News from the Australian music scene, from Perth to the East Coast and in between as well as New Zealand.
Following the 2017 release of the debut single (TENNIS) from Sydney band PARTICLES and the follow up single ‘Rift’, the band are certainly kicking off 2018 in style with the release of their third single […]
When it comes to having a rock n roll party, it doesn’t get much better than embracing the music of the King himself, Elvis. That is the concept behind the 2018 Cruise N Groove […]
Sydney teenage punks, The Kids, have come crashing into 2018 like their lives depended on it. Last month the band released their first single, School, to the praise of Australia’s punk and hardcore media and scored a spin […]
Adelaide’s duo, The Hard Aches unveil new single, Happy. Happy is the follow up to title-track, Mess taken from their upcoming sophomore album, Mess out April 13 via Anchorhead and will see them tour in April nationally with special […]
Melbourne’s Slowly Slowly may have only just announced their St. Leonards headline tour but, due to insatiable demand, the band have announced the addition of two new shows in Sydney and Brisbane. The announcement […]
Sydney progressive metal quartet Red Sea have just released their brand new single Hurricane! With its titanic guitars and rack-tom heavy drumming offset against the angelic yet powerfully striking vocals of frontwoman Erica Bowron, […]
Melbourne rockers The Ugly Kings are all set to drop their highly anticipated debut album, Darkness Is My Home, on Friday, April 13 via German label Kozmik Artifactz. The band have just released the […]
Captives‘ new album will take you “Over The Rainbow“! Their brand new album is out next Friday, 30th March 2018. They are celebrating today with a new single and raucous house party video – […]
Sparrow are here to remind you that industial metal is NOT dead. They are set to release their ‘Digital People‘ EP into the world April 6! The five-track EP will be set free in […]
The team behind Creative Events Perth are excited to announce the full weekend lineup for Perth’s latest music and socially inspired event REVERB Set to take place in the the glorious Autumn month of […]
When it comes to reinventing Soul, Country and Blues for a new audience, Melbourne certainly punches above its weight among the great music cities of the world – and a large bunch of Australia’s […]
Melbourne’s Bury The Kings are today announcing the imminent release of their new EP, ‘V‘, a concept EP dealing with the 5 stages of grief. The progressive heavy outfit will release the 5 track […]
The Smith Street Band’s inaugural Pool House Party smashed through Coburg Velodrome at the weekend, seeing the likes of Press Club, The Bennies, Bec Sandridge, Tired Lion, Baker Boy and more absolutely tear it […]
Following on from a successful release and tour cycle of debut album Colourize, Melbourne’s Pretty City are now ready to introduce fans to the second instalment of their growing body of work: 2018’s Cancel […]
Following the announcement that Ritual Productions has expanded its roster with the signing of Drug Cult – a four-piece occultist doom collective – we now unveil a new video for the opening track ‘Serpent Therapy’, in addition […]
Melbourne-based blackened rock’n’roll band PAGAN have today unleashed their new single ‘Death Before Disco’ together with the announcement of their single launch (a party aptly titled the Holy Communion) going down in Melbourne next […]
UNDER THE SOUTHERN CROSS, A Metal Festival dedicated to all styles of metal, returns for its 10th year running!! With 9 years of successful history, the annual event has grown into a mandatory date […]
Brisbane trio Columbus are back and they are here to offer A Hot Take On Heartbreak – their second album set for release on May 25 via UNFD. The first single lifted from the […]
Less than a year since the release of their latest album, the explosive Forgetting The Future, British India are thrilled to announce they’ll be returning to stages around the country in May and June […]
When it comes to bringing home a point, The Ruminaters don’t do things by halves. Fans were given a taste of the new album Welcome to Flight S.U.N 91 early on this year with […]
Figurehead’s youth belies the subversive protest lyrics of the band’s latest single; their eulogy to the beloved but now defunct 106 Bus. For years, Uni students and school girls and boys have hopped on […]
Three teenagers, known as ALIEN WEAPONRY, from a tiny town in the small South Pacific nation of New Zealand have managed to capture the imaginations of people all over the world with their unique […]
Following its bumper first line-up announce, Blues on Broadbeach driven by Frizelle Sunshine has revealed 30 more acts to perform at the free festival, which takes place on the stunning Broadbeach, Gold Coast foreshore […]
Brisbane’s Sunset Junkies debut single “Inertia” is the culmination of decades of experience within the band. Heavy guitar and instrumentation combined with lush chorus vocals all mixed together with David Bottrill‘s (Tool, Silverchair, Peter Gabriel) signature sound makes […]
STUMPS may still be fresh faces to many but make no mistake, this Sydney four piece have wasted no time at all in snatching the attention of music fans, industry heads and tastemakers around […]
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