News from the Australian music scene, from Perth to the East Coast and in between as well as New Zealand.
Bleeding Gums Murphy’s brief appearance on The Simpsons is probably one of the show’s most emotional and iconic. When Dan Cribb decided to record the season six tune that fuelled that episode for his […]
The Nations capital as yet again coughed up some quality metal. Five piece death metal beast Hostel have come slithering out of the political wastelands of Canberra to deliver their debut track Malevolent. Formed […]
Sydney’s Flickertail have dropped the second single, Back of My Mind, from their upcoming 5-track debut EP, Hurry Up and Wait, due for release on 16 March via Golden Robot Records and available for […]
Press Club’s freshman year in the game was by no means small. In their first 11 months on stage they racked up 60 notches in their belts. Now ’18 is guaranteed to be bigger […]
New Zealand based cinematic rock quintet Written By Wolves has released a live video for their new single “Follow Me“. The video takes place at the sold out Bay Dreams Festival in Mount Maunganui, […]
Dark and neon the clip shows the band performing their new song in a dilapidated warehouse surrounded with junk and smoke. They perform with ferocity and angst. Watching singer Sam Thomas writhing on the […]
Perth cerebral metallers Nucleust have had a giant 2017. After releasing their debut full length album, Terra Cerebral in July via Rockpit Records, through Firestarter Distribution, they toured it nationally to ever increasing crowds […]
Melbourne’s Arcane Saints are releasing their brand new Britpop and classic rock inspired single “Something Real.” Never a band to shy away from change, the song is a step in a different musical direction […]
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 a […]
The Psychos are back, mate! Australia’s most legit export since Crocodile Dundee have announced the release of their eleventh studio album, ‘Loudmouth Soup’ on April 6, 2018. They’ve also got a ripper new vid […]
This Friday – NQ’s most hardcore outfit Sanctum & Solace are dropping their brand new EP Made Wrong – and now it’s time to drop new track from it, “Social Suicide.” The EP is […]
Since the release of their 2015 debut EP ‘Limbo’, Sydney quintet Bad Pony have set a furious pace on the path to success. National radio play – check. Music Matters Singapore 2016 – check. […]
This March Sydney’s Housefox Studios will be launching the very first episode of Housefox Sessions. This all new Youtube channel presented by Black Rheno’s front man & studio owner Ryan Miller, will be bringing you interviews and […]
Inhale, Exhale – Grasshole‘s album ‘Fuzz of Flavour‘ is going to be out in the world this Friday, 23rd of February! Pass it around. New track from the record, ‘The Reckoning‘ is a new […]
Meltdown Festival is Australia’s newest touring festival that looks to target the nations ever growing alternative and heavy market. Booking, Management and Promotions company the Dirthouse Agency have been simmering away over the last […]
Do you remember when you were 16? It was you against the world ‘cause the world was against you. Being a kid in today’s world is harder than ever before. Social and family pressures, […]
Sydney act Undercast have released their new single ‘Let Go‘ today, along with a new music video produced by Kieran Ellis-Jones of Crystal Arrow (The Hard Aches, Stand Atlantic). The song was produced by Nathaniel Sherwood […]
Open your windows, call your mates, stretch your feet, and cancel your plans – The Southern River Band are here, and they’re packing the soundtrack to the rest of your life. ‘Cigarettes (Ain’t Helping […]
It’s a big day for Melbourne’s Thornhill. Today the five-piece drop their hotly anticipated EP Butterfly and, in celebration of the release, the boys have unveiled the video for their latest single “Reptile” and announced […]
Tasmanian rock outfit Luca Brasi have today announced a small run of intimate shows along the east coast. With the band’s last tour selling out big rooms across the country alongside appearances at Falls, […]
“…they’re just these young, broke kids who don’t give a fuck except to play music in front of people. I love it and it’s inspiring on a daily basis. That’s the spirit of rock […]
The 2018 Nannup Music Festival returns this year with a whole range of great artists to check out. Taking place on the beautiful banks of the Blackwood River, the event will return this for […]
Perth’s Sparrow are set to release ‘Digital People’ into the world! Friday April 6 will see the five-track EP set free in the digital and real world, with the video for their new single […]
Brisbane hardcore groove metal act, Massic will release their debut album, Redshift, on March 30. The band began life in 2015 as a strict song writing project but the parties involved quickly realised this […]
Melbourne Pop Punk legends Loose End are today dropping their brand new filmclip for single ‘Without a Trace‘! The video transports the viewer to a wedding where something just isn’t right – the bride […]
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