Love Police are overjoyed to announce old mates, Ian Ball and Ben Ottewell from the band Gomez, will be returning to Australia later this month for a set of stunning, intimate live performances, marking their Australian debut as a duo. […]
Beaux Gris Gris & The Apocalypse follow up their breakout single ‘Fill Me Up’ (#3 in the Top 100 UK Blues Radio Chart, #7 Most Played on Planet Rock Radio UK – 1.7million Impacts) with […]
Following on from their critically acclaimed November 2020 Debut Album “Everything”, Sonic Circus return in 2022 with their new EP – “RISE”. Reviews from “Everything” were strong and included such comments as: “Reminiscent of the […]
“Tube Snake Boogie,” a track featured on ZZ Top’s forthcoming RAW album, will be available this Friday, May 20 in advance of the album’s July 22 release by Shelter Records/BMG. Check it out here https://lnk.to/ZZTopTubeSnakeBoogieRAW Like the […]
Phil Jamieson – frontman/singer/songwriter/guitarist for Grinspoon – has released a second single and video entitled ‘Trouble’ from his first ever solo album Somebody Else set for release July 29. “‘Trouble’ started life in Potts Point […]
Gold Coast alt rockers Mass Sky Raid have just dropped their anthemic new single ‘Miracle’, the final offering from their sophomore album ‘Calm In Chaos’ due for release on Friday June 3rd, 2022. There is […]
Today is an exciting day as TOBIAS SAMMET’S AVANTASIA herald a new age in the fantastic, ever-expanding universe of AVANTASIA with ‘The Wicked Rule The Night’. After almost three years of hibernation, mastermind Tobias Sammet and his outstanding all-star formation inspire […]
Internationally acclaimed Perth band Datura4 – the current outfit of iconic Perth rock’n’roller Dom Mariani of The Stems and Someloves fame, are back with another new single, this time with legendary Perth blues slide guitarist Dave […]
Freo.Social was the setting for a stripped back night of exceptional music from former Saints and Laughing Clowns legend Ed Kuepper and his equally talented counterpart, drummer Jim White. A crowd of around 350-strong gathered […]
After a seven-year hiatus, Irish rockers The Answer are set to make their long awaited and highly anticipated return with an exclusive and sole 2022 comeback performance at this year’s Planet Rockstock festival, Dec 3. […]
Flying high from winning ‘Best New Album’ and coming only second to Iron Maiden in the 2022 Rocks Awards ‘Best British Band’, When Rivers Meet roll into Town for their show at The Brudenell in […]
I was a big, big fan of Shark Island back in the day – man that first major label record is a classic and the song ‘Paris Calling’ was all of my mixtapes! But […]
It was early 2020 when I purchased tickets to see Bon Jovi in April that same year. They had an album ready to be released in May. The opening act was none other than […]
93X is the local go to Hard Rock station in the Minneapolis Saint Paul area. They are typically behind and promoting almost any rock band that comes to the Twin Cities. This particular show […]
In just over a week Michael Schenker’s new album will be upon us. Schenker of course is a legend, and whether you saw him back in the 80’s or rather more recently, then you’ll […]
The new EP arrives as the band unleash the flaming-hot grooves of their final single from the release: “When It’s Gone”. LISTEN HERE Thundering through a riotous blend of fuzzy reverb, vintage-tinted guitar lines, heady […]
Johnny Thunders single ‘Born to Lose’ is now available on all digital platforms and is taken from the upcoming live album; Cosa Nostra: Live At The Mudd Club 1983 Gothenburg. ‘Born to Lose’ is a staple punk song […]
BLUESFEST 2022 – THURSDAY 14TH – MONDAY 18TH APRIL 2022 Bluesfest Byron Bay 2022 heralded the return of live music in a major festival format after a 2-year enforced hiatus. It is just incredible […]
With bands able to travel across borders now it was only a matter of time before Electric Mary made the trip over to WA for a long-awaited return and with a line-up of musical quality […]
12 track Album released on 6th May 2022, Boombox is dirty, gritty, old-school rock and roll which I love. I was keen to sample their wears as I had never really had a chance to […]
Back in the late eighties as a Hard Rock fan Dan Reed Network and Nelson were my two guilty pleasures, so much so that over the nineties I managed to collect pretty much every […]
Its been nearly four years since WA was blessed with a performance from Ed Kuepper (The Saints) but he’s back this weekend with a somewhat stripped-back set featuring drummer Jim White (Dirty Three), on a […]
‘Strange Desires’ is the second single lifted from the upcoming L.A. Cobra album titled Superstition, and is now available on all digital platforms via Crusader Records. The song, which features Slade Sleaze – L.A. Cobra’s guitarist – on vocals in the verses, encourages the sharing of […]
One of the UK’s most enduring and best-loved bands THE CHARLATANS return to Australia for their 32nd anniversary tour. Their set list includes – The Only One I Know, Jesus Hairdo, Sproston Green, Then, Weirdo, Can’t Get Out of Bed, […]
The rock anthem ‘A King Has Gone’, taken from MSG’s new album Universal, and its intro ‘Calling Baal’, also available on Universal, both have a special significance: The track, sung by Helloween frontman Michael Kiske, is a tribute to the immortal Ronnie James Dio, in particular to […]
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