Category: Music News

RESIDUAL announce new single ‘Haunt’ and Melbourne show with Slowcoaching and Backyard

RESIDUAL announce new single ‘Haunt’ and Melbourne show with Slowcoaching and Backyard

From sold-out hometown shows in Geelong, a regional Victorian tour, a hugely successful month-long residency at The Workers Club in Melbourne, being voted #1 in 5Why’s 5 of the Best Local Live Acts of 2016 and named in Forte Magazine’s 20 Bands in Regional Vic Who Killed it in 2016, last year went from strength to strength for indie-rock outfit, […]

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ARCHITECTS – Headline Australian Tour with special guests Ocean Grove

ARCHITECTS – Headline Australian Tour with special guests Ocean Grove

Brighton UK’s premiere metalcore act ARCHITECTS have announced their long-awaited Australian headline tour. The tour is scheduled to take place this May while Architects are in the country for Groovin The Moo festival. The tour will kick off on May 2 in Brisbane and the band will take their Australian UNFD label mates Ocean Grove along for the ride. Originally […]

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sleepmakeswaves announce 3rd album “Made of Breath Only”, New Single ‘Tundra’ and epic live touring plans

sleepmakeswaves announce 3rd album “Made of Breath Only”, New Single ‘Tundra’ and epic live touring plans

Post-rock trailblazers sleepmakeswaves have announced a massive start to 2017 with a plethora of tour dates and the news that their third album “Made of Breath only” will be released Friday March 24th through Bird’s Robe Records. Recorded with Nick DiDia (Rage Against the Machine, Karnivool), “Made of Breath Only” is available to be pre-ordered now on CD, digital and […]

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RYAN ADAMS confirms Australian & New Zealand headline shows this May

RYAN ADAMS confirms Australian & New Zealand headline shows this May

Frontier Touring are thrilled to confirm Australian and New Zealand headline shows for multiple-Grammy-nominated Ryan Adams this May, touring in celebration of his forthcoming sixteenth studio LP Prisoner (out 17 Feb 2017 via PAX-AM/EMI). ‘One of the most elegant singer-songwriters of his generation’ – The New York Times ‘One of the few truly great roots-rock troubadours left’ – Entertainment Weekly […]

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THE DARKNESS Announce Australian Headline Shows

THE DARKNESS Announce Australian Headline Shows

Rejoice, Australians fair, in your home which you so rightly claim to be girt by sea – THE DARKNESS are quite simply thrilled to be returning to your shores! Those lovely people at Groovin The Moo festival have realised that there is simply NOT ENOUGH ROCK on your otherwise wonderful island, and have tasked us with saving YOU from inferior […]

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BLONDIE announce new album ‘Pollinator’ out Friday 5 May | New single ‘Fun’ out now + touring Australia with Cyndi Lauper in April

BLONDIE announce new album ‘Pollinator’ out Friday 5 May | New single ‘Fun’ out now + touring Australia with Cyndi Lauper in April

Blondie lights up 2017 with the release of their 11th studio album Pollinator through Liberator Music / BMG on May 5th – an incredible new record and a modern take on the classic, vintage sound of one of the world’s most influential and legendary bands. New York’s famed recording studio, The Magic Shop, notably known for David Bowie’s last two […]

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NICKELBACK announce new album and single ‘Feed The Machine’

NICKELBACK announce new album and single ‘Feed The Machine’

There’s no denying Billboard’s ‘Rock Group of the Decade’, NICKELBACK continue to reign supreme as one of the most enduring and commercially successful acts of the past two decades. NICKELBACK’S Australian sales have hit 15-times-platinum with 5 consecutive albums debuting in the Top 5. The band has had a total of 7 singles hit the ARIA Top 10 and over 1 million […]

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DEAD LETTER CIRCUS announce STRANGERS as tour support, update on new music

DEAD LETTER CIRCUS announce STRANGERS as tour support, update on new music

After 10 years on the road, three groundbreaking albums and multiple ARIA nominations, Dead Letter Circus are not the band they were at the beginning. They are a band at their peak… and ‘The Endless Mile’ Tour is a celebration of their utterly remarkable story. Dead Letter Circus’ ‘The Endless Mile’ Tour will celebrate the band’s much-loved debut EP’s tenth […]

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BONNIE TYLER Greatest Hits Tour Australia 2017

BONNIE TYLER Greatest Hits Tour Australia 2017

Lennard Promotions present the Welsh queen of rock and blues, Bonnie Tyler on her Greatest Hits Australian Tour. The voice is unmistakable, a smokey, husky thing of wonder, full of emotion and pathos, a voice that you’ve heard many, many times before. Bonnie Tyler’s string of massive hits including “It’s A Heartache”, “Holding Out For A Hero”, “Bitterblue” and of […]

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ALTER BRIDGE announce ‘LIKE A STORM’ as support on Australia / New Zealand tour

ALTER BRIDGE announce ‘LIKE A STORM’ as support on Australia / New Zealand tour

In late 2016, ALTER BRIDGE announced that they will return to Australian shores in April 2017, presented by MJR Presents, on the back of their latest studio album ‘The Last Hero’. Today they are announcing that they are bringing US-via-NZ friends LIKE A STORM along for the ride – and what a heavy rock ride it is! Known as one […]

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MASTODON announce new album ‘Emperor of Sand’ | Out March 31

MASTODON announce new album ‘Emperor of Sand’ | Out March 31

Internationally celebrated heavy rock icons MASTODON are proud to announce the release of their eighth studio album, Emperor Of Sand, the follow-up to their universally praised 2014 album Once More ‘Round The Sun. The album will be released on March 31 via Reprise Records and is available to pre-order now. The deluxe pre-order package will contain the album on double […]

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ALL TIME LOW reveal biggest ever Australian headline dates NECK DEEP & THE MAINE special guests on all dates

ALL TIME LOW reveal biggest ever Australian headline dates NECK DEEP & THE MAINE special guests on all dates

Pop punk perfection… that’s ALL TIME LOW in a nutshell! Not many bands can lay claim to consistently selling out shows whenever they tour Australia, but ALL TIME LOW can proudly wear that badge. They’ve repeatedly topped the charts, sold over 1.5 million albums worldwide, chalked up 100+ million views on YouTube, have 5+ million social media followers, and have […]

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THUNDER Announce First Australian Tour

THUNDER Announce First Australian Tour

UK rock legends THUNDER are heading to Australia for their first ever tour this March… and it only took 27 years! Since forming in 1989, the Londoners have established themselves among the UK’s most consistent attractions, notching up some twenty Top Fifty singles in their homeland and cultivating a well-deserved reputation as consummate live performers with the likes of Axl […]

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CERES announce 91′ Your House tour with special guest JESS LOCKE

CERES announce 91′ Your House tour with special guest JESS LOCKE

Melbourne quartet Ceres celebrate selling out their Drag It Down On You album headlining tour by announcing 91′ Your House tour kicking off in February to support their brand new single and video taken from their stunning sophomore release Drag It Down On You. Since forming in 2012, Ceres’ infectious anthemic songs combined with endless enthusiasm and unmistakably Australian likability has resulted in the Melbourne quartet […]

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ICEHOUSE Announce 40 Year Anniversary Box Set and their catalogue’s addition to streaming services

ICEHOUSE Announce 40 Year Anniversary Box Set and their catalogue’s addition to streaming services

In celebration of their 40 Year milestone,ICEHOUSE are proud to announce the release of their first career spanning box set –ICEHOUSE – The Complete Collection – which will be released on 17 February 2017. The 10 album set compiles ICEHOUSE‘s complete body of work, kicking off with Flowers‘Icehouse (first released in 1980) all the way through to the acclaimed double […]

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PULLED APART BY HORSES reveal ‘The Haze’ LP details, album title track

PULLED APART BY HORSES reveal ‘The Haze’ LP details, album title track

New album ‘The Haze’, due for release March 17th via Caroline Australia PRE-ORDER pulledapartbyhorses.com | facebook.com/pulledapartbyhorses | twitter.com/PABH Leeds’s Pulled Apart By Horses have announced their new album, The Haze, for release on March 17th 2017 via Caroline Australia. Having recently shared their first new music since 2014’s Blood LP in ‘The Big What If’, dubbed “an instant mosh-pit maker” […]

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RICK PRICE ‘Work That Fire’ tour announced

RICK PRICE ‘Work That Fire’ tour announced

Australian singer/songwriter, Rick Price has walked the journey many musicians dreams are made of. In the 90’s very few southern hemisphere radio stations would go a day without a Rick Price song on high rotation from his broad repertoire of eight albums. Price has been nominated for and received numerous music industry awards including the prestigious APRA Song Of The […]

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TIGER ARMY Australian Tour February 2017 (With very special guests Fireballs & Pat Capocci)

TIGER ARMY Australian Tour February 2017 (With very special guests Fireballs & Pat Capocci)

At a time when much of contemporary rock music has been reduced to meaningless theatre performed by false pretenders, TIGER ARMY is an antidote, bracing in its authenticity. Hear it, and hear the sound of artistic legitimacy reclaiming rock music! Frontman and visionary Nick 13 has never written the same album twice.  The same can be said about TIGER ARMY’s […]

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TWELVE FOOT NINJA announce Supports for ‘SICK’ Tour

TWELVE FOOT NINJA announce Supports for ‘SICK’ Tour

To understate it in the biggest way possible, 2016 was a big year for Twelve Foot Ninja. Tours across the US at some of the country’s biggest rock festivals and alongside some of the biggest rock and metal bands on earth, they dropped their second full-length record Outlier, (Top 5 Billboard Hard Rock Chart debut and top 10 overall ARIA […]

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STORM THE SKY Reveal “Wake Up Sleeping” Video + Announce Departure of Drummer Alex Trail

STORM THE SKY Reveal “Wake Up Sleeping” Video + Announce Departure of Drummer Alex Trail

Melbourne Death Pop crew Storm The Sky have revealed the brand new video for “Wake Up Sleeping”, the third and final part of their music video trilogy, You Do This To Me, which includes “Lilac” and “Medicine”. You Do This To Me video trilogy is an intense and striking snapshot into a life spiralling out of control, in which he […]

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LESS THAN JAKE to release new EP ‘Sound The Alarm’ on February 3

LESS THAN JAKE to release new EP ‘Sound The Alarm’ on February 3

Influential Gainesville punk band Less Than Jake has announced plans to release a new EP titled Sound The Alarm on February 3rd with their new label Pure Noise Records. Fans can pre-order the record and stream a brand new song called Things Change HERE Speaking about the new song, lyricist and drummer Vinnie Fiorello says “the only thing constant is […]

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Melbourne rockers SHADOWQUEEN premiere new video – MTRBWY Video of the week!

Melbourne rockers SHADOWQUEEN premiere new video – MTRBWY Video of the week!

Melbournian rockers Shadowqueen kick off 2017 with a bang by unveiling a brand new single and video for ‘Unconditional’, a second offering that follows on from first taster ‘Waiting On You‘, taken from their forthcoming sophomore album. The uncompromising three piece consisting of Robbi Zana (vocals/bass), Si Hopman (guitar) and Alex Deegan (drums) have been garnering the support of punters […]

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H.E.A.T announce recording of new album

H.E.A.T announce recording of new album

H.E.A.T are proud to announce the recording of their yet untitled next album to be released in the year of 2017. Following the release of their previous critically acclaimed album, Tearing Down The Walls, the band have been touring all over the world gaining the reputation of one of the best live acts out there. H.E.A.T have been focusing on […]

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STEEL PANTHER BRINGS CHRISTMAS EARLY! “ANYTHING GOES” SINGLE/VIDEO FROM NEW STUDIO ALBUM:  LOWER THE BAR

STEEL PANTHER BRINGS CHRISTMAS EARLY! “ANYTHING GOES” SINGLE/VIDEO FROM NEW STUDIO ALBUM: LOWER THE BAR

Rock N’ Roll fans looking to turn up the holiday cheer this season, look no further. Today the internationally renowned glam rock band Steel Panther debuted their sing-a-long music video for Anything Goes, the latest single off their upcoming album, Lower The Bar, on Vevo. In Anything Goes, fanthers can sing along in a spectacular psychedelic fashion with on screen […]

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I PREVAIL announce additional Sydney & Melbourne dates to LIFELINES Australia Tour

I PREVAIL announce additional Sydney & Melbourne dates to LIFELINES Australia Tour

Australian I PREVAIL fans have spoken – they want more! Due to an overwhelming demand for tickets in Sydney and Melbourne, the band and promoter have agreed to add second and FINAL shows in each city with tickets now on sale at tickets.destroyalllines.com. This incredible tour is the very first time touring Australia for I PREVAIL and is presented by […]

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50 Songs in 5 Days Returns for it’s Fifth Year

50 Songs in 5 Days Returns for it’s Fifth Year

What do you get when you bring together more than 75 of Australia’s best songwriters and producers, throw in a handful of accomplished international guests, and lock them away at Studios 301 in Sydney for five days? Over 50 songs that will be as juicy to your ears as a summertime mango is to your tastebuds. From Monday 12 to […]

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TEG Live announces THE TEA PARTY to collaborate with Sydney Youth Orchestras for one very special evening

TEG Live announces THE TEA PARTY to collaborate with Sydney Youth Orchestras for one very special evening

TEG Live has announced that Canadian trio The Tea Party will be in full flight with a Symphony Orchestra in an exclusive Sydney show next year. The Tea Party will collaborate with the Sydney Youth Orchestras in a majestic performance on Friday 21 April 21 2017 at The Star Events Centre. Australia began its love affair with The Tea Party […]

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WE MAY FALL unveil “Again” music video – MTRBWY Video of the week!

WE MAY FALL unveil “Again” music video – MTRBWY Video of the week!

Our video of the week this week comes from WE MAY FALL. We love it so it’s on the front page and you can read all about it below! With their new single ‘Again’ setting fire to headphones and speakers far and wide, Sydney post-hardcore warriors We May Fall have brought the track to life with an official music video. […]

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DEAD LETTER CIRCUS announce The Endless Mile Tour – March 2017

DEAD LETTER CIRCUS announce The Endless Mile Tour – March 2017

When you put on Dead Letter Circus‘ eponymous debut EP, it is still as fucking amazing as it was 10 years ago… and, in true testament to its enduring relevance, feels like it could have been recorded 10 minutes ago. The sound it created is iconic, and the bands it inspired are dotted across the Australian landscape. It is legacy. […]

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RYAN ADAMS to release new album ‘Prisoner’ on February 17

RYAN ADAMS to release new album ‘Prisoner’ on February 17

Pinball, comic book, black metal and hardcore enthusiast and multiple-Grammy-nominee-and-zero-winner Ryan Adams today confirmed details of his first album of all new original material since 2014’s Ryan Adams. Titled ‘Prisoner’, the new album will be released on February 17 and features the single “Do You Still Love Me?” which is available today for purchase and as an instant grat with […]

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