“Then, when I stepped back, I realized all of my songs share one key ingredient – a solid rhythm section. Every one of my songs rests on a solid base & everything else is just icing on the cake.” How does a 16-year-old rock musician crack today’s music code of formulaic beats and electronic music? First, he must have a […]

“If you are into heavy metal music that is intense and powerful with a melody that is fueled, you would definitely enjoy the thrilling ride by listening to NZM tracks.” From Bio: NZM is high energy Hard Rock/Power Metal band with strong melodic vocal lines and edgy riffs. NZM is based in South Florida, USA and was formed in 2010 led […]

“Common side effects of listening to Schmoolio include: Driving fast, banging head, singing along, having songs stuck in your head for weeks on end, being in a generally awesome mood, and ladies love Schmoolio fans wayyyy more than they love Schmoolio.” From Bio: Since their inception in 2017, Schmoolio has begun to gain a local following by teaming with 91.7’s […]

“Our live shows are a combination of theatre courtesy of Nina, raw high octane energy, melodies that will wrap around your conscience, and pure incitement of the senses.” From Bio: Founder members Nina Courson and Phil Honey-Jones played their first gig together in late 2010 supporting Goldblade at a disastrous punk festival in Brighton where Healthy Junkies only played for […]

“Music is about emotions. You cannot force someone to feel what the songs are trying to express. As writers, we are giving you our experiences. To find out if they’re speaking to you personally, you just have to give it a listen.“ Exit Empire is a three-piece band currently based in the Czech Republic founded in 2016 by two brothers […]

“Listening to Touch the Buffalo has been shown to reverse Male Pattern Baldness. This band is making new rock that old rock would be proud of. With a five-handed drummer. A twelve-fingered bassist. A guitarist from the year 2038. And an electric. Ukulele.” From Bio: “Four musicians were flung together in the blender of the DC music scene. After jamming […]

“…when we started this band we were just four huge dorks that cracked jokes and now here we are we’ve been a band for so long now and we’re still the same four dorks that we were *laughs* but I think the thing that’s changed though is it leaks through more in our live show, we don’t feel as inhibited […]

How has it been three years since a Halestorm album? Wow! Thankfully here they are in 2018 with album number four and things are about to get ‘Vicious’. I’ve been sitting on this for a couple of weeks and in listening through a number of times, just be ready that you’re in for a treat. Straight away the ‘Black Vultures’ […]

“If you look through our songs you’ll see we talk a lot about becoming who you want to be and fighting to make it happen, getting through the day even when all you want to do is scream.  A lot of my lyrics are very personal and I like to make it so people can apply my words to their […]

“To me, lyrics are so fragile & beautiful that they have to be touchable & relatable. I can’t perform a song well if it doesn’t mean anything to me. Also a good chorus. Everyone needs a good, catchy chorus.” From Bio: Almost Awake is a young female-fronted, five piece rock band from Las Vegas. This fast rising, high energy group […]

“Nothing is ever set in stone until the song has gone through the blender a couple of times. Once we have a hook, we build out rhythms around that. The most important ingredient though is everyone being ego free. That is the key people!” From Bio: Indie Lagone’s music is a myriad wall of sound comprised of a hard rock […]

“…Moonshine Saints don’t stop—we’ll continue creating new music, not just because we love doing it, but because our fans deserve our best effort all the time.” From Bio: The Moonshine Saints are collectively singer-songwriter Sean Ward, guitarists Matt York and Steve “Doc” Morris, with rhythm section bassists Bob Lynn, and Justin Barber on drums. The Moonshine Saints bring a heavy […]

“It’s difficult not to with the excitement we all share for music on top of the passion we have for performing for those that enjoy what we have to provide” From Bio: Mercy Mode is an independent alternative rock band formed by Chase Coleman, Christopher Weaver, and Micah Parker in 2017. Influenced by many successful musicians both mainstream and spanning […]

“…we bring a lot of energy and love to have the crowd interact with us during our performance. We always hang out after our performance to meet with fans and absolutely love what we do so we always try to make sure that shows on stage as well as off!” From Bio: Even though they are originally from disparate parts […]

“Every song is a different story. Do not judge a book by its cover.” From Bio: A Killer’s Confession, the new band led by former Mushroomhead vocalist Waylon Reavis has constructed one of the most high octane, adrenaline fueled, gut wrenching albums of the year. The band’s debut album “Unbroken” is equal parts beauty and tragedy and takes the listener […]

“For me it’s the mood/vibe and message I’m trying to send. I usually have one part or line in mind and develop the rest of the song to even further push the boundaries in that direction.” From Bio: The latest welcome addition to Nashville’s flourishing indie pop landscape, Andy Feller, newly performing under the moniker FOXKEEPER, hails originally from Tampa, Florida. Since […]

“You only get one life, one chance to beat the clock. Your time is almost up, but you need time to breath. Once Around is your oxygen mask for a clear path of the mind. Gain back the life they stole.” From Bio: When I die I’ll be remembered by the noise in my veins. Los Angeles, CA based band […]

“It wasn’t so much about coming back so quick, we’ve just started out there and saw how well it was doing so for us it just made sense to come back it’s like we wanted to fit it in and not leave Australia out for a long time because it was so good the last time we were there so […]

“What is most important for me is that it has to come from a place that’s real.  If it’s not authentic or contrived in some way, it shows.  Basic rule of thumb which has been said many a time before I am sure, “Bad for life, good for art.”  I have gotten pretty good at transforming pain into something worth […]

Seeing Jeff Martin solo is an experience, and this venue is just perfect for what we can expect tonight, and I have to say that I’ve been lucky enough to see The Tea Party play here previously back in 2012 and that was amazing, so now tonight getting to see Jeff Martin do his thing here but this time solo […]

“So I’ve always heard these songs heavy and outlaw country for me the lyrics, the stories are the most poignant on the planet, those guys are the Lemmy’s of their genre, they are the outlaws of their genre, and so it just made all the sense in the world to try to do something that has never really been done…” […]

“Four Trips Ahead has a unique sound where there are lots of different elements blended together within the context of hard rock. I can’t imagine that chemistry and our sound being developed in the same way anywhere but in NYC.  At the same time, the bar is raised and you know if you plan to hit the stage, you better […]

“…you know when we started up again it must have been an eight to ten year break where Dragon were never heard and then we started playing, this was thirteen or fourteen years ago, then we started playing around and you can see the recognition and the look of surprise and everybody down in the audience going ‘oh my god […]

“Imagine putting, Meteora-era Linkin Park, current-era Bring Me The Horizon and Halsey in a blender and making a frozen ice pop out of it. Worth a solid lick!” From Release: Sydney-based screaming rap-rock-electro-pop mutants RedHook have officially spawned with the arrival of their debut single, ‘Minute On Fire’. Produced by Stevie Knight (Trophy Eyes, The Dead Love) and Dave Petrovic […]

“The most important ingredient is the vast array of musical influences each member of the band possesses and the openness to pretty much try anything musically to make the song better.  It allows us to not be boxed in by one certain style and to create music that is very unique and diverse.” From Bio: KillSET was created by taking a […]

“So that’s really what inspired us to do that and it feels like we’re sort of alone in this genre, when you talk about AOR today it’s still something completely different we feel so I think we’re almost like classic rock pariahs in a way *laughs*.” From Release: It started out as a united vision in 2006, shared between the […]

“I just want to do something different, and it’ll be the same with Michael Stipe, the way he sang the R.E.M. songs I can’t do it like him so I need to do what I do to my strengths but at the same time going back to what we said earlier I’ve got to maintain the soul and the integrity […]

“Well we came up with probably the biggest and best rock and roll show in history, and I don’t think anybody’s ever topped it. I think probably the best way KISS will be remembered is if Paul and Gene decide to take me back into the fold and we end up doing a bigger and better show and go out […]

It feels like a lot of band’s are finding their way to Australia for the first time in 2018, we’ve had some rippers come through and tonight we get to add to that list with the Canadian rockers, Theory of a Deadman, aka Theory for those playing at home. So as a fan from the beginning of their career I […]

“It’s not self-serving to anyone in the band, any time we’re in a room together it’s always about Skid Row and what can we do for Skid Row there’s never anyone with personal agendas and it’s a really good feeling and what a band should be you know.” From Release: Skid Row started in 1986 when a group of New […]