Fans of Something For Kate rejoice!  Having spent the past months writing and rehearsing new material, Something For Kate head to Dallas, Texas to begin the recording process of their sixth studio album, to be released on Capitol/EMI Music Australia in late 2012. Paul Dempsey with band mates Stephanie Ashworth and Clint Hyndman will team up with producer/engineer/mixer John Congleton […]

AEROSMITH TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM MUSIC FROM ANOTHER DIMENSION OUT AUGUST 24 New Single “Legendary Child” Available on iTunes May 25 Sony Music Entertainment is excited to announce America’s greatest rock and roll band Aerosmith will release their new album Music From Another Dimension on August 24, 2012. The first single “Legendary Child” from Aerosmith’s long – awaited new album […]

Coming off their big win for “Best Indie Rock Artist” at the 2012 Artists in Music Awards, and being nominated for best International Artist in the LA Music Awards, Sydney’s alternative/indie rock buzz act Monks of Mellonwah are now ready to release their new EP “Neurogenesis” on May 24, 2012. Contributing to Neurogenesis were Sydney producer Ryan Miller (RM Music), […]

Motion City Soundtrack Return Home to Epitaph to Release New Album Go – out June 15 Motion City Soundtrack return home to their long-time label Epitaph to release their fifth full-length studio album Go on June 15, 2012.  The new album is the follow-up to the critically acclaimed My Dinosaur Life and was recorded over an extended period of time […]

                  Millions and millions of fans all over the world have enjoyed the amazing music from classic rock bands such as Journey, Toto, Chicago, Deep Purple, Starship, Rainbow and Foreigner!  The songs that truly are the soundtrack of generations. Imagine that you could see a live concert with not only one but up to […]

Thump Music is proud to present our next Master Class tour in October 2012. Paul Gilbert is here to carryout for the first time a full Master Class tour in 6 states around Australia. Paul is known in the trade as being a high profile guitarist and clinician. Paul is currently recording his latest CD which will be released on […]

We thought it our duty to update you on one of the finest melodic hard rock bands from the 80’s….well hey, they are still going strong, so kind of ignore that “from the 80’s comment….”.  With an upcoming USA summer tour with Journey and Pat Benatar and a new song ‘Heartbreaker’ recently coming to our attention who they reunited with […]

Ok, so the greatest record label in the world Crappy Records has put together a compilation of awesome tunes for your summer soundtrack.  Well, obviously it’s heading into Winter here in Australia, but that’s even more reason to get onto this early and get ready for our summer….or at least pretend it’s summer!  Featuring Bowling For Soup, Dollyrots, Jarinus, People […]

Millencolin celebrates 20th Anniversary with The Melancholy Connection CD/DVD Bundle Out June 1st Celebrated Swedish punk band, Millencolin invite fans to stream their upcoming June 1 release, The Melancholy Connection. This assemblage of b-sides is a follow up to 1999’s The Melancholy Collection and features two brand new songs and twelve rarities spanning from their break-out album, Pennybridge Pioneers, through today.  The CD is paired with a ninety minute DVD, The Pennybridge Production that takes […]

The queen of metal, Doro Pesch, just checked in from the studio to issue the following update: “The new album will be entitled Raise Your Fist and has been recorded and written in the US, Germany and Scandinavia. Right now we’re at mixing stages and are close to finish everything.  Most important to me are the power hymns Raise Your […]

STEEL PANTHER are “Crude, rude, filthy, and more infectious than a bad case of herpes”. – Revolver Mag. For STEEL PANTHER, bringing the halcyon days of metal back to the world is not a job…it’s a mission statement, a modus operandi, and a way of life. In their first ever headline tour of Australia, Steel Panther are primed for an […]

(Fredricksburg, VA – 21 May 2012)  Virginia modern hard rock band Elisium have self released their sophomore effort, Becoming. Recorded at Atlanta’s Universal Recording and produced by Alex Rexroat, the six song effort cultivates the band’s influences, including Tool, All That Remains and Chevelle amongst others. Coming together in Fredricksburg in 2003, the band released their first album in 2008 via […]

Competition Open: Monday May 21st, 2012 Competition Closes: Wednesday 30 May, 2012 CLASSIC AMERICANA released by Warner Music Australia Thanks to our friends at Warner Music Australia, we’ve got a bunch of CD giveaways for the new release Classic Americana featuring the likes of ZZ Top, Steve Miller Band, Joe Walsh, The Grateful Dead, Steppenwolf, Fleetwood Mac, The Beach Boys […]

Modern Love – Special Edition features 3 new acoustic tracks! This June sees the release of a Special Edition version of Matt Nathanson’s American Top 20 album Modern Love, timed to coincide with the star’s arrival on Australian shores. Kicking off a series of East Coast dates at The Sydney Opera House on 7 June with pop-rock superstars Train, Nathanson will […]

HARD-ONS SHOWS CANCELLED – SYDNEY & NEWCASTLE STILL TO GO AHEAD AS FUNDRAISER FOR BLACKIE, AFTER ATTACK It’s with great regret that the Hard-Ons have been forced to cancel the remaining dates on their current national tour, except for Sydney and Newcastle. Vocalist and guitarist Blackie was physically assaulted last Thursday 17th May and suffered a fractured skull and bruising […]

PENNYWISE are one of the most significant bands to emerge from SoCal A thriving, ground-breaking punk rock band for two decades, the Hermosa Beach group’s relentless, in-your-face, middle finger in the air, anthem-chanting sound has never wavered. In fact, they have just created their most ferocious, engaging and career defining album to date in All Or Nothing. And just to […]

Multinational Melodic Metal band EDEN’S CURSE has inked a worldwide management deal with Germany’s ROCK N GROWL MANAGEMENT. The band is also making great progress with the writing process for album number four; a short snippet from a new demo track called “LOSING MY FAITH” can be streamed here: http://soundcloud.com/edenscurse/edens-curse-losing-my-faith Bassist Paul Logue says: “We are delighted to welcome Axel to the EC family and […]

 AUSTRALIAN TWO PIECE TO RELEASE DEBUT ALBUM ON JUNE 8 – PAPER SCISSORS ROCK TOUR ANNOUNCED Fire up your engines, Mildura garage rockers Jackson Firebird are ready to launch their high-octane debut album Cock Rockin’ on June 8, 2012.  Known for their brutally energetic live sets it seems fitting that Jackson Firebird should mark such a momentous occasion with the Paper Scissors Rock tour in Victoria and NSW.   […]

“THE BRIGHTEST LIGHT” ALBUM LAUNCH DATES THIS JUNE… KING CANNONS don’t much care for what is supposedly cool. Since day one, their manifesto has been to be a band for the people. The type of band that actually means something. A band with a career that is based on substance over style. KING CANNONS’ debut album “The Brightest Light” will be […]

Check out our interview with Slash right here… Check out our review of Apocalyptic Love right here… Check out our recent interview with Myles Kennedy right here… “This is unquestionably an exercise in rock & roll excellence” – 4/5 Rolling Stone Recent Rock n Roll Hall of Fame inductee and one of the greatest exponents of the electric guitar, SLASH, returns […]

Butch Walker has just appeared on an episode on ‘Live From Daryl’s House’, that would be Daryl Hall of Hall and Oates fame.  Check out the details below… “Do you like the vocal stylings of Daryl Hall? Do you like paella? How about some red wine? Oh… I forgot.. Do you like to jam? If your name is Butch Walker, […]

For the majority of rock music fans here in Australia, at some point over the last decade or so, you are bound to have heard, read, or seen Joe Matera?  As lead guitarist with Aussie rockers Geisha during their re-emergence during 2007 to 2010 or as founding member of classic rock band Double Vision between 2003 to 2008.  As a […]

Neil Young & Crazy Horse will release a very special album titled Americana on June 1, 2012. Americana is the first album from Neil Young & Crazy Horse in nearly nine years. Crazy Horse is: Billy Talbot, Ralph Molina, Poncho Sampedro, and Neil Young. Americana is collection of classic, American folk songs. In their day, some of these may have been referred to as “protest songs,” “murder […]

AUSTRALIA’S ‘TONIGHT ALIVE’ NOMINATED FOR INDUSTRY RENOWNED 2012 KERRANG! UK AWARDS Sony Music Australia are excited to announce that Australian pop-punk protégé Tonight Alive have received two nominations for the prestigious The Kerrang! Awards 2012 Fuelled By Relentless Energy Drink; the band has been nominated in the category of Best International Newcomer and Jenna has additionally been nominated as part of the Hottest Female category. The winners will […]

S T R A N G E R S are doin’ it for themselves!  Sydney Southern Beach rockers STRANGERS have so far done it for Calling All Cars, they did it for Closure In Moscow, they did it for Unwritten Law and Red Coats and just recently did it for UKs men in tights The Darkness!  Their muscular new single ‘Persona Non Grata’ was released to radio this week! It will be available […]

EVERCLEAR DEBUT BRAND NEW SINGLE – COVER ART REVEALED – NEW ALBUM DUE THIS JUNE (NEW YORK, NY) – EVERCLEAR has debuted a brand new single called “Be Careful What You Ask For” today exclusively from Spinner.com. Click HERE or the image to the left to listen! EVERCLEAR is set to release its new studio album, “Invisible Stars,” on June […]

SAVING ABEL SIGN WITH EONE MUSIC – NEW RECORD DUE OUT THIS JULY (NEW YORK, NY) – Mississippi rock band SAVING ABEL has signed a worldwide deal with eOne Music. The band will release its brand new record “Bringing Down The Giant” on July 17th, 2012.  “I’m so excited and proud to announce that we have signed to eOne. Thanks to […]

As anticipation for Buried In Verona’s third album Notorious builds, further ammunition has been added to the band’s cannon in order to secure an explosive release on June 1, 2012. Today, the Sydney six-piece not only reveal a collection of solid supports for their existing capital city tour, they also add extensive regional dates to extend the run throughout the winter. This July will […]

PLAYER to come back with a new EP and album release on Frontiers Frontiers Records is pleased to announce the signing of PLAYER to the label for the release of a yet untitled new album. Best remembered for “Baby Come Back,” a song which topped the US single charts in 1978, Player original lineup included Peter Beckett (guitarist, lead vocalist), J.C. Crowley (guitarist, […]

Secret Sounds are excited to announce that Splendour headliner THE SMASHING PUMPKINSwill be playing some very special sideshows in Perth, Sydney, Melbourne and Aukland, NZ. For these performances, as well as playing plenty of classic Pumpkins catalogue THE SMASHING PUMPKINSwill be debuting a unique stage design in Australia created to reflect the visual themes of their new album, “Oceania”. Alt rock’n’rollers WOLFMOTHER will join THE […]