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The mighty FIFTH ANGEL is proud to announce their epic fourth album, When Angels Kill, which will be released on June 16th, 2023 through Nuclear Blast Records. For FIFTH ANGEL fans, or fans of melodic power metal, this album is simply a “must have.” […]
Southern roots rockers Robert Jon & The Wreck have released a powerful live version of “Blame It On The Whiskey,” a standout track from their first ever live DVD Live At The Ancienne Belgique, out 4/21 via Joe Bonamassa’s Journeyman Records. […]
THE NIGHT FLIGHT ORCHESTRA are back with their first new music of 2023. After a successful run of European dates last November, and the completion of an outstanding leg through Scandinavia in March, the Swedes follow up with […]
Two-time GRAMMY® winning entertainment legend, Tanya Tucker, who, earlier this week became the newest inductee into the Country Music Hall of Fame (read the Rolling Stone story here), will release her highly anticipated new album, Sweet Western Sound, June 2, 2023, on Fantasy Records. (Pre-Order HERE) […]
Toronto’s own Deadwolff hits hard and heavy with their first full length album, out now digitally via Golden Robot Records. It’s straight to the point, raw, rough and ready. Heavy Rock N’ Roll encompasses subject matter that hits deep but is […]
Jason Charles Miller returns with a full band version of ‘The River’, an acoustic folk song that quickly turns into a wall of heavy metal thunder! With lyrics inspired equally from the 1849 California gold rush and the […]
Frontier Touring wish to advise that, due to illness, Jackson Browne’s scheduled performances at Aware Super Theatre, Sydney, tonight (Saturday 15 April) and Margaret Court Arena, Melbourne, on Sunday 16 April, are postponed. In a statement […]
Singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist, Jonny Polonsky releases “Wrong Dove.” The single is from his upcoming LP Rise of the Rebel Angels, out May 12, 2023 via Loosegroove Records/The Orchard. Pre Order/Save your copy HERE The hauntingly beautiful “Wrong Dove,” […]
TEG Live is proud to announce that one of the world’s most iconic and beloved bands, Culture Club, will return to Australia for a national Greatest Hits tour this September, featuring special guests 80’s synth […]
The BluesBones released 6 successful albums so far, which were all well received around the world. After touring extensively in 2021/2022 with their “Live on Stage” album, that became no.1 in UK and USA Blues […]
Bluesfest 2023’s return of international artists brought with it a steady supply of star power that left festivalgoers marvelling at the magic on show. Bluesfest returned in 2022 with the greatest coming together of Australian […]
The second video single, taken from the upcoming SERGEANT STEEL album MISTER SIPPI, saw the light of day. MAMA DIDN’T RAISE NO FOOL is not only the new single, it also shows another side of the new album! For […]
Bringing together East Coast attitude with West Coast swagger, TRIP THE WIRE is a high-energy hard rock band from one of rock music’s meccas: Seattle, Washington. The dynamic hooks, tight and driving rhythm ‘n’ grooves, […]
Renowned GRAMMY-nominated band Gov’t Mule has announced their new studio album, Peace…Like A River, will be released this summer and has shared the first single “Dreaming Out Loud” featuring Ivan Neville and Ruthie Foster. For the stirring new song, GRAMMY Award-winning vocalist, songwriter, guitar legend, and producer Warren Haynes wove […]
Over the course of five decades Steve Lukather has placed an indelible stamp on pop culture. Alongside his tenure as the only member of ToTo to never take a hiatus from the band, he has performed […]
Grab-you-by-the-collar Louisiana metal outfit VERMILION WHISKEY is preparing to release their latest album, Crimson & Stone, on May 26th, 2023. The album varies from head-nodders to fist-pumpers, with no pretensions of being anything other than a […]
LA-founded hard-rock hellraisers, L7 perform their landmark album ‘Bricks are Heavy’ in Full (Pretend We’re Dead, Shitlist, Wargasm, Everglade, Slide etc) L7 debut album came through Epitaph, run by Bad Religion’s Brett Gurewitz. Their second album Smell the Magic […]
Electric Revival is a young, hungry rock n’ roll band from Los Angeles with musical roots in the 70s hard rock scene blended with a 21st century sound. If Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and Deep Purple had brought their kids […]
Ian Moss has rightfully earned his place as one of the world’s premier guitarists. Noted for his subtlety and nuance of touch, coupled with a voice as smooth as honey and exquisite tenderness, Mossy has […]
The Southern River Band have well-earned their reputation as the future of modern Australian Rock ‘n’ Roll. Between electrifying passion in their nationally touring live show, a 2022 W.A.M. Rock Band of the Year award, […]
Multi-platinum hard-rock heroes, EXTREME, announce their first Australian tour in 5 years to celebrate the release of their new album “Six”, and bringing their friends LIVING COLOUR to join them as they celebrate the 30th anniversary […]
Jethro Tull are set to release their 23rd studio album, ‘RökFlöte’, on April 21st 2023 via InsideOutMusic. Following 2022’s ‘The Zealot Gene’, the band’s first album in two decades, Ian Anderson and the band are returning with […]
Ontario-based melodic death-thrash outfit RAIDER are going to tear open 2023 with their new album, Trial by Chaos, which is out today! To commemorate the release, the band has unveiled a new music video for the title […]
Celebrating one of the most pivotal entries in the history of great British rock and prog albums, Wishbone Ash’s legendary LP Argus gets a 50th Anniversary multi-format Box Set release on 14 April 2023 through […]
GRAMMY Award-winning Iowan icons SLIPKNOT have shared “Bone Church”, a surprise standalone single available today on all streaming platforms. The new song arrives with a M. Shawn ‘clown’ Crahan directed video piece titled “Yen – Director’s Cut (Bone Church)” which finds the multidisciplinary artist and […]
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