Radio Birdman -- the Aussie-American blitz-rock band that introduced punk to the South Pacific in the mid-Seventies, turned Sydney into Detroit Rock City with palm trees, then broke up in 1978 after hitting a brick wall of indifference overseas -- have made their first studio album in three decades and open their first American tour on August 30th.  Full text...

Radio Birdman hasn't changed in 25 years.  Full text...

Don't wait another minute to score this blast from the past.  Full text...

Radio Birdman is back and they don’t have time for any of that “old rockers return” shit. Sure, better studio equipment has allowed a warmer guitar sound to seep in, and You Am I drummer Russell Hopkinson’s drumming is a little looser than the metronomic original member Ron Keeley, but the band has largely stayed true to their sound and wisely ignored such sceney trifles as hardcore and the garage-rock revivals.  Full text...

Like all their classic work, however, the best songs on Zeno Beach-- like the bizarre, secret-handshake anthem "Brotherhood of Al Wazah" or the title track's hot-wired surf rock-- sound like they'll absolutely shred in a live setting, and the final impression is that of a talented group of friends ecstatic to be once again in each other's creative company.  Full text...

After a long hiatus, however, Radio Birdman aren't as spectacular as they once were. They're still good — great even, but I've heard this before.  Full text...