News from the Australian music scene, from Perth to the East Coast and in between as well as New Zealand.
In Hearts Wake have released a video for “Freak”: taken from Spawn (Again): A Tribute To Silverchair, out now on UNFD, as well as announced supports for their epic Australian regional tour in early 2018. The […]
Bolting straight out the gate with triple j airplay, Hobart’s Verticoli have served up new single ‘Free Will’, the blistering title track from their EP which was just released December 1. With support slots under their belt for […]
Falls Festival is getting set to deliver Australia’s biggest NYE summer Silver Jubilee party! As our 25th anniversary approaches we have just added 22 names to the original home of Falls, our farm in […]
In late 2016, LORD was invited to play the prestigious ProgPower USA festival in Atlanta, Georgia. This show was professionally filmed and recorded and now it’s available to download or stream.The epic live performance […]
Sanctum & Solace, North Queensland’s most fire new heavy act, are today bringing their tropical heat to everyone. Today they are dropping their new track/lyric video Slave, a brand new taste of a forthcoming […]
The Falls Music and Arts Festival have once again teamed-up with Music Tasmania to showcase a bunch of local acts at this year’s Marion Bay festival. This is the third year that Homebrewed has […]
Pollard Row is a post-metal trio based in Adelaide, Australia. The band’s artistic outreach is to invite listeners into a texture of sound, flowing from warm melodies to heavy passages of music, all held […]
Ah, the Christmas single. As collectible as a Beatles’ fan club flexi-disc and as timeless as Wham!, it’s that little touch of sonic mistletoe that brings you and your favourite band together when you need […]
Following their debut in early 2017, Brisbane’s newest pop punk trio comes out swinging with new single and ‘Don’t Look’ and accompanying video, premiering via CONTROL Zine this week. Reminiscent of house parties in rickety […]
Lycanthrope are today announcing the release of their debut full-length album, Chapters, on Friday February 16 2018! To celebrate, they are unleashing a brand new track and video into the world, entitled ‘Like A […]
Melbourne’s CAMP COPE are thrilled to finally reveal the full details of their highly anticipated sophomore album. Featuring the “searing” first single ‘The Opener’, their new album How To Socialise & Make Friends will […]
Ready? Of course you are. Hose out your mind, locate your tent pegs and pack your flannies; BOOGIE FESTIVAL is back on the farm, more fabulous than ever. It’ll be getting good weird in Tallarook, […]
In what has been an epic year, 2017 has seen The Smith Street Band release their fourth album, play some of the country’s finest theatres and festivals, tour North America, the UK and Europe, and […]
Drunk Mums return from a successful European tour with hard-hitting single ‘Hot Flush’ from their forthcoming EP, Denim, and head out on tour in January. The forthcoming EP, recorded by bass player and vocalist […]
Northern Rivers hell-raisers, Hammers, have had an eventful 2017. The band kicked off the year by supporting Aussie Rock stalwarts The Screaming Jets for a run of shows through regional NSW, before returning home […]
Ram-Raid Entertainment and Soundworks Touring are proud to welcome back SLAYFEST into WA’s music calendar in 2018. On 9 March 2007, in the year when Myspace was the go to, the I-phone was launching, […]
Perth based Female Fronted Melodic Metal band Icarus Lives have had a stellar 2017, releasing their debut album Vantablack to a rampant home crowd, performing at 3 renowned Australian festivals in Perth, Sydney & […]
After a soul crushing false start and 5 year hiatus, Toni and the Stonehearts have finally arrived. 5 years ago, the record was written, the release date was set and everything was coming up roses […]
Wellington heavy metal stalwarts Bulletbelt release their 2nd music video, the title track, off of their new album ‘Nine Centuries’. The video for ‘Nine Centuries’ encapsulates the visceral experience of recording Bulletbelt’s 3rd album. Released […]
South east Queensland riff commanders, The Black Swamp will independently release their new EP, Witches on February 1, 2018 Recorded at Housefox Studio’s in Sydney with studio head Ryan Miller (Black Rheno) at the […]
Melbourne, post-grunge monsters Jarface have announced their debut album ‘Now They See‘ will be release on Friday, December 8.To celebrate the release of ‘Now They See’, Jarface have released a taste of the album […]
Lets Kill Uncle are a modern melodic death metal band from Perth, Western Australia. The band made their live debut in 2011 and over the course of the subsequent years built a reputation as a quality live […]
Sydney rockers, The Iron Horses, have released their latest single, April Rain, through Golden Robot Records, as they get ready to hit the recording studio for their 2018 album. A track about the regret […]
Sydney five piece, Endless Heights announce their sophomore album, Vicious Pleasure out February 16th 2018 via Cooking Vinyl Australia. Pre-order Vicious Pleasure HERE “To me this record is about a new chapter in my life. Where a lot of our music in […]
Heavv music festival Thrashville is proud to announce the bumper line-up for its second year, which will return on Saturday January 20, 2018, to the Hunter Valley, NSW. After its breakthrough debut in January […]
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