Double Zine Launch by Pat Bowden
Presented by Philter
Moody post-punkers Second Idol, Blue Mountains fuzz royalty Twelve Point Buck and Chilean punk singer Muerta will be blessing the Botany View Hotel in Newtown on Saturday 10th of October to celebrate the release of two new zines by local photographer Pat Bowden.
Leaves Turn Inside You is a love letter to autumn in a changing climate, and Take That Head of Yours and Stick It Through the Clouds is a collection of shots on the search for live music, back alleys, frozen lakes and beautiful scenery in a Hobart winter.
These come after last year's zine I Love You Almost As Much As I Love This Song which was a showcase of DIY and underground music scenes in Sydney, Parramatta, Wollongong and Katoomba.
For fans of great music, print media, creative energy and all round good vibes.
Second Idol is known for emotive performances, unleashing a fusion of alternative rock, goth, grunge, shoegaze and post-punk influences. Informed by feminism, queerness and cross-cultural identity, the band interrogates concepts of power, gender and otherness. Stridently determined, Second Idol is a band for outsiders.
In late 2025, the band released their critically acclaimed album, Mongrel. Embracing complexity and vulnerability, Mongrel is a gritty guitar-driven album channelling 80s and 90s post-punk and alt-rock influences and inspired by postcolonialism, queerness, and feminism.
Second Idol has supported artists including The Murder Capital, Baxter Dury, Arse, Battlesnake, Cry Club, dust, Grinding Eyes, Harry Howard and the NDE, Jen Cloher, Swapmeet and Wolf and Cub.