Canadian singer-songwriter Tim Chaisson is once again set to bring his warm, soulful voice, beautiful guitar melodies and renowned violin performances to Australia. On his second visit in 2013, Chaisson will be tackling the national touring circuit with legendary ARIA award winning artist Diesel, as well as being joined by Hein and Little May for several Sydney dates. Chaisson will […]

We’ve featured 4ARM before as one of our ‘Best Things You’ve Never Heard’ and here’s a message from the band: We are excited to announce Markus Johansson as the new Lead Guitarist of one of the most exciting and most talked about NEW thrash bands in the world 4ARM! Due to serious family issues John Paul Glovasa was forced to […]

FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME IN AUSTRALIA – KID ROCK ADDED AS SPECIAL GUEST ON BON JOVI’S “BECAUSE WE CAN – THE TOUR” Paul Dainty, Chairman of Dainty Group announced today that Detroit rocker Kid Rock will join Bon Jovi as special guest on the “Because We Can” Australian tour.  This will be Kid Rock’s first ever tour of Australia. […]

HEAVEN’S BASEMENT, announce the release of their long awaited debut album Filthy Empire, which will be released on May 24, 2013 via Shock Records. Filthy Empire was recorded in LA by famed producer John Feldmann (Papa Roach, Black Veil Brides, Good Charlotte), the resulting slab of rock sees a healthy dose of contemporary freshness added to the bands sound. The […]

Tour dates announced for July 2013 New album Black Dog Barking available May 17, 2013 Airbourne are finally returning home to give us a firsthand serving of their crazy, high energy and speaker blowing album Black Dog Barking available Friday 17 May. The band will kick off the tour in their home town of Warrnambool, before heading to Melbourne, Canberra […]

DREAM ON DREAMER ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM “LOVELESS” UNVEIL PLANS FOR FIRST SINGLE “THE WORLD IN FRONT OF ME” After the massive worldwide success of the debut album “Heartbound” in 2011, Dream On Dreamer will release their much anticipated sophomore record “Loveless” on Friday 28 June via UNFD. The first taste of music will be unveiled exclusively on triple j’s short.fast.loud […]

Amorphis tour Australia for the very first time in their illustrious career. Never before has this iconic and distinguished act graced Australian shores; now in October 2013, this is all set to change. Amorphis has been at the forefront of the scene for well over two decades. Encompassing a large and loyal fan base they have been able, and continue, to win over […]

Three years on from their last album ‘Engineering The Soul’, Central Coast rockers Something With Numbers stage a return with long-awaited album ‘Eleven Eleven’, and a national tour to support the hotly anticipated release! Kicking off on June 14 at the Mona Vale Hotel, Something With Numbers are set to take Australia by storm once again with the signature rock […]

BON JOVI – BECAUSE WE CAN – THE TOUR: AUSTRALIAN DATES ANNOUNCED Tickets from $35* On Sale Monday 20th May at 12noon Paul Dainty, Chairman of Dainty Group has announced dates for the Australian leg of the “BON JOVI Because We Can – The Tour”.   The tour will kick off in Melbourne on Saturday 7th December at Etihad Stadium followed […]

Limp Bizkit have officially released “Ready To Go” featuring Lil Wayne, their very first single for Cash Money Records, available on iTunes and all digital retailers now. It’s a taste of what’s to come in 2013 from the Grammy Award-nominated multiplatinum Florida titans-Fred Durst [vocals], Wes Borland [guitars], Sam Rivers [bass], and John Otto [drums]. Striking the perfect balance between […]

MOVING PICTURES REUNITE! – Bustin’ Loose 2013 – With Special Guests: Mental as Anything After reuniting for a sold out tour in 2011, the original Moving Pictures line up is back for a limited number run of shows this August with special guests, Mental as Anything (ex. Melbourne). Forming in Sydney in 1980, it didn’t take long for Moving Pictures […]

Metropolis Touring and Tombowler present for The First Time Headlining In Australia “…the sweet-yet-tortured tones of Evanescence with the angry wails of Lacuna Coil” – Rag Magazine Flyleaf are set for their long-awaited first headline tour of Australia this August. Flyleaf’s style of hard rock is reminiscent of Deftones, Evanescence and Chevelle. Heavy riffs, thrilling arrangements, memorable melodies and mammoth […]

Following an exceptional run of shows with Rodriguez on his recent national tour, including a star turn at Bluesfest, those fine surf rock gentlemen of The Break are donning their special issue tour space suits in readiness for a series of live dates.  The band’s first headline shows to celebrate the release of their second album SPACE FARM will take […]

You heard right, the Baby Animals are back with their third studio album, the first in twenty years. This Is Not The End will be released on Friday 31st May via Social Family Records.  To celebrate the release of the album the band have announced today that they will tour the East Coast of Australia this June, with tickets going […]

O.K., this guy GILBY CLARKE was in GUNS N’ ROSES, he also played guitar for the MC5, NANCY SINATRA, HEART, and ROCKSTAR SUPERNOVA, as well as production duties for THE BRONX, L.A. GUNS and ALICE COOPER. More importantly, he’s been a prolific solo artist, a mash-up of Keef, Johnny Thunders and B.B. King. The Cleveland native hit the L.A. scene […]

BORIS ANNOUNCE AUSTRALIAN RETURN TO PLAY SEMINAL ALBUM “FLOOD” Ladies and gentlemen, Boris are back. Following an outstanding response to their 2012 Australian tour, Japanese three-piece Boris will return to Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Hobart to play their classic cult album, FLOOD plus other popular tracks from their decorated career. Flood, the band’s third album, is essentially one single piece, […]

Thanks to our friends at Universal Music Australia, we have five copies of the Bryan Adams 2CD Australian Tour Edition  to give away to five of our lucky readers.  Surely you can all name at least 12 Bryan Adams songs, and yes they’re all on there on this 34 track monster, not to mention some unreleased and live tracks from […]

UNFD and NEW WORLD ARTISTS have teamed up to bring fans one of the strongest tour packages of 2013 in the EAST COAST RAMPAGE TOUR.  Kicking off in June, the tour will feature I KILLED THE PROM QUEEN, HOUSE VS HURRICANE, BURIED IN VERONA and SAVIOUR. and will hit towns all along the East Coast of Australia.  East Coast Rampage is the first […]

Metropolis Touring and Tombowler present – MDC – SEMINAL HARDCORE PUNK LEGENDS AUSTRALIAN TOUR MDC, aka Millions Of Dead Cops, Multi Death Corporation are credited as one of the most politically vocal American Hardcore Punk bands to come out of the early 1980’s and will make their way to Australian shores for the first time ever this August. Forming in […]

Lennard Promotions present legendary songwriter Don McLean In Concert across Australia in August 2013. Don McLean galvanised a generation with his timeless hit American Pie, as each generation since its release has discovered, the poignant lyricism and unforgettable melody stirs deep emotion and empathy from all who encounter it, once it has visited it never leaves the heart of the […]

THE ONLY PLACE IN AUSTRALIA TO BE IS YOUR LOCAL MUSIC STORE  Record Store Day Australia is shaping up to be one of the best ever.  Russell Morris has been announced as Ambassador for the day: There is an exciting variety of limited edition Vinyl Releases and the in-store appearances and activity is starting to hot up right across the country. […]

Germany’s rockers Torpedohead have released a brand new video for “Red City Lights”, the second promo single of the band’s successful album “Greetings From Heartbreak Key”. The harmonica-flavored “Red City Lights” is a stripped down country-folk acoustic tune that spotlights a different side of Torpedohead. The track was recorded live at home in the kitchen with no overdubs. The video […]

ENGLAND’S FAVOURITE PUNK ROCK TROUBADOUR RELEASES NEW ALBUM TAPE DECK HEART ON APRIL 19 Following a year that saw a headline sold out Wembley Arena and a performance at the London Olympics Opening Ceremony, Winchester-born folk/punk hero Frank Turner will release Tape Deck Heart, his highly anticipated fifth studio album on April 19, 2013.   Produced and mixed by Rich […]

Thanks to our friends at Univeral Music Australia, we have five copies of the highly anticipated new from Fall Out Boy awesomely titled ‘Save Rock and Roll’ to give away to five of our lucky readers.  You should have heard the newest single ‘My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light Em Up)’, but if you want to […]

 HUEY LEWIS AND THE NEWS CELEBRATE THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF ‘SPORTS’ WITH REMASTERED DELUXE EDITION (OUT 13th May) AND U.S. TOUR, AS ALBUM NEARS RIAA DIAMOND CERTIFICATION Huey Lewis and The News’ 1983 ‘Sports’ album spawned four Top 10 hit singles (and another that cracked the Top 20), iconic music videos, and sold almost 10 million copies.  To celebrate the […]

American punk band The Transplants are finally back with a ferocious new album called In A Warzone, which hits the street this June 28th via Epitaph records. “When we started this band 13 years ago, we weren’t worried about who was going to like us,” states front-man Rob Aston. “We still aren’t. In A Warzone is more raw and stripped […]

NEON TREES – LIGHTING UP MELBOURNE & SYDNEY STAGES The Frontier Touring Company has announced that Utah rockers Neon Trees will be tearing up Melbourne and Sydney with a special one off performance in each city this May! The band is set to perform their infectious brand of pop rock at Ding Dong Lounge in Melbourne and The Standard in […]

Swedish Axeman MAGNUS KARLSSON to release his debut solo project FREE FALL in June on Frontiers ! Frontiers Records is pleased to announce the release of MAGNUS KARLSSON’S FREE FALL debut album on June 11th in North America and June 14th in Europe. Magnus Karlsson started his cooperation with Frontiers Records in the year 2000 when his band LAST TRIBE […]

Jimmy Eat World will release their seventh studio album ‘Damage’ on June 7th 2013. ‘Damage’ is the follow up to 2010’s critically-acclaimed ‘Invented’, and the first release on their label partner RCA Records. ‘Damage’ was produced by Jimmy Eat World and Alain Johannes (Mark Lanegan, Chris Cornell) and recorded in Autumn 2012 at the producer’s Los Angeles home studio. Mixing […]

Thanks to our friends at Sony Music Australia, we have five copies of the amazing new Bring Me The Horizon album ‘Sempiternal’ to give away to five of our lucky readers.  You may have heard the singles ‘Sleepwalking’ or ‘Shadow Moses’ already, but if you want to hear what else they’ve come up with on this killer release, well you […]