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THRILLS RADIO 12: AN EXCLUSIVE PLAYLIST BY THE BUOYS

Made up of a sweet and savoury combo of all-female Sydney friends, The Buoys truly are one of our favourite Australian bands, with their tracks being on heavy rotation here at Thrills HQ. Inspired by workplace feuds, peo...

PIST IDIOTS' QUARANTINE SURVIVAL GUIDE, COURTESY OF JACK SNIFF

From the entire family at Thrills, we hope that this finds you all safe and well. Our thoughts are with all of the people and communities recently affected by the worldwide pandemic. There's really no other way to put it ...

SLOAN PETERSON'S QUARANTINE SURVIVAL GUIDE

From the entire family at Thrills, we hope that this finds you all safe and well. Our thoughts are with all of the people and communities recently affected by the worldwide pandemic. There's really no other way to put it ...

JAMES ADAMS' QUARANTINE SURVIVAL GUIDE

From the entire family at Thrills, we hope that this finds you all safe and well. Our thoughts are with all of the people and communities recently affected by the worldwide pandemic. There's really no other way to put it ...

SAN MEI'S QUARANTINE SURVIVAL GUIDE

From the entire family at Thrills, we hope that this finds you all safe and well. Our thoughts are with all of the people and communities recently affected by the worldwide pandemic. There's really no other way to put it -...

Interviewing Cumgirl8 for International Women's Day

Ahead of International Women's Day, we wanted to introduce you to some of the most fearless and confident women we know. Enter: the very punk, very alternative, very alien Cumgirl8. Girl-power personified, they're a 3-piec...

OUR US LAUNCH PARTY

We came, we saw (too much) and we delivered one of our loosest parties to date. On Saturday night, we celebrated our US arrival by throwing one of our signature Thrills parties reaching capacity fast with over 1000 RSVPs ...

LIQUID IDIOTS EP 3: BLOODY MARY

The Jack’s are back! With the festive season nothing more than a blurry haze in the rearview mirror - Here we are, left to pick up the pieces of our lives, and reassemble ourselves to bear some resemblance to our former me...

LIQUID IDIOTS EP 2: SANGRIA

Xmas has come to an end for another year, and boy was it a big one. Thanks to our last Apple Pie Cocktail, life chats with Uncle Max and catch-ups with the in-laws weren’t half as bad. So that’s why our friends Jack (Liqui...

LIQUID IDIOTS EP 1: APPLE PIE COCKTAIL

It’s the festive season, and we all know what that means.. Time spent with family, the giving and receiving of gifts, a time to unwind and reflect on the year that was.….I joke. It means drinking. Lots & lots of drink...

Meredith Music Festival - A bloody good way to welcome summer

Summer in Australia is a bloody good time for more reasons than we can be bothered to list here. I mean it is hot, really damn hot, the days are long, the waves are good, the beers are cold, everyone is usually in a pretty...

Green farms, green beers and green faces – Mini Skirt & Liquid Face give New Zealand a short & sweet hit of Australian noise.

Australian tourists are the worst. Ozzie travellers can be found making nuisances of themselves in all corners of the world - Bali, Thailand, America, Europe and everywhere in between, Australians flock en mass to run amo...

Our Collaboration with Bad//Dreems

Our mates, Bad Dreems, have been doing it all lately, from sold-out tours across the country, a new record and an amazing Triple J Like A Version. We wanted to celebrate their recent successes so we teamed up on this bad ...

My Lynyrd Skynyrd T-Shirt keeps getting me in fights - here's their 5 top songs to prove I was in the right

I recently got my hands on a nice old crusty Lynyrd Skynyrd T-shirt. This sassy little number has been quite the bone of contention of late - a real hot pot of controversy. You see I’ve been on the hunt for this particular...

An Interview with White Bleaches

By Jacob Pumphrey. Meet our mates, White Bleaches. Hailing from the great coastal town of Torquay, they're a four-piece garage-psych band that has quickly become one of our favourites. I got to sit down with the band to t...

Spending Time with Spendtime Palace

Spendtime Palace is the quintessential Southern Californian beach band who, may we say, are absolutely nailing it. With Thrills' very own Jacob Pumphrey (also known as Miniskirt drummer) being long-time friends with the g...

Metallica and Slipknot are touring Australia - The 4 shows you need to see to re-live 2001s cringe

Metallica and Slipknot are touring the world and TOOL just dropped a new album – Welcome to 2000 and f*^kin 1, people. From film to music to little plastic discs, we revisited the glory years to cover all things un-import...

A Recap of Big Sound 2019 by James Adams

Whales migrate. Ducks and all sorts of birds migrate. Everyone knows that. What people might not know is that the animals that make up the Australian music industry also migrate. Once a year, early every October, they ass...

Your September Gig Guide

Spring is well and truly in full swing and we figured it’s probably time to let you know which shows we’ll be trying to get to this September. For those that missed King Street Crawl last weekend, click here for all the je...

King Street Crawl Madness

When we landed in Sydney on Saturday afternoon the weather was terrible, cold, windy, sad and grey. Waking up Sunday morning, King Street was a completely different scene. Newtown was dressed in its Sunday best as we walke...

A Catch up with the brotherly noise factory that is Flying Machine

We have introduced you to the brotherly noise factory that is Flying Machine before, but since then they have been busy and we figured it was about time for an update. I first met the 2 of them (Gory and Christian Wright)...

THE HANGOVER || A RECAP OF OUR PRE-FESTIVAL KICKOFF PARTY

Well, here we are again, friends. The dust has settled and we've successfully nursed our heads back to health after another massive Thrills party. Last Thursday night was our Annual Unofficial Pre-Festival Kickoff Party in...

Thrills Radio 8.0 - Curated By Bad//Dreems

The countdown is on for our Annual Unofficial Festival Kickoff Party! What better way to get all g'd up than by listening to our latest Spotify playlist, curated by our party headliners Bad//Dreems. Bad//Dreems have quick...

THE THRILLS DO'S AND DONT'S TO SURVIVING SPLENDOUR IN THE GRASS

Well folks it’s upon us, that thing you swore you’d never do again but stole your parents credit card and booked Splendour tickets before you’d even read the lineup, for those who still haven’t – don’t worry it’s a good on...

THE AUSTRALIAN FOOD & WINE FESTIVALS WHERE YOU CAN ALSO DRINK BEER & RUN WILD

We don’t have the secret to make your worst hangovers disappear, but we think this might be able to help you. There’s nothing quite like aimlessly wandering down a street full of vendors all selling the most delicious foo...

GOOD//GREAT - James Adams on Bad//Dreems' newest single, their upcoming "game changer" 3rd album & his unashamed fandom

By James Adams You might pick up that I write very favourably in each month's article and this is no different. The thing is, I choose who we feature and I’m not going to write about anything or anyone I don’t like. If it...

Elton John’s Rocketman & 3 Must-See Biopics To Binge Afterwards

So Rocketman is out and with the box office success of Bohemian Rhapsody and the steady stream of 60s and 70s superstars falling off the perch, we can expect a few more to come in the future. So how does Rocket Man compare...

Thrills Radio 7.0 - Curated by Leroy Francis

Meet Leroy Francis. Not just a good friend of ours, but a charming multi-instrumentalist from Sydney. We sat down with Leroy to ask him a few q's about his past, present and future. Get to know him here: Nat: So you’re th...

THE WRAP UP: Our Sydney Pop-Up Sale

Let's take it back. The hangover has passed and the last of the boxes have been packed up after a massive weekend at our first ever Sydney pop-up sale. We celebrated with live music from Sloan Peterson, Leroy Francis and ...

Boogie Festival with James Adams

By James Adams. ‘Magic Dirt’ in crowd. The ‘Club House’ Some tasks come with a certain pressure from fear of not doing justice to its amazingness. Writing about Boogie festival is one such task. I’m going to give you two...

A Chat with Mitch Parry from The Jim Mitchells

By James Adams. Yesterday was my chat with Josh from Third Eye Stimuli Records, and today it's with the one and only Mitch Parry - frontman of The Jim Mitchells (Third Eye's poster boy band). I sat down with Mitch off the ...

A Chat with Josh White from Third Eye Stimuli Records

By James Adams. I used to see Josh around town, working in cafe’s and retailers. It took a while for me to connect the dots that he was the same guy that plays in The Grease Arrestor, the band I used to see around town as ...

Thrills Radio 6.0 - Curated by Third Eye Stimuli

Meet Third Eye Stimuli Records. Friends of Thrills, and also music label home for some of our favourite bands (The Jim Mitchells, The Uplifting Bell Ends, Leroy Francis, and the Misty Lanes). You're going to want to get f...

Family Ties: Sloan Peterson

Today is a good day. "Why" you ask? Well, It's our first ever 'Family Ties' segment. We're giving you a front row pass into the lives of our BFFs. Sit back, relax, and grab a cold beverage as we talk all things past, prese...

Don't Kill Live Music - Just Don't

By Daini Stephenson. Last week the NSW live music industry was used as a fall guy. The recent drug involved deaths and incidents at NSW festivals have caused a right stir in Australia’s political climate of late, with ty...

THRILLS RADIO 5.0 - Curated by The Cassowarys

We've been vibing the psychedelic rock thums of Brisbane-based band, The Cassowarys, after meeting the boys back on the Growlers' Beach Goth Tour. The atmosphere at their shows are a perfect mix of "electric" x "face-melt...

Laneway Festival with James Adams

By James Adams Laneway marks the annual migration of "The Hot Crew" pulling themselves away from their own pouting and clenching reflections, syncing outfits, and watching the very bands that dictate their look. It’s like ...

THE WRAP UP: The Growlers Beach Goth Tour

Sydney pop-up event.   Let's take it back. The hangover has passed and the dust has settled after a mammoth run of shows touring with The Growlers for the Aussie leg of their Beach Goth Tour. We were stoked to see you guy...

The Growlers x THRILLS Beach Goth Pop-Up

    If you can't tell already, we're big fans of The Growlers here at Thrills, so we're stoked to be tagging along with them on the Australian leg of their Beach Goth Tour. To celebrate the tour, we held a free pop-up sh...

🚨 THE GROWLERS POP UP EVENTS 🚨

    The time has finally come. California’s radical sons, The Growlers arrive in the country this week for the start of the Australian leg of their mammoth worldwide ‘Beach Goth’ tour, and we're tagging along for the rid...

MEET YOUR SUPPORTS + THRILLS RADIO 4.0

Welcome to 2019. For many of you, you're still recovering from Falls Festival or NYE (us included). For others, you might be getting your resolutions in order for the new year. Either way, we're already excited about what'...

Share The Stage With The Growlers

  Win a support slot on The Growlers Australian Beach Goth Tour!   Are you in a band? Want to play a support slot on The Growlers tour In January? Well, here’s your chance.    We’re all about supporting local music, so w...

Thrills Radio 3.0 - Curated by Miniskirt

       We're not lying when we say Miniskirt are proper legends. Playing a massive part not just in the garage-punk scene but also in our warehouse and HQ, the boys are stoked to give you a taste of their current favou...

INTRODUCING: FLYING MACHINE 🔥

  Today’s a special day for us at Thrills HQ. We are proud to introduce you to our mates, Flying Machine, and their debut single “This Feeling”. Hear the wizardry that is the Byron Bay 3 piece below:     With 2/3 of the...

Thrills Radio 2.0 - Curated by Flying Machine

      Thrills BFFs and warehouse legends, Flying Machine, are stoked to bring you this month’s radio playlist. Just like their upbeat sound, this lineup is the perfect playlist to blast all weekend long. Get amongst our ...

On the Road with Pist Idiots

Photo by James Adams.   Jack, Joe, Tom and John -  The Pist Idiots. We could almost end the interview there... But we won’t.   A more fitting band name might not exist, and as you guessed, there’s more to the Revesby (th...

The Growlers Release 'Problems III' New Music Video

    The Growlers  have just dropped their official video for Problems III - Directed by Aleia Murawski and Sam Cropland.    Check out “Problems III” here:      Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ll know th...

⚡️ THRILLS RADIO 1.0 ⚡️

    This goes out to our fellow music lovers. We're gearing up for the weekend with our very first monthly playlist. If you know us, you'll know that music is a part of our DNA. So much so that most of our warehouse guys...