Thanks to our good friends at Sony Music Australia, we have five copies of the new AC/DC album ‘Rock or Bust’ to give away to our lucky readers. To win one of the five copies, simply send us an email to mtrbwy@maytherockbewithyou.com with the subject line of ‘AC/DC Giveaway’ and include your name and address and finish this sentence for us…‘For […]

A FURTHER 15 BANDS ANNOUNCED FOR THE ALREADY MASSIVE SOUNDWAVE FESTIVAL 2015 THERE WILL BE A THIRD ANNOUNCEMENT AND TIMETABLES COMING BEFORE CHRISTMAS AS WELL!   ANIMALS AS LEADERS: ‘CAFO’ BAYSIDE: ‘Devotion and Desire’ THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA: ‘Born To Lose’ DRAGONFORCE: ‘The Game’ (Featuring Matt Heafy of Trivium) EVERGREEN TERRACE: ‘Chaney Can’t Quite Riff Like Helmet’s Page Hamilton’ ‘ FUCKED UP: ‘Queen Of Hearts’  HE IS […]

Iconic alt-rock band COUNTING CROWS make a welcome return to Australia this April for headline dates around the country, including a previously announced appearance at Byron Bay Bluesfest. Currently touring their native US in support of their long-awaited seventh studio albumSomewhere Under Wonderland, the band are renowned for creating unique and innovative concerts, and are consistently ranked as one of the top live […]

Today, Bluesfest, the multi award winning five Day Festival, held annually over the Easter Long weekend just north of Byron Bay (EVENT DATES: Thu 2nd to Mon 6th of April, 2015) delivers to its audience and music lovers across the country a tremendous addition to what is currently being called one of the best festival bills announced anywhere in the world. Regarded as […]

After leaving a trail of dropped jaws and newly-converted hardcore fans in the wake of their first trip down under, three-time GRAMMY Award-winning Zac Brown Band are heading back to Australia in 2015 for their first headline tour. Chugg Entertainment and Rob Potts Entertainment Edge today confirmed a return tour to Australia for the seven million album-selling, genre-defying band whose […]

WEDNESDAY 13 is set to release his sixth solo album on January 16, 2015 through 3Wise Records. “I want to do something different and challenging,” states W13. “Take the movies, They Live and Night Of The Living Dead, and the series V, and mix that together. It’s a sci-fi, horror story that will be the most unique Wednesday 13 album […]

Sony Music Entertainment Australia is proud to release Hoodoo Gurus GRAVY TRAIN EP, out now. This is the second EP ever to be released by the Hoodoo Gurus in the band’s history. It features all eight past and present members, performing on four songs dating from the earliest days of the band’s career, three of them never recorded before! Back in September 2011, the Hoodoo […]

Canada’s finest – Cancer Bats have announced the release date for their new album and revealed the video from their upcoming single Satellites online. Check out the explosive new video here. The beloved multiple-JUNO nominated hardcore-punk-metal band will release their highly anticipated fifth studio LP titled Searching for Zero on March 13th, 2015 on their own imprint, Noise Church Records. The 10-track album is now available for pre-order now. […]

Architects will return to Australia in April 2015 for their first national headline tour since 2010. In September 2014 they did two small capacity headline shows in Sydney and Melbourne, selling each of them out in less than 48 hours. Joining them for the ride will be Stick To Your Guns (USA), Being As An Ocean (USA) and Stories (AUS). Formed in 2007, Architects have been one of the […]

Billboard‘s ‘Rock Group of the Decade’, NICKELBACK are powering up to kick off a massive May 2015 Australian tour in support of their eighth full-length studio album, No Fixed Address, unleashed today. The decibels will rise as Nickelback fire up their trademark unmistakably huge sound, lifting the roof with anthems ‘Someday’, ‘Gotta Be Somebody’, ‘When We Stand Together’, ‘Burn It to the Ground’ and […]

THE SMASHING PUMPKINS have announced their forthcoming album ‘Monuments To An Elegy’ will be released December 12 via Martha’s Music/BMG Music/Cooking Vinyl Australia. ‘Monuments To An Elegy’ marks the iconic alternative band’s eighth studio album and is the follow-up to their critically acclaimed 2012 album ‘Oceania’. This new album was recorded in Chicago with Smashing Pumpkins guitarist Jeff Schroeder, who […]

After an extensive tour of the US with KISS & Def Leppard, which finished with three shows on board the KISS Kruise IV, The Dead Daisies are ready to bring their show back to Australia and New Zealand on the upcoming ‘Angel In Your Eyes’ tour! KISS & Def Leppard fans all around the world have rocked out to The Dead […]

AC/DC’s recently announced album ROCK OR BUST, available for pre-order now, will have its first Australian public playback at midday on Sunday November 23rd, 2014 at the small Riverina town of The Rock, population 860, 5 days ahead of its official release on Friday November 28th. Sony Music and Alberts will be launching ROCK OR BUST at the Lockhart Shire’s […]

D.C. based prog outfit Periphery are set to release dual albums Juggernaut: Alpha and Juggernaut: Omega, on January 23rd via Roadrunner Records Australia “Given the nature and complexity of the Juggernaut story, we’ve actually done something different and exciting in regards to the release,” explains drummer Matt Halpern. “Juggernaut is a story that is told through our music, and we […]

Would you like to see Manchester Orchestra live in Australia this month, for free? Well, thanks to our friends at XIII Touring we have 2 x double passes to give away for each of the below shows for Manchester Orchestra’s upcoming Australian tour. So all you need to do is shoot us an email with your name, phone number, which […]

LONG AWAITED 3-CD RARITIES COLLECTION INCLUDES NEW AND UNRELEASED TRACKS. Recognized as one of the world’s most influential bands in rock music, Grammy-winning multi-platinum selling band Soundgarden started a musical transformation that inspired a generation in its record-breaking career, leaving an indelible mark by helping redefine alternative and hard rock. Hard on the heels of the 20th anniversary deluxe re-release […]

Get ready Australia and New Zealand because the most anticipated rock tour of the summer has just been confirmed!  Frontier Touring are thrilled to announce that rock superstars Foo Fighters will be returning to Australia and New Zealand in February and March 2015 for their biggest shows ever, with very special guests Rise Against. Last in Australia and New Zealand in 2011 for a […]

Today, Bluesfest Byron Bay, the multi award winning 5 Day Festival, held annually over the Easter Long weekend just north of Byron Bay (EVENT DATES: Thu 2nd to Mon 6th of April, 2015) reveals the 3rd medley of phenomenal artists who will be performing at Bluesfest 2015. Announcement #3 features a strong dose of Blues and Roots and so much more, with […]

The Bronx alter ego MARIACHI EL BRONX have announced a string of sideshows to coincide with their much anticipated appearance at Bluesfest in 2015.  The Charro suited outfit will be bringing favorites from their first two albums and for the first time brand new music from the latest acclaimed album (III) to life for devoted Australian fans next April. From what began as a […]

AWARD-WINNING DOCUMENTARY WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR THE FIRST TIME DIGITALLY AND ON VIDEO ON DEMAND. Metallica will be releasing a ten-year anniversary 2-disc Blu-Ray and DVD of their out of print, groundbreaking movie, METALLICA: Some Kind of Monster on November 28, 2014. Originally released on July 9, 2004, METALLICA: Some Kind of Monster follows the band through three of the […]

ANGELS & AIRWAVES have revealed the stunning cross-platform tapestry of forthcoming new album ‘The Dream Walker’, which will be released concurrently with an animated short film (Poet Anderson: The Dream Walker) on December 9th. Instantly recognisable as one of the faces of Blink 182, Tom DeLonge formed Angels & Airwaves in 2005. In the ensuing nine years, the band has […]

AFI lead vocalist Davey Havok and guitarist Jade Puget have announced November 21 as the release date for XTRMST,the self-titled debut album from the duo’s new straight-edge hardcore band. The first single from the album,Conformist is out now and you can listen to 4 other tracks via the band’s Soundcloud. “Jade and I have been talking about starting a straight edge […]

Contemporary classic rockers, The Dead Daisies, have released their second single, “Angel In Your Eyes”, from their Face I Love EP, as they get set to commence their tour (of the same name) across Australia and New Zealand in late November. The Dead Daisies will hit Australia in November, ready to headline 5 massive shows across the country, taking in Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth, Brisbane, and […]

Thanks to our good friends at Sony Music Australia, we have ten copies of the new Train album ‘Bulletproof Picasso’ to give away to our lucky readers. To win one of the ten copies, simply send us an email to mtrbwy@maytherockbewithyou.com with the subject line of ‘Train Giveaway’ and include your name and address and the answer to this question…‘What did […]

Eleven Seven Music Group is proud to announce the signing of Aussie rockers, My Secret Circus. “For a US label to sign an Australian band there has to be something special,” says CEO Allen Kovac. “When My Secret Circus releases their first album on Eleven Seven, the world will be introduced to a very special artist.” MY SECRET CIRCUS merge […]

Purveyors of quality rock’n’roll, Melbourne rock band Palace Of The King is set to release their debut album in April 2015.  Ahead of this, they will whet the appetite with their riff-heavy brand of psych-blues rock n’ roll, releasing a new track each month from November 2014 through to March 2015. Five months, five singles, all to be unleashed on […]

This weekend, the new HBO series Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways begins on GO!. Airing this Saturday, October 18 at 4:30pm – just hours after it premieres in the US. Fans can also catch encore screenings on Sunday, October 19 at 3:30pm on GO! and Wednesday, October 22 at midnight on Channel Nine. The official trailer- viewable below – features musicians involved in this incredible series […]

OMAR RODRIGUEZ-LOPEZ & CEDRIC BIXLER-ZAVALA (At The Drive In/The Mars Volta) FORM ‘ANTEMASQUE’ EPONYMOUS DEBUT GETS AUSTRALIAN RELEASE ON NOVEMBER 7 (digital) / NOVEMBER 24 (LP/CD) ANTEMASQUE is a band. A very new band. As it happens, it is the most recent band formed by respected rock pundits Omar Rodríguez-López and Cedric Bixler-Zavala of At The Drive In and The Mars Volta fame. ANTEMASQUE will release their eponymous debut longplayer digitally […]

To say 2014 has been a bit of a whirlwind year for The Bennies would be somewhat of an understatement. And if you know anything about The Bennies, you’d probably appreciate that they’ve no time for subtleties.  In the midst of a mental touring schedule, The Bennies will release their brand new EP, Heavy Disco digitally on Poison City Records on November 11 before […]

Following the announcement last week of TRAIN’s Bulletproof Picasso Tour Australian dates, a last minute change to the band’s international travel arrangements have required the rescheduling of dates for both the Sydney and Melbourne shows. Train will perform now at the Sydney Opera House on Wednesday April 1 (originally scheduled for Sunday April 5 – no change of venue). Sydney show […]