News from the Australian music scene, from Perth to the East Coast and in between as well as New Zealand.
Dear music lovers, Your music is under attack. Overbearing regulation, exorbitant police bills, a lack of respect for NSW businesses, and very little recognition of the significant positive impacts of music on our communities […]
2019 sees the release of Wear Your Sins – a watershed release that presents a massive shift in the overall tone of Orpheus Omega. Displaying the result of cumulative experience over the past decade […]
HEART–ANN and NANCY WILSON–will return to the road in 2019 for the first time in three years with their massive “Love Alive” cross-country summer tour. Produced by Live Nation, the expansive 39-city outing by […]
New Zealand hard-out metal outfit Alien Weaponry, “one of the most exciting young metal bands in the world right now” (Revolver Magazine USA) are touring Australia on their Tūmatauenga Australian Tour in March 2019 […]
Atmospheric, complex and unique dual bass guitar outfit The Omnific are about to embark on a massive Australian-wide tour alongside progressive monsters COG – and today, they are releasing their new single ‘The Stoic‘, […]
Sydney’s wildest quartet Totally Unicorn have announced their brand new album ‘Sorry‘, set for release on April 12 via The Farmer and the Owl. Not long after, the band will take the album out […]
Western Australia’s finest purveyors of heavy and aggressive music – All This Filth, are set to release their second full length album “Misery Season” on March 29th via Rockpit Records. To the uninitiated, All […]
Sydney Rock ‘n’ Roll & Alternative Market blasts into 2019 on Sunday, February 24 with a vast array of spectacular stalls, a massive record fair and an entertainment line-up that will shake the foundations […]
Long running Novocastrian power metal band, Ilium have been plying their craft for over 20 years! Forming from the ashes of Oracle in 1998, the band have built a solid global fanbase and amassed […]
Kicking off the new year Ed Kuepper continues on where he left 2018 with a wealth of activity both with The Aints! and in solo mode. With The Aints! Ed & co join an […]
Adelaide death thrashers TRUTH CORRODED have unleashed the lead single and lyric video for ‘To The Carnal Earth‘ from the band’s upcoming new album Bloodlands. The new album will be released 22nd March via […]
UNI/VS from Brisbane formed in early 2017 and have rapidly established themselves as ones to watch in not just the Brisbane, but the Australian heavy scene. The Melodic Hardcore outfit are today announcing their […]
The Pinheads kicked of their national tour this weekend, Brisbane, Byron and Gold Coast fans getting their fill of all things Pin! Their new single ‘Innocent Crime’, the leisurelier paced, trance-inducing follow up to […]
Rags N Riches frontman Scott Ginn will release his third solo album in March 2019. ‘Only the quick and the dead‘ is the follow-up to his 2015 release ‘At the brink of eternity‘ and […]
A unique and powerful live band, Western Australia’s Tempest Rising hit the road as often as they can. Since 2012 they have toured anywhere and everywhere – from gleaming capital cities to dusty outback […]
Doing something new in the realm of heavy music takes vision, creativity and a hell of a lot of guts as there is always a risk. A risk of getting it wrong, of alienating […]
In one of the most hotly anticipated returns since Jon Snow and his curls to Game of Thrones, Brisbane’s favourite prog sons Osaka Punch are starting 2019 off with a roar, kicking ass and […]
Perth’s newest and rapidly growing metal club HORNOGRAPHY is raring to go for the February edition! After a huge Aussie Day party in January, we are back with a home ground advantage at THE […]
2019 sees the release of Wear Your Sins – a watershed release that presents a massive shift in the overall tone of Orpheus Omega. Displaying the result of cumulative experience over the past decade […]
The eagerly anticipated full-length album Carnival Of Fools from Brisbane dirty-soul act Blues Arcadia is a record that almost didn’t get made. Personal struggles and a band implosion shortly after they began the process […]
Melbourne one woman atmospheric, blackened Neo-Folk artist Suldusk has just announced the release of her debut album, Lunar Falls, via German label Northern Silence Productions. Suldusk have just released a trio of tracks from […]
Snake Bite Whisky, one of Australia’s number one sleaze bands, just released their debut album This Side from Hell via Pavement Entertainment and Sony Red on 25 January 2019. This Side Of Hell was […]
Making a name for your band in the Northern Territory is tough going. Not only is it isolated and hot, but it is literally hundreds of kilometres away from the well-worn band touring circuit […]
Melbourne’s legendary hard rockers, Electric Mary, will release their new album, Mother, on February 15! The band have a hand full of shows lined up to celebrate the release with more dates to come […]
Acclaimed WA blues singer/songwriter/guitarist Matty T Wall begins what will be a big year ahead on stages around the country with his debut appearance at Fremantle’s newest live music venue, the blues-and-jazz haven that […]
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