Coolin' By Sound

20/11/2025

‘RAPTORS SYDNEY FAREWELL!
Tomorrow night (Fri 21 Nov) Brisbane garage stalwarts Velociraptor are playing their final ever Sydney show at Mary's Underground - alongside a frankly killer line-up of the amazing Straight Arrows, Dr. Spaceman and our old mates Olivia's World - will this be the first of a Farnsy-esque succession of “farewell tours” or their actual teary goodbye to the city they love like a fairly close cousin? They say the fun is in the journey not the destination, but in this case the destination is Mary’s Underground tomorrow night and there will be fun! Lots of fun!

20/11/2025

ROVING COMMISSION DO SEQ!
A few short weeks ago Mickthomasliterally and his band the Roving Commission released their gorgeous album ‘GoComeBack’ into the world, and now it’s time for the national album tour to roll through SEQ! You can catch them on Friday night at Kings Beach Tavern on the Sunny Coast, on Saturday on the Goldy at The Wallaby Hotel and on Sunday night here in Brissie at Lefty's Music Hall, all shows with the excellent Hana & Jessie-Lee’s Bad Habits! See you at the bar!

03/11/2025

FEEL THE RHYTHMS!
Last Friday was release day for the gorgeous new album 'GoComeBack' by Mick Thomas' Roving Commission, and the new issue of the ever-wonderful Rhythms Magazine features a cover story with Mickthomasliterally himself (with astute interview assistance from Brooke Taylor)! Available at all good newsagents!
PS in more great news the album was added to rotation on iconic Melbourne community radio station Triple R - 3RRR 102.7FM, a fine stamp of quality!

18/10/2025

GOTOURCOMEBACK HITS SYDNEY!
This afternoon from 4pm you can catch the legendary Mickthomasliterally and a crack contingent from the Roving Commission play an exclusive free, all ages set in Sydney's fabulous Egg Records in support of their sterling new album 'GoComeBack'! The national instore tour has already found the team rocking record stores in Brisbane and Adelaide - giving punters access to the album weeks before its official Oct 31 release date - get amongst it Sydney peeps!

03/10/2025

Mick Thomas’ the ARIA-Award winning former Weddings Parties Anything singer/songwriter and his band of fellow travelers - are back with a brand new album, tour, and a run of special in-store appearances!

Check out all the record store instores!
QLD Oct 4 – Sonic Sherpa Brisbane 4pm
SA Oct -11 Clarity Adelaide 4pm
NSW Oct 18 – Egg Records Sydney 4pm
TAS Oct 25 – Tommy Gun Records Hobart 4pm

🎶 GoComeBack
📅 Out October 31 via Coolin’ By Sound Records
📍 Recorded at Neil Finn’s legendary Roundhead Studios in Auckland with award-winning producer Steven Scram

The album follows the acclaimed EP First Step in a Homeward Direction – whose title track became the first single and laid the groundwork for the new record’s themes.

Catch Mick and the band on the road, on stage, and in record stores near you. This one’s going to be special. 💿✨

19/09/2025

THE SADDEST FAREWELL
Thanks so much to the great Good Call Live for helping us share the mournful news that the impending east coast run by the mighty Velociraptor will be your last ever chance to party with the 'Raptors gang, always a shindig with a soundtrack to die for but one now laced with melancholy and tinges of regret. Or will these be the greatest parties ever ? The choice is yours!

In an aptly bittersweet announcement for these troubled times, Brisbane party-starters Velociraptor are tempering news of their return to Melbourne and Sydney for the first time in eons - as well as a pair of hometown shows - with the announcement that the impending East Coast tour represents their....

18/09/2025

LAST CHANCE TO PARTY!
Thanks heaps to The Music for sharing news of the Velociraptor 'Don't Hiat-Us, Hate The Game 2025' farewell tour, which hits Melbourne, Sydney and their hometown Brisbane in the final months of '25! Parting is always such sweet sorrow, but you have one last chance to drown those sorrows with the 'Raptors gang! Click on through and read all about it!

“A full quorum of eight ‘Raptors is guaranteed for all shows, potentially more where logistics allow,” the band teased.

18/09/2025

‘RAPTORS FAREWELL TOUR!
Even the awesomest party has to end sometime, so we’re sharing the bittersweet news that the long-awaited Velociraptor east coast run - niftily titled the ‘Don’t Hiat-us, Hate The Game 2025 Tour’ - will be their final shows for the foreseeable future. Grab this last chance to party with the gang with both hands, and together build some more dusty memories - full details (and epic support lineups) at li.sten.to/velociraptor. Vale ‘Raptors, we hardly knew thee!

17/09/2025

ROVING COMMISSION NATIONAL TOUR!
On Friday 31 October the staggeringly great new album 'GoComeBack' by Mick Thomas' Roving Commission is unleashed upon an unsuspecting world, after which they'll be hitting the road for a comprehensive national tour running right through until Christmas! This is one not to be missed!