There are a heap of one off gig announcements happening all around the country this week, with the likes of Das Racist, Shadowqueen, Iowa, Kitchen's Floor, Jonti, Gold Fields and much more all hitting the stages in various bars and venues. There is also the return of the highly popular Women of Soul nights happening at the Cherry Bar!

WOMEN OF SOUL

Jumping on the bandwagon, here, in no particular order, are twelve Australian bands we're looking out for in 2012... five bands from overseas we're predicting big things for here in Australia... AND a couple of Australian bands the rest of the world should have their eye on! Madness! Read on...

Sydney punk quintet Chicks Who Love Guns have powered through a plethora of East Coast venues since late 2009, leaving patrons breathless and a fog of cigarette smoke behind. Almost two years and a debut EP later, the five boys are now releasing EP number two, Stutter.

Part of The Sydney Fringe, the Captured project came to an end on Sunday night, with a massive crowd filling up the Oxford Art Factory Gallery Bar for a free show featuring Cameras and Chicks Who Love Guns.

The winners were announced, and it was Bon Chat, Bon Rat who took the public vote - while Stefan Hunt and Campbell Brown (of Good Cheer)'s short film about Chicks Who Love Guns took the judges vote.

As part of Young Revelry's national tour I went down to FBI's new permanent venue FBI Social. Located on the second floor of the Kings Cross Hotel, it honestly felt like a strange place to be watching bands perform being the Cross and all, but once you step through the doors: the cosy atmosphere, cheerful ambience and general good cheer easily overwhelms and all that stereotyping gets thrown out the window.

Some great live video here of Sydney's Chicks Who Love Guns covering Tyler, The Creator's "Yonkers". Enjoy!

"Thank you for staying with us. This is very much the weirdest gig we've ever played. Sorry that it wasn't loud enough."

I almost feel like DZ Deathrays, who are quoted here as they brought their show to an end, summed up the night better than I ever could. As the night hit 1am, the group who had assembled to watch an excellent night of rock and roll found themselves surrounded by middle aged women on their hens night, Asian businessmen and a world of dispair: a casino gamefloor.

"There's three things in Life, that's God, Love and Satan. And God, how I love Satan..." Cass Navarro drawls out over a silence, before being completely destroyed by fast, manic drums and an abrasive thrashing of guitar.

There is something particularly kitsch about Sydney's Chicks Who Love Guns. From their 2011 debut ep Vomit on the Dance Floor, and even their name itself, through to this new single "God, Love and Satan"; this brazen quintet unashamedly walk the crooked line between tongue-in-cheek and over-the-top with style, ego and a complete desire to 'fuck shit up'.

Sydney's Chicks Who Love Guns have released not one but TWO music videos for their new single "God, Love & Satan". We wonder which one you prefer? Take a peak...

The first annual Australia's Year in Music hardcover publication was launched on Tuesday night at the Woolloomooloo Bay Hotel in Sydney, with superb performances from Brendan Maclean, Phatchance, Coptic Soldier and Anthony Hughes and the International Love Experiment (not pictured). Chicks Who Love Guns, Ambi and Hayley Foster from Chaingang were all kind enough to DJ as well.

My apologies for missing the first support act, I arrived just as they were finishing their set but from what I was told it was reminiscent of a young Jack Ladder; which would have been cool to see.