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Organisers are excited to announce the first Local Country Showcase to launch at the 2023 Gippsland Country Music Festival. The showcase seeks out local Gippsland musicians to join the 2023 line-up. Already a popular part of the event’s sister […]
With the force of a wrecking ball, EXTREME swing between unapologetic fits of fret-burning hard rock and intimately introspective balladry on the 12-track SIX, which also features such tracks as “OTHER SIDE OF THE RAINBOW,” […]
In celebration of the release of their #1 Independent Australian album, High Price Deed and hot on the heels of their second European tour within 12 months, Aussie rockers The Poor will hit the road for shows along the […]
Notoriously referred to by Motörhead’s Lemmy (RIP) as “the only real punk band”, the legendary British punk pioneers, The Damned, have announced their return to Australia and New Zealand for a series of highly anticipated shows in June. […]
Flogging Molly’s new, three-song, ‘Til The Anarchy’s Restored EP (Rise Records), featuring the previously unreleased title track and one-take performances of the band’s classic songs: “Drunken Lullabies” and “What’s Left of the Flag,” is available today via Rise […]
March 10 finally saw the re-release of BLACKMORE’S NIGHT’S milestone debut album “Shadow Of The Moon”. To fully celebrate the occasion, two copies of the Limited Black LP Edition contain a “Golden Ticket” with which two lucky fans will win an original Fender Ritchie […]
The huge demand for tickets to three-time Grammy Award-winning singer, performer, and international pop icon P!nk’s 2024 Summer Carnival continues unabated, with a further stadium show added, this time for Brisbane, bringing the total to 14 massive Australian […]
Southern roots rockers Robert Jon & The Wreck have released ‘One Of A Kind,’ their dynamic, multi-faceted new EP, out now on all digital platforms via Joe Bonamassa’s Journeyman Records. Featuring material produced by GRAMMY-Award winners Don Was (Bonnie Raitt, […]
Stonetrip’s debut self-titled EP was released via Golden Robot Records back in 2021 and showcased the bands impressive range. Straight up rock n’ roll bangers like opening track ‘Sideways’, ‘Runaway’ and ‘Wild Hearted’ came to be live favourites for their sheer […]
Female-fronted, multi-cultural rock band Circle The Earth has dropped their debut EP along with an official music video for the title track and new single “Hey Goodbye.” Directed and produced by Caitlin Hill, click HERE […]
After releasing the album digitally in early October, Smashed Gladys have just announced that RAW is officially available for purchase on a limited edition double LP via Golden Robot Records! Smashed Gladys was the band that built the scene, and literally […]
Over the past few years, Bristol-based, multi-award-winning singer/songwriter Elles Bailey has climbed to the very peak of the mountain in the British blues and roots scene and confidently crossed genre borders into wider territory. This year […]
Tame Impala (Kevin Parker) has released ‘Wings of Time’ an original song written for Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves in cinemas on Thursday, March 30. “Being asked to do a track for the D&D soundtrack seemed like an unmissable […]
Highway 61 is a Los Angeles-based blues-rock ‘n’ roll band whose debut album was recorded 30 years after the band broke up. And it only took a worldwide pandemic, a near-fatal bout with Leukemia, and […]
The Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band will return to the UK in April as part of the ‘Trouble Is…25’ World Tour. The band will be playing their iconic, platinum selling ‘Trouble Is…’ album in full along with live favourites. […]
Following news of their third headlining performance at this year’s Glastonbury festival, Arctic Monkeys have launched the new video for “Sculptures Of Anything Goes” from their current album The Car. Described by the NME as “The Car’s brooding highlight,” the video for […]
High Voltage, the free homegrown community celebration of music and the spirit of WA rock legend Bon Scott, is set to be the ultimate Sunday afternoon out in the streets of Fremantle. DIESEL, Natalie Gillespie, Body Type, Eddie Perfect, Katy […]
Listen up Wollongong! Influential rock icons THE USED and PAPA ROACH are thrilled to bring their Cut My Heart Into Pieces tour to the University Of Wollongong on Thursday, April 27. Headlined by THE USED, general tickets will on sale NOW With the […]
Following their triumphant February UK tour, Robert Jon & The Wreck return to the UK for a 10-date tour in September 2023. Tickets NOW on general sale at www.robertjonandthewreck.com The September UK tour precedes tomorrow’s release of the Wreck’s 4-track […]
The White Buffalo has released the full-length art film The White Buffalo: Year of the Dark Horse; watch the film, based on the new album, Year of the Dark Horse, in its entirety, below The White Buffalo’s acclaimed new album, Year […]
Heavy Southern Rock band Texas Hippie Coalition announces the release of their seventh studio album, The Name Lives On, on April 21, 2023 via MNRK Heavy. The hard-hitting, 10-track collection is another riff-heavy, sonic assault from beginning to […]
Forged deep in the fiery pits of the underworld, the Battlesnake rises up to take the earth by storm…. The lovechild of Queen, Tenacious D, Judas Priest and Gwar, Battlesnake are a unique beast within the Australian music scene. The cult […]
The Smashing Pumpkins present The World Is A Vampire Festival at ten shows across the nation this April! The festival boasts some very special guests including alt-rock legends, Jane’s Addiction and killer Aussie rock from Amyl & The Sniffers, RedHook (at […]
With over 30+ dates already completed across Australia, Kingswood are today announcing an additional 40+ dates atop their Phase One ‘Hometowns’ touring schedule. This announcement sees the band reach 100+ Australian tour dates (with more to come), taking their self-constructed bus ‘Peggy’ on the road to towns […]
BLACK OAK COUNTY is Back For Blood! The Danish hard rockers prove they’re far from finished with their latest hard-hitting single and official video, “Back For Blood”, released today! Following the band’s successful reunion […]
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