Psychic Hysteria

03/08/2024

TONIGHT AT Cafe Gummo, Meanjin's Hott S**x (feat. Ash from Marville) play with Double Vanity and Super Tart. See you there!

27/07/2024

Huge weekend at The Old Bar. Tonight, Porpoise Spit & Hearts and Rockets join Lothario (solo), SLOMO, Linen and Eunice and the Footes - presales are only $15 !! Doors at 5pm, first band at 6pm, H&R at 9pm, Porps at 11pm.

Tomorrow is a cracker, too. Starting at 3pm with sets from Paddock Bomb, Eaglemont, Dilemmas, Lily Of The Valley, Licklash and Annaliese Rose. All part of Leaps and Bounds Music Festival!

14/07/2024

This arvo from 4pm at The Tote - Party Pest & Paddock Bomb. Last chance to see Party Pest before they head overseas on tour!!!

28/06/2024

Catch Party Pest this Saturday at Cactus Room! They're helping Dilemmas launch their cracking new single Lovebug, alongside Bug Hunt and The Subordinates.

22/04/2024

Skink Tank have collected two EPs onto vinyl which they're releasing independently. The LP includes their Psychic Hysteria released self-titled EP and track Aries Season, plus five previously unreleased songs.

Skink Tank launch the LP this Saturday arvo at Thornbury Bowls Club with Truffle Pigs and Talk Show.

https://events.humanitix.com/skink-tank-livin-under-rock-album-launch

19/04/2024

Party Pest played an absolute ripper of a live set on Radio City Radio Show on PBS FM yesterday! Thanks to Crispi, Juvi, Paul, and PBS 106.7FM Melbourne. You can listen back at the liunk below, and see/hear it IRL this Saturday when they launch their album, Uninvited, at Shotkickers!

👀 Party Pest launch debut album "Uninvited"! 👀

Rock & roots with Crispi

17/04/2024

Party Pest launch their album 'Uninvited' THIS SATURDAY at Shotkickers. To this wild event, the band will play live to air on Crispi's Radio City Radio Show on PBS FM this Thursday!! Tune in from 1pm, and grab your pre-sales to see it IRL! x

Unpredictable and chaotic, Party Pest channel post-punk irreverence, blending discordant melodies, jangly guitar hooks, wild primal drumbeats, big bold bass grooves and synthesised sonic mayhem into a celebration of life as they know it.

Anything can and does happen when Party Pest play, so strap in for a wild ride as the band joins Crispi on Radio City Radio Show on PBS FM on Thursday April 18 for a special Studio 5 Live performance from 1pm.

More info here: pbsfm.org.au/news/party-pest-studio-5-live

[ID: Party Pest standing outdoors, gathered around a sign pole in the street. The band look ahead at the camera, pulling various faces.]

05/04/2024

Today has been a long time coming! One of our favourite bands EVER - Naarm-based post-punk 4- piece Party Pest - release their debut LP, Uninvited, via Psychic Hysteria in Oz and Beast Records worldwide.

Uninvited is being launched in Naarm/Melbourne at Shotkickers, Thornbury on Saturday April 20, supported by Hetslayer and Made Austria. Party Pest will also be heading to France to play this year's Binic Festival in July!

Unpredictable and chaotic, Party Pest is influenced by artists such as The Slits, ESG, Kleenex, The Cure and The B52’s. On Uninvited, Party Pest channel post-punk irreverence, blending discordant melodies, jangly guitar hooks, wild primal drumbeats, big bold bass grooves and synthesised sonic mayhem into a celebration of life as they know it.

Pick it up on Psychic Hysteria and Beats Record's websites, or via https://partypest.bandcamp.com. (today is Bandcamp Friday btw!)

18/03/2024

This Thursday Hearts and Rockets launch 'The Promise' at The Bearded Lady in Meanjin/Brissie with Queerbait & Whoroboros !! Presales available & tix at the door from 8pm. xx

14/03/2024

Super excited to announce the album launch show for Party Pest's debut album, Uninvited, taking place at Shotkickers in Thornbury Saturday April 20 - tix on sale now!

Uninvited is due out via Psychic Hysteria locally and internationally on renowned French label Beast Records on April 5 - come and celebrate April 20 it'll be a hoot!

In support on the night is Party Pest's favourite destroyers of heteronormativity, q***r punks Hetslayer, and everyone's favourite a capella metal trio Made Austria!

Guaranteed to be the best night of your life or your money back (not really), this album launch is for all you lovers of punk, in its post, pre, pure and patriarchy-smashing finest fighting form.

11/03/2024

This Saturday March 16 in Dulwich Hill, NSW Hearts and Rockets launch their new 7” single 'The Promise' at Lazy Thinking with Rubber Necker & Second Idol !! Pay what you can, doors at 3pm and bands from 4pm. ❤️❤️❤️

07/03/2024

Headlining tonight is Cong Josie and the Hell racers (Mona Rêves, Mickey Dollar, Milla McQueen and Pinky Madeleine). Celebrating their track 'Nocturne Baby' and the split 7" with Hearts and Rockets, they'll also be playing tracks from their new yet TBA new album!!

Yep the recordings are amazing, but it's really gotta be seen to be believed. Pre-sales and ix at door 8pm TONIGHT at Brunswick Ballroom for Brunswick Music Festival. xx

07/03/2024

3rd on the bill tonight is Hearts and Rockets ! They'll be playing a couple of new tracks - including their new single 'The Promise' live for the first time - plus they've pulled a couple of older tracks from the vault that you may not have heard for a while.

Pre-sales and tix on the door, the gig starts at 8pm with Double Vanity, then Vacuum, H&R and Cong Josie and the Hell Racers. All taking place at Brunswick Ballroom for Brunswick Music Festival.

06/03/2024

Second on the line up this Thursday night when we launch the new Cong Josie X Hearts and Rockets 7" at Brunswick Ballroom is Vacuum!

Since 2013, Jenny Branagan (NUN) and Andrea Blake (ASPS/Chrome Dome) have been collaborating as VACUUM and experimenting with disturbing but danceable frequencies. Gets you moving.

Doors are at 7pm, and the show starts on the strike of 8pm with Double Vanity. Thanks to our mates It records and Brunswick Music Festival.

05/03/2024

This Thursday night we launch the new Cong Josie X Hearts and Rockets 7" at Brunswick Ballroom with our mates at It records; part of Brunswick Music Festival.

Doors are at 7pm, and the show starts on the strike of 8pm with a set from the densely textured, diamond-studded underground superstars, Double Vanity. Launching their debut album, Love To Leave You, at Brunswick Ballroom a little over a year ago, this trio is not to be missed. Tickets are on sale now, and available at the door.

📸: Geoffrey O'Connor

02/03/2024

Loads going on over the next 10 days for Brunswick Music Festival including the Sydney Road Street Party this Sunday. Head along to The Retreat Hotel for this absolutely belting line up including Porpoise Spit.

02/03/2024

Hearts and Rockets announce Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane shows to launch their new single 'The Promise'. Find tickets at https://linktr.ee/heartsandrockets, and grab the digital single wherever you listen to music - you can grab the vinyl at a show or online.

The 7" is a split with Cong Josie's 'Nocturne Baby' - a collaboration between us and It records for Brunswick Music Festival.

Artwork for posters 1-3 by Kalindy Williams, poster 4 by Cong Josie.

01/03/2024

It's Bandcamp Friday! From 7pm Friday-7pm Saturday (Naarm time) Bandcamp waive their fees. Pick up your Psychic Hysteria releases now: https://psychichysteria.bandcamp.com/

22/02/2024

The day is finally here, the day that we can share these new tracks from Hearts and Rockets & Cong Josie ! We've teamed up with the wonderful It records to put a split 7" out; the tracks are available digitally now, and the rekkid is on its way.

Listen and buy here -https://heartsandrockets.bandcamp.com/album/the-promise-nocturne-baby - and find it on all digital and streaming services.

The 7" is being launched at Brunswick Ballroom on Thursday March 7 with support from Vacuum & Double Vanity - part of Brunswick Music Festival. Tix are on sale now!

Massive thanks to Cong and Kate from It for being such a pleasure to work with xx

15/02/2024

OUT TODAY: 'Every Single Day', the latest single from Party Pest. And if that wasn't enough, their debut album is now available for pre-order digitally, on CD and 12" vinyl. Grab it from us, the band or via Beast Records.

Party Pest's 'Every Single Day' is a relentlessly antagonistic break up song expressing that moment of cathartic defiance when the grief of lost love mutates from sadness to rage. Furiously conjuring every conceivable misfortune and fantasising about a litany of daily vexations befalling their foe,the track sounds like The B52's and Sleater-Kinney had a weird baby.

Have a listen to 'Every Single Day' now, and secure your copy of the album!!!

https://partypest.bandcamp.com/album/uninvited

Artwork by Jemma Jives, layout by Kalindy Williams.

14/02/2024

Huge things coming your way from Party Pest this Friday... watch this space and keep your ears peeled!

📸: Hana Brenecki

09/02/2024

You can find Kalindy and Kurt at Festival of the Photocopier this Arvo! They each have new zines, plus other Psychic Hysteria goodies to share. Midday - 5pm at - free entry!

Thanks we love you!

09/02/2024

You can find Kalindy and Kurt at Festival of the Photocopier! They each have new zines, plus other Psychic Hysteria goodies to share. Midday - 5pm at Meat Market, free entry!

Thanks Sticky Institute we love you!

Today!!

09/02/2024

Today Double Vanity support Nitida Atkinson & the Hottie Hot Stuffs at Shotkickers. FREE ENTRY and doors at 4pm.

28/01/2024

Beyond excited to be working with It records for a special show at this year's Brunswick Music Festival! We're teaming up to launch a split 7" featuring brand new & exclusive tracks from Cong Josie & Hearts and Rockets!

The live launch is taking place at Brunswick Ballroom on Thursday March 7 with sets from Cong Josie and the Hell Racers, Hearts and Rockets, Vacuum & Double Vanity. Grab yr tickets now - link in comments.

Incredible artwork by Cong Josie!

Thanks to Arts Merri-bek & BMF for their support.

24/01/2024

Naarm Invasion Day / Survival Day rally this Friday - meet at Parliament steps at 10am if you're able to.

Follow Warriors of the Aboriginal Resistance - WAR