Genre: Punk

  • Dr Sure’s Unusual Practice (8th Birthday)

    Dr Sure’s Unusual Practice (8th Birthday)

    Dr Sure's Unusual Practice celebrate 8 relentless years.

    In November 2018 the then 4-piece kicked off a Tote front bar residency which quickly snowballed out of their control into; 

    A rabid touring animal: 19 (!) Aus runs, 3 Europe tours, 2 UK tours, a New Zealand tour, an Indo tour…

    Releases out the wazoo: 4 LP's, at least 4 EP's, 2 7"s, a split 7" with Bench Press, a split 10" with Holy Fuck, a live LP, a swag of cassettes…

    Stacks of sick support runs: TFS, TISM, King Gizzard, Ty Segall, Cosmic Psychos…

    An evolving collective of odd balls: touring as a 5-piece, opening Meredith as an 8-piece, recording at Camp A Low Hum as an 11-piece.

    Whether self-releasing/managing/booking, putting out fundraiser tapes or removing all their releases from streaming, Dr Sure's represent a new Australien underground.

    Come and celebrate 8 years of Unusual Practice: November 13, Smith St Hotel (FKA Gasometer) with support from Media Puzzle and Salmon Sisters.

  • Bennetts Grove

    Bennetts Grove

    Bennetts Grove, Sydney Post-Punk outfit, are celebrating the release of their establishing self-titled EP, Bennetts Grove.

    After a huge year of new music, shows and growth, Bennetts Grove are bringing their latest chapter to Smith St Hotel for one special night on Friday 16th October 2026. The new EP sees the band exploring a range of emotional themes and hypotheticals, from questions of mortality and uncertainty to reflections on the past, relationships and the strange moments in between.

    Blending abrasive post-punk energy with warm, melodic moments, Bennetts Grove captures a band continuing to find their sound; loud, vulnerable, chaotic and occasionally beautiful.

    Come celebrate the release with us as we play the EP live, alongside a stacked lineup of friends and some special surprises to be announced soon!

  • Glare With Septemberistheonlytimeidontthinkofyou

    Glare With Septemberistheonlytimeidontthinkofyou

    Glare is an alternative rock/shoegaze five-piece from the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas. Since their debut in 2017, the band has wasted no time making a name for themselves at home and abroad with shimmering singles like “Blank” and “Void in Blue”. With the release of their Heavenly EP (the band’s biggest project to date, and second on Sunday Drive Records), Glare find themselves weaving richer soundscapes than ever before, resulting in their heaviest (“Floating”) and dreamiest (“Soft”) compositions to date, evoking glimmers of bands like Slowdive, Cocteau Twins, and Drop Nineteens.

  • First Day Back (USA)

    First Day Back (USA)

    Thundering out of Santa Cruz’s thriving and resurgent music scene, First Day Back have spenttheir final years in college solidifying their place in the emo revival revival. Heralded as the rightful torchbearers of second wave emo, First Day Back recalls the vocal exasperation of Cap'n Jazz, the twinkle of American Football, and the youthful exuberance of Braid, all while reinventing the sound with the organic additions of violin and harmonica.

    A love letter to the past,Their debut and sole album Forward, self-released in June 2025, was recorded utilizing the acoustics of their Empire Grade house living room, and a muted blue that graces the cover matches the outer panelling of this sentimental domicile key to to the band’s foundations and process.

    "Forward enchants on first listen, Pitchfork wrote in their 8.1 review "First Day Back play with a transparency usually reserved for private moments: screaming into a pillow in your bedroom, or putting your hoodie up to stress-cry on the bus. "The quintet's DIY perspective continues in their live show, which began in houses and anarchist bookstores before blossoming with sold out tours opening for Algernon Cadwallader, EveryoneAsked About You, and Jejune, where thousands of kids screamed along to every word, wax, and woo.

    Catch the band on their debut Australian tour when they hit the Smith St Hotel in Melbourne on Wednesday, 30th September!