Category: Music News

CLOSURE IN MOSCOW release ‘Seeds Of Gold’ video

CLOSURE IN MOSCOW release ‘Seeds Of Gold’ video

Closure In Moscow have kindly provided you with the funkiest pop rock jam of the Winter, the tune to set your day alight, the hook to torture your poor skull for the next fortnight. Seeds Of Gold is the second single taken from the Melbourne band’s long awaited second LP, Pink Lemonade. It’s destined to leave newcomers and fans with gobs aghast, and […]

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FOO FIGHTERS Eighth album confirmed for November release

FOO FIGHTERS Eighth album confirmed for November release

FOO FIGHTERS (AS-YET UNTITLED) EIGHTH ALBUM CONFIRMED FOR NOVEMBER RELEASE ON ROSWELL / RCA / Sony Music FIRST PEEK AT HBO DOCUMENTARY SERIES FOO FIGHTERS: SONIC HIGHWAYS LIVE NOW HERE  “This is a musical map of America.”-Dave Grohl This weekend Foo Fighter fans were treated to a surprise teaser preview of the new HBO series Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways. The sneak peek – now viewable […]

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DARKC3LL release “Death of Rock & Roll” Videoclip

DARKC3LL release “Death of Rock & Roll” Videoclip

The rumours of the Death of Rock n Roll have been greatly exaggerated. Darkc3ll are the living dead embodiment of it – and if anyone has say so over whether it is alive or dead, it’s the graven industrial metal gods from Brisbane, who have had a massive start to 2014. They embarked on the entire Soundwave Festival tour and […]

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PENNYWISE Announce New Album ‘Yesterdays’

PENNYWISE Announce New Album ‘Yesterdays’

PENNYWISE TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM ‘YESTERDAYS’ VIA EPITAPH JULY 11 Jim Lindberg Returns as Front Man Southern California punk legends Pennywise will release their eleventh studio album,Yesterdays, on July 11 via Epitaph Records. Jim Lindberg is back as the front man, andYesterdays includes songs written by deceased bassist, Jason Thirsk. Listen to the first cut from the album “Violence Never Ending” in […]

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ADAM BRAND Announces New Studio Album ‘My Side Of The Street’ – Released August 8, 2014

ADAM BRAND Announces New Studio Album ‘My Side Of The Street’ – Released August 8, 2014

Whatever gives Aussie music its heart, Adam Brand breathes plenty of life into its soul. For more than fifteen years, Brand has been one of the country’s best-loved and most successful recording artists. On August 8, 2014, Adam Brand will release his 10th studio album, the soulful ‘My Side Of The Street’. The guitar-heavy, soaring rock-tinged lead single ‘What Your Love Looks Like’ captures Brand in […]

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Dead Letter Circus announce unplugged tour, perform RATM cover on triple j Like A Version

Dead Letter Circus announce unplugged tour, perform RATM cover on triple j Like A Version

Following on from this morning’s appearance on triple j’s Like A Version, Dead Letter Circus have announced three intimate shows in which the band will perform as a full band acoustic / unplugged version of themselves. This morning on triple j’s Breakfast Program, Dead Letter Circus covered ‘Killing In The Name’ by Rage Against The Machine in their first appearance on the Like A […]

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Rick Astley Announces 2014 Australian Tour

Rick Astley Announces 2014 Australian Tour

It’s too good not to be shared! You’ve all just been Rick Rock ‘n’ Rolled! Lennard Promotions and Max TV present the return of the incomparable Rick Astley on his Together Forever Australian 2014 Tour. After thrilling Australian crowds in 2012 Rick Astley is back with his amazing band to deliver another run of shows across the country featuring all […]

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SLASH Featuring MYLES KENNEDY & THE CONSPIRATORS Announce “World On Fire” – New Album To Be Released September 12th

SLASH Featuring MYLES KENNEDY & THE CONSPIRATORS Announce “World On Fire” – New Album To Be Released September 12th

FIRST SINGLE & TITLE TRACK TO ARRIVE AT RADIO FRIDAY JUNE 13TH COVER ARTWORK DESIGNED BY RON ENGLISH. TRACK LISTING REVEALED! SLASH and his band mates Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators will release their new album WORLD ON FIRE on September 12thvia SLASH’s own label Dik Hayd International and Sony Music Entertainment Australia. Featuring the blazing title track as the first single which will be serviced to radio worldwide on June […]

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QUEEN + ADAM LAMBERT Second shows have been added in MELBOURNE & SYDNEY

QUEEN + ADAM LAMBERT Second shows have been added in MELBOURNE & SYDNEY

DUE TO HUGE DEMAND DURING THE PRE-SALE SECOND SHOWS HAVE BEEN ADDED IN MELBOURNE & SYDNEY TICKETS ON SALE 10AM TODAY! Tickets to the QUEEN + ADAM LAMBERT Australian tour go on sale to the public at 10am today.  To meet the demand in the presale period extra shows have been added in Melbourne and Sydney where there are now 2 shows going on […]

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WITCHGRINDER announce live shows, begin working on new album

WITCHGRINDER announce live shows, begin working on new album

Witchgrinder has announced a handful of live shows over the coming months before they head back into the studio to write and record album number two. The first of the gigs is an All Ages show on Friday, 13 June at Beaconsfield Community Complex in Melbourne.  On Saturday, 12 July the band will be performing at The Evelyn in Melbourne where […]

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Introducing: CHARMING LIARS! New EP ‘We Won’t Give Up’ out 06/06/2014

Introducing: CHARMING LIARS! New EP ‘We Won’t Give Up’ out 06/06/2014

CHARMING LIARS is a British/American rock band, based in Los Angeles, California. Originally founded by lead vocalist Charlie Cosser, guitaristKarnig Manoukian and bassist Mike Kruger in London, England. As teens growing up in London, England, the trio of talented musicians and songwriters that make up the core of this dynamic new rock band were shaken to their young souls by the crunching guitar riffs and memorable […]

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SEETHER to release new album ‘Isolate and Medicate’ via Caroline Australia

SEETHER to release new album ‘Isolate and Medicate’ via Caroline Australia

Multi-platinum alternative rock trio SEETHER will release their highly anticipated, sixth studio album ‘Isolate And Medicate’ on June 27th, 2014 via Caroline Australia. The band has again teamed with ace producer Brendan O’Brien (Springsteen, Pearl Jam) to deliver the most poignant, passionate, and powerful record of their career.  Having racked up seventeen Top 5 multi-format hits including eleven #1 singles, SEETHER; Billboard’s 2011 Active Rock Artist of the Year, […]

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STORY OF THE YEAR Support acts announced

STORY OF THE YEAR Support acts announced

STORY OF THE YEAR are returning to Australia in June to celebrate the Tenth anniversary of ‘Page Avenue’. One of the most revered and beloved rock albums in recent memory will be performed in its entirety, with hits such as Until The Day I Die, Anthem Of Our Dying Day and Sidewalks. In addition, a slew of fan favourites and a few surprises will be […]

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ANBERLIN Announce Second Melbourne Show!

ANBERLIN Announce Second Melbourne Show!

ANBERLIN SELL OUT THE FORUM – ANNOUNCE SPECIAL SECOND MELBOURNE SHOW Anberlin fans who dared hesitate for a mere moment in purchasing tickets to the band’s farewell tour have been caught off guard with the five piece’s Melbourne show at The Forum selling out in just days. Luckily, those still eager to bid adieu to one of the most charismatic and influential […]

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EAGLES announce ‘History Of The Eagles’ tour in Australia & New Zealand in February/March 2015

EAGLES announce ‘History Of The Eagles’ tour in Australia & New Zealand in February/March 2015

Frontier Touring is thrilled to announce the return of one of music’s most iconic groups to our shores.  Renowned for their hit laden sell-out concerts, the Eagles are bringing their critically acclaimed History of the Eagles World Tour to Australia and New Zealand in February/March 2015.  Notably, it will be the band’s first visit to New Zealand in twenty years. […]

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The Baby Animals Are Fully Loaded For Their Fans

The Baby Animals Are Fully Loaded For Their Fans

The fans wanted it.  The Baby Animals have delivered it.  A deluxe, fully loaded edition of last year’s Top 20 ARIA charting album, This Is Not The End.To be released on Friday, June 6, via Social Family Records, This Is Not The End (Deluxe Fully Loaded Edition), celebrates the one year anniversary of the original album’s release, and includes never before released live versions of the band’s biggest […]

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KING BUZZO announces first solo & acoustic tour of Australia this August

KING BUZZO announces first solo & acoustic tour of Australia this August

Frontier Touring is thrilled to announce that rock’n’roll royalty Buzz Osborne, King Buzzo is headed to Australia with a ten-date solo acoustic tour of Australia this August! With a career spanning 31 years, 30 albums, and over 2,000 live performances, this tour marks the first time that the monarch of metal has performed acoustically in such a unique and intimate […]

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Introducing THE MADDEN BROTHERS – A new band from Joel and Benji Madden

Introducing THE MADDEN BROTHERS – A new band from Joel and Benji Madden

Global music stars Joel and Benji Madden — known for their band Good Charlotte as well as appearing on Australia’s highly rated The Voice on the Nine Network — have announced that they have formed a new band The Madden Brothers. Their debut album entitled Greetings From California…, is set for release on Capitol Records via EMI Music Australia October 3rd. The first single “We Are Done,” a soulful, ’60s-inspired tune that […]

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Breaking Orbit Release New Single ‘Become The Light’ + Announce Tour Dates

Breaking Orbit Release New Single ‘Become The Light’ + Announce Tour Dates

On the back of their highly acclaimed ?2012 debut album The Time Traveller  (‘one of the best debuts in Australian history’ – LifeMusicMedia), Sydney progressive/alternative rockers Breaking Orbit are ready to release the first track? from their forthcoming sophomore album?, Become The Light and hit the road with post-rockers sleepmakeswaves this July/August. Become The Light is a stratospheric foray into the versatility of sound. Breaking Orbit‘s hallmark manipulation of melody guides you through a sonic […]

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CANNIBAL CORPSE with guests HOUR OF PENANCE Australian Tour September 2014

CANNIBAL CORPSE with guests HOUR OF PENANCE Australian Tour September 2014

On the eve of their new, yet untitled album, the towering gods of death metal, CANNIBAL CORPSE, smash their way back to Australia for what will be a grisly, hostile start to their world tour in support of this album. With all their trademark blistering riffs, turbulent drums, ruthless and razored vocals, the bludgeoning force of CANNIBAL CORPSE will strike […]

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Every Time I Die To Release New Album

Every Time I Die To Release New Album

Hardcore heroes Every Time I Die will release a new album From Parts Unknown on June 27 via Epitaph Records in Australia and New Zealand. “Thirst” is the first cut and the video is the first half of a short series. Watch it below: It could have been easy for Every Time I Die to go on autopilot. After sixteen years as a band they […]

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Chelsea Grin To Release Ashes To Ashes July 11th

Chelsea Grin To Release Ashes To Ashes July 11th

Salt Lake City deathcore phenomenon Chelsea Grin are tricked up and prepared to unleash another torrent of grinding brutality on the world this July, in the form of their third studio album Ashes To Ashes (out July 11th). Produced by the band in collaboration with popular producer/musician Diego Farias (Animals As Leaders, Volumes, Stray From The Path), Ashes to Ashes uncages a torrent of technically tight […]

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Ace Frehley’s ‘Space Invader’ Artwork by Ken Kelly Revealed

Ace Frehley’s ‘Space Invader’ Artwork by Ken Kelly Revealed

ACE FREHLEY REUNITES WITH KEN KELLY FOR SPACE INVADER COVER ART (New York, NY) – Founding KISS guitarist and 2014 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, Ace Frehley has tapped long time friend and artist Ken Kelly to create the album cover for his upcoming LP SPACE INVADER, due out July 8th. The reveal comes exclusively through Rolling Stone […]

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QUEEN + ADAM LAMBERT in Australia for the first time in 30 years!

QUEEN + ADAM LAMBERT in Australia for the first time in 30 years!

Legendary superstar band QUEEN + ADAM LAMBERT have just announced they will visit Australia.  “Let’s ROCK those beautiful arenas JUST ONE MORE TIME!” said Brian May. The QUEEN + ADAM LAMBERT Australian Tour will kick off in Perth on Friday 22 August at Perth Arena, then travel to Sydney on Tuesday 26 August at Allphones Arena, Melbourne on Friday 29 August at Rod Laver Arena with the grand […]

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Mid Year Mayhem tour featuring: Buried In Verona, Antagonist AD and Stories Announced!

Mid Year Mayhem tour featuring: Buried In Verona, Antagonist AD and Stories Announced!

2014 has been a big year for Buried in Verona. Album number four,Faceless, debuted at #15 on the ARIA charts and was followed by a national tour in April, with Brisbane and Perth shows selling out. The band is currently treating European crowds to their brand of relentless riffage and in your face lyrics. Hot on the heels of their Euro jaunt […]

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Robot Child Release Clip for Ignition

Robot Child Release Clip for Ignition

Waleed Aly’s band, Robot Child, unveil brand new film clip Off the back of their East coast rampage, Melbourne 5-piece Robot Child are one short month from the release of their debut album, One More War.    It’s difficult to fault the company Robot Child keep – with the ghosts of Queen, Pink Floyd, Faith No More, and Muse haunting their sound, Waleed Aly […]

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JOE BONAMASSA announces 2014 Australian Tour

JOE BONAMASSA announces 2014 Australian Tour

Joe Bonamassa has just announced his 2014 Australian tour dates. Kicking off in Sydney on September 14, the tour finishes up a week later in Perth on September 21, after performances in Adelaide and Melbourne. Tickets to all shows are on sale now. The new live show will offer two stellar band line-ups with Joe Bonamassa dividing the show in half, […]

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FOO FIGHTERS to commemorate Eighth Album & 20th Anniversary

FOO FIGHTERS to commemorate Eighth Album & 20th Anniversary

FOO FIGHTERS TO COMMEMORATE EIGHTH ALBUM & 20TH ANNIVERSARY WITH HBO SERIES DOCUMENTING EIGHT-CITY RECORDING ODYSSEY Foo Fighters have confirmed that the making of their upcoming eighth album–due out this fall on Roswell/RCA through Sony Music Entertainment Australia –will be accompanied by an as yet untitled HBO series documenting the eight-city odyssey during which the record was created. In the series, directed by […]

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THE USED and TAKING BACK SUNDAY Announce 2nd and Final Melbourne show

THE USED and TAKING BACK SUNDAY Announce 2nd and Final Melbourne show

MELBOURNE SOLD OUT WITH SECOND SHOW ADDED! It only took just over an hour for rabid Taking Back Sunday and The Used fans to snap up tickets to the Monday 25 August show in Melbourne.  We are bloody stoked to announce that both artists have agreed to perform a second and definitely final Melbourne show! Tickets for the newly announced […]

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COLDPLAY – ANNOUNCING an EXCLUSIVE ONE-OFF AUSTRALIAN SHOW!

COLDPLAY – ANNOUNCING an EXCLUSIVE ONE-OFF AUSTRALIAN SHOW!

Live Nation is thrilled to announce one of the biggest bands in the world today – COLDPLAY– will play one very special show at Sydney’s iconic Enmore Theatre in Newton on Thursday June 19. Today Coldplay deliver their latest album Ghost Stories on Parlophone Records (through Warner Music Australia), featuring singles ‘Magic’ and the newly released second single ‘A Sky Full of Stars’. […]

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