“People have always asked about you know how the bands influence each other and all that, so it’s always been in the back of our mind that at some point we want to find a way to merge them…” From Release: Born more than two decades ago as the creative and experimental offshoot of LA punk heavyweights The Bronx, Mariachi […]

“I feel like this record is almost kind of a continuation of the last one. I mean we walked into the studio this time and it felt like the next day…” From Release: A.R.S.O.N. marks the next evolution of Story Of The Year’s signature sound and raw, personal lyricism – elements that have earned the band a dedicated global following. […]

“If you love the music of AC/DC the way we love the music of AC/DC, come and see it, you’re gonna see some amazing players doing the music right. Now you have to have an open mind…” From Release: There are tribute bands, and then there are ideas so strong they reframe the music they’re built on. GAYC/DC fall squarely […]

“I think we’ve always done a really good job of sticking true to what we want to do and backing ourselves…” From Release: One of the most prolific rising acts on the Australian heavy scene, BLOOM emerged in 2017, introducing the world to their open-veined take on melodic hardcore that would ultimately build into their 2024 debut full-length, Maybe In […]

Tonight is going to be special, as tonight in the hallowed Sydney Opera House, The Tea Party are going to be giving us one of their very special “wind” shows on this “Elements” tour, and tonight not only will show off the powerhouse that the band is, but they will be backed by The Metropolitan Orchestra, and a fifty piece […]

“It’s not a problem, it’s just a conundrum that when it comes to The Tea Party playing with an orchestra it becomes mathematical because we have to understand the ins and the outs…” From Release: Performing five shows in Australia, The Tea Party explore a new live musical theme around Elements, with Symphony shows in Melbourne and Sydney aligned to […]

I always enjoy an album tour, I feel like it’s something to keep a band on their toes when they have to go back and play an album in full that’s 25 years old. So I always appreciate it when they take the time to relearn a lot of these songs and play them in order for us. That band […]

“I want to apologize to all Australians because we have neglected you for far too long…” From Release: CKY are the flag bearers for big, raw, authentic, earth-shaking rock liberated from useless pretence. They burned it all down, with a raucous, anarchic rock sound soaked in the skate-punk culture that birthed them; and a hard-partying lifestyle onstage and off that […]

There’s been plenty of hype around Yungblud and it’s amazing to see him back in Australia and how well this tour has been selling. So let’s see what this future of rock and roll can bring us tonight in Sydney on the first night of his Idols tour. As the lights go down and the crowd roars, it’s time. The […]

“We can play in a room to five people and it looks like we’re playing in front of 50,000 because we never want to let anybody down… they have to leave thinking they’ve seen the best thing in the world” From Release: Biffy Clyro have announced they’re returning to Australia for the first time in 8 years. Headed to Melbourne, […]

It’s been a long time since Garbage have been back to Australia, and I was l there and they were amazing. I saw their set at Good Things in Sydney and they were again amazing. So here we are tonight in one of the most prestigious venues we have, the Sydney Opera House to see them be amazing here too. […]

“Here we are 40 years later, been around the world dozens and dozens of times and you know it’s just been quite a journey and quite a trip and if anything it’s just more surreal than anything it’s just hard to believe how quickly time has flown…” From Release: With the worldwide excitement around the recently completed European tour, GRAMMY®-winning, […]

It was 2012 when I saw The Living End on their retrospective tour, and saw them perform their debut album in full. It was outstanding, now here we are thirteen years later on the steps of the Sydney Opera House to see them do it again. I never miss a chance to see these guys live and tonight with them […]

How can you not love a bit of Jimmy Barnes?! Actual question. He’s an Aussie music legend, he’s been around the block more than a few times and tonight we’re here to celebrate and remember the album that turned 40 years old this year ‘For The Working Class Man.’ I decided to listen to the album again today in full […]

“I’m still not gotten over the fact that I play music for a living. I’m pretty blown away by the fortune that has brought me and how incredibly special and rare that is/ I have not gotten over it, or bored of it, or used to it yet so I’m very much still in the fan space mentally when it […]

“I have come to understand more and more through the years that yeah it’s nice if I understand what we have done at the end of the writing, but you don’t always have to know exactly where you’re going in the beginning…” From Release: The heavy metal visionaries collectively known as AVATAR have finally unleashed their latest masterwork Don’t Go […]

“I wanted to do something different for the 20th anniversary, something I’ve never done, and I had this idea a few years back…” From Release: From the raw, heartfelt strums of a lone acoustic guitar in a Californian bedroom to global stages filled with thousands singing his lyrics, John Vesely, better known as Secondhand Serenade, has carved a legacy that […]

I’ll never forget picking up the debut Skid Row album back in 1989, as a 13 year old it blew my mind, and continued to help shape my music journey through the late 80’s. I’m also not scared to say it still gets a spin today… so when Sebastian Bach, the voice of Skid Row comes to town and is […]

“The first time is always the first time, and it can only happen once, but it always has a lot of expectations and a lot of like things building up towards it…” From Release: Rock stars in their homeland of Finland since their first album, Peep, went Gold when they were just 16 years old, The Rasmus have built a […]

“It’s so hard to have an identity and for some reason Garbage has a very strong identity and now we look at that as an incredibly powerful asset.” From Release: Returning to Australia for the first time in nearly a decade, GARBAGE aren’t ones to rest on their laurels. Led by vocalist, guitarist and bonafide ’90s icon, Shirley Manson, the […]

The last time I saw Metallica was at Soundwave in 2013… so now here we are back at Olympic Park to see them again, and after twelve years to see if they are still that good. I’m going to go with yes, more than likely a resounding yes. Before we get to the main event we have a couple of […]

This is going to be fun. While here in Australia supporting Metallica, Evanescence are doing a few intimate shows and tonight it’s our turn as this sold out in minutes, Metro Theatre is about to see something special. Here we go. It’s 8pm… No support, just Evanescence and as the band take the stage the cheers roar and that unmistakable […]

“We like to think that our show is kind of 60% music and 40% us just talking shit and making people laugh…” From Release: PUNK ROCK FACTORY bring everything you love about 1990s/2000s punk rock and deliver the classics and hit songs we all know the words to; like you’ve never heard them before. The band has redefined pop-culture and […]

“I tell people all the time, we’re your favourite band you just don’t know it…” From Release: Wednesday 13 returns on the back of a sold out Australian tour in 2023 celebrating his former band Murderdolls. The pairing of Kim Dracula and Wednesday 13 is a stroke of evil genius. Fast and dirty, raw, chaotic and macabre. It’s tongue-in-cheek horror […]

“No matter where we play it always feels like we’re doing it not for the first time but I treat it like it’s the first and last show all the time…” From Release: For the first time since their sellout 2001 Australian tour, multi-platinum and BRIT award winning, Scottish alternative rock band Travis is coming to Australia, to perform classic […]

I dig Rob Thomas. I’ll never forget the first time I saw Matchbox 20. It was 1997, and from then I was hooked. I’ve seen them and Rob solo many times since and it’s so good to be back tonight at The Enmore to see him again. This is the third night of three just proving that he still has […]

“Some of them were a bit daunting just thinking about playing them, and then when you get into it you get the muscle memory back, and you just realise how screwy the songs were…” From Release: PIXIES have announced a 2025 Australian tour which will see the alt-rock legends perform two consecutive nights in each city. On the first night, […]

“It’s great because we have an opportunity to be able to play in front of a lot of people that normally would not see us, and some maybe never heard of us or for whatever reason never saw us…” From Release: Exactly two years since their last visit, Suicidal Tendencies return in late 2025 with a series of firsts, which […]

“It was cool because we were not under any pressure from the label or anywhere to do anything quick or fast, so we kind of took our time with this one…” From Release: SOULFLY has been spearheading the movement of groove metal for decades now, reaching into limitless directions while seamlessly retaining the expert quality and perfection that bears the […]

This is a bit different. Last time I saw Crowded House was on the steps of the Sydney Opera House last December. Tonight here we are at these intimate pop up shows and I can’t wait hear these classic songs in this environment. The band take the stage as Neil raises his guitar and “the opening act” now called ‘Strangely […]