“…we’ve got this fantasy to be the first band to play the Moon… or the space station. We think Muse is onto it and obviously they’re quite a distance ahead *laughs*, so somehow we need to derail their plan and get enough relevance and funding to get there first. *laughs*” From Bio: One night a little over a year ago, […]

“…if you’re a listener and everything hasn’t really worked out perfectly for you then give some of our songs a listen because I think that there’s still a lot of hope in the world and a lot of good things and you just have to look for them as they’re out there.” From tour release: The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus (TRJA) […]

Merry fucking Christmas!  KING PARROT and GAY PARIS are set to smash their way through the East Coast in the perfect accompaniment to the impending holiday season. Melbourne five-piece KING PARROT is a force of nature unto themselves, smashing together thrash, death, grind and punk rock into something uniquely skull-shattering. Renowned for their aggressive, no-holds-barred, and always confronting live show,  […]

Dave Dobbyn and Don McGlashan, two of New Zealand’s most successful songwriters, will share a stage for the first time in Australia  later this year. On November 28 and 30 these respected and much-loved musicians will perform together in Melbourne and Sydney.  In these intimate, seated performances, Dobbyn and McGlashan will draw on a vast catalogue of songs written as […]

“…it’s an ongoing thing, I think having a break freshened things up, and then being able to go back out on tour and playing songs kind of gives you a hunger and wanting more, really.” From tour release: Following the release of the bands fourth studio album, ‘Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action’ in August, and the daring, defiant and […]

Date: Thursday 31 October 2013 Venue: The Metro, Sydney Photos by: Annette Geneva Images should not be reproduced without consent of photographer and MTRBWY   Check out our review of the night HERE          

Could it be any more of a perfect night for this show? The answer is no. Wednesday 13 on Halloween in the year of his name… You almost get the feeling that tonight will be something a little different and hopefully something special. Judging by the number of people already here, this is going to be a pretty cool night. […]

Green Day has announced that their documentary film ¡Cuatro! will be released on DVD on Friday 8 November.  ¡Cuatro! pulls back the curtain and takes fans inside the world of Green Day, from the various spontaneous live performances in select cities around the U.S. to the chronicling of their creative process while conceptualizing and recording their recent trilogy of albums: […]

MUSE – LIVE AT ROME OLYMPIC STADIUM LIVE DVD AND BLU-RAY TO BE RELEASED ON NOVEMBER 29 “’Live At Rome Olympic Stadium’ captures a world-class rock band hitting their stadium stride, while still finding space for intimate moments” – NME “The rock concert equivalent of a blockbuster movie” – The Times “The Muse boys are out of this world” – The Sun […]

Shock Entertainment today announced the DVD and Blu-Ray release of The Rolling Stones ‘Sweet Summer Sun – Hyde Park Live’. Available from 11 November 2013, ‘Sweet Summer Sun – Hyde Park Live’ chronicles The Rolling Stones’ historic and triumphant return to London’s Hyde Park with a 2-hour live concert and highlights package including new and unseen backstage footage. This summer, […]

Some pairings just make sense: Summer and Beer. Chocolate and Banana. Hall and Oates. Rock and Roll, you just don’t need to even think about whether it’s right or not. Here at Karnivool HQ we are pleased to announce what is surely to be one of the tours of the summer, and will make the fans of both bands more […]

It’s Spiderbait as you have never seen them before! The band have been immortalized as puppets in their latest video for ‘It’s Beautiful’. The video is directed and produced by Toby Angwin and stars specially created anime/manga style puppets of each band member that they helped to create. The puppets wander through the alleyways of Melbourne, discovering unexpected objects of […]

AGAINST ME! ANNOUNCE NEW FULL LENGTH ALBUM Transgender Dysphoria Blues Set For Release on January 24, 2014 Against Me! will release its much-anticipated sixth full-length studio album titled Transgender Dysphoria Blues on Friday, January 24 on their own label, Total Treble licensed to Resist Records for Australia. Transgender Dysphoria Blues is the intense follow-up to the band’s previous full-length album, White […]

“…I suppose we’ve just gone out to our little niche I suppose that it is that we do and yeah, we’ve gone for a fun record, something that people can maybe relate to a little bit and just chuck it on and enjoy it and there’s not too much thinking involved, you can just chuck it on and have a […]

“It’s a whole other experience for the listener from what I did last time through. Playing with these guys brings in layers and dynamic possibilities that just aren’t possible with me and an acoustic guitar, and these guys are great players we have killer chemistry. I’m excited to bring this.” From tour press release: Scott Kelly is a man that […]

“… it was time to capture that and just showing where Testament is today in our career. I see a new fan base of new metal heads out there and I thought it would be more appropriate to where we are today, more of the style we’re writing today. So it just made sense that it was time to do […]

Fleetwood  Mac,  who has just completed the European  leg of their  phenomenally  successful  worldwide  tour,  has announced the cancellation of their upcoming 14-date tour of Australia and New Zealand. John McVie, one of the co founding and original members of Fleetwood Mac, is now scheduled to be in treatment for cancer during that period of time. The band have released […]

This is the surprise tour announcement of the year for me. After their amazing appearance at Soundwave 2012 I thought we’d never see Limp Bizkit in Australia again, but here we are… So can this band that I secretly, hell it’s not even a secret, that I love, recreate what I saw in 2012 or for that matter 2001 when […]

Date: Saturday 26 October 2013 Venue: Sydney Entertainment Centre Photos by: Annette Geneva Images should not be reproduced without consent of photographer and MTRBWY   Check out our review of the night HERE          

“…you get to a certain point in your career, in your life, I’m always putting out records every couple of years, I had one out last year. I don’t know I think I just got to the point that enough people had said it to me over a enough amount of time and I said let me just think about […]

For the second time in a year, Fall Out Boy are back in Australia. Their last trip was a promotional jaunt that saw them play a show in Sydney and Melbourne prior to the release of their newest album ‘Save Rock and Roll’ and this time they’re back to showcase it in this live environment exactly seven months since their […]

Date: Friday 25 October 2013 Venue: Sydney Entertainment Centre Photos by: Gwendolyn Lee Images should not be reproduced without consent of photographer or MTRBWY Check out our review of the show HERE  

UPDATE: 24th October: The hottest double billing of 2014 just got hotter, with two final concerts added to the Nine Inch Nails and Queens Of The Stone Age Australia and New Zealand March co-headline tour.   Fans in Sydney score another concert on Friday 7 March at Sydney Entertainment Centre, while Melbourne fans have one last chance at tickets for Saturday […]

“We’ve done four albums in five years and the best thing we could do is just put one out every year and just keep it going, as people’s attention spans now days just wavers because there’s just so much out there, so the important thing is just to get on top of it and put out new music all the […]

The ‘Punk Goes’ series just got a whole lot better with the latest instalment Punk Goes Christmas – set for release November 8 via Fearless/Shock Records. Punk Goes Christmas features 12 brand new and previously unreleased recordings of your favourite holiday classics as well as original tracks from today’s hottest acts, including All Time Low, Yellowcard and New Found Glory. […]

It is with heavy hearts that we announce that HOMEBAKE 2013 has been cancelled. From its inception in 1996 in Byron Bay, HOMEBAKE has been a staunch advocate and supporter of Australian music and of this country’s musicians. In 1998 HOMEBAKE began its long association with the Domain as the preferred venue of choice, and for 15 years on the […]

“…we’re not sure yet, I think it’s going to be a maybe a little faster and maybe leave out some of the more poppy hits and go more with the punk stuff and I guess we’ll see how that goes after the first show or two.” For close to thirty years now The Offspring have been making music, the kind […]

“It’s what we’ve been doing in America and what we’ve wanted to do since we wrote and recorded the album over a year ago. It was written as a theatrical piece to be performed in its entirety, so we’re trying to do it all over the world now.” From tour release: Between The Buried And Me are returning to Australia […]

“The first time could be the last time, so I just want to make sure this is going to be the most kick ass show ever, not that I don’t do that for the other shows, but this one I think we’re going to add a couple of songs we haven’t done for quite a while to spice things up […]

“It’s amazing because they said once upon a time that live music had died, actually what it seems like is that live music has lasted and there’s a few generations out there appealing to different crowds at the moment which is fantastic. It’s amazing the resurgence, people come out and the crowds are there and it’s really good for music.” […]