“We have just had our head down and we’ve been just not looking back, looking around, we’ve just been going, but the crowds have been singing all the words and they’ve been loving it and that’s been the good thing…” While on tour and in Sydney we sat down with Joel and Ryan O’Keeffe of Airbourne to talk about touring, […]

It’s a hot one in Sydney tonight!! So the air conditioning in The Metro is a welcome friend as we head in to check out a night of Aussie rock and roll with Airbourne! The crowd is peaking too early! The chants have started, the people are restless and there’s still twenty five minutes before they’re on stage! Now with […]

The last time I remember a band returning to Australia within a year and on the same album cycle was Matchbox 20 back in 1997/98 and well they did OK ha ha, so today as Halestorm return to Sydney for the second time on their ‘Into The Wild Life’ album cycle the room is packed and ready for some straight […]

“…our mission statement for every record from the start has always been that we don’t want to make the same record that we just made and with ‘Cavalier Youth’ not that there’s any sense of regret but there are some things we would’ve done differently…” Now a decade into their career, the five friends who form You Me At Six […]

Now I’ve been a little excited about checking out this new album from ‘You Me At Six’ after their last effort ‘Cavalier Youth’ was one of my favourite albums of the last five years, so let’s see how the last few years have treated the band and what they’ve come up with… Opening with a big riff for the title […]

“It is seen as a ‘departure’ but for us it is a ‘progression’. There are certainly much darker themes and arrangements on Solas and the production and playing is very different to our normal rock n roll approach. We used our home studio much more and embarked on a journey of experimentation without being necessarily too worried about following the […]

It’s a bit of a special night in Sydney as tonight the first show at the new ICC ‘Entertainment Centre’ or Sydney Theatre is happening, and it’s one I get to be at with Keith Urban and Carrie Underwood taking the stage it’s somewhat exciting to not only see two great artists but to also be a part of history […]

“It’s weird because we’re all between twenty three and twenty five years old, so the last five years of our lives have been a really crucial growing up period, or at least it would’ve been if we had normal jobs or something *laughs* but it’s been crazy for all of us to have to start dealing with real life grown […]

“I think there’s always a population of people who are fans of technical music or seeing someone excel at music, I think that bands that are able to do that and also write catchy music is slightly different from the Satriani’s and the Vai’s who are inherently guitar centric which is the focus, for us we’re still trying to compose […]

Would you believe I’ve never seen Garbage before?! Yeah I know right… so tonight upon their return to Sydney I finally get my chance and am looking forward to hearing these songs that I’ve heard for a number of years. Opening with ‘Supervixen’ Shirley Manson graces the stage in her dress full of fringes looking like she stepped straight out […]

  “It could take six years to write one song or magic could happen in five minutes, you never really know and that’s why it’s a weird thing but it’s the most rewarding thing because there is no better feeling than finishing a good song and sitting back and going ‘wow I made that, this is something from nothing’ it’s […]

“…you and I spend so much of our day now hearing how rock is dead or rock is going through changes and the reality is that it’s not, it’s actually a resurgence and you’re right I think people are coming to rock music now for a sense of salvation now, for a sense of hope and SIXX:A.M. is the perfect […]

“I think I’m just a more mature gentleman, me and him don’t own the songs, they’re the property of the fans and I just try and do my best to play them with as much enthusiasm and integrity as I can so that they come and enjoy it, you know? So that’s kind of where I’m at with it and […]

“…you just hope that people are going to like it, it’s not even about numbers or sales or success, it’s just about the people and at this stage in our career you just hope that the people who like all your other records like this one too, you never want to disappoint your fans.” From release: Where Bayside’s last album, […]

“Well I think a lot of people who were around in the 80’s see it with rose tinted spectacles and it was a time before they got a mortgage most people or a divorce, or children *laughs* and I think people associate it with a sort of more carefree time in their lives… From release: Mention KIM WILDE and people’s […]

“I always felt like when you make a record, especially like a second record you have to kind of go in and reinvent yourself as an artist and kind of rethink how you make music and what kind of music do you want to make. The band starts to change and evolve…” While in Sydney, Australia and only hours before […]

“The say to see the world join the army or the navy, but it’s even better when you join a rock band because you don’t have to fight. It’s a great way of seeing the world and we actually enjoy playing to a new audience because we get a buzz back from the audience.” From Release: THE TROGGS first entered the […]

It’s been a long time since we’ve seen L7 in Australia, over twenty years in fact, so when they were announced as part of Soundwave 2016 people were excited, unfortunately that didn’t eventuate, nor did their first scheduled tour, but third time lucky as they say and here I am with a whole lot of people at The Metro tonight […]

“You can’t do this alone, we all have our problems, we see it in our daily life & we need to seek the comfort of others to weather it. So many things are out of our control but a lot of it starts from the INSIDE. That feeling of isolation begins within & projects outward into the universe.” From Release: […]

“Like most times you get solo artists or what have you, after twenty five years of doing it well no one tells you shit, like this is how I do it and to try and sort of step back from everything and say “maybe I don’t know everything here guys, what do you think?” was really challenging I’ve got to […]

“I think that’s what keeps it interesting for me too, there’s always a new approach I can apply to music and there’s always something out there that inspires you whether it’s film, literature, life, other music, there’s always something that can freshen your perspective up when it comes to making music…” From release: Visionary musician, Steven Wilson, who has changed […]

“We kinda did it like an ass backwards but I think it’s kinda ass frontwards because what it did was create a sound that we have here, personally my objective was to try to make a record that was the third record as the first record, so already have two in, so the third record have a style and we […]

“I feel now that we’ve already proved ourselves, we’re playing material that people have been waiting years for us to play live and it’s already a given that they like us *laughs* and like the music that they’re gonna hear because they’ve already bought the stuff twenty years ago you know what I mean?” From release: One of the most […]

“It’s not really that hard for us because honestly we got to where we are now by writing about what came naturally or what we were influenced by at the time and stuff like that. So this one is still A Day To Remember but it sounds a little different because it’s a different time in our lives…” From release: […]

“…I was a skeptic for a very long time and it wasn’t until I was handed the first royalty check from the Flowers album by the management accountant that it sort of dawned on me that we were going to make any money out of it, and even after that I didn’t think we’d last very long *laughs* so it […]

“…we learn something new every day, we’re in a different place, different time every single day of your life and there’s so many experiences you take out of it, it’s like you become a completely different person and you become a completely different band as far as professionalism and that.” From Release: Passionate New Orleans outfit CANE HILL have formulated a brand […]

“It’s like we’re saving the world with songs at some point you know what I mean? It’s like you wanna make people happy, you have a good time, come out to see Ori and Richie, you’re gonna be entertained, there’s gonna be a lot of good songs and there’s gonna be a lot of good jamming going on ya know.” […]

I love these sorts of gigs. The ones where before a band has even started the floor is already full and comprised of mostly under 18 concert goers while up the back the oldies have so much room for activities! It’s great. Of course everyone is here tonight to see Andy Black on his first solo trip to Australia and […]

“Two years ago it was like maintenance, we were putting together I guess the new group, the new fronted group and we wanted to prove that we were going to be able to maintain the ferociousness that we always had, and now that we’ve even proved to ourselves that we’ve done that we’re so confident and so sure footed in […]

“…you torture yourself because you don’t want to let anything go through to the wicket keeper, like every note is scrutinized and there’s no choice to not do it like that. For a band like Twelve Foot Ninja it’s sort of part and parcel with the sound, you know everything is really laboured over to try and create a feeling […]