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 […]

“I feel like I’ve been doing so many things on my own and doing as much as I can on my own, and now I feel like we’re going to go to radio for the first time and we’re going to be able to do things that I wouldn’t necessarily be able to do on my own anymore, and so […]

OK, it’s been a while since I’ve done an album review so let’s kick it back off with this one… I’ve loved Taylor Acorn’s music for a while now, and watching this evolution from way back in the country days to what we’ve now got in 2025 is amazing. With independent releases out previously it’s time to check out her […]

I can’t remember the last time I was at Selina’s for a gig. Maybe Sebastian Bach in 2006 but it’s not about that tonight so I have left the familiarity of the city and ventured to the beach to come and see the original Rock Star, JD Fortune back in Australia to play the INXS songs he helped rejuvenate in […]

“We are in a chapter for this band that is in our minds is unheard of to be doing what we’re doing now and I think we’re truly if not already we’re very much on the cusp of this being bigger even than Ocean Avenue was…” From Release: ‘Better Days’ is the band’s first full feature length album in almost […]

“We’re a very fun band to go see live, I think there’s something for everybody with our style of music, we’ve got heavy moments, we’ve got really catchy singalong moments, we’ve got just a fun swagger about us…” From Release: Australia’s genre-bending Windwaker released HYPERVIOLENCE in July 2024 and followed the album with HYPERVIOLENCE EXPANSION PACK deluxe record earlier this […]

“This time around I’m a bit nervous because I really care about this album, like I really do. I honestly didn’t think we were going to release another album…” From Release: ‘We’re Never Getting Out’ sees the band dig deep emotionally and musically for fans of Nothing But Thieves, You Me At Six and UK alt-rock. They’ve shared a number […]

“I’ve loved this band since I was a kid, I have not stopped singing these songs since I was a kid, and it’s a blessing for me to just share this again…” From Release: INXS fans, get ready – the Original Rockstar (and former INXS Frontman), JD Fortune will finally return to Australian stages for his first ever headline tour […]

I’ve been looking forward to this show for quite some time, as in 2023 after seeing Don Broco live for the first time they immediately became one of my favourite live bands, so tonight they’re back and I can’t wait. Future Static opened the show and with some good stage presence, big vocals, and big guitars they delivered a set […]

“We always tried to do things that people liked, basically…” From Release: UK indie icons Kaiser Chiefs have announced their return to Australia this November, celebrating the 20th Anniversary of their seminal record, Employment, one of the best-selling UK debut albums of all time. It will be their first visit to these shores since 2012, when they packed out venues […]

“You get back together, you start talking, you start playing the music you’ve played, you think about those times and it’s inevitable…” From Release: Renowned for their genre-defying sound and electrifying high-energy live performances, letlive. is set to triumphantly return to stages one more time, reuniting with fans and reigniting the fire that defined a generation of alternative music. The […]

“We have a certain thing with the band where the way everybody plays and everybody’s contributions makes it Nine Days and getting everybody on board at the same time to do it… we all want to it just hasn’t happened…” From Release: 25 years on from its release, ‘Absolutely (Story Of A Girl)’ remains a key entry of the US […]

“A record sometimes can feel like a secret that you’re holding back that you just want to tell people, it can feel like a gift that you bought somebody way too early… and this one especially I feel like we took our time with this one which I think was a good thing…” From Release: When the stakes could not […]

“That’s really what it’s about, when you’re making music and to help someone through a tough time or help someone relate to you and know that you’re not alone and what you might be feeling or going through. There’s some comfort in that…” From Release: For two decades, Pop Evil frontman Leigh Kakaty has needed to mine the deepest of […]

“I know it sounds like a cliché it honestly felt like thirteen years hadn’t passed, it felt like we hadn’t rehearsed for a month or something, it just clicked. The chemistry thing people talk about is real, it really is…” From Release: Following an absence of thirteen years Melody Black return to celebrate their 2011 debut album ‘Love Your Demons’ […]

“I’m so appreciative of this band and the gifts it’s give me and the world being one of the very first all-girl rock bands…” From Release: As one of rock’s true pioneers, Cherie Currie exploded onto the music scene in the 1970s as the unmistakable teenage voice of The Runaways, delivering anthems like “Cherry Bomb” that redefined what it meant […]

“It was like a much-needed break to spend time with our family and friends, and have a bit of downtime really. It took us a few months to settle in to let’s start thinking about the next project…” From Release: When they were last here, Don Broco promised the fans they would repay their patience with their long absences and […]

“I want this record to connect with people, I want it to be there for people. The more people that connect with it the more sense it makes in my life…” From Release: I Beat Loneliness is a bold next step for BUSH in its fearlessness. The album delves deep into themes of isolation, mental health, and emotional endurance, offering […]