Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown have released their new album, Shake The Roots, which is out today on the band’s own Rattle Shake Records! Featuring the lead singles “Ain’t None Watered Down” and “Ghostrider”, the […]
It’s a Thursday night, a school night in Melbourne. I have my camera and I am heading to a venue I have never heard or attended before, Musicland Melbourne. I have come to see Truck […]
I was first introduced to the world of hard rock in 1992, the cultural impact of grunge hadn’t hit yet and I was hearing albums that were relatively new then but are now considered […]
When you grow up loving a Hard Rock so much it inspires you to become a musician you don’t give up fighting for that big break. After one knock back you come back stronger and […]
Suede have released ‘That Boy On The Stage’, a new track taken from their forthcoming ninth studio album, Autofiction, due September 16th via BMG. Listen to it here https://suede.lnk.to/ThatBoyPR As ‘That Boy On The Stage’ lurches […]
Frontier Touring are excited to confirm 35x time ARIA nominees and 11x time ARIA Award-winning alt-rock trio Eskimo Joe kick off their 6-date national Black Fingernails Red Wine In The City 2022 tour this month! To celebrate, the band release a […]
You can just about hear the music in the air as the South-West readies itself to spring into action for the 30th Anniversary edition of Blues at Bridgetown, three days’ worth of rhythm, melody and memories from […]
Kings of Leon announced today that Australian band The Temper Trap will join them as very special guests on their national tour of Australia this year. The tour commences in Mildura on Saturday 29 October and then travels to Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and Perth. KINGS […]
One Electric Day is one of Australia’s best-loved rock festivals. So far this year, the 2022 tour, slated for November, has almost completely sold-out. Now, organisers are excited to announce a special One Electric Day […]
American artist, singer-songwriter and guitarist Samantha Fish is one of the fastest rising stars in the world of Blues and Rock and Roll. Building an enviable worldwide reputation with her extraordinary guitar skills and visceral […]
The Rockpit has been supporting great music since we began in 2009 and one of the very first bands we spoke to was H.E.A.T. on the eve of their second release ‘Freedom Rock’ in […]
It sounded like a good idea and then COVID hit. Like many other touring packages, it’s been side-tracked for over two years. The pent-up excitement and anticipation add it to the craziness of this […]
On my arrival at in Newtown, It was fairly obvious that there was a Rock show in the vicinity. Obviously, Newtown Station is still a reasonably colourful precinct at the best of times, but the […]
It has been a long wait to get us to tonight’s show in more ways than one, but that wait has only served to build the anticipation. As the crowds milled outside before the […]
To celebrate their upcoming US Fall Tour, The Dead Daisies are unleashing “Face Your Fear”, a powerful new straight up driving rock track taken from their upcoming album ‘Radiance’. With an intoxicating hook driven by […]
British hard rock supergroup Snakecharmer was formed in 2013 by former members of Whitesnake, Wishbone Ash, and Thunder. The resulting line-up is a veritable who’s-who of classic hard rock: Vocalist Chris Ousey (Heartland), Guitarist Laurie […]
The renowned Tennessee-based legendary independent record label, Sun Records, often referred to as the place “where rock and roll was born,” will be releasing a 6-song covers EP from rock n’ roll legend Suzi Quatro. Uncovered boasts cameos from […]
The Hard-Ons closed their four-show WA tour with a spellbinding performance at Fremantle’s Mojos with special guests Rinehearts and The Shakeys. Photos by Shotweiler Photography GALLERY The Shakeys RINEHEARTS THE HARD-ONS
Having spent the early months of 2022 at Bryon Bay’s iconic The Music Farm (Midnight Oil, Cold Chisel, Yothu Yindi) working with esteemed producer Chris Collins (Skeggs, Middle Kids Tyne-James Organ) Australia’s indie-alt-rock darlings The […]
QUEENSRŸCHE releases their new track and music video for “Behind The Walls” today via Century Media Records. “It is a story about those in crisis dealing with various forms of abuse. The protagonist is faced with the […]
Independent Aussie rockers, The Butterfly Effect today release their long-awaited fourth studio album, IV, the band’s first new LP drop in over 14 years after its predecessor, 2008’s The Final Conversation of Kings. Set to hit the road in […]
It’s been 14 years since The Butterfly Effect last released an album in the form of ‘Final Conversation of Kings’ but with ‘IV’ they have returned with an album of the highest quality, with a […]
One thing I really love about the modern bands is that they capture the essence of certain eras of rock music and do so in a way as to not seem like they’re imitating […]
In just 31 weeks the 34th Annual Bluesfest’s gates will open for what promises to be the most exciting Bluesfest ever. Some of the finest contemporary and legendary Blues, Roots, Soul, Rock, Hip Hop, R&B, […]
Truck have released their latest offering “Unconventionally Rising” to the public and it has gone gang busters. This group of talented musicians have stamped their seal on the music scene with their brand of quintessential Australian […]
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