions at Inner Phest 2024

Interviews Stephen Shelverton -
Five Quickfire Questions at Inner Phest 2024 Hey everyone, it’s Steve again, back at it with our first interview article!...

The Moving Stills Bring Some Wabi Sabi In-Store To Catalog Music

Live Reviews Stephen Shelverton -
By Steve "Shelvo" Shelverton FYI: All the photos by @chatterboxchats in this article are from the headline show later that...

My Best Night Ever! – Best Night Ever 2023 Gig Review

Live Reviews Stephen Shelverton -
By Steve “Shelvo” Shelverton Creeeeeaaak! That’s the sound of 2023 slamming the door shut behind me as I look towards...

The Last of the Pretty Boys: A Cinematic Love Letter to Rock ‘n Roll

Music Reviews Quintin -
Yes, we do film reviews now! In the spirt of (rather haphazardly) trying anything once, my dear co-hosts and...

Riffs to Remember – DZ Deathrays R.I.F.F Tour at The Factory Theatre

Live Reviews Stephen Shelverton -
By Steve "Shelvo" Shelverton You’ve heard the expression to go out with a bang, right? Well, what about to go...

A Royal Affair – DZ Deathrays and Full Flower Moon Band at The Princess Theatre

Live Reviews Quintin -
The city of Brisbane has always had a bad habit of tearing down historical buildings and replacing them with...

DAD FIGHT Can’t See Straight On Their Fiery Fourth Single – Review

Music Reviews Quintin -
Brisbane’s hardest-partying pub punks DAD FIGHT return with their fiery fourth single Can’t See Straight.

A Long Awaited Reunion – Colossus Records, The Chats, Best Night Ever 2021

Live Reviews Quintin -
Live music finally returns to the Sunshine State. But for how long?

Supersoakerr Make Their Own Wave On Their Debut Album S/T

Music Reviews Quintin -
Supersoakerr's debut album S/T deliver everything I expected and more.

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