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Frankston’s fab four
THE GNOMES
announce
‘DIVE! DIVE! DIVE!’
Melbourne run throughout
January & February and
NSW run in January

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The Gnomes (L-R) – Ned, Ethan, Jay, Olly

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The band has also been announced as part of Golden plains and frankston waterfront festival line-ups.
Shows follow acclaimed release of the band’s 3RRR-fm album of the week debut album, a run of sold out melbourne shows and some massive raves in UK and US

 “…if the sources scream yesteryear, the Gnomes mix, match and detonate with original flair… (t)he ’60s aren’t over for The Gnomes and the possibilities are endless.”- David Fricke, Mojo (UK)

“The raw energy radiating from the songs is undeniable… ‘I’ll Be There’ has buoyant early-Beatles harmonies and chiming guitars; ‘Flippin’ Stomp’ crosses the Monkees with 1960s Nuggets-style garage rock and ‘I Like It’ has a shuddering chord progression which suggests the Kinks and The Easybeats.” – Barry Divola, The Age/ Sydney Morning Herald

“… doing to the scream-era Beatles what Dr Feelgood did to the Dartford Stones, or what the Ramones attempted to do to the Bay City Rollers; they’re spicing things up with a cynicism-free respectful sneer. Imagine The Saints as The Monkees, or maybe The Monkees as The Saints.” – Classic Rock (UK)

“Stomping out of their Frankston garages and into your hearts, this Wild One has all the swagger of The Easybeats, or a Cavern Club-era Beatles, and a music video that looks like a scene from The Monkees, or The Goodies — The Gnomes are flippin’ stomping onto Rage this week with ‘Flippin’ Stomp’.” – RAGE

“Arrangements centre on dual guitars, jazz-inflected drum patterns played at speed, and harmonised vocals that echo The Kinks, The Easybeats, and early Beatles.” – 3RRR

“”(p)itched somewhere between the tough Boston sound of the Real Kids and DMZ and the early Beatles and The Big Three… an incredibly accomplished set of originals by a band that has arrived fully formed.” – Shindig (UK)

“… garage like it was fresh and new, and that’s exactly what makes it great…” –  Raven Sings The Blues (USA)

“This Australian kid is making music like England in 1964-66 never ended. Incredible. Tunes for miles.” – Jay W Babcock (Landline and Arthur Magazine, USA)

“Great rockin’ band! I love these guys!” – Ted Carroll (early Thin Lizzy manager, co-founder Chiswick & Ace Records and founder Rock On Records, London)

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With new management and a new agent coming on board immediately following the album launch, The Gnomes are on the ascent. Join them for the ride. Following a run of sold out shows in Melbourne, including their November album launch at the Brunswick Ballroom, Frankston’s fab four The Gnomes have announced the 6-date Dive! Dive! Dive! Rock’n’Roll Dive Bar Tour across Melbourne (and Bendigo) throughout January and February, and well as a quick NSW Here They Come run in mid-Jan to accompany the band’s Hordern Pavilion show in support of Viagra Boys.

Additionally, the band has a number of regional Victorian shows coming up, including two with Hockey Dad, and they have been included in recent line-up announcements by Frankston’s Waterfront Festival (Sat 7 Feb) and Flippin’ The Bird (Sat 28 Feb) as well as Golden Plains (Sun 8 Mar).

The six Victorian Dive! Dive! Dive! shows are all priced at $20 and Door Sales Only (no booking fees!) to encourage punters to get there early and support the supports and the venues. The Sydney Lansdowne show and the Wollongong Dicey’s show are both free admission.

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DIVE! DIVE! DIVE! ROCK N ROLL
DIVE BAR TOUR

Fri 23 Jan – The Gem, Collingwood (from 8PM) + W.O.M.B.A.T. + Sargent Baker
Fri 30 Jan – Last Chance Rock’n’roll Bar, Melbourne (from 8PM) + Winsky + Riviera
Sat 31 Jan – Trash Cult, Bendigo (from 7PM) + Clydesdale
Sat 14 Feb – Shotkickers, Thornbury (from 8PM) + Public House + Special Guests
Fri 20 Feb – The Tote Front Bar, Collingwood (from 6PM) + Champ Ruby
Sat 21 Feb – Kindred Bandroom, Footscray (from 8PM) + Stimpies + special guests

NSW HERE THEY COME!

Fri 16 Jan – The Lansdowne, Sydney + Marilyn Maria + Aria Nova
Sat 17 Jan – Dicey’s, Wollongong + Kryver + Jordan Kenny + Harold & The Bishops
Sun 18 Jan – Hordern Pavilion, Sydney  w/ Viagra Boys

Other shows:

Sat 24 Jan – ASC Surf Lifesaving Club, Gunnamatta w/ Frenzee
Thu 5 Feb – Torquay Hotel w/ Hockey Dad
Fri 6 Feb – Riverview Hotel, Tarwin Lower w/ Hockey Dad
Sat 7 Feb – Frankston Waterfront Festival
Sat 28 Feb – Flippin’ The Bird, Frankston
Sun 8 Mar – Golden Plains

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Having spent the best part of 2025 building a following in Melbourne, The Gnomes released their debut album in November, picking up some great press and a lot of community radio support, including an Album of the Week from 3RRR and a Rage ‘Wild One’ video pick for “Flippin’ Stomp”. At the same time, things started going up a notch overseas (the international adulation began early in 2025 to Spain’s Tremendo Garaje site), with reviews, features and other coverage in esteemed outlets including Creem and Mojo. Mojo has already followed up David Fricke’s 4-star album review with a full-page Gnomes feature by the same writer in the new issue, while The Age & The Sydney Morning Herald followed up a pre-album feature on the band by including the band in their 25 Best New Aussie Artists of 2025 end of year feature.

The Gnomes’ debut album features twelve killer tracks and an explosive and authentic group sound which perfectly balances a swinging ’60s approach with a NOW vibe, and there’s not a dud on it! Featuring the singles “Won’t Quit You”, “I’m Not The One”, “I’ll Be There” and “Flippin’ Stomp” as well as other fan faves like “Time Will Tell”, “Better With You” and “I Like It”, the album is released internationally on LP, CD, cassette and digital formats on Dog Meat Records.

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Introducing the
BAYSIDE BEAT OF THE GNOMES!

Although they emerged from Melbourne bayside outer suburbs onto the local live scene with their fresh and spirited indie-rock update of the garage-beat sounds of The Easybeats, Kinks and early Beatles only a year or so ago, Gnome – as The Gnomes were until very recently known – actually started out as a bedroom solo project for teenaged singer/songwriter/ guitarist Jay Millar a few years back. Jay, playing everything himself, started recording and releasing a steady succession of material – quite a few albums’ worth – on his own Goblin Records label via Bandcamp. Realizing he needed a band to start playing out, Jay approached some like minded players from Frankston’s rehearsal hub Singing Bird, and with Jay on lead vocals and lead guitar, Ned Capp on guitar, Olly Katsianis on bass, and Ethan Robins on drums, Gnome became a band.

Early in 2025, the last solo Jay recordings released under the Gnome name caused something of an international underground sensation when the Bandcamp only I Like It EP – four songs of kranked up Kinks-style mono riffage – was posted by a Spanish garage-punk YouTube page and quickly clocked up over 50,000 views.

At the same time, the band quickly began gaining attention on the thriving Frankston scene and around Melbourne. They started breaking out, sharing bills with the likes of Drunk Mums, Skegss, Split System, The Prize, The Unknowns, Cosmic Psychos, Hockey Dad, Guitar Wolf, The 5.6.7.8’s, The Breadmakers, Loose Lips, fellow Frankstoners/Singing Bird alumni The Belair Lip Bombs, and, on a quick trip to Sydney, Cammy Cautious & The Wrestlers.

And now, finally, we have The Gnomes’ debut album. Twelve killer tracks that combine the best of the ’60s with the best of today. Twelve killer tracks that show off accomplished songwriting, assertive singing and playing and an explosive and authentic swinging group sound. Twelve killers slices of raw rock’n’roll running the gamut from the savage Rhythm & Blues of “Play With You” and “Better With You” to the vibrant beat pop of “I’ll Be There” and “I’m Not The One”, with forays into the heavy reverb psych of “Stung”, the Cavern/Star Club stylings of “Flippin’ Stomp” and the first flyte jangle of  “Time Will Tell” along the way. There’s more of course, including a new version of that Kinks-style kranker “I Like It” for good measure.

Frankston’s Fab Four are taking their sound to the world. Watch out world!

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