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The brand new album from Cenny Coast indie pop rockers LION ISLAND is their second on Vi-Nil Records.

Currently in the studio recording their fifth album, few other bands match the prolific nature of these guys. 

Infectious indie soundscapes that take on a more experimental edge on this offering, whilst still delivering that amicably classic Lion Island sound.

Ten tracks in all, with our faves being Burn The Banks, Generation Numb and Unhappy fuzz. Out now on lush, lipstick red  vinyl.

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THE LATEST INDIE SOUNDS compilation features 13 awesome Newcastle bands. 13 tracks on clear and splatter vinyl.

Drugs in Sport, Howlin' Rats, PIT, I Hate People, The Grounds, Butterknife, Mucho Sonar, Trashed Again, Jan, Boudicca, Golden Gaytimes, Goon Gremlins and Elestial.

From melodious dreamy pop to garage grunge, solid hard rock and snotty  punk, this one has it all. Killer art by FOX.

The perfect Newcastle musical snapshot.

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THE LATEST INDIE SOUNDS compilation features 13 awesome Newcastle bands. 26 tracks on Digipak CD

Drugs in Sport, Howlin' Rats, PIT, I Hate People, The Grounds, Butterknife, Mucho Sonar, Trashed Again, Jan, Boudicca, Golden Gaytimes, Goon Gremlins and Elestial.

From infectious pop through to garage grunge, solid rock and snotty  punk, this one has it all. Killer art by FOX.

The perfect Newcastle musical snapshot.

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The second album from Central Coast psychsters Shacked, stretches that line between experimental and psychedelic to the nth degree.

Deep, catchy grooves that extend into the never never and emerge all raggedy, ready to do it all again.

This one is a limited run of white vinyl with red and purple splatter. Comes with gatefold. Looks as good as it sounds.

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12 track compilation album featuring six  awesome bands from the NSW Central Coast region.

Tyrants, Lemon Joe, Lion Island, Shacked, Not Good Not Bad, Turtle Custard.

Catchy chunks of power pop, indie rock, funkadelia, garage, pysch and killer sugar pop 

Out now on vivid  blue, bright red, and yellow/red splatter vinyl.

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20 track compilation album featuring ten awesome bands from the NSW Central Coast region.

Tyrants, Lemon Joe, Lion Island, Froth Dogs, Shacked, Not Good Not Bad, Turtle Custard, Sitting Down, Soda Simulator and Outer Control.

Infectious chunks of power pop, indie rock, funkadelia, garage, pysch, pub punk, sugar pop and more.

Out now on digipak CD

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LION ISLAND are one of the most prolific bands on the planet, having amassed enough songs to fill about a dozen albums.

This, their first album on Vi-Nil Records is one killer batch of indie rock tunes with more than a nod to the likes of The Replacements.

Catchy, infectious toons that seep into your consciousness in an instant.

The perfect marriage of indie rock and pop.

Out now on neon, translucent blue vinyl. 

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COUSIN BETTY punch hard and fast. This, their debut album, contains ten kickarse tracks that ravage, wrangle and re-write the meaning of solid indie rock.

Some softer moments that build and explode, some quirky side-tracks, and plenty of sheer aural insaniity.

They rip it apart live, and here's your chance to get in on the action and listen to what all the fuss is about.

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The 22s played alongside the likes of label-mates Hard-Ons and Labradogs back in 1985.

They released Cowboys of Soul on cassette, before breaking up and going different directions.

The album has now been digitally re-mastered and sounds pretty damn fine. 

Lead singer Tim Younie passed away in January 2022. This re-release

celebrates his memory.

Four panel digipak CD out now.

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THE CRISPS are somewhat of a legendary supergroup.

Featuring Stu Wilson (New Christs), Graham Hoody Hood (The Johnnys),Dave Thomas (Doomfoxx) and Chris Nacard (Orange County), they punch out a gnarled barrage of garage rock that's nothing short of electric. 

This six-tracker is a timeless snapshot of the band in their hay-day.

Pressed on a limited run of 200 lush bubblegum pink vinyl. 

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They've been pumping out solid Aussie rock for over ten years and this, their latest album is their first on Vi-Nil Records.

14 honest thumping rock pellets that leave no doubt as to RUST's musical ethos. 

Loved the world over for their solid, in your face  punch, RUST are regular international festival performers, with a huge OS following. 

Available now on digipak CD and LIMITED RUN gatefold black vinyl.

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35 years in the making, the new Vi-Nil compilation album is available on Digipak CD and clear purple and green splatter vinyl. 

CD contains.10 bands, 20 tracks. Killer-art courtesy of Ben Brown, and featuring Hard Ons, Conspirators, Psychotic Turnbuckles, Labradogs, Howling Commandos, Lipstick Killers, Gulf Klub, Stig Cant Clap, The 22s and The Klerks.

All tracks from 1983-1986 single releases. This will be the first time we have released any of these bands on CD.

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The awesome new DISGRACELand album has arrived (CD only at this stage).

It looks and sounds pretty damn good.

Raucous, irreverent rock of the garage ilk, that needs to be experienced live for full effect.

Ten blistering tracks that throttle, ravage and ram their way into your senses in the most disgracefully irreverent of ways. The next best thing to being there!!

Best twenty bucks you'll spend all year!  

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Just out of school, lovers of hi-viz and snarled psyched garage sounds, they’re Vi-Nil Records’ youngest signing and we cant wait to see Monkey Business on the street.

Ten insane pieces of punked, surfed, garaged psychedlia that will blow your lazy miind.

Don your fluoro and head back to the 70s for some raw, ravaged psychedelic carnage.

Out now on transparent fluoro green hi-viz vinyl. 

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Perennial beaches band THE OVERTONES have been pumping out their energetic brand of rock for plenty of years.

They're as energetic as all hell live, and a lot of that energy is captured here on their latest mini album.

This new album gives a nod to the girls of Port Macquarie and their body art.

Poppy pub rock. Turn it up!

Out now on 7 track digipak CD.

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