FEAR FACTORY’s ‘Demanufacture’ is “a landmark of ’90s metal that defied categorisation and remains a touchstone of the genre. “ – Kerrang! Metallica’s Black album may have set the marker for highest selling metal album on the 90’s, but only 1 album can lay claim to being the decade’s most innovative and revolutionary: FEAR FACTORY’s ‘Demanufacture’. Metal Hammer recently […]

MINDLESS SELF INDULGENCE TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM: ‘HOW I LEARNED TO STOP GIVING A SHIT AND LOVE MINDLESS SELF INDULGENCE’ ON JUNE 21 via 3WISE RECORDS For more than 15 years Mindless Self Indulgence has been making their infamous electric madness for anyone who wants something unique… After successfully achieving the second highest kickstarter campaign ever, Mindless Self Indulgence release […]

Overnight Queens Of The Stone Age revealed the full 15-minute long animated promo video for their forthcoming new record …Like Clockwork via http://likeclockwork.tv Or you can watch the full video below Over the past week Queens Of The Stone Age have been revealing snippets of tracks from forthcoming album …Like Clockwork via beautiful and disturbing animations. These animations for snippets of tracks […]

Grinspoon, one of Australia’s most loved live rock bands have confirmed a new run of shows on their 2013 Black Rabbits Tour which will see the band touring through Western Australia before heading back east to Jindabyne, Sydney and Melbourne. In September last year Grinspoon released their seventh studio album, Black Rabbits, which debuted at No. 8 on the ARIA […]

THE SMITH STREET BAND SELL OUT CORNER HOTEL SHOW ANNOUNCE NATIONAL TOUR WITH JOYCE MANOR (USA) & CHEAP GIRLS (USA) Melbourne favourites The Smith Street Band have been busy; they really don’t know how to be anything else. As well as working on a batch of new tunes, they’ve put together an Australian tour, enlisting Poison City Weekender pals Joyce […]

BON JOVI “BECAUSE WE CAN – THE TOUR” – MELBOURNE- SECOND SHOW ADDED! GENERAL PUBLIC TICKETS TO BOTH SHOWS ON SALE 12NOON TODAY! Tickets for BON JOVI’S Because We Can Tour go on sale at 12noon TODAY. When the box office opens to the general public at 12noon today, there will be two Melbourne shows going on sale: Saturday 7th […]

After crushing audiences with their main stage performances at Soundwave 2012, July brings the welcome return of Florida’s pop-mosh lords, A DAY TO REMEMBER, armed with their brand new album, Common Courtesy. With 5 albums under their belt, each one further cementing the band’s reign as true leaders of the genre, ADTR effortlessly blend brutal breakdowns and melodic choruses, “A […]

Live Nation is proud to announce the return of virtuoso guitarist and visionary composer STEVE VAI when he embarks on a national headline theatre tour this July. A sculptor of musical sound, with infinite creativity and technical mastery, with a career spanning three decades, more than 15 million album sales and three Grammy Awards, Steve Vai embodies the seamless, symbiotic […]

The Frontier Touring Company has confirmed that Thirty Seconds To Mars will be unleashed into Australian arenas for blockbuster performances in Perth, Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane! Lead singer Jared Leto revealed the bands intention to return to Australian shores whilst here earlier this month to promote hugely anticipated fourth offering, Love Lust Faith + Dreams (out May 17 through Universal). […]

American rock singer ROBIN BECK will release her new album “Underneath” on HMMR Records through Cargo Records on August 12th in the UK and August 15th in the rest of Europe. Release dates for the U.S. to be announced. The cover artwork for the CD can be seen below. To read a track-by-track breakdown of the album and to hear audio samples visit Robinbeckrocks.com. Tracklisting for Underneath is as follows: 01. Wrecking Ball 02. Aint That Just Like Love 03. Sprain 04. Underneath 05. Catfight […]

Have you got ‘Plans’ for next week Melbourne and Sydney? Would you like to see Birds Of Tokyo live, for free? Well, thanks to our amazing friends at EMI Music Australia we have a double passes to give away for each of the below shows next week.  So all you need to do is shoot us an email with your name, […]

THE MAINE ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM ‘FOREVER HALLOWEEN’ – OUT JUNE 7 (AU-NZ) New Single ‘Happy’ Available on iTunes! – Free Song Download ‘Love & Drugs’ at www.wearethemaine.net Wednesday, May 15, 2013 – Tempe, Arizona five-piece rock band, THE MAINE will release their fourth studio album “Forever Halloween” on June 7, 2013 in Australia and New Zealand via Rude Records. Produced by Brendan Benson […]

POP EVIL STREAM NEW ALBUM IN ITS ENTIRETY New Music Video Live! “Onyx” Out Tomorrow! With their new record “Onyx” hours away from release, POP EVIL are streaming their new effort in its entirety via Loudwire.com today. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN The band released the official music video for their Top 5 Rock Chart single “Trenches” last week. The video […]

Four-time Grammy Award winner and American Idol judge Keith Urban today released his brand new single “Little Bit Of Everything”, which will see its broadcast television premiere this Friday, May 17th on the Season 12 finale of “American Idol”, 8.30pm on Channel 10. The song, which will be available on iTunes from Wednesday, May 15th, is the first from his forthcoming […]

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, […]