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“We’re going to Australia with some cool bands. It’s like, life’s good, man.” That’s straight from the mouth of Eddie Casillas, guitarist and founding member of legendary California ska-punk band Voodoo Glow Skulls. They’re hitting Australian shores this November, supporting Japanese ska greats Hey Smith on their debut Australian tour alongside local heroes The Resignators.

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Grinspoon are back! Unknown Pretenders marks the first new music from the band in 12 years. The track’s unbridled power is quintessentially Grinspoon – heavy riffs, pounding drums, and charismatic vocals from one of Australia’s most highly-regarded front men, Phil Jamieson.

This single ushers in a new era for Grinspoon: their 8th studio album titled whatever, whatever will arrive on August 9. It’s an album of ferocity; an injection of adrenaline that marks a period of rejuvenation and a new peak for the band, who’ve spent recent years touring nationwide celebrating their untouchable seven album-strong discography and legacy to date.

“‘Letters’ is a song that I’ve been working on for a long time; in some ways I’ve been writing it since a genuine pen-friendship of mine dried up when I was a kid, when the mix-tapes stopped coming through the post.

It’s a song about communication and its breakdown, about nostalgia for teenage romance, and about how reassessing those things as an adult can be the start of a healing process.”

On their impending sixth studio album, OIKS, Jebediah catapult their iconic past and present into a dazzling new era. Remaining consistently active since the release of 2011’s Kosciuszko, Jebediah surge into 2024 with their new album, showcasing their enduring creativity without ever losing sight of their influential indie and alternative rock roots that ultimately shaped the band over the years and led to the eventual creation of OIKS.

The two-night engagement, the final shows to ever be played on Meanjin soil, promised three albums each night; Wolves’ In Wolves Clothing, Punk In Drublic, and The War On Errorism on night one, before following up with White Trash, Two Heebs and a Bean, So Long And Thanks For All The Shoes, along with The Decline completing the lineup and proving the perfect track to end their stay; “We’ve only got one song left, then we have to go“ Mike joked before the band launched into their 18 minute masterpiece. In true NOFX style, this was not the usual start-to-finish play-through, but both nights comprised of a 40 song setlist that did indeed include most of the songs from the albums, along with a handful of songs from their other records, and a sneaky cover of Rancid’s Radio thrown into the mix.

Influential punk band NOFX is known as one of the world’s most controversial and significant punk bands of their time. They are no strangers to pushing boundaries at their live shows, and their final tour will be no different.

January 2024 will see the iconic punk band hitting the east coast of Australia for the final time. NOFX will perform forty songs a night, including 3 albums and rarities, plus they will never repeat a setlist to ensure that each show is unique.