News from the Australian music scene, from Perth to the East Coast and in between as well as New Zealand.
Ahoy crew! Few bands in recent years have shown the same level of dedication to their fanbase as Lagerstein, who have consistently hit the road spreading their love of partying, catchy pirate tunes, and […]
Taking place at Perth’s newest and most exciting live music venue, Freo.Social, the WAM Song of the Year, presented by Act-Belong-Commit has been taken out by Carla Geneve as the Overall Grand Prize winner […]
Melbourne’s M0DAL1TY are today releasing a beautifully crafted and shot, but ultimately intense and atmospheric video clip for their new single ‘Redemption’. The new single will see its release Friday June 28 into all […]
The sound of The Limbs is one steeped in rich rock and grunge. With their new single ‘Here’, the Perth four-piece show off another element of their dynamism as a rock band and excite, […]
Judging is now complete so it’s time to celebrate the next yield of budding stars at the WAM Song of the Year Awards Party presented by Act-Belong-Commit! All nominees (see full list here) will be […]
Borderline Bookings and Lacerated Enemy Records are very happy to announce details for South African brutal death metal fiends Vulvodynia’s Mob Justice Australian album launch tour. This will be the band’s first time there; […]
After announcing their upcoming Chemical Hearts tour only a couple of weeks ago, legendary Aussie rockers Grinspoon have already sold out The Forum in Melbourne and Waves in Wollongong, with a bunch of other […]
Windwaker are having a DREAM year. Their EP ‘Empire‘ dropped in March to a rabidly excited audience – who responded in kind by eating the EP up on iTunes, Spotify and all online outlets. […]
Sydney punk rockers, Bare Bones, are back on the scene with their brand new single ‘Crawl The Night‘, the first offering of new tunes since the debut album Bad Habits dropped in May of […]
OBEY THE RIFF legends – New Zealand’s Beastwars are edging ever closer to the release of their new album ‘IV‘ on Friday June 28 (out through Destroy Records) and today are releasing an emotional […]
Australia’s biggest new music event BIGSOUND has today unveiled its first drop of tomorrow’s superstars with Tones And I, Milan Ring, Tasman Keith, Bad//Dreems, yergurl, EGOISM, and Electric Fields leading a list of 76 […]
While the concept of pain is universal to all living beings, the understanding of phantom pain is one that eludes most. Gravemind‘s vocalist Dylan Gillies-Parsons channeled the imagery of the experience into the band’s emotionally […]
THE AMITY AFFLICTION, arguably Australia’s most successful heavy music exports have announced the addition of TROPHY EYES and MAKE THEM SUFFER to the huge “Heaven And Hell’ line up as part of Brisbane Festival’s […]
Sunshine Coast power trio, Muules have spent the last two years digging deeper, further exploring their progressive alternative rock sound, while still limiting themselves to just bass, drums, synth and vocals, and this new […]
Freshly signed to UNFD and armed with their colossal new EP Alpha // Survivor, Melbourne post-hardcore band Drown This City are marking a definitive new era. With lead single ‘In Your Image‘ at the helm, the […]
Australian hit machine Diesel has today announced the Sunset Suburbia project: a trilogy of EPs leading into an album in 2020. And to coincide with the release of new music, Diesel will hit the […]
It’s been a busy few months in the Hornography Camp with quiz nights, CD launches and interstate touring acts. In July we are back to our usual proceedings with a killer all-local metal lineup […]
The VANNS are gearing up for a massive second half of 2019 with the release of their striking new single, ‘Mother’. Taken from their long-awaited debut album, The VANNS have served up another slice […]
Melbourne, Australia: Alternative rock band Rival Fire has announced details of their new single, Lost, out today. Rival Fire may sound menacing…but at their core, there is a deep, emotional connection to the human spirit. […]
Following the success from their 2018 EP release, Rise and Fall, My Secret Circus are back with purpose and resolve. The band have dropped a new single called Gone, which is a taste of what’s […]
Sydney progressive metal quartet Red Sea have just released their new single, The One. Following their epic, and acclaimed progressive metal single and video The Art of Transcending (TAOT) released in September 2018, the band have returned with The One. After the […]
Australia’s alt-rock queens The Beautiful Monument have announced they will be heading out on a headline tour around Australia in August to showcase their brand new album, I’m The Reaper (out June 28 via […]
Australian metallers, LORD, have announced August 1 the release date for their new album “Fallen Idols” . Frontman L.T.explains: “Well, it’s been ages coming but the time is nearly upon us for the new […]
Brisbane’s own pirate metallers, Lagerstein, are offering up the first touch of pure gold from their recently announced ‘25/7‘ album – with a brand new video & single “Dig, Bury, Drink!“, with pre-orders for […]
Australian alternative rock outfit, Fyre Byrd, have just dropped their third single through Golden Robot Records. Put Me In A Dress is peak Fyre Byrd. A song that the band say, is a reminder […]
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