DATURA4 : Invisible Hits  (Alive Naturalsound Records LP  - Novembre 2023) (Fremantle, Australi e) Dom Mariani (chant & guitare), Jozef Grech (basse), Warren Hall (batterie), Bob Patient (piano) Je ne sais pas si vous avez écouté leur dernier album Neanderthal Jam sorti sur le même label, mais le morceau Open The Line est le genre de titre qui ne sort plus de la tête. Invisible Hits est une compilation de morceaux inédits et de Face B. Ce formidable groupe qui a sorti pour l'instant cinq albums a trouvé la formule magique pour associer ensemble tout ce qu'il y avait de meilleur dans la musique des années 70. Ces musiciens ayant officié dans les Stems et New Christs nous offrent huit morceaux associant blues, rock psychédélique. LIENS : Youtube Facebook L'Archiviste (merci pour vos commentaires) Tu as un groupe et tu veux qu'on parle de toi ? Rien de plus simple, fais-nous passer des infos sur ce que tu fais, des liens Bandcamp, Facebook, démo et autre et si ça ...

1 - The Saints: This Perfect Day How do you follow up (I'm) Stranded, possibly the greatest punk single of all time and a bunch of other singles from a debut album that is perfection? With this blast furnace of all forward momentum, which maybe is even better than (I'm) Stranded. In fact Perfect! If the razor sharp slash of Ed Kuepper's guitar, the sound of Ivor & Algy nailing the rhythm section to the floor and Chris Bailey's barely contained contempt in the vocals doesn't make the hairs stand up on the back of your neck, maybe check your pulse. The Fall covered this bad boy as well and that's all you need to know. 2 - Purple Hearts: Just A Little Bit Proving that the 60's were anything but quaint, Lobby Loyde's searing guitar runs will melt your brain and the manic vocals of Mick Hadley will make you rethink that all the Purple Hearts want is "just a teeny weeny bit of your love". I'm sure their intentions are much more sinister. Thi...

What is a Monster interview? Unlike the lengthy interviews we sometimes offer, it's limited to a few questions. From week to week, you'll find different recurring themes. It's up to you to choose your favorite questions, or to read the whole thing. Have fun with Jake Robertson  & ALIEN NOSEJOB  ! In Melbourne by Iso Buckley Taste question: Which artists have influenced you the most, and what can you tell us exemples about this influence? Probably bands I've been listening to since I was a teenager. Ramones , The Saints , AC/DC , The Kinks ...etc. A lot of 77 punk bands, 60's garage bands and the Killed by Death / Back from the Grave compilations. They're always buried there somewhere and pop out even when I don't want them to. Who is the artist you dislike and why will he/she never influence you? There's a lot of stuff I've spent years not liking and then I wake up one day and like it.... So, I feel like anything I say, I'll read back in t...

  THE 31ST : The 31ST (LCMP, vinyl EP, 2017) (Brisbane, Australie) Chris Welsh (batterie), Ron Peno (chant), Tony Robertson (basse), Mick Medew (guitare) Le groupe s'est formé en 1979. Ron Peno et Chris Welsh vont former un peu plus tard les Died Pretty. Le guitariste sera lui à lorigine des SCREAMING TRIBESMEN. Tony Robertson quant à lui tiendra la basse dans les NEW CHRISTS. Ces quatre morceaux sont leurs enregistrements complets de 1981. Si tout cela ne vous donne pas envie d'écouter, on ne peut plus rien pour vous. L'Archiviste (merci pour vos commentaires)

The Australian rock scene has always been very rich. Today we'd like to introduce you to The Stripp. A band that really hooked us and that we highly recommend.  Can you tell us a little about the band? Jason and Bek formed The Stripp in 2019 after playing in a bunch of other bands with the vision of creating a band that was fresh and more inline with our own personal style. We love all things rock n roll and wanted to combine our influences to create something kinda unique. How long have you been around? I think it was just before the covid crisis. It must have been hard to get your name out there? We’ve been around since 2019. It’s incredibly hard to establish a name for yourself and the covid crisis and lockdowns certainly didn’t help. Our goal is simply to keep writing, touring and releasing music that we hope will resonate and move people and organically grow our audience and connect with rock n roll fans the world over. Who came up with the idea for your name? Does it have any...

Melbourne punks Civic have been threatening to unleash a classic since they emerged on the scene with the 12” EP New Vietnam on Anti Fade records . A few strong 7”s followed. Two, again on Anti Fade before a move to Flightless for the 3rd. Then in 2021 the full lengther on Flightless…. Future Forecast. New Vietnam - 2018 This record along with their killer live shows proved that these guys weren’t just regular noise & bluster punks, but had legacy building in mind to stand alongside Australian punk legends such as the Saints , Birdmen , Scientists , Victims , etc. Future Forecast was definitely not far off the mark & a fiery debut to be sure, but I reckon this newie Taken By Force has taken them to that next level & has legendary written all over it.  Future Forecast - 2021 I first heard a lot of these songs last November when they supported the Gizz at a bangin’ outdoor gig in St Kilda. As soon as they hit the stage Civic meant business & were armed with a ...

KING CORNELIUS AND THE SILVERBACKS : "Enter The Forbidden Zone " (LP   -  Soundflat Rds - 2023) (Perth,  Australie)  - Rock garage King Cornelius (chant), Ape Lincoln (batterie), Ben Obo (basse), Daniel B. Boon (guitare), Mel Gibbon (guitare, claviers) paru le 18 mars 2023 Un groupe australien fasciné par la planète des singes. Soyons français et modeste, si l'écrivain Pierre Boulle n'avait pas sorti le livre… On n'aurait jamais eu droit à un album consacré au sujet ! Il y a plein de Monkey et de Ape dans les titres des morceaux, qui sont au demeurant excellents ! Ben, tu devrais nous en parler dans ta rubrique Orstralia 😉 LIENS : Bandcamp Facebook L'Archiviste  (Merci d'avance pour vos commentaires !) Tu as un groupe et tu veux qu'on parle de toi ? Rien de plus simple, fais-nous passer des infos sur ce que tu fais, des liens Bandcamp, Facebook, démo et autre et si ça nous plaît, nous te chroniquerons. À bientôt !

Geelong! I hear you say. What’s that all about? Well, if you like your rock raw and full of six string noise makin’ pedal abusers; knuckle dragging primitive thud; and pissed off, bored sounding throat shredders; then look no further than Geelong I say. Still not convinced? How about I throw Bored!, GOD, Magic Dirt and Warped at ya! And now that I’ve got your attention let’s jump straight into recent times. Geelong is still spewing out quality reprobates with bad attitudes & ruthless guitars. At the forefront of all this mayhem is the mighty Anti Fade label founded by Billy Gardner. Anti Fade has unleashed some absolute modern game changers such as Ausmuteants , Hierophants & Orb into the Australian rawk scene. Billy, (also known as “the man in too many bands”) has played in some of the better batterers of so- called instruments to crawl out of the Geelong scene; including Ausmuteants, Cereal Killer and Smarts . But, I want to talk about a killer rough diamond in Billy’s b...

G'day!! My name is Ben & I'm from Melbourne, Australia and like all of you I'm a fanatic!! I'm a rabid record collector, avid music zine & book reader & constant gig attender. I have also thumped drums in a stack of independent bands for nearly 30 years and have recorded & self released original tunes as well. All of this keeps me busy as it is, and now I'm going to attempt to translate all of this mish mash of random info in my head onto paper for the kick arse Monstres Sacrés blog. Anyway now that I have been given the opportunity at Monstres Sacrés , I look forward to hopefully introducing you to the wild, guitar abusing, pedal crushing, tub thumpin', totally rockin', at times unsavoury & the flat out weird sounds of punk/garage/indie/noise and more in the Australian scenes past & present. Oh yeah why did I spell Australia wrong for the name of my blog? It's actually named after the great Saints song Orstralia from the Eterna...

   ALIEN NOSEJOB : "Stained Glass " (LP  -  Total Punk / Anti Fade Rds  -  2022) (Australie)  - Garage rock Projet solo d e Jake Robertson paru le 25 novembre 2022 il a fait partie des groupes Australiens Ausmuteants, Hierophants, Leather Towel et SWAB.  Ses albums solos sont toujours bien particuliers. En voici le dernier. Punk, garage, grunge, expérimentation, hard rock ... Tout est passé en revu, l'écoute de l'album en entier vous emmènera vers tous ces horizons. LIENS : Bandcamp L'Archiviste  (Merci d'avance pour vos commentaires !) Tu as un groupe et tu veux qu'on parle de toi ? Rien de plus simple, fais-nous passer des infos sur ce que tu fais, des liens Bandcamp, Facebook, démo et autre et si ça nous plaît, nous te chroniquerons. À bientôt !

THE TASHMINTS : "The Tashmints " (LP  - Beluga Rds - 2022) (Melbourne, Australie)  - rock garage Anthony Paine (basse), Mick Baty & Toshi Maeda (batterie), Janelle Johnstone & Lindsay McLennan (guitare), Richard Whelan (chant) paru le 15 aout 2022 Enregistré en 2009, jamais réalisé... Ce groupe qui se sépara en 2010 vient de se reformer et a sorti ces "vieilles bandes" rangées dans un carton (ont-ils copié le principe de nos Monsters Files ?). Il n'y a pas que Peau De Pêche ... Voici une nouvelle excellente trouvaille ! LIENS : Bandcamp Contactez le groupe L'Archiviste  (Merci d'avance pour vos commentaires !) Tu as un groupe et tu veux qu'on parle de toi ? Rien de plus simple, fais-nous passer des infos sur ce que tu fais, des liens Bandcamp, Facebook, démo et autre et si ça nous plaît, nous te chroniquerons. À bientôt !