The Chats
Skegss, Spiderbait, The Chats and more have all been announced as part of the inaugural lineup of Inverted Festival, a brand new Gold Coast music festival. Poised to be one of the first music festivals where punters will be allowed to stand following the coronavirus pandemic, other acts playing the new event include Trophy Eyes, Stand […]
Bernard Fanning, Ruel, Mallrat and pretty much every other contemporary Australian act you can think of have all been enlisted to play brand new Adelaide concert series Summer Sounds Festival. Over 30 acts are playing the series, which takes place from the end of this month through all of next month, including Lime Cordiale, The […]
The Chats only released their debut album High Risk Behaviour back in March of this year, but that hasn’t stopped them from following it up with a new single – ‘AC/DC CD’. Clocking in at just over a minute and a half, the blistering new song is a heartfelt homage to one of the country’s most legendary […]
Members of Powderfinger, Violent Soho, The Chats and more have signed a guitar set to be raffled off as part of a new initiative called Help a Mate. The guitar in question is a Fender Jimi Hendrix Stratocaster, valued at $4000, and has been signed by 24 Aussie musicians, with the likes of DZ Deathrays, […]
Here’s a somewhat unlikely combination. English pop-punk singer-songwriter Yungblud has shared a new live rendition of his recent single ‘Weird!’ that interpolates ‘Smoko’ by your favourite Aussie pub rockers The Chats. Per a presser, Yungblud linked up with Eamon Sandwith from The Chats over Zoom and received an official blessing to add his take on the […]
While we all wait for festivals to become a thing again, yet another drive-in music event has popped up to tide us over. All-ages mini-fest AIRWAVES will be making its debut on the Sunshine Coast next month, pulling into Nambour Showgrounds across the weekend of Friday, 10th – Sunday, 12th July, with live sets from […]
Sunshine Coast festival Big Pineapple was originally scheduled to take place this May, but organisers have announced rescheduled dates in light of coronavirus concerns. Big Pineapple will now take place in Woombye on Saturday, 21st November. If you were keen on the original lineup, there’s good news for ya – luckily, it’ll remain more or […]
We’re a couple weeks away from The Chats releasing debut album High Risk Behaviour, and now the Queensland punks have shared a new infomercial demonstrating a few non-musical uses for the humble vinyl record/sonic frisbee. “Have you grown tired of talented musicians pouring their heart and soul into the art they create?” asks a voiceover in […]
Everyone’s favourite larrikins The Chats have just wrapped up a huge nationwide run of shows with St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival, and now they’ve been called in at the last minute to pop up on Farmer & The Owl‘s massive 2020 lineup. Unfortunately, the addition doesn’t come without a loss, as Fat White Family have been […]