Canada’s The Dead South have just released their much-anticipated fourth studio album; Chains & Stakes. Full to the brim with ghost stories, tales of love, loss and deception, it is a body of work true […]
Boy & Bear is set to embark on an unforgettable tour through Australia and New Zealand, marking the 10th anniversary of their critically acclaimed album Harlequin Dream. For the first time in their illustrious career, Boy & […]
Pearl Jam will release their twelfth studio album, Dark Matter, on Monkeywrench Records/Republic Records on April 19, 2024 and launch a 35-date worldwide tour this May. The album’s title track is available now HERE. Produced by […]
Klash of the Titans is an accurate synopsis for the highly anticipated co headlining tour of German Thrash veterans Kreator and Swedish Death Metal giants In Flames, which to many Heavy Metal enthusiasts seemed like […]
Janet Gardner last graced our shores a few years ago to rave reviews. Now she’s back with her band which includes ex-Tyketto bassist Justin James for Glam Fest Australia. Bringing a formidable band and playing […]
Love some of that old time rock and roll? Aussie rock festival Wanstock returns in 2024 with its biggest lineup yet, with the rock’n’roll gods set to descend on the Shoppingtown Hotel in Doncaster on […]
Having enjoyed a fruitful and exciting year of releases and breakthrough performances in 2023, Sydney indie four-piece, Jet City Sports Club, are kicking off a brand new year with their latest dose of musical serotonin, […]
Are you ready?! Following massive sold out shows across Europe, UK and the USA in 2023 – which should come as no surprise for the Greatest Band That Ever Played on Planet Earth – GRAMMY®-winning […]
On the back of the release of their new EP ‘Three in the Chamber’ Firing Squad will be playing a huge first show of 2024. They will be setting it off at The Bendigo Hotel […]
Tonight was all about powerhouse trio’s and Brad Cook’s own return to playing live… For the uninitiated Brad Cook and his trio are a modern rock/psychedelic blues infused band who released their amazing debut EP […]
In celebration of the first anniversary of the band’s latest studio album Foregone, and with their Australian Tour with KREATOR kicking off this week, Swedish melodic death metal icons IN FLAMES have released a digital […]
Beloved Brighton indie band The Kooks are heading back to Australia, playing a stack of dates across the country this Autumn. Presented by XIII Touring and Untitled Group, the band will bring their huge back […]
Brisbane, Australia – In a thrilling turn of events following the unforeseen cancellation of Glamfest Brisbane, the heart of rock ‘n’ roll in Brisbane beats stronger than ever. Danny & Mango from Ablaze, Glenn from […]
On a sweltering 40’c Saturday, QotSA have kicked off their 2024 Australian & New Zealand ‘The End is Nero’ tour. The atmosphere is buzzing, and crowds are chattering everywhere about their favourite songs, the last […]
H.E.A.T. has to be one of the best live Hard Rock bands around at the moment and they are bringing their live energy down under again this year for shows at Glam Fest Australia in […]
Multi-ARIA-Award winner Tones And I will bring her headline tour to Australia and New Zealand in August and September, starting in Sydney, before heading to Newcastle, Auckland, Brisbane, Townsville, Fremantle and Melbourne. Tones And I said, “The […]
Jimmy Barnes has announced his much anticipated return to touring following open heart surgery late last year. Jimmy was admitted to hospital on 27 November last year with bacterial pneumonia. Treatment was commenced immediately however […]
As they prepare to embark their next large stretch of Australian touring, The VANNS have given fans another insight into just how busy they have been plotting for these opening months of 2024 to be! […]
Melodic and exuberant, Melbourne indie folk auteurs Pierce Brothers have today unveiled their latest single, WILDER feat. LULLANAS, the fourth release from their newly announced upcoming 3rd studio album Everything Is Bigger Than Me, due out March 28. […]
UK ragga-metal legends Skindred released their colossal eighth album, Smile, in August of 2023. With the incredible support of the rock and metal community – including messages of support from Metallica, Rage Against The Machine […]
In Fremantle, music aficionados were treated to a talent rich evening as Brendon B Brown, lead singer of “Wheatus”, and Art Alexakis, frontman of “Everclear”, graced the stage for an intimate acoustic show. I was […]
Swedish Metal greats Katatonia are a difficult band to describe. Their sublime blend of cryptic lyrics, with subdued but sorrowful vocal melodies, and polyrhythmic guitar riffs straddles the borders between progressive, alternative, and doom metal. […]
There are very few bands that to this day maintain, capture and preach the spirit of rock n roll like Wednesday 13 does. It’s hard to believe that it has been twenty-two years since I […]
LEAVING JACKSON has become one of the must-see live Acts touring today. Over 300 performances at some of the most iconic venues in Australia & New Zealand – “The State Theatre Sydney, Thebarton Adelaide, Opera […]
Feel like something is missing in your life, feel like you haven’t heard enough blaring sirens, deafening chants or seen enough bar climbing and megaphones!! Maybe you ‘Can’t Get Enough’ of Electric State. Well, wait […]
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