Melbourne punks CIVIC drop the studio to chat about their long-awaited debut album Future Forecast. Coming off the back of their EP New Vietnam and a string of singles, the band’s debut…

When the Go-Go’s signed to I.R.S. Records in 1981 they became (and still are today) the only all-female rock band to top the Billboard charts that both wrote their own songs and played…

Austin Brown, co-vocalist and guitarist of venerated New York punk band Parquet Courts, chats with Vaughan about On Time, their live-stream and retrospective celebration of the ten years since they first played…

As the corporate world and education institutions moved to Zoom throughout 2020 to carry on with business, Melbourne band Voice Imitator used the platform to stay in touch and keep working on their…

Brazen Hussies is a new documentary about the feminist movement in Australia throughout the ’70s. It shines a light on local artists from the time, including punk group Toxic Shock.

Sylvie Leber, former…

Vaughan chats with Billy Gardner, bassist and vocalist of “sax-fuelled” local punk supergroup Smarts, made up of members of Ausmuteants, Alien Nose Job, Parsnip and The Living Eyes. Their new album Who Needs…

Two of punk’s elder statesmen, James Williamson and Deniz Tek, join LiveWire to discuss their new collaborative album Two To One.

The album came from the desire to make “an old school…

Craig Dermody from Scott & Charlene's Wedding discusses their new release Live At The Tote, and Steve Wide tells us about his new books on Punk and Post-Punk & New Wave.

Steve Cross revisits his excursion through punk and post-punk bands’ cover versions – this time focusing on the years ’77 through to ’87. “I thought we’d celebrate that time when artists were drawing…

Thirty-six years since their last album, The Boomtown Rats reformed this year with a new LP and accompanying documentary of the same name; Citizens of Boomtown. The band’s frontman, Bob Geldof, believes…