Coolin' By Sound

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!

24/06/2025

FIRST STEP TO #1!
Congrats to Mick Thomas’ Roving Commission for hitting #1 on the Australian Independent Record Labels Association chart with their recent EP ‘First Step In A Homeward Direction’! It’s the perfect platform for the new album due later in the year, stay tuned for some more timeless Aussie music from MTRC!

11/06/2025

Media Release - 7 March 2025 BRISBANE’S TAPE/OFF RELEASE SCATHING NEW ALBUM 'FORT SENSIBLE'“More proof the current crop of Aussie punk rock is ahead of other countries in its willingness to confront the imperialistic violence which underpins contemporary - Various Small Flames Brisbane alt-rock four-piece Tape/Off return with Fort Sensible...

Media Release – 7 March 2025BRISBANE’S TAPE/OFF RELEASE SCATHING NEW ALBUM ‘FORT SENSIBLE’“More proof the current crop of Aussie punk rock is ahead of other countries in its willi…

10/06/2025

THAT SOUND OVER THE FENCE ‘25!
The amazing celebration of the Brissie alternative scene That Sound Over The Fence returns for ‘25 at its new home at Norman Park Sports & Community Club on Saturday 9 August as part of the 4ZZZ 50th birthday celebrations, and amongst the ludicrously great line-up of local luminaries (and top-notch interstate guests) are our own Tape/Off! Grab a ticket from Oztix and dust off those drinking boots, this one is going to be a cracker!

10/06/2025

‘RAPTORS ZED 50 BOUND!
To celebrate 50 years of Brisbane community radio icons 4ZZZ they’re holding a huge celebration mirroring the Market Days of yore, and amongst a stacked line-up of local legends like The Saints, Regurgitator and Screamfeeder is the one and only Velociraptor! It’s unsurprising that ‘Raptors got a guernsey given their history with Zeds - with ‘Cynthia’ coming in at #1 on the 4ZZZ Hot 100 for 2012 and ‘Ramona’ placing #4 in 2014 - so grab a ticket to make sure you don’t miss this awesome celebration of 4ZZZ and Brisbane in general!

04/06/2025

COVERING MICK'S COVERS!
Mickthomasliterally's been making other people's songs his own for 40 years and Belly's been there pretty much the whole time lapping them up, so to celebrate the sterling new Mick Thomas' Roving Commission EP 'First Step In A Homeward Direction' - which includes the band's awesome new single augmented by five great covers of songs by Aussie artists (and a stunning new rendition of old WPA track 'Walkerville') - he posted a thinkpiece titled 'Top 10 Mick Thomas Covers' on the shop website, have a gander at tinyurl.com/4cw7v4vb!

29/05/2025

FIRST STEP IN AN ALBUM DIRECTION!
We’re over the moon to today release the new 7-track EP ‘First Step In A Homeward Direction’ by the great Mick Thomas’ Roving Commission! The title track is the first taste of the band’s stunning new album due later in '25 – recorded over the ditch at Neil Finn’s Roundhead Studios in uptown Auckland with ARIA-winning producer Steven Schram – and it’s backed by five awesome covers of songs by other Aussie artists and a new rendition of ‘Walkerville’ from Mick’s old mob Weddings Parties Anything! Available on LP, CD and digital, never forget that the longest journey begins with a single step!

16/05/2025

TAPE/OFF GO GADIGAL!
Rad Sydney community radio station 2SER - specifically Cam from The Band Next Door on 2SER - had an awesome chat with Branko from Tape/Off as they tour south in celebration of their epic new album 'Fort Sensible', of which he reckons, "Tape/Off celebrate and berate the socio-political constructs of their home town across ten tracks, turning their everyday observations to engaging angsty anthems and anxiety-laced diatribes while background by a dynamic clash of grinding guitars, adrenaline driven rhythms and carefully crafted lyrics that read like the latest chapter in Queensland’s capital city canon". And how!
PS catch them tonight at La La La's in the 'Gong with Raised As Wolves and The Escarpment and the legendary DJ Yutts!

Coming out of Brisbane, alt-rockers Tape/Off have been dishing out candid societal takes for just over 10 years since the release of their first album Chipper in 2014. Refining the process with 2018’s Broadcast Park, the band have recently put out their most cohesive collection of tracks yet in th...