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Brisbane, Australia's Sewers make mutant punk that would fit in nicely on mix that had The Intelligence and Spray Paint on it. The band's new album, Weight, is out this week via Homeless and you can check out three songs from the new LP (and the whole of 2013's Hoisted) below...

Stu Spasm of '80s/'90s-era Australian noise rockers Lubricated Goat (who had releases on AmRep, Sub Pop and other labels) now has a new band, Art Gray Noizz Q...

Shovels make shouty, skronky, rhythm-heavy rock. It's a sound Australians do particularly well, and the band members currently split their time between Melbourne and San Francisco...

Memphis band Nots make blistering squall, indebted to DIY postpunk and the (Eddy) current Australian scene. Originally a project of Ex Cult's Natalie Hoffmann (guitar) and Charlotte Watson (drums), the band has since added Alexandra Eastburn on synths and bassist Madison Farmer (of Toxie and Coasting who just played a reunion gig at Death by Audio)...

Ought at Baby's in July (more by Amanda Hatfield) You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are some highlights...

Melbourne's The Stevens pull from a variety of landmark indie rock -- The Clean, Guided by Voices, Pavement -- but don't sound quite like any of them...