Hobbies Galore

19/12/2025

Possible Humans launch their second LP, Standing Around Alive at The Curtin Saturday, 17 January with Mug and Season 2. The final remaining copies of the record will be available on the night.

Downstairs on the decks are Woody McDonald + Alex Macfarlane.

Get tickets!
https://tickets.oztix.com.au/outlet/event/2b9563b7-8c26-4366-8caf-b53be14644fd

14/12/2025

17/11/2025

Some recent interviews about Hobbies and more.

A podcast one for Blase Sound:
https://www.blasesound.com/1957174/episodes/18035222-episode-55-alex-macfarlane

And a written one for Tempo Blog:
https://tempoblog.substack.com/p/label-spotlight-hobbies-galore

Send a message to learn more

13/11/2025

Unbeknownst to the recipients when ordering; I was searching their shipping addresses and printing the street view of their home on the front of each cassette.

HG-041 - Alex Macfarlane Live at Your House

90 minute cassettes with personalised audio and cover.

29/10/2025

New release!

Alex Macfarlane - Live at Your House

https://hobbiesgalore.bandcamp.com/album/live-at-your-house

HG-041

Edition of 10 x 90 minute tapes. All slightly different audio, recorded individually live to recycled cassettes in my living room.

Each copy will have personalised artwork. No digital.

The prototype cover shown here features the Google car passing my father out the front of his house, your copy will be different.

24/10/2025

Free show this Sunday the 26th at The Tramway (Fitzroy North).

Francis Plagne in trio mode with Maria Moles on drums and me trying to keep up on bass.

Fin Healy opening the show with a solo set.

Free! Music starts at 4pm.

22/10/2025

New release!

Nth Wheel - Nth Wheel 7"

https://hobbiesgalore.bandcamp.com/album/nth-wheel

HG-019

Clear lathe cut 7" - with insert - hand stamped - limited to 15 copies - on the bandcamp only - this is the small amount of somewhat playable copies from a mostly defective larger run, originally meant to be released in 2019 - QUALITY NOT GUARANTEED - large fluctuations in fidelity. Edit: These are sold out already.

Songs by Mark Hewitt
Recorded in 2013
Mastered by Mikey Young

20/10/2025

Possible Humans - Standing Around Alive LPs are SOLD OUT.

There are copies at some shops still, and you can get CDs from Repressed Records via link below!

Second long player from one of the best groups around! Possible Humans is: Leon Cranswick, Samuel Tapper, Steve Hewitt, Adam Hewitt and Mark Hewitt.Recorded by Alex Macfarlane and Finn Keane, mixed by Alex Macfarlane and mastered by Mikey Young.

09/10/2025

New release! Out today.

Possible Humans - Standing Around Alive

HG-040

https://hobbiesgalore.bandcamp.com/album/standing-around-alive

The second LP from local rock group Possible Humans.

On the bandcamp now for free download, should be on other streaming joints now too.

300 records were made.

Release credits:

Possible Humans is: Leon Cranswick, Samuel Tapper, Steve Hewitt, Adam Hewitt and Mark Hewitt.

Recorded by Finn Keane and I at Headgap & various houses, mixed by me primarily at my house and as usual mastered by Mikey Young.

01/10/2025

Fin Healy will be launching "yet it moves" at Eastmint on October 18 with Sia Ahmad, Local Woman, Asher Elazary and myself along for the evening. More info and tickets here:

https://events.humanitix.com/fin-healy-yet-it-moves-ep-launch-local-women-sia-ahmad

30/09/2025

New release!

Fin Healy - yet it moves

HG-039

https://hobbiesgalore.bandcamp.com/album/yet-it-moves

The debut solo outing from one of my favourite local guitarists.

On the bandcamp and other streaming joints now! 100 cassettes have been made.

Fin will be launching the tape at Eastmint on October 18 with Sia Ahmad, Local Woman, Asher Elazary and myself along for the evening. More info on that here.

https://events.humanitix.com/fin-healy-yet-it-moves-ep-launch-local-women-sia-ahmad

Release credits:

Fin Healy: guitar, mandola, house keys

Tracks 3 and 5 recorded by Casey Rice
Guitar samples on 1 and 4 recorded by Tom Lyngcoln

Mixed by Fin Healy
Mastered by Mikey Young

Cover artwork by Lola Hewison
Design by Julian Hocking

09/09/2025

The Green Child are returning to Sydney to play Phoenix Central Park on November 19. The show is free but you have to enter a ballot and get selected at random to attend - you can enter said ballot here:

https://tickets.phoenixcentralpark.com.au/ballot/enter/209/91c11c53-5c18-4dde-a6be-941ac0b4299b