Jethro Tull are set to release their 23rd studio album, ‘RökFlöte’, on April 21st 2023 via InsideOutMusic. Following 2022’s ‘The Zealot Gene’, the band’s first album in two decades, Ian Anderson and the band are returning with […]
Ontario-based melodic death-thrash outfit RAIDER are going to tear open 2023 with their new album, Trial by Chaos, which is out today! To commemorate the release, the band has unveiled a new music video for the title […]
Celebrating one of the most pivotal entries in the history of great British rock and prog albums, Wishbone Ash’s legendary LP Argus gets a 50th Anniversary multi-format Box Set release on 14 April 2023 through […]
GRAMMY Award-winning Iowan icons SLIPKNOT have shared “Bone Church”, a surprise standalone single available today on all streaming platforms. The new song arrives with a M. Shawn ‘clown’ Crahan directed video piece titled “Yen – Director’s Cut (Bone Church)” which finds the multidisciplinary artist and […]
Frontier Touring wish to advise that, due to illness, tonight’s performance by Jackson Browne at Margaret Court Arena, Melbourne, has been rescheduled. Browne will now perform his Melbourne show on Sunday 16 April. Jackson Browne and […]
Blues rock icon and five-time GRAMMY-nominated guitarist Kenny Wayne Shepherd has announced the second annual KWS Backroads Blues Festival, which will make stops across the US this spring and summer. Beginning with two performances in the Pacific Northwest […]
With 2023 marking the 50th anniversary of the iconic album Live Dates, this is a rare opportunity to hear the legendary Wishbone Ash performing their biggest-selling album in its entirety, along with songs from many of their […]
Alt-Rock outfit OK Hotel share their raucous new single ‘Get Out’. The high energy, riff heavy, chorus driven track alludes to more things to come from the trio this year. Forming in Wollongong Australia, OK Hotel are a melodic-driven, […]
The Hollywood Stars have announced that guitarist George Keller has joined the band’s lineup. Keller replaces Ruben de Fuentes, a founding member of the group in 1972. Also departing is rhythm guitarist Chezzare Monroe. Last […]
UK Ska Legends BAD MANNERS finally return down under for a Greatest Hits Tour. Fronted by Buster Bloodvessel with his exceptionally long tongue, big personality and even bigger figure, bald-headed Buster and BAD MANNERS have a huge set of fun original pop ska […]
After a wonderful run of shows in the U.S. and Japan celebrating 50 years of performing live Jackson Browne finally arrived in Perth to kick off the Australian leg of his Australia & New Zealand […]
“Drama” Started simply as a recording project in 2018 by a group of enthusiastic musicians in Louisville, Kentucky. Lead singer Ashton Blake and his bandmates caught the ear of Maryland-based HighVolMusic’s founder Bill Chavis, who […]
Paul Gilbert’s new record “The Dio Album” is out now via Music Theories Recordings/Mascot Label Group, an album celebrating one of heavy metal’s greatest icons. Check out Gilbert’s take on Don’t Talk To Strangers below; You can order/stream […]
Singer-songwriter Kelsey Hickman releases an incredibly powerful music video for her latest single, “Novocaine.” Bringing to life the song’s romance as an addiction, the video is directed by Stormlight Pictures and tells an emotional story from one’s perspective of […]
Southern roots rockers Robert Jon & The Wreck have released an extended live version of “Hey Hey Mama,” a fan favourite that will be featured on their first ever live DVD Live At The Ancienne Belgique, out 4/21 via Joe Bonamassa’s […]
Grammy Award-winning guitar virtuosos Rodrigo y Gabriela have shared “The Eye That Catches The Dream,” available now at all DSPs and streaming services. The track – which shifts from stark opening notes to a glorious whirlwind of […]
South African Rockers Jackson Colt is back with a Rocking new single ‘Strangers’ produced by Dale Schnettler (Prime Circle & The Drumjay Experience). Jackson Colt is the essence of 80’s Rock reimagined. Catchy chorus hooks, […]
Written during a hard period of Angie’s life, the latest track is a testimony to the hardships of mental health and an upbeat reminder to be gentler with yourself. Although born from a difficult chapter, […]
Michigan-based hard rock group Pop Evil released their album, Skeletons, today alongside a visual for the title track via MNRK Heavy. [Stream now]. The band also launched 601 deluxe digital box sets through VAULT with […]
The long-awaited reissue edition of Blackmore’s Night’s debut album “Shadow Of The Moon” (1997) is released in stores worldwide & available NOW Blackmore’s Night deliver another exciting foretaste with the launch of the 25th Anniversary Mix of “Play Minstrel Play” On “Play Minstrel […]
Following the success of their acclaimed 2022 second effort Rumble Of Thunder, groundbreaking Mongolian rock group THE HU—who use traditional Mongolian instrumentation, throat singing and perform entirely in their native language have announced a deluxe version of the […]
“I learned “Nature Boy” from my dad when I was young, maybe ten, twelve years old,” says Rickie Lee. “It is a very odd song, only one verse, almost like an introduction without a body. […]
Australian hard rockers BIG RED FIRE TRUCK have released a video for “Trouble in Paradise”. The song, which is the title track from their upcoming EP, kicks off with high-energy guitar riffs, driving rhythms and […]
The Smashing Pumpkins’ The World Is A Vampire Festival kicks off in just under two weeks time! The festival boasts some very special guests including alt-rock legends, Jane’s Addiction and killer Aussie rock from Amyl & The Sniffers, RedHook and Battlesnake PLUS […]
Over the years I’ve loved talking to some of the great bands that strode the Sunset Strip in the late 80’s. For me there were plenty of gems up there amongst the also-rans. Some of […]
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