Heaven is a heavy rock outfit that has all the hall marks of the Australian pub rock culture but with international recognition! This impact internationally was due to hard driving yet melodic songs that captured strong conviction from CBS Records America. With notable tours under their belt supporting international acts such as Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Motorhead, Motley Crue and [...]
Multinational Melodic Metal band EDEN’S CURSE has inked a worldwide management deal with Germany’s ROCK N GROWL MANAGEMENT. The band is also making great progress with the writing process for album number four; a short snippet from a new demo track called “LOSING MY FAITH” can be streamed here: http://soundcloud.com/edenscurse/edens-curse-losing-my-faith Bassist Paul Logue says: “We are delighted to welcome Axel to the EC family and [...]
AUSTRALIAN TWO PIECE TO RELEASE DEBUT ALBUM ON JUNE 8 - PAPER SCISSORS ROCK TOUR ANNOUNCED Fire up your engines, Mildura garage rockers Jackson Firebird are ready to launch their high-octane debut album Cock Rockin’ on June 8, 2012. Known for their brutally energetic live sets it seems fitting that Jackson Firebird should mark such a momentous occasion with the Paper Scissors Rock tour in Victoria and NSW. [...]
“THE BRIGHTEST LIGHT” ALBUM LAUNCH DATES THIS JUNE… KING CANNONS don’t much care for what is supposedly cool. Since day one, their manifesto has been to be a band for the people. The type of band that actually means something. A band with a career that is based on substance over style. KING CANNONS’ debut album “The Brightest Light” will be [...]
Check out our interview with Slash right here… Check out our review of Apocalyptic Love right here… Check out our recent interview with Myles Kennedy right here… “This is unquestionably an exercise in rock & roll excellence” – 4/5 Rolling Stone Recent Rock n Roll Hall of Fame inductee and one of the greatest exponents of the electric guitar, SLASH, returns [...]
Butch Walker has just appeared on an episode on ‘Live From Daryl’s House’, that would be Daryl Hall of Hall and Oates fame. Check out the details below… “Do you like the vocal stylings of Daryl Hall? Do you like paella? How about some red wine? Oh… I forgot.. Do you like to jam? If your name is Butch Walker, [...]
For the majority of rock music fans here in Australia, at some point over the last decade or so, you are bound to have heard, read, or seen Joe Matera? As lead guitarist with Aussie rockers Geisha during their re-emergence during 2007 to 2010 or as founding member of classic rock band Double Vision between 2003 to 2008. As a [...]
Neil Young & Crazy Horse will release a very special album titled Americana on June 1, 2012. Americana is the first album from Neil Young & Crazy Horse in nearly nine years. Crazy Horse is: Billy Talbot, Ralph Molina, Poncho Sampedro, and Neil Young. Americana is collection of classic, American folk songs. In their day, some of these may have been referred to as “protest songs,” “murder [...]
AUSTRALIA’S ‘TONIGHT ALIVE’ NOMINATED FOR INDUSTRY RENOWNED 2012 KERRANG! UK AWARDS Sony Music Australia are excited to announce that Australian pop-punk protégé Tonight Alive have received two nominations for the prestigious The Kerrang! Awards 2012 Fuelled By Relentless Energy Drink; the band has been nominated in the category of Best International Newcomer and Jenna has additionally been nominated as part of the Hottest Female category. The winners will [...]
S T R A N G E R S are doin’ it for themselves! Sydney Southern Beach rockers STRANGERS have so far done it for Calling All Cars, they did it for Closure In Moscow, they did it for Unwritten Law and Red Coats and just recently did it for UKs men in tights The Darkness! Their muscular new single ‘Persona Non Grata’ was released to radio this week! It will be available [...]
EVERCLEAR DEBUT BRAND NEW SINGLE – COVER ART REVEALED – NEW ALBUM DUE THIS JUNE (NEW YORK, NY) – EVERCLEAR has debuted a brand new single called “Be Careful What You Ask For” today exclusively from Spinner.com. Click HERE or the image to the left to listen! EVERCLEAR is set to release its new studio album, “Invisible Stars,” on June [...]
SAVING ABEL SIGN WITH EONE MUSIC – NEW RECORD DUE OUT THIS JULY (NEW YORK, NY) – Mississippi rock band SAVING ABEL has signed a worldwide deal with eOne Music. The band will release its brand new record “Bringing Down The Giant” on July 17th, 2012. “I’m so excited and proud to announce that we have signed to eOne. Thanks to [...]
House vs Hurricane Announce Crooked Teeth Album Tour & New Track UNFD is proud to announce that Melbourne thrashers HOUSE VS HURRICANE have finished recording their second album Crooked Teeth and are gearing up for it’s release this Winter. The album is their first with new frontman Dan Casey, who joined late 2011. Behind Casey’s energy and enthusiasm, they have delivered one of the [...]
As anticipation for Buried In Verona’s third album Notorious builds, further ammunition has been added to the band’s cannon in order to secure an explosive release on June 1, 2012. Today, the Sydney six-piece not only reveal a collection of solid supports for their existing capital city tour, they also add extensive regional dates to extend the run throughout the winter. This July will [...]
PLAYER to come back with a new EP and album release on Frontiers Frontiers Records is pleased to announce the signing of PLAYER to the label for the release of a yet untitled new album. Best remembered for “Baby Come Back,” a song which topped the US single charts in 1978, Player original lineup included Peter Beckett (guitarist, lead vocalist), J.C. Crowley (guitarist, [...]
Secret Sounds are excited to announce that Splendour headliner THE SMASHING PUMPKINSwill be playing some very special sideshows in Perth, Sydney, Melbourne and Aukland, NZ. For these performances, as well as playing plenty of classic Pumpkins catalogue THE SMASHING PUMPKINSwill be debuting a unique stage design in Australia created to reflect the visual themes of their new album, “Oceania”. Alt rock’n’rollers WOLFMOTHER will join THE [...]
YELLOWCARD ANNOUNCE AUSTRALIAN TOUR! YELLOWCARD will return to Australia to play 3 special springtime shows in September. The band will hit Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney and treat fans to hits such as ‘Ocean Avenue’, ‘Only One, ‘Hang You Up, ‘Lights and Sounds’ and “Sing For Me” In March 2011 the band released their first album for Hopeless Records, When You’re [...]
STEEL PANTHER are “Crude, rude, filthy, and more infectious than a bad case of herpes”. – Revolver Mag. For STEEL PANTHER, bringing the halcyon days of metal back to the world is not a job…it’s a mission statement, a modus operandi, and a way of life. In their first ever headline tour of Australia, Steel Panther are primed for an [...]
Frontiers Records is excited to present the debut album from WIGELIUS entitled “Reinventions” due for release on June 29th in Europe and July 2nd in North America. WIGELIUS is a sensational new AOR band from Sweden built around the talent of Anders Wigelius, a gifted young vocalist who came to the attention of producer Daniel Flores (ISSA, THE MURDER OF MY SWEET, MIND’S EYE) after he [...]
Irish HARD ROCK’s finest new band MILLION $ RELOAD to release their second album “A Sinner’s Saint” on Frontiers Frontiers Records is pleased to announce the signing to the label of MILLION $ RELOAD for the release of the band’s second album entitled “A Sinner’s Saint” onJune 29th in Europe and July 2nd in North America. Formed in Northern Ireland in 2005, Million $ Reload [...]
THE MACCABEES TO TOUR AUSTRALIA presented by Chugg Entertainment Thanks to our friends at Chugg Entertainment, we’ve got a double pass to give away to each of the upcoming headline shows (details below). Simply email us with your name and preferred show, winners will simply be those who enter first! Email to enter: mtrbwy@maytherockbewithyou.com 09/05/12 THE MACCABEES in BRISBANE at THE HI FI 10/05/12 THE MACCABEES in SYDNEY at METRO THEATRE [...]
A couple of months back we spoke with the one and only Slash about his new album called ‘Apocalyptic Love’ with Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators to be released on May 18thas well as some possible great news for Australian fans… but, you’ll have to wait for that. You’ll be able to read the full interview in just over a [...]
No Doubt have posted on their website today a video announcing the release date for their brand new album! The full post is below… are you pumped for this one?! We hope you like the new video and the big news – the new album will be out on September 25th. We are incredibly excited to share the new music [...]
COMMON DESTINY, the 11th studio album of Jaded Heart will be released May 25th 2012. On May 4th the band released the official videoclip of the song “With You” which you can view below. Further the album will be out as a vinyl-version (distributed by Cargo Records). 20 years after their founding in 1991, Jaded Heart are still – and more than [...]
To celebrate the imminent release of Buried In Verona’s new album Notorious, UNFD has arranged for two special Melbourne launches for the record on May 31st and June 1st. With just under a month until release of Notorious, all the elements of a strong debut are falling into place. The lead single’s lyric video has already clocked up over 40,000 views, and the track has been #1 [...]
JIMMY BARNES ANNOUNCES EXCLUSIVE VICTORIAN SHOWS! JIMMY BARNES has been there and back. He’s tasted glory as Australia’s favourite rock & roll singer for more than 3 decades. His career as both a solo performer and as the lead vocalist with the legendary COLD CHISEL has made JIMMY one of the most popular and bestselling AUSTRALIAN music artists of all time. Taking [...]
LAST OF A DYING BREED TO BE RELEASED AUGUST 17, 2012; LYNYRD SKYNYRD’S FIRST STUDIO ALBUM SINCE GOD & GUNS Loud & Proud/Roadrunner Records announced today the release of Last of a Dying Breed from Lynyrd Skynyrd, the band’s first studio album since the September 2009 release of God & Guns which debuted at #18 on the Billboard Top 20 [...]
THE OFFSPRING DEBUT NEW SINGLE “CRUISING CALIFORNIA” AT RADIO AND AVAILABLE ON ITUNES NOW NEW ALBUM ‘DAYS GO BY’ AVAILABLE JUNE 29 THE OFFSPRING returned to Australian airwaves this week with the premiere of the brand new single “Cruising California” which is available digitally now. The band have also announced the title of their forthcoming studio album DAYS GO BY, [...]
ALANIS MORISSETTE TO RELEASE NEW STUDIO ALBUM - HAVOC AND BRIGHT LIGHTS ON AUGUST 31st, 2012 Los Angeles, CA (May 2, 2012) – Multi-platinum, Grammy winning artist Alanis Morissette will be releasing her highly anticipated seventh studio album, HAVOC AND BRIGHT LIGHTS, on August 31st, 2012 through Sony Music Entertainment Australia. Produced by Guy Sigsworth (Björk, Madonna, Seal) and Joe Chiccarelli (Tori Amos, Elton [...]
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