News from the Australian music scene, from Perth to the East Coast and in between as well as New Zealand.
Get ready to rock like it’s 1983 when Melbourne’s legendary and much-loved Huxton Creepers celebrate their 40th Anniversary with a big show at The Corner Hotel on Saturday October 7! Joining the Creepers as they […]
The extraordinary career and lifetime contribution of music legend Russell Morris was recently honoured with two sell out performances at the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall and Arts Centre Melbourne’s Hamer Hall. The concerts sold […]
Sydney’s Dirt City inaugurate themselves to authentic, riff-craving afans everywhere with the release of their self-titled debut EP today! Establishing an emphasis on their own musicality and reimposing the roughness missing from modern metal, Dirt […]
BRISBANE, ADELAIDE & PERTH SOLD OUT! VERY LIMITED TICKETS AVAILABLE FOR SYDNEY & MELBOURNE Multiple Grammy award winning American rockers EVANESCENCE will be returning to Australia next week hitting all major cities to celebrate 20 […]
New Zealand based Rockers Haast Hunter have just released their single ‘Sunshine’. The powerful new single is taken from their upcoming album, which is set for release later this year. ‘Sunshine’ is a nod to all those […]
With a legendary line-up of Australian talent, featuring James Reyne, The Beautiful Girls, Kingswood, Dragon, Ash Grunwald, Sunny Coast Rude Boys & more, KickAss Festival have today announced the addition of another Australian mainstay, with […]
Individually, they’re two of the most beloved musicians to have ever graced the Australian music scene, but together… well, there’s a first time for everything! Now, Jebediah frontman Kevin Mitchell will be making Aussie music […]
Responding to unprecedented demand, Morgan Evans has added a third Newcastle show to his anticipated Life Upside Down Australia and New Zealand tour this August and September. Evans will now play back-to-back hometown shows at Newcastle Civic Theatre on Monday 4 September (just announced) and Tuesday 5 September (sold out), along with a […]
Rose Tattoo – one of Australia’s most revered rock bands – is hitting the road tomorrow to celebrate the band’s fourth album as it approaches its 40th anniversary – 1984’s Southern Stars. This extensive tour […]
You’ve been waiting. We’ve been waiting. Gosh darn, we’ve all been waiting. Following its return to a full-strength festival last year for our 30th Anniversary, Western Australia’s beloved springtime musical adventure, Blues at Bridgetown, returns […]
The Screaming Jets, headed up by legendary rock front man Dave Gleeson, have shared a further taste of their long awaited tenth studio album, Professional Misconduct, via the anthemic new single Second Chance. Already touted as one of […]
Adelaide based classic Hard Rock/Stoner Rock outfit Loaded Billy are back with the release of their incendiary new single and music video called ‘Scarlet’, which was premiered exclusively via Hysteria Mag. “The song is about a young woman from […]
Between 2017 and 2019, Lloyd Spiegel chronicled his journey through depression and personal growth with a trilogy of albums. ‘This Time Tomorrow’, ‘Backroads’ and ‘Cut and Run’ were all named Album of the Year at […]
Aussie rock legend Jimmy Barnes is bringing a scorching, roaring, and unmissable show to the historic Fremantle Prison. Jimmy Barnes is the heart and soul of Australian rock and roll. For over 40 years he […]
PETER HOOK & THE LIGHT make a triumphant return to Australia to perform both New Order and Joy Division’s famed Substance compilations, sequentially and in their entirety in Australia and New Zealand in May 2024. […]
August sees Silverback Touring bringing back the best Nirvana Tribute act on the plant to perform Nirvana’s iconic album, ‘In Utero’, in full, as part of its 30th-anniversary celebrations. The band, which has been hailed […]
Local Bunbury-based metal/rock band Feedback, have just dropped ‘No Escape’, the 2nd and final single to be released from their upcoming debut album ‘Rising of the Sun, Falling of the Sky’. The song is an […]
‘Liberty’ THE REVOLATION’s seventh single is an in your face, gutsy, driving rocker that hooks you from the very start. There is an energy in ‘Liberty’ that is a reminiscent of that true Australian rock […]
Australian heavy sleaze metal band, Snake Bite Whisky have released a previously unreleased digital format single from the recording sessions for their second album, ‘Black Candy’. The single, ‘Cruel And Indiscrete’ was originally released as […]
Raw & aching, Perth’s Joan & The Giants have today stepped forth with their haunting new track ‘Sleep Alone’. Covering feelings of unrequited passion & love, alongside motifs of longing, loneliness & fleeting memories ‘Sleep […]
Sydney based Heavy Rockers Wicked Envy have released their devilish new single and music video called ‘Paralysis Demon’, which was premiered exclusively via AAA Backstage. The hard-hitting single encourages listeners to reach out for help when struggling with their […]
Jimmy Van Zeno – a lifelong musician and award-winning music industry veteran whose eponymous project emerged out of a series of experimental demos he’d written. Throughout more than 30 years as both a band member […]
With six of eight shows sold out on their national Easy Detention tour, iconic Aussie rockers Grinspoon have announced second and final shows for Perth, Adelaide and Melbourne, with limited tickets still available in Hobart […]
WEDNESDAY 13 and his current band – which features former MURDERDOLLS alumni Roman Surman and Jack Tankersley – will be performing a full set of MURDERDOLLS songs, taken from the band’s celebrated 2002 debut album, ‘Beyond The Valley Of The Murderdolls’ and […]
Revered rockers The Screaming Jets, fronted by charismatic lead singer Dave Gleeson, have released their brand new single Nothing To Lose today! Listen here, added to Spotify’s New Music Friday here. It is the band’s first new music offering in […]
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