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In celebration of the first anniversary of the band’s latest studio album Foregone, and with their Australian Tour with KREATOR kicking off this week, Swedish melodic death metal icons IN FLAMES have released a digital […]
Beloved Brighton indie band The Kooks are heading back to Australia, playing a stack of dates across the country this Autumn. Presented by XIII Touring and Untitled Group, the band will bring their huge back […]
Brisbane, Australia – In a thrilling turn of events following the unforeseen cancellation of Glamfest Brisbane, the heart of rock ‘n’ roll in Brisbane beats stronger than ever. Danny & Mango from Ablaze, Glenn from […]
Multi-ARIA-Award winner Tones And I will bring her headline tour to Australia and New Zealand in August and September, starting in Sydney, before heading to Newcastle, Auckland, Brisbane, Townsville, Fremantle and Melbourne. Tones And I said, “The […]
Jimmy Barnes has announced his much anticipated return to touring following open heart surgery late last year. Jimmy was admitted to hospital on 27 November last year with bacterial pneumonia. Treatment was commenced immediately however […]
As they prepare to embark their next large stretch of Australian touring, The VANNS have given fans another insight into just how busy they have been plotting for these opening months of 2024 to be! […]
Melodic and exuberant, Melbourne indie folk auteurs Pierce Brothers have today unveiled their latest single, WILDER feat. LULLANAS, the fourth release from their newly announced upcoming 3rd studio album Everything Is Bigger Than Me, due out March 28. […]
UK ragga-metal legends Skindred released their colossal eighth album, Smile, in August of 2023. With the incredible support of the rock and metal community – including messages of support from Metallica, Rage Against The Machine […]
Feel like something is missing in your life, feel like you haven’t heard enough blaring sirens, deafening chants or seen enough bar climbing and megaphones!! Maybe you ‘Can’t Get Enough’ of Electric State. Well, wait […]
Rostrum Records’ rising star Dryboy returns today with the unveiling of his auspicious debut EP Alone and Alive. A meditation on love, heartbreak, and solitude, the 7-track compilation seamlessly fuses pop, rock, and alternative hip-hop, […]
On February 9th, Jager Henry Bonham is set to release his most anticipated single yet, BLEED. This song is the first piece of the puzzle for an EP dropping soon. “The single is inspired by […]
Australian grindcore project CrisisAct have callously spat out their second single and the title track to their new EP “Artificial Noose”. A song that features none other than ex Damaged / Terrorust vocalist and longtime […]
Dramatic let-your-hair-down rock, Wasted Sunrise is a song to turn up loud – a song about waiting for the wrong kind of love. Unicorn’s forthcoming single Wasted Sunrise is set for release on Tuesday, 13 […]
UK indie rockers The Vaccines and Everything Everything are banding together for a whirlwind co-headline tour this May, playing shows in Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney. Returning to Australia for the first time since […]
GRAMMY Award-winner and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, James Taylor announces 3 further concert dates on his 2024 Australian tour, An Evening with James Taylor and His All-Star Band, to meet ongoing demand for […]
Alkaline Trio have released their 10th album, Blood, Hair, And Eyeballs, out now on Rise Records. Following the release of the albums first singles, the title track and Bad Time, the band have released a video for the […]
Udåd is the new act from Thomas Eriksen of current Norwegian black metal masters, Mork. As his main band evolves ever further into complex and elaborately textured moods and atmospheres, Eriksen reflected back on Mork’s […]
Blues-rock icon Walter Trout is exploding into 2024 with a new album, heavy touring and today he reveals the new video for Broken featuring powerhouse singer Beth Hart. You can watch the video HERE. The […]
With the new studio album, It Leads to This due for release, Friday 9 February and a fast-approaching UK & European tour, these are exciting times for The Pineapple Thief and lovers of modern, progressive, […]
Michigan Midwesterners Hot Mulligan announce they will make their long-awaited trip to Australian shores in March 2024 for their first ever string of Australian shows. Joining them will be Nashville special guests and fellow first time visitors Free Throw. […]
Brisbane alt-rock band Sunbleached dive into 2024 with new single, No Cure For Life, ahead of their appearance at New Bloom Festival in Brisbane this March. Tickets on sale now via Destroy All Lines. Swimming in sounds […]
Eora/Sydney-based alt-rock shapeshifters RedHook are launching into 2024 with one of their heaviest singles to date in ‘Scream 2’ – produced by Stevie Knight (Stand Atlantic) and mixed by James Paul Wisner (Underoath, Paramore). Conceptualised […]
After spending 2023 releasing their first new music since 2018’s debut album ‘No Chaser’, Ablaze are back and tearing straight into 2024 with a new single and tour! Intent on showcasing the band’s diverse writing […]
Boasting a lethal combination of razor sharp musicianship and blisteringly catchy anthems, Audio Reign are the epitome of classic heavy rock. After rocking the nation over the last several months with tracks like Motorway, Last […]
Jack J Hutchinson releases another fiery, fury-filled single from his new 10-track album, ‘Battles’ which is released Friday 9th Feb. ‘Battles’, was recorded at Momentum Studios in Plymouth and produced and co-written with Josiah J Manning […]
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