Articles By: MTRBWY 
MTRBWY / April 15, 2013 9:52 pm
THE ONLY PLACE IN AUSTRALIA TO BE IS YOUR LOCAL MUSIC STORE Record Store Day Australia is shaping up to be one of the best ever. Russell Morris has been announced as Ambassador for the day: There is an exciting variety of limited edition Vinyl Releases and the in-store appearances and activity is starting to hot up right across the country. [...]
MTRBWY / April 13, 2013 10:05 am
Germany’s rockers Torpedohead have released a brand new video for “Red City Lights”, the second promo single of the band’s successful album “Greetings From Heartbreak Key”. The harmonica-flavored “Red City Lights” is a stripped down country-folk acoustic tune that spotlights a different side of Torpedohead. The track was recorded live at home in the kitchen with no overdubs. The video [...]
MTRBWY / April 12, 2013 10:27 am
ENGLAND’S FAVOURITE PUNK ROCK TROUBADOUR RELEASES NEW ALBUM TAPE DECK HEART ON APRIL 19 Following a year that saw a headline sold out Wembley Arena and a performance at the London Olympics Opening Ceremony, Winchester-born folk/punk hero Frank Turner will release Tape Deck Heart, his highly anticipated fifth studio album on April 19, 2013. Produced and mixed by Rich [...]
MTRBWY / April 12, 2013 7:30 am
Thanks to our friends at Univeral Music Australia, we have five copies of the highly anticipated new from Fall Out Boy awesomely titled ‘Save Rock and Roll’ to give away to five of our lucky readers. You should have heard the newest single ‘My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light Em Up)’, but if you want to [...]
MTRBWY / April 11, 2013 7:29 pm
HUEY LEWIS AND THE NEWS CELEBRATE THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF ‘SPORTS’ WITH REMASTERED DELUXE EDITION (OUT 13th May) AND U.S. TOUR, AS ALBUM NEARS RIAA DIAMOND CERTIFICATION Huey Lewis and The News’ 1983 ‘Sports’ album spawned four Top 10 hit singles (and another that cracked the Top 20), iconic music videos, and sold almost 10 million copies. To celebrate the [...]
MTRBWY / April 11, 2013 6:20 pm
American punk band The Transplants are finally back with a ferocious new album called In A Warzone, which hits the street this June 28th via Epitaph records. “When we started this band 13 years ago, we weren’t worried about who was going to like us,” states front-man Rob Aston. “We still aren’t. In A Warzone is more raw and stripped [...]
MTRBWY / April 8, 2013 12:10 pm
NEON TREES – LIGHTING UP MELBOURNE & SYDNEY STAGES The Frontier Touring Company has announced that Utah rockers Neon Trees will be tearing up Melbourne and Sydney with a special one off performance in each city this May! The band is set to perform their infectious brand of pop rock at Ding Dong Lounge in Melbourne and The Standard in [...]
MTRBWY / April 6, 2013 1:16 pm
Swedish Axeman MAGNUS KARLSSON to release his debut solo project FREE FALL in June on Frontiers ! Frontiers Records is pleased to announce the release of MAGNUS KARLSSON’S FREE FALL debut album on June 11th in North America and June 14th in Europe. Magnus Karlsson started his cooperation with Frontiers Records in the year 2000 when his band LAST TRIBE [...]
MTRBWY / April 5, 2013 11:26 am
Jimmy Eat World will release their seventh studio album ‘Damage’ on June 7th 2013. ‘Damage’ is the follow up to 2010’s critically-acclaimed ‘Invented’, and the first release on their label partner RCA Records. ‘Damage’ was produced by Jimmy Eat World and Alain Johannes (Mark Lanegan, Chris Cornell) and recorded in Autumn 2012 at the producer’s Los Angeles home studio. Mixing [...]
MTRBWY / April 4, 2013 6:28 pm
Thanks to our friends at Sony Music Australia, we have five copies of the amazing new Bring Me The Horizon album ‘Sempiternal’ to give away to five of our lucky readers. You may have heard the singles ‘Sleepwalking’ or ‘Shadow Moses’ already, but if you want to hear what else they’ve come up with on this killer release, well you [...]
MTRBWY / April 4, 2013 6:15 pm
Fresh off ZZ Top’s Australian Tour, The Dead Daisies are set to release their lead single ‘Lock ’N’ Load’ (single artwork pictured to the right). Featuring the signature guitar riffs of Slash and laced with Jon Stevens’ trademark vocals this classic track will rock you to your very core. “Slash and I wrote ‘Lock ‘N’ Load’ which was recorded with [...]
MTRBWY / April 4, 2013 6:05 pm
TWO FULL DAY SUPER CONCERTS! – A celebration of music, life & freedom! Aerosmith set to join the Saturday line-up! – Billy Joel, Van Halen and Aerosmith all performing full 90 minute sets Billy Joel and Van Halen’s only Australian shows! For Immediate Release: Thursday, 4 April, 2013: With just over TWO weeks to go until the first ever STONE [...]
MTRBWY / April 4, 2013 9:00 am
Lennard Promotions present a musical evening spanning four decades of hits with legendary musician, songwriter, producer and musical visionary Todd Rundgren. A Wizard, A True Star. The title of Todd Rundgren’s 1973 solo album aptly sums up the contributions of this multi-faceted artist to state-of-the-art music. As a songwriter, video pioneer, producer, recording artist, computer software developer, conceptualist, and, most [...]
MTRBWY / April 3, 2013 10:28 pm
(New York, NY) - Fans of bluesy hard rock and killer riffs can click here to check out the exclusive worldwide premiere of the sexy new video for Burning Rain‘s track ”My Lust Your Fate” on Noisecreep. The single is taken from the forthcoming album, EPIC OBSESSION, which will be released on May 21st in North America via Frontiers Records and can be pre-ordered here. Burning Rain is current Whitesnake [...]
MTRBWY / April 3, 2013 10:21 pm
MÖTLEY CRÜE THEY’RE COMING BACK… SEPTEMBER 18 – OCTOBER 6, 2013 Tickets on-sale Friday at 10am! Tweet it: They’re coming back! @MotleyCrue returns for 2nd residency @TheJointLV @HardRockHotelLV, 9/18 – 10/6. On sale Fri at 10a! #MotleyReturns Las Vegas, NV (April 2, 2013) – The world’s most notorious band will be coming back to the world’s most notorious city this fall, when Mötley [...]
MTRBWY / April 3, 2013 10:00 pm
April 2nd, 2013 – ADLER the new band led by former Guns N Roses drummer Steven Adler announced today the European dates for their BACK FROM THE DEAD TOUR. The first European show kicks off September 20th at Underground in Koln, Germany. ADLER is currently finalizing the South American leg of the “Back From The Dead Tour” which is slated [...]
MTRBWY / April 3, 2013 1:41 pm
TWELVE FOOT NINJA KILLS & EATS INTERNET TROLL BREAKING: Twelve Foot Ninja respond to an internet troll with dismemberment and cannibalism. It’s a tale of delicious retribution dealt out in the name of those who’ve experienced the cowardly blows of the infamous ‘keyboard warrior’. If successful, it will break the record for Australia’s most ambitious music industry crowd funding campaign! [...]
MTRBWY / April 3, 2013 12:43 pm
“Lo! have come to remind you of glorious times, times when Mastodon were using samples of Jurassic Park to kick off their records” - Metal Hammer (UK) Sydney’s imposing metal barons Lo! have been conquering stages and foreign lands since the release of their rapturously devoured debut album ‘Look and Behold!’ in 2011.The following year was spent furiously prepping a new volume of [...]
MTRBWY / March 29, 2013 12:19 pm
CITY AND COLOUR ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM - THE HURRY AND THE HARM OUT MAY 31 ON DINE ALONE RECORDS “…tells a story with a sincerity and fluency that is truly masterful.”— BBC City and Colour—acclaimed singer, songwriter and performer Dallas Green—will release his highly anticipated new album, The Hurry and The Harm, May 31 on Dine Alone Records. Available as a [...]
MTRBWY / March 29, 2013 9:59 am
PAUL LAINE TO PRODUCE THE RADIO SUN DEBUT Aussie melodic rockers The Radio Sun have announced that Paul Laine (solo artist, ex Danger Danger, Dark Horse) will produce the band’s debut album. Guitarist Stevie Janevski goes on to say “it’s been great working with Paul – an all round great guy who gets what we’re about. We can’t wait for [...]
MTRBWY / March 29, 2013 9:42 am
Canada’s prodigious sons MONSTER TRUCK have just announced the details of their debut full-length on Dine Alone Records. The album aptly titled FURIOSITY, is scheduled for Australian release on May 24. Produced by JUNO-nominated Eric Ratz (Billy Talent, Three Days Grace, Cancer Bats) at Vespa Studios in Toronto and Echo Mountain Studios in Asheville, Furiosityshowcases Monster Truck’s ability to seamlessly integrate influences from grunge and [...]
MTRBWY / March 29, 2013 9:07 am
GUITAR VIRTUOSO YNGWIE MALMSTEEN TO TOUR NORTH AMERICA IN SUPPORT OF NEW ALBUM “SPELLBOUND”; OFFICIAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY RELENTLESS: A MEMOIR DUE OUT MAY 6TH (New York, NY) – The king of neo-classical shred guitar, legendary guitar virtuoso Yngwie Malmsteen, will soon return to stages across North America for a headlining tour in support of his new album SPELLBOUND; SPELLBOUND was released in December, 2012. The [...]
MTRBWY / March 28, 2013 9:49 am
Escape The Fate Post “You’re Insane” Video Teaser Check It Out On NoiseCreep Pre-Order Ungrateful Today New York, NY (March 26th) Escape The Fate have released a teaser video for the upcoming ”You’re Insane” video. The video will premiere on April 1st on VEVO. Check out the preview clip today over at AOL Noisecreep. The song is the latest single from the band’s upcoming and [...]
MTRBWY / March 28, 2013 9:17 am
OLEANDER RETURNS WITH FOURTH ALBUM, ‘SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL,’ APRIL 16 March 26, 2013 — Even with an 8-year break between projects, OLEANDER never broke up, says bassist Doug Eldridge. “We said, ‘Let’s sit back for a while and enjoy life.’” That they did, and now they’re returning with their fourth album, SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL, due April 16 on RE_IGNITE Records via Kobalt Label Services. [...]
MTRBWY / March 27, 2013 9:23 am
Alice In Chains have announced a May 24th release for highly anticipated new album‘THE DEVIL PUT DINOSAURS HERE’. Those who can’t wait that long to hear new music can receive an instant download of new single “Stone” by pre-ordering the album on iTunes: http://smarturl.it/BuyAIC The band, who grace the cover of this month’s Revolver magazine in the US, will perform“Stone” April 10th on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” ”Stone” follows the album’s hugely [...]
MTRBWY / March 25, 2013 10:56 am
After debuting new track ‘2013’, Primal Scream return May 10th with one of the year’s most eagerly awaited albums; ‘More Light’, out on the band’s own First International label through Ignition Records / Inertia. An adventurous, 13-track collection of new songs – and the band’s first LP in five years – ‘More Light’ was written by Bobby Gillespie and Andrew Innes [...]
MTRBWY / March 24, 2013 1:31 pm
The Dead Daisies take you to a time when you didn’t have a care in the world – remember the 70′s and the abundantly musical 80′s, there wasn’t a week that went by when you didn’t go and see a live band. Bad Company, Free, Deep Purple and The Faces molded our musical foundation with big choruses, powerful melodies and [...]
MTRBWY / March 23, 2013 11:01 am
KillRockStar BigDog Entertainment Presents: Buckcherry, Richie Ramone & The Art THURSDAY 18 APRIL, THE ESPY MELBOURNE !!!ON SALE NOW!!! KillRockStar BigDog Entertainment present for one night only in Melbourne Buckcherry, Richie Ramone & The Art. In a one-off show that offers salvation for all Melbourne disciples of rock, Buckcherry, Richie Ramone and The Art team up for a triple bill that [...]
MTRBWY / March 23, 2013 10:42 am
2013-03-20 01:00 – BLACK STAR RIDERS, the new band featuring THIN LIZZY members Ricky Warwick, Damon Johnson, Scott Gorham and Marco Mendoza together with drummer Jimmy DeGrasso (Alice Cooper, Megadeth), have announced All Hell Breaks Loose as the title of their debut album on Nuclear Blast Entertainment, which will be released in Europe on the 24th May 2013. You can [...]
MTRBWY / March 23, 2013 10:35 am
2013-03-22 02:00 – Today is the beginning of a new era in the world of AVANTASIA: The new single “Sleepwalking” has hit the online stores (iTunes, Amazon, etc) Order here: http://bit.ly/avantasiasleepwalking The video was shot in a magical forest in Germany on a snowy winter‘s night. Tobias comments: “It was far below freezing. And there we were, standing in the [...]