Showing posts with label Zines. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Zines. Show all posts

Sunday, June 21, 2026

Obzine

LOCATION: Blue Mountains, NSW
GENRE: Music
YEARS ACTIVE: 1999-2002
NUMBER OF ISSUES: 26
ISSUES IN THE NOISE LEVELS ARCHIVE: All issues.
EDITOR: Mark Alston
CONTRIBUTORS: Chris Alston, Brad Deadman, Adam O'Sullivan, Nathan Nott, Craig McVea, Mick Bell, Keturah Bedford, Adam Wotherspoon, Phil Williams, Caleb Bedford, David Schleter, Lucinda, Roy Van-Fonz, Auntie Edna, Lisa Jenner, Troy Schleter, Samantha Dixon, Skankin' Shaun Ahern, Daniel Herborn, Phillip Jefferey, Michelle Grisdale, Luke Bartolo, Ralph Music, see individual issues for more.

Friday, May 22, 2026

Grunge Mountain

LOCATION: Lower Blue Mountains, NSW
GENRE: Music, Metal
YEARS ACTIVE: 2018
NUMBER OF ISSUES: 1 
ISSUES IN THE NOISE LEVELS ARCHIVE: #1
EDITOR: Jason Jordan
CONTRIBUTORS: Jason Whatt


NOTE: One-off zine focused on Blue Mountains grunge/metal scene of the early '90s.
AUSTRALIAN BANDS INTERVIEWED: The Ghoulstones, Citadel
NOTES ON AUSTRALIAN BANDS: Third Degree, Tempting Fate, The Vaughans, Citadel, Mercury, Coda, Mutated Muppets

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Wednesday, May 20, 2026

Warped

LOCATION: Geelong, VIC
GENRE: Music
YEARS ACTIVE: 1996-1997 
NUMBER OF ISSUES: 2
ISSUES IN THE NOISE LEVELS ARCHIVE: Issues #1 and #2
EDITOR: Warped
NOTE: This zine was released by the Geelong band Warped.


Issue #1 - 1996
NOTE: Features a Geelong band tree infographic and notes on the band Warped.


Issue #2 - 1997
NOTES: Warped

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Monday, May 18, 2026

Rock and Roll is Here to Pay

LOCATION: Manly, NSW
GENRE: Music
YEARS ACTIVE: 1994 
NUMBER OF ISSUES: One-off zine that went with a compilation of the same name
ISSUES IN THE NOISE LEVELS ARCHIVE: Yes
EDITOR: Andrew Khedoori, Ben Life
CONTRIBUTORS: Leisa Hunt, Darren Gover, Pete McGee, Brett Oaten, William Bowden, Greg Wales


Issue - 1994
AUSTRALIAN BANDS INTERVIEWED: Pollyanna, Vicious Hairy Mary, Panacea, The Plug Uglies
NOTES / BANDS INCLUDED ON COMPILATION: Earthworm, SPDFGH, Gerling, Phlegm, Vicious Hairy Mary, Front End Loader, Peg, Disneyfist, Purr, Atticus, Big Heavy Stuff, Ashtray Boy, Godstar, Pollyanna, Smudge, The Cannanes, Panacea





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Sunday, May 17, 2026

Return of the Punk Girl

LOCATION: Melbourne, VIC
GENRE: Punk
YEARS ACTIVE:1997 
NUMBER OF ISSUES: 2 
ISSUES IN THE NOISE LEVELS ARCHIVE: Issue #1 and #2
EDITOR: Jay
NOTE: This zine was created in protest of the similarly named Return of the Punk Guy.


Issue #1 - 1997
AUSTRALIAN BANDS INTERVIEWED: Walsh Street Cop Killers, Oxymorons
AUSTRALIAN BAND RELEASES REVIEWED: Bodyjar

Saturday, May 16, 2026

Re:Public

LOCATION: Melbourne, VIC
GENRE: Music, Indie, 
YEARS ACTIVE: 1997
NUMBER OF ISSUES: 4 
ISSUES IN THE NOISE LEVELS ARCHIVE: Issue #2, Issue #3, and Issue #4
EDITOR: Andrew Masterson
CONTRIBUTORS: Myf Warhurst, Johnny Arnold, Joe Panther, Sally Gray, Sahm Keily, Patrick Donovan, David Sayer, Ellen Dahl, Andres Serrano, Tim O'Farrell, Pete Lawler, Carol Micallef, Ilana Rose
NOTE: Zine published in association with The Public Bar, a venue in Melbourne.


Issue #2 - October 1997
AUSTRALIAN BANDS INTERVIEWED: Ricaine, Monique Brumby
AUSTRALIAN BAND RELEASES REVIEWED: Man or Astroman, Karma County, Leza Roberts, Crettins Puddle, The Living End
NOTES ON AUSTRALIAN BANDS: Aspirin, Manic Suede, Autoblaze, The Avalanches, Caustic Soda

Friday, May 8, 2026

Punk Trash

LOCATION: Melbourne, VIC
GENRE: DIY, Punk, Music
YEARS ACTIVE: 2005
NUMBER OF ISSUES: 1 
ISSUES IN THE NOISE LEVELS ARCHIVE: Issue #1
EDITOR: Tom and Kate


Issue #1 - July 2005
AUSTRALIAN BANDS INTERVIEWED: Your Humungous Head, Distorted Truth
AUSTRALIAN BAND RELEASES REVIEWED: Vampyre X
AUSTRALIAN BANDS LIVE REVIEWED: Snawkler, Ai Yamamoto and Raceless, Rose Turtle Ertler, Casionova, The Town Bikes

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Outcast

LOCATION: Swan Hill, VIC
GENRE: Music
YEARS ACTIVE: 1994-1995
NUMBER OF ISSUES: 2
ISSUES IN THE NOISE LEVELS ARCHIVE: Issue #1 and Issue #2
EDITOR: Kristan Emerson


Issue #1 - 1994
AUSTRALIAN BANDS INTERVIEWED: Sandpit
NOTES ON AUSTRALIAN BANDS: Snout, McGarrett, Noise Addict, Godstars, Muescram, You Am I, Ammonia, Drop City, SPDFGH, Magic Dirt, Bindi, M!dget Stooges, Mr Blonde, Gerald, Scissors, Food


Issue #2 - 1995
AUSTRALIAN BANDS INTERVIEWED: Diolene, Botswana
AUSTRALIAN BANDS LIVE REVIEWED: Noise Addict, Sandpit, Scissors, Sourpuss, The Amps, Incursion, Diolene
NOTES ON AUSTRALIAN BANDS: Diolene, SPDFGH, Scissors, Screamfeeder, Magic Dirt

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Monday, April 27, 2026

Loki

LOCATION: Sutherland, NSW
GENRE: Music, Comics
YEARS ACTIVE: 1996
NUMBER OF ISSUES: 1 
ISSUES IN THE NOISE LEVELS ARCHIVE: Issue #1
EDITOR: Anonymous


Issue #1 - April 1996
AUSTRALIAN BANDS INTERVIEWED: Paul Tagg (Sound Engineer), Crane No. 6, Igor, 3 Speed Dragster, Longball, Undecided, Sulkus
AUSTRALIAN BAND RELEASES REVIEWED: Front End Loader, Scorched Earth Policy, The Mark of Cain, Lawnsmell, Budd, Purr

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Sunday, April 26, 2026

Happenin' Chick

LOCATION: Gold Coast, QLD
GENRE: Music
YEARS ACTIVE: 1997-1998
NUMBER OF ISSUES: 3
ISSUES IN THE NOISE LEVELS ARCHIVE: Issue #3
EDITOR: Anonymous


Issue #3 - 1998
AUSTRALIAN BANDS INTERVIEWED: Cosmic Psychos, M!dget, The Meanies, Big Heavy Stuff, Smudge, Not From There, Corduroy Records [Australian Vinyl Manufacturer]
NOTES ON AUSTRALIAN BANDS: The Meanies, Not From There, Pollen, Screamfeeder, Snout, Magic Dirt, M!dget, The Onyas, Tomorrow People, Warped, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion 

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Thursday, April 23, 2026

Cynic

LOCATION: Melbourne, VIC
GENRE: Music
YEARS ACTIVE: 1997 
NUMBER OF ISSUES: 1
ISSUES IN THE NOISE LEVELS ARCHIVE: Issue #1
EDITOR: Anonymous


Issue #1 - April 1997
AUSTRALIAN BAND RELEASES REVIEWED: Rebecca's Empire, Mississippi Barry, The Clouds, Bakerlite, Circushead, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
AUSTRALIAN BANDS LIVE REVIEWED: Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, The Mavis's, The Blackeyed Susans, Frenzal Rhomb, Magic Dirt, Spiderbait, You Am I, Deadstar, Beasts of Bourbhon

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Wednesday, April 22, 2026

Tadpole

LOCATION: Kyneton, VIC
GENRE: Music
YEARS ACTIVE: 1995-1997
NUMBER OF ISSUES: Unknown
ISSUES IN THE NOISE LEVELS ARCHIVE: Issue #1, Big Day Out Round 6 Issue
EDITOR: Anonymous x3 / Royce


Issue #1 - 1995
AUSTRALIAN BANDS INTERVIEWED: Warped, Spiderbait
AUSTRALIAN BANDS LIVE REVIEWED: Tism, The Hounds, Vinyl Creatures, Dirty Bird, Splatterheads, Fridge, Incursion, She Freak, Food, Guttersnipes, Regurgitator, Cosmic Psychos, Spiderbait, Tumbleweed, Ricaine, Hecate, Christbait, Warped, Like I'd Know, Thirsty Frog, The Egg, Suiciety, Schwob, Animus Toys, Anarthria, Fettish, Blurb


Issue 'Big Day Out Record - Round 6' - 1997
NOTES ON AUSTRALIAN BANDS: The Superjesus, The Mavis's, Magic Dirt, Paul Kelly, Spiderbait, Bodyjar, You Am I, Dave Graney, Beasts of Bourbon, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
AUSTRALIAN BANDS INTERVIEWED: Even

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Tuesday, April 21, 2026

Bog Reading

LOCATION: Penrith, NSW
GENRE: Comics
YEARS ACTIVE: 1998-1999 
NUMBER OF ISSUES: 2
ISSUES IN THE NOISE LEVELS ARCHIVE: Issue #1
EDITOR: Jolon Larter


Issue #1 - 1998

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Monday, April 20, 2026

Bootgirls Business

LOCATION: Melbourne, VIC
GENRE: Punk, Oi, Ska
YEARS ACTIVE: 2001-2002
NUMBER OF ISSUES: 3 
ISSUES IN THE NOISE LEVELS ARCHIVE: Issue #3
EDITOR: Anonymous



Issue #3 - 2002
AUSTRALIAN BANDS INTERVIEWED: The Blurters, Vicious, Trojan Horse
AUSTRALIAN BAND RELEASES REVIEWED: Day of Contempt, Within Blood, On Active Service, Rotten

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Barbwire Pullthru

LOCATION: Wollongong, NSW
GENRE: Hardcore, Punk, Newsletter
YEARS ACTIVE: 1998-1999
NUMBER OF ISSUES: 7
ISSUES IN THE NOISE LEVELS ARCHIVE: Issue #7
EDITOR: Maris Depers
CONTRIBUTORS: Elissa Fletcher


Issue #7 - July 1999
NOTE: This newsletter was available at South Coast Massacre shows here, here, and here.
AUSTRALIAN BANDS LIVE REVIEWED: Infliction, Dystopia, Navel Graveyard, Charcoal Human, Conation

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Unified Fury

LOCATION: Wollongong, NSW
GENRE: Hardcore, Gender, Activism
YEARS ACTIVE: 1999 
NUMBER OF ISSUES: 1 
ISSUES IN THE NOISE LEVELS ARCHIVE: Issue #1
EDITOR: Eli


Issue #1 - 1999
AUSTRALIAN BANDS INTERVIEWED: Day of Contempt, Standard
AUSTRALIAN BAND RELEASES REVIEWED: Downfall

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Saturday, April 18, 2026

Stained Sheets

LOCATION: Melbourne, VIC
GENRE: Music, Hardcore
YEARS ACTIVE: 2009
NUMBER OF ISSUES: 3
ISSUES IN THE NOISE LEVELS ARCHIVE: Issue #3
EDITOR: Scott Campbell, Dan Stewart, Leon O'Regan, Rhys Davis
CONTRIBUTORS: Cooper Bowman, Mark Groves, Tom Miller, 


Issue #3 - 2009
AUSTRALIAN BANDS INTERVIEWED: The Blue Bops, The Garbage and The Flowers, Vintage Australian Punk Zines (Writer), Teargas
AUSTRALIAN BAND RELEASES REVIEWED: Drillbit, Chrome Dome, Odroruin, Psychward, Royal Vomit, Rubbish Thrower, Total Control, White Cop 

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Farcelane

LOCATION: Melbourne, VIC
GENRE: Music
YEARS ACTIVE: 1993 
NUMBER OF ISSUES: 2 
ISSUES IN THE NOISE LEVELS ARCHIVE: Issue #2
EDITOR: Jay


Issue #2 - 1993
AUSTRALIAN BANDS INTERVIEWED: Massappeal, Price of Silence, Devotchka
AUSTRALIAN BAND RELEASES REVIEWED: Psychosphere, Ammonia, Blitz Babiez, Devotchka

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Monday, April 6, 2026

Shut Out

LOCATION: Ballarat, VIC
GENRE: Hardcore, Music
YEARS ACTIVE: 1999
NUMBER OF ISSUES: 1 
ISSUES IN THE NOISE LEVELS ARCHIVE: Issue #1
EDITOR: Woody


Issue #1 - 1999
AUSTRALIAN BANDS INTERVIEWED: Toe to Toe, No Grace
AUSTRALIAN BAND RELEASES REVIEWED: Found My Direction, Arm's Reach
AUSTRALIAN BANDS LIVE REVIEWED: Mondo Pest, The Soft Cocks, Voice of Dissent, Fallout, Downfall, W.A.R., Hands Once Held, Within Blood, Day of Contempt

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Get a Haircut and Get a Job

LOCATION: Canberra, ACT
GENRE: Punk, Music
YEARS ACTIVE: 1998-1999
NUMBER OF ISSUES: 2
ISSUES IN THE NOISE LEVELS ARCHIVE: Issue #1
EDITOR: Doug Smith
CONTRIBUTORS: Craig Edge


Issue #1 - December 1998
AUSTRALIAN BANDS INTERVIEWED: Upperhand, Arms Reach
AUSTRALIAN BAND RELEASES REVIEWED: Toe to Toe, Forward Defence, Arms Reach, Upperhand, Grim Reality
AUSTRALIAN BANDS LIVE REVIEWED: Open Wound, Stamenech 640, Next Step, Arms Reach, Regular Boys Haircut, Bleeding Face, AVO

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