Cheersquad

22/02/2025

Woop woop 🙌

Posted • Celebrating the 1 week anniversary of the release of Those Were Days with a visit to the Australian Album charts. Breaking into the bottom floor at number 20.

So proud of the band and for getting this thing out. Thanks for making it happen.

Next FULL BAND show .ballroom on March 6 with and .jones.music

Xoxoxo

20/02/2025

OUT TODAY - HEXHAM HEADS DEBUT EP

"My new favorite band."
Crispian Winsor, Radio City, PBS Melbourne 106.7fm

Melbourne's Hexham Heads offer a fresh take on a classic power pop sound, delivered with heart and soul in all its ragged glory, a heady brew of jangle, fuzz, harmonies and guitar-monies!

Having bonded over a love of loud guitars and hooky pop melodies, Melbourne music stalwarts Van Walker (Swedish Magazines/Livingstone Daisies) & Mic Hubbard (Ella Hooper/Spencer P. Jones) began making demos in the winter of 2024, soon enlisting the talents of friends Brett ‘Wolfie’ Wolfenden (The Pictures/The Casanovas/Wolfmother) on drums and George Carroll Wilson (Pollyman/Bones and Jones) on bass guitar to join in the proceedings, and in one short, action-packed session recorded the four tracks that make up their debut, self-titled EP.

A small but spicy taste of things to come, the EP a testament to the love of garage rock and power pop, enlivened with soulful powerful performances, successfully marrying the jangle of a 12 string with the snarl of a Marshall amplifier. It’s hooks-a-plenty, guitars galore, and an homage to loud, sweaty fun.

"An infectious...stunning recipe of soaring harmonies, exquisite melody and guitar slinging that will have you playing this track over and over and over - it's that good!! Irresistible!! Love this work!!"
⭐️ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Radio Carrum

A mere four songs, but for a debut release this EP is a wild ride of myriad musical colours that promise much more to come from a band who defy easy categorisation but offer straight up soul music without pretence.
Get your copy now before they're all gone. Available on limited edition hot pink 7" vinyl, black 7" vinyl and digitally.
https://hexhamheads1.bandcamp.com/album/hexham-heads

"The art of songwriting for me has always been an attempt to cut to the heart of the matter, much like sculpture, carving away the unnecessary. The hardest thing is to be simple. And even harder is to be happy. But the world needs more joy and harmony. I hope Hexham Heads is a group that gets people singing together, if nothing else." Van Walker

Join the band to celebrate the EP's release with their Melbourne March residency at Shotkickers,

744 High St, Thornbury:
Wednesday March 12 w/ Charles Jenkins
Wednesday March 19 w/ Wesley Fuller
Wednesday March 26 w/ The Rayes

20/02/2025

This Sunday, 23 February, at the Union Hotel Brunswick 3.30pm, don't miss the amazing The Silversound. With very special guests Jodi Phillis and Rebecca Chirnside Barnard. Now that's a gig!

13/02/2025

OUT TODAY!

Aotearoa/New Zealand-born and Australia-based Skyscraper Stan and his longtime touring band and collaborators, the Commission Flats, have generated a body of work that has attracted a loyal, and more recently, global fanbase drawn to Stan’s easy lyrical style, inventive arrangements, and deft genre twists and turns— from folk and country to indie rock and consummate soul— all key elements across the diverse new album.

Get your copy on limited edition clear 12" vinyl (100 only), black 12" vinyl, CD or digitally.
https://skyscraperstan.bandcamp.com/album/those-were-days

Written through the pandemic, and between the cities of Ballarat and Naarm (Melbourne), Stan found himself reminiscing a lot about places, people, and the state of the world as he put pen to paper. The song 'Those Were Days', that gives the album its name, is a lament for the lost hedonism of one's early 20s living in share houses in Fitzroy and Collingwood, and as such, it ties in perfectly with the general nostalgic feel of much of the album.

A true group effort, the album has been a collaborative labour of love between Stan and the Commission Flats. "We did the whole thing in-house. We arranged the songs together, we produced it ourselves and our drummer Andy mixed it," says Stan. "It has been a long process, but certainly the most enjoyable music making experience of my career so far."

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through Music Australia.

Chris Familton Publicity

13/02/2025

Awesome review by Gerry Ransom from Vive Le Rock for Hard-Ons - Official album ‘I Like You A Lot Getting Older’.
“The band had always had a pure-pop hankering beneath their skatepunk hide and meaty riffs, but Rogers’ sense of melody and a sugary vocal hook bring these songs out of the sweaty punk club and drop them like an acid tab into the fizzy froth of pop radio”

https://cheersquadrecordstapes.bandcamp.com/album/i-like-you-a-lot-getting-older

Dave Laing Publicity

11/02/2025

Do you prefer CD to vinyl? What's wrong with you! Just joking, you will receive no judgement from us and to help your CD collection along we now have Skyscraper Stan and the Commission Flat's new album 'Those Were Days' available for pre-order on CD! Release date is this Friday 14 February 2025, so get to it.
https://skyscraperstan.bandcamp.com/album/those-were-days

06/02/2025

When he’s not driving the backbeat or serving six string duties for some of Melbourne’s best alt-country ensembles, drummer, multi-instrumentalist and producer, Patrick Wilson is busy crafting his own brand of authentic country rock ‘n’ roll.

Following up his debut long-playing release ‘It'll Be Alright’, his latest single ‘Fool Moon’ features a duet with award winning country/Americana superstar Ella Hooper.

The song was recorded and produced by Patrick Wilson in early 2023 as a demo but ultimately became the master track. The song centres around two lovers at a time of conflict, not knowing the outcome of their future or whether forgiveness can prevail. The fork in the road is apparent and these ‘star-crossed’ lovers must decide to fight to be with someone they've hurt or forgive the one that hurt them.

"The wunderkind himself, Patrick Wilson, asked me to sing on this track, and after listening it was very much a no brainer. It’s a lilting sweet n salty tune with dare I say a slightly Caribbean feel (?!) with one THE BEST ouchie-heart-sting’y lines I’ve heard in a while in it (in the chorus)." Ella Hooper

Fresh from a tour of the country music heartland, Tamworth, Wilson presents a heart wrenching tune that is beautifully and melodically delivered by himself and Hooper.

Listen to or purchase 'Fool Moon' here
https://patrickwilson.bandcamp.com/track/fool-moon

Catch Patrick live tonight at Moondog and/or Thursday 6 March at Brunswick Ballroom with Skyscraper Stan, Liam Wright and Ruby Jones.

06/02/2025

This is going to be something special for sure and if you can make it, you’re going to love it! We’re performing live Bakehouse Studios Open Day Saturday Feb 22nd 10am-2pm There’s links to our website for tickets and details for the show and it’s fully accessible!! It’s kinda of a special Rudes Melb record launch for ‘Emergency’ out now thru Cheersquad. If you can come along you definitely will be glad you did!! The Bakehouse Studios space is magical!!

05/02/2025

Straight outta Tokyo, The 5.6.7.8's mix it up with a wild cocktail of rockabilly vibes, garage rock grit, and punk punch.

To celebrate their upcoming Aus tour, Cheersquad Records & Tapes present 'Best Hits of The 5.6.7.8's' featuring 14 blistering tracks from across their career.

Kickin' off in '86, sisters Yoshiko “Ronnie” Fujiyama and Sachiko have been the beating heart of this outfit. For this tour, they're bringing along their long-time friend Akiko Omo on bass, keeping the lineup fresh and the music rockin'.

Featuring artwork by S**g, 'Best Hits of The 5.6.7.8's' is available for pre-order now and will be released on 14 March 2025. The album is available in 5 different vinyl colours, opaque powder pink (100 only), opaque purple (100 only), translucent orange (100 only), opaque white (100 only) and traditional black. It will also be available digitally. Pre-order your copy now, https://cheersquadrecordstapes.bandcamp.com/album/best-hits-of-the-5678s

The 5.6.7.8's are like a turbocharged time machine, blastin' back to the sweet sounds of yesteryear while pushing the envelope with innovative jams.

Get your tickets for the tour from https://toshimaeda.com.au/

Dave Laing Publicity Toshi Maeda

03/02/2025

Get yourself some action this summer! They are playing all about so no excuses!

01/02/2025

Check out Lava Fangs!

On Saturday the 2nd of November, 2024, Lava Fangs played a launch show for their acclaimed album 'Sub Auroram'. A small team of amateurs captured the show on...

30/01/2025

Art School dropout, seminal punk rocker, and living legend. Born into the isolation of the semi industrial wastelands of 1950s outer suburban Perth, Kim Salmon clawed his way out of the swamp and onto the world stage in his bands, the Scientists, the
Surrealists, and the Beasts of Bourbon.

Smoked Salmon is a concept, a collection of recordings, a collective, a philosophy of least resistance flowing from a reputation for resolutely going against the stream! Wait a minute! Least resistance? Against the stream? Here’s the clincher. You can do both! Kim still has the desire to go upstream but has found a great source of new repertoire fishing in the streams from whence such classics as "Frantic Romantic", "Last Night", "Dropout", "Come On Spring" and "Swampland" sprang!

With Smoked Salmon, Kim has a new album of material that sits seamlessly alongside ‘the old stuff you love’ (from The Scientists, Beasts Of Bourbon, Surrealists and Antenna), all lovingly assembled and performed by an international cast.

Dimi Dero; Delphine Ciampi; Sylvain Philipon; Todd Pickett; Jozeph Grech; Claire Birchall; Douglas Galbraith; Myles Mumford; Finn Keane; Sam Worrad; Jeffery Bakerand Jeff Ho**er all come together to create an episode in the musical adventure of Kim Salmon’s life. An episode that you miss at your own peril!

Brand new single and video 'Hey Hey Narcissus' is out today and is available digitally alongside pre-orders for the self-titled debut album for Smoked Salmon. It will be available on 28 February 2025 on limited edition gold 12" vinyl (100 only), black 12" vinyl and digitally. Pre-order your copy now.
https://kimsalmon.bandcamp.com/album/smoked-salmon
This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through Music Australia.

Dave Laing Publicity

30/01/2025

29/01/2025

Posted • Premiere: Kim Salmon’s Smoked Salmon call out ‘Hey Hey Narcissus’ - a sinuous, slinky smooth delight.





https://www.backseatmafia.com/premiere-kim-salmons-smoked-salmon-call-out-hey-hey-narcissus-a-sinuous-slinky-smooth-delight/

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through Music Australia.

24/01/2025

Posted • Track: ‘Say It Again’ - Hexham Heads bring a strong dose of jingly jangly power pop in their debut single.




https://www.backseatmafia.com/track-say-it-again-hexham-heads-bring-a-strong-dose-of-jingly-jangly-power-pop-in-their-debut-single/

24/01/2025

23/01/2025

Australia’s globally renowned, effervescent perfect pop rock outfit Rudely Interrupted have overcome some well-documented challenges in their 16-year existence. However, the gestation of their prophetically titled 3rd album Emergency which is out today through Cheersquad Records & Tapes, delivered a challenge they hadn’t seen coming.
In 2018, Rudely’s founding member and co-writer Rohan Brooks was struck down with a serious brain aneurysm that left him in hospital for a year and with severe memory loss as a result. Add to that the apart time and its fallout we all endured, and the continuing climate catastrophe we are all currently facing, that finds Brooks understating on the album’s title, “yeah we’re all in a little trouble I guess!”
Brooks along with co-writer Rory Burnside came together at a disability music program that the former was running in 2006. Joined by fellow core member Sam Beke and various musicians passing through the line-up, Rudely Interrupted have delivered 3 albums and 4 EP’s that have taken them to 10 different countries 14 times and all over Australia.
Beyond being just a songwriting vehicle for Burnside and Brooks, Rudely Interrupted has become somewhat of a trailblazer in the differently abled arts space, creating awareness and opening doors for other acts in their community to embrace their uniqueness. “We’re in it for the life experience so it’s less about the ego and more about the music for us”, Brooks clarifies.
Now the album is out there in the world, Brooks suggests there is still much for Rudely Interrupted to achieve, “we do eventually want to start a school of rock type thing and find and help others who want to have music in their life but don’t have the opportunities to engage. We know there's some talented, interesting folk out there who would love to gain the experience and opportunity to play in a band. I think having a place for these folks to express and collaborate with others is important for a healthy society to reflect on itself”

'Emergency' is out today on CD and digitally.
Get your copy here
https://rudelyinterrupted.bandcamp.com/album/emergency

Rudely Interrupted play FUZZY Sunday Events this Sunday at Coburg RSL alongside The Breadmakers, Bones Mackinnon, Thundabox, Peter Farnan & The Home Bodies and Ben Carter. Get your tickets here
https://events.humanitix.com/fuzzy-sunday-26-january-2025