For almost five decades Icehouse has been household names in Australian Music. Regardless of which generation you come from Icehouse’s music is etched into our lives. Andrew Slaidins got to sit down with frontman Iva Davies […]
There has always been something special about the anticipation of Crossbone Skully. Their debut album ‘Evil World Machine’ brought the legendary Mutt Lange (AC/DC, Def Leppard) out of retirement to executive produce the project. The […]
NASHVILLE PUSSY rocked our socks off with their sold out shows on their 2022 Aussie tour, including being the last band EVER to play the iconic Frankie’s in Sydney – which had well over 5000 […]
Norwegian collective, Wardruna, will be touring Australia and New Zealand for the first time this month, with their latest album, Birna, being released on January 24, while they are here in Australia. With major contributions to […]
There have been some pretty special albums released in 2024 and Cory Marks has just released the absolute dark horse album for me this year. “Sorry For Nothing” was released via Better Noise Music on […]
Tim ‘Ripper’ Owen’s unique skills tore open a fairytale career, fronting iconic acts including Judas Priest, Iced Earth, Yngwie Malmsteen, Dio’s Disciples, The Three Tremors, and the incredibly ferocious RIPPER – a collaborative project spearheaded by Hatebreed’s Jamey Jasta. And […]
I first met Kathleen around 2017/18 when she first started playing with Kate Ceberano. This shy young woman with the great smile and tonnes of talent seemed to pop out of nowhere. That was seven […]
What a stellar line up of artists we were treated to. Mornington Racecourse housed one of the biggest and best line ups of this year or any year and the team at Face To Face […]
Good Things Festival is one of those events I look so forward to every year, I love the diversity of acts, the atmosphere and the chance to discover and see bands I haven’t had the […]
Before I get into the bones of this review. This is a spoiler alert. Where the hell has Frank Turner live been all my life. How have I not seen him live before? What a […]
It’s been 30 years since North Carolina indie-rockers Superchunk released their classic fourth album, Foolish. That breakout album, produced by Brian Paulson (Slint, Beck, Wilco), was the band’s first for the label they founded, Merge […]
Andrew Roachford or better known as simply Roachford dominated the Australian airwaves and charts in 1994. His third album “Permanent Shade Of Blue” went to number two and was certified two times platinum here in […]
This show has been forty-four years in the making, and it has been worth every moment of the wait. This was the second show in the run of “The First Four Tour” and if the […]
On this humid, balmy Melbourne Thursday night I was about to enter into a musical domain that isn’t completely in my comfort zone, but I’m keen to step outside in the name of live music. […]
I cannot begin to tell you what a fun show this was and what a perfect pairing Alkaline Trio and Dropkick Murphy’s are. There was such an energy in the room, and I can confirm […]
Now this was a Rock N Roll show !!! Make no mistakes about it. What a night !!! Kicking things off tonight were Large Mirage from The Blue Mountains in Sydney. This young dynamic quartet […]
The atmosphere at Marvel Stadium was electric on this mid thirty degree day. Melbourne you turned the weather on for this show. Unfortunately I didn’t get to catch the Cosmic Psychos do their thing but […]
All-female, Indonesian metal trio, VOICE OF BACEPROT, have embarked on their inaugural Australian headline tour. Andrew Slaidins caught up with them on the eve of their first show to find out about their music and […]
Local Melbourne punk rockers Press Club delivered a warm and energetic set to start tonight off. I personally hadn’t seen the band before but had heard great things about the band live and tonight any […]
With this being one of our live shows of the year and being given the opportunity to cover the St Kilda show, we thought why not. Take it away Andrew Slaidins… The Palais Theatre in […]
Coldplay returned to Australia for the second time in twelve months. The last time was only for one show in Perth Western Australia. That show was no doubt the precursor for this tour. What a […]
Canadian indie rock band Mother Mother are about to embark on their sophomore tour of Australia. I sat down with Vocalist/Guitarist Ryan Guldemond ahead of the tour to talk what’s new since their first tour […]
Jerry Cantrell the man best known for his work in Alice In Chains releases his fourth solo album “I Want Blood” on October 18. I was lucky enough to catch a listen to the album […]
A couple of days prior to the release of his third solo album “The Art Of Letting Go” Andrew Slaidins sat down with Myles Kennedy as they spoke about the album, his love of guitar […]
Glenn Hughes is one of those names that is synonymous with rock music. His career spans more than five decades and has recorded some of the greatest albums in rock n roll history. I caught […]
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