The Butterfly Effect have ended the secrecy today, announcing their new singer Paul Galagher and releasing a new single to fans “Eyes Down”. click to stream “Eyes Down” via Soundcloud The band did a farewell run around the country with previous singer Clint Boge last year before re-emerging for the release of the DVD Effected, which topped the ARIA charts […]

TIME TO STOCK UP ON PROTECTION!!!  The Sunset Strip’s hottest exports, STEEL PANTHER, are infecting Australia this Summer on their Spreading The Disease (S.T.D.) Tour. “WALKABOUT? Don’t you mean ROCKABOUT! December is a time of giving…..and taking. This December, we in Steel Panther are planning on giving Australians the gift of our super bitchin songs in our super bitchin new […]

The name James Reyne conjures up images of one of Australia’s most accomplished and revered performers – co-founder and front man of legendary Australian rock band Australian Crawl, one-time “super group” member with Company of Strangers circa 1992, and enormously successful solo artist with a string of hits under his belt. James’s output in recent years has been prolific, his […]

Watch full sets from Alesana, Confession, Attila and Hand of Mercy Crank your speakers, clear some space in the lounge room and warn your neighbours. From today, music video website Moshcam is premiering four heavy-duty, high-calibre performances from Alesana (US), Attila (US), Confession and Hand Of Mercy filmed on the Sydney leg of the Loud Fest punk/hardcore festival on Sunday […]

With over 35 million album sales, LIMP BIZKIT are the undisputed champions of Rap Rock, and they will finally be bringing their ground shaking live show to Arenas around Australia this October! “Limp Bizkit are pure, unabashed, shameless, ludicrous fun. Their appeal is big, fat, fuck-off riffs and songs that earn word-for-word singalongs at every single gig. And that’s why […]

Thanks to our friends at Sony Music Australia, we have one of these amazing The Clash ‘Sound System’ box sets to give away to one of our lucky readers.  This is the quintessential set for any fan of The Clash; seriously, look below for what you get in this set, no need for us to say anything more than that!  […]

BODYJAR TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM ‘ROLE MODEL’ ON OCTOBER 18 NEW SINGLE ‘FAIRYTALES’ – FREE DOWNLOAD NOW! Seminal Australian punk band BODYJAR will return with their first album since 2005, “Role Model”, out via UNFD on Friday 18 October. Fully recorded and ready to go, the Melbourne four piece have been tracking the album in secret. Officially on hiatus since 2009, the […]

WEDNESDAY 13 is the undisputed leader in Horrorpunk. A grimly glamorous ghoul who first slithered from the cobwebbed shadows of Charlotte, North Carolina, WEDNESDAY 13 has established himself as the world’s premier purveyor of balls-out horror punk insanity. With a vivid and vile imagination that has endeared him to countless fans of riff-driven macabre over the last two decades, he […]

Bad Religion is set to release a Christmas album, Christmas Songs, on November 1. Who better to help you celebrate that most wonderful time of the year than holiday favourites Bad Religion? Bad Religion have threatened to record an album of seasonal classics for years, and now they’ve gone and done it, tackling eight chestnuts in their classic punk rock […]

Australian music legend DARYL BRAITHWAITE returns home to Sony Music – New Mini Album FOREVER THE TOURIST to be released 4th October, 2013 This is the next chapter in one of the of the most extraordinary stories in Australian recording history. Sony Music Entertainment Australia is proud to announce it has re-signed the legendary Daryl Braithwaite. Forever The Tourist will […]

After 36 years in music, that icon of English folk rock BILLY BRAGG is still a work in progress. With an acclaimed new album, a fresh outlook and renewed inspiration, BRAGG returns to Australia for his first full band tour in five years an artist revitalised. And this time, it’s personal. “Most people, when they hear my name, think of […]

Seminal Aussie fuzz rock giants Tumbleweed are back with their eagerly awaited new album Sounds From The Other Side – set for release via Shock Records on Friday September 27, 2013. Twelve long days at Sydney’s Rancom Studio resulted in 13 songs oozing with heavy grooves, gigantic riffs and juicy analogue flavours – and Sounds From The Other Side was […]

Grammy award winning, multi-platinum hard rock kings, KORN have released a brand new video for Never Never, the totally addictive lead track from their new album The Paradigm Shift. Directed by Dutch-Italian filmmaker Giovanni Bucci – known for his crisp visuals and gothic themes – the video features the rejuvenated ensemble performing some Matrix-like maneuvers to avoid being struck by the […]

AVRIL LAVIGNE SET TO RELEASE FIFTH STUDIO ALBUM ON 4TH NOVEMBER – THE SINGLE “ROCK N ROLL” OUT 28TH OCTOBER Album Pre-order Scheduled for Tuesday, September 24 Pop-rock songstress Avril Lavigne is set to release her first eponymously-titled album, Avril Lavigne, on Monday 4th November.  Co-produced by Lavigne, Chad Kroeger, Martin Johnson and David Hodges, Avril Lavigne came together in […]

Date: Saturday Septemer 7, 2013 Venue: The Hi Fi, Sydney Photos by: Gwendolyn Lee Images should not be reproduced without consent of photographer Check out our review of the entire night’s show HERE

Welcome to LP RECHARGE, a Facebook-based game launching on September 12th powered by music megastars Linkin Park (the biggest band on Facebook with more than 55 million Likes and counting) and gaming giant Kuuluu Interactive Entertainment that boasts action-packed sequences, unlimited strategies and a musical score by Linkin Park.  LP RECHARGE is set in the not-too-distant future where humans have depleted […]

You just can’t keep a good band down! Almost seven years since their last release ‘Eat Your Heart Out’ in 2006, Nottingham power pop rockers TEENAGE CASKET COMPANY, described as ‘Cheap Trick on speed’, return kicking and screaming with the defiantly titled, ‘STILL STANDING’, to be released September 30th through TrashPit Records. The new 11 track album is without a […]

‘Straight Through The Sun’ is the first taste of the new album from Spiderbait due out in November this year.  This will be the band’s first studio album in 9 years. Forming in 1989, Spiderbait (Janet English, Kram & Damian Whitty) have sold over half a million albums to date with 5 Top 20 albums in Australia.  In 1996 the […]

To coincide with the premiere of the bands’ new video to accompany the single ‘GOT WHAT YOU NEED’, ESKIMO JOE is proud to announce a string of dates for the WASTELANDS NATIONAL TOUR. Fully electric and fully eclectic, the shows will premiere songs from the new album and feature some of the well- known and much loved hits. The bands […]

The Dead Daisies are set to release their debut single “Lock ‘N’ Load” featuring Slash in the UK on the 28th October 2013. The band will then be touring the UK through November and December 2013. Formed around the nucleus of Australians Jon Stevens (Noiseworks/INXS) and David Lowy (Red Phoenix/Mink), the powerful musical collective is completed by a line-up that […]

Melbourne’s punk rock chaos merchants CLOWNS will release their debut album ‘I’m Not Right’ via Poison City Records this October. The title is a surprisingly poignant observation of the band itself; the rampant punk rock within promises to offend, motivate and stimulate. Clowns are also readying themselves to leave a trail of hungover, exhausted and satisfied bodies in their wake […]

In early 2012 – almost out of nowhere – a music video landed on the internets and furiously peddled its way around social media, with the speed of a Lolcats meme circa 2010. ‘High Risk, High Rewards’ was an unexpected uppercut straight outta leftfield. The riffage was demonic, demanding and frankly, hooky as shit. The vocals? Gloriously guttural, “like a […]

BLACK LABEL SOCIETY “UNBLACKENED” DVD & BLU RAY AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 27 Black Label Society, formed in the late nineties by legendary guitar hero Zakk Wylde, have established themselves at the forefront of heavy metal with a series of hard riffing and hugely successful albums alongside worldwide tours that have cemented their reputation as one of the most powerful live bands […]

DARREN MIDDLETON is best known from his previous life as guitarist and songwriter for POWDERFINGER. The much loved POWDERFINGER played their last ever show in late 2010 and unsurprisingly Darren spent a bit of the time in a creative and emotional wilderness. As the dust settled Darren started working as a producer from his new home in the creative hub […]

The AFL today announced that iconic Australian band Hunters & Collectors, along with current Australian chart-toppers Birds Of Tokyo, will headline the 2013 Toyota AFL Grand Final entertainment at the MCG on Saturday, September 28. The biggest day of the year for Australia’s Game will once again feature Australian music with Hunters & Collectors, one of this country’s most successful […]

Rock Star Guitars From Eric Clapton, Bruce Springsteen, Jimmy Page, Keith Richards, Jack White and Many More Featured in Exquisite New Art Book 108 Rock Star Guitars By Photographer/Author Lisa S. Johnson with Foreword by Les Paul – A Portion of Proceeds To Benefit The Les Paul Foundation 108 Rock Star Guitars by photographer/author Lisa S. Johnson is a collection […]

This concert which was captured at Sweden Rock Festival 7th of June 2013 is not only a massive greatest hits show in front of 30,000 people, it also marks the 30th anniversary of the bands existence. They celebrate this by playing 28 songs spanning their whole career including songs never before performed. Between the heavy rock songs they also sit […]

STONE TEMPLE PILOTS with CHESTER BENNINGTON have announced their debut EP will be titled HIGH RISE, and will be released via Play Pen LLC / Sony Music Australia on October 11th. The EP features 5 tracks, including the band’s US #1 mainstream and active rock radio single, ‘Out of Time.‘ The new line up of STONE TEMPLE PILOTS kick off their first US tour on September 4th in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, […]

Nine Inch Nails release their first new music in five years today so it’s time to get excited! Thanks to our good friends at Universal Music Australia, we have two copies of the brand new Nine Inch Nails ‘Hesitation Marks’ on vinyl pressed on two 180 gram LPs + digital download includes 14 tracks and also includes a CD insert […]

**The Snowdroppers kick off their ‘Moving Out’ our in Brisbane next week** “Full of catchy upbeat tracks and a few to tug a worn out heart string, the 10 track LP [Moving Out of Eden] will leave you feeling dirty, sleazy with a good kick in the face… in the best way possible.” – The AU Review  “The release [Moving […]