Photos: Thee Oh Sees at Newtown Social Club

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One of the most influential garage-rock bands of the 2000’s, Thee Oh Sees are currently embarking on an Australian tour. It was a highly anticipated return, both from fans and band alike. “It’s been a few years since Thee Oh Sees has been able to tour Australia,” the San Francisco group’s frontman and founding member John Dwyer told us. “Its a long and boring story, believe me. I have always loved it there.  The people, the bands, the outback, the beach, the beer… the list goes on and on.”

We sent photographer Heather Vousden along to their show at Newtown Social Club, where there was double drumming ahoy, crowd-surfing aplenty and where support came from ever-entertaining locals, Straight Arrows. Click on the pics to enlarge. You can see the full album – with heaps of crowd shots – on our Facebook page.

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Thee Oh Sees are playing at the following venues this week. Tickets are like gold dust:

Tuesday 19 January – Barwon Club, Geelong VIC
Thursday 21 January – Howler, Melbourne VIC
Friday 22 January – Howler, Melbourne VIC
Saturday 23 January – Mojo’s Bar, Fremantle WA

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Mutilator Defeated At Last, the 14th album from Thee Oh Sees is out now in Australia for the first time on limited edition deluxe vinyl via Flightless / Remote Control Records.

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You can see the full album of photos from the gig – including heaps more crowd-surfing shots – on our Facebook page.

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Photos by Heather Vousden