News from the Australian music scene, from Perth to the East Coast and in between as well as New Zealand.
The Amity Affliction have released their widely anticipated new LP Misery today on Roadrunner Records. Bassist and vocalist Ahren Stringer says of the album, “It’s hard to describe how excited we are for everyone […]
Adelaide’s prime purveyors of noise and fuzz, Horror My Friend return today with new single ‘Wedding‘ and announce details of second album – Home Life – out on Friday September 21st via Poison City […]
Lifeblood are a chaotic hardcore band from Brisbane, Australia. Today they are set to “expand” their horizons and their reach into the world with the announcement of their brand new single “Expand” and their […]
Following on from the record-breaking success of last year’s multi-day music event, we’re excited to step things up again as we reveal more on the shape of this year’s WAMFest presented by Act-Belong-Commit and […]
Australian melodic hard rock band The Radio Sun will release their fifth full length album Beautiful Strange via Pride & Joy Music (Europe) and Anderstein Music (Japan) on the 24th of August. The album […]
Scream For Me Sarajevo is the amazing and astonishing story of the most unlikely of rock concerts, performed by Bruce Dickinson and his band Skunkworks in 1994, in the midst of the “Siege of Sarajevo”. […]
In a month, the big date has finally arrived: Metal United Down Under (MUDU) – in its fifth edition. On 22 September, 117 Australian metal bands will perform at shows in 14 cities all […]
The self titled debut album by I, Valiance is a slowly but ever evolving puzzle; not released as a whole, but in very important pieces. Each part unveiling more of the band’s sound; with […]
Australian fifteen year old vocalist Cassidy Paris has been gaining worldwide attention with her catchy brand of pop rock and her new single Walking On Fire is a great follow up to her previous singles, ‘Talk About It’ and […]
South Australian true metal brigade ROAD WARRIOR will release their debut full-length album, Power, on October 12 via Gates Of Hell Records. Featuring eight tracks of “diverse, fist-clenching, manly and classic metal,” Power was […]
When you’ve spent a healthy amount of years honing your craft as a musician, making records, playing shows and touring Australia and the world, it’s normal to feel a sense of immense pride in […]
Forty years after the release of one of the greatest Australian debut albums of all time – (I’m) Stranded – Ed Kuepper returns with a brand-new band and a brand new contender for the […]
Picture this… 1988, Bob Hawke is Prime Minister, Australia dumps $600 million bucks of tax payer cash on Expo 88, Home and Away hits our tellies for the first time, triple j launch the […]
INXS’s KICK album proved to be such a hit in the Chocolate Starfish Classic Albums Series that the band is KICKing on in 2019 with another tour. After a spectacularly successful string of sold-out […]
Triple Kill are one of Melbourne’s hottest and hardest working Heavy Metal bands. They take their music very seriously and yet at the same time have their fans laughing with their witty humor displayed […]
To say the Psychedelic Porn Crumpets are having a nice run of late would be a massive understatement. The Perth rockers have continued to go from strength to strength, landing successfully on the radar […]
Kingswood will be bringing a bunch of their mates to their national tour party, kicking off next week in Adelaide! After months locked in studios in Melbourne and Nashville TN, the boys are pumped […]
The music video for ‘SILENT ENEMY‘, the title track off the new album from Blue Mountains alt/hard-rock band RED BEE, has arrived! From XYL Studio, who produced the visually stunning music video: “Our vision […]
Formed in High School in their hometown of Wollongong, The VANNS story centres around Jimmy Vann (vocals/guitars) and Lachie Jones (drummer) when they casually threw a band together to enter a competition. Following 2017’s […]
When Hollywood meets Collingwood What do you get when you cross renowned Canadian film and television director, Larysa Kondracki; the rising star of the recent Picnic at Hanging Rock remake, Lily Sullivan; a bunch […]
It’s 2001, you’re driving home from work, flicking through the radio stations, and Five Star Laundry by Motor Ace is being played on triple j, Triple M and a bunch of other stations in […]
After selling out their first two return shows, and following that up with an entire Australian run with Thy Art Is Murder, Oceanic hardcore outfit Antagonist AD are proving they’re here to stay as […]
Aussie rockers, King Coyote have released a striking music video for their new single, Moonlight Queen. Produced by VFX master Danny McNeill, check it out below! The trio combine the the riff rock of […]
LONDON is the creation of siren London Gabraelle and legendary Australian heavy music producer & songwriter dw Norton (Superheist, Walk The Earth). Think Lacuna Coil meets Kate Bush & Parkway Drive… yeah it’s heavy, […]
Following last year’s epic 25th Anniversary celebrations, Western Australia’s beloved springtime musical adventure, Blues At Bridgetown, returns for 2018 with a weekend’s worth of good times and great sounds to ease your soul and […]
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