So it seems like it was only a few months ago that I saw The Script at The Metro and it was, actually it was September. At that time I was surprised by their return so soon for this arena tour in April, but as I enter the Entertainment Centre tonight I am blown away by how many people are […]

In 25 words or less: “This is a solid album full of catchy, fist pumping songs that you should check out…” You may or may not have heard of Authority Zero, I’m in the later of that statement, but I was surprised to find out that they have been a band for the best part of almost ten years and […]

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 […]

“I don’t know, I think at this point in my life I was ready. I had a lot of great material and just wanted to do it you know? I think I owe this… you know I want people to see the other side of me…” Richie Ramone is known as the fastest, most powerful drummer who ever played with […]

I first introduced you to these kick ass melodic rockers back in September last year 2012 and warned you then that their debut album 364 was on the way, well that time is now, 364 has now been unveiled to the world and it’s sure been tickling my fancy since my ears got a hold of it a few weeks […]

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 […]

“How much can we push ourselves and shock ourselves and be loud and we just want to make really earthy music, music that makes our bodies move and makes other people’s bodies move that’s like kind of rock and roll, it’s hedonistic, it’s a hedonistic genre, it’s music that people want to drink to, fuck to and dance to and […]

“This album represents everything we need to do right now.  This is our whole identity, this is it, there’s no turning back for us, it’s now or never, if this doesn’t work out for us then we had our chance…and we blew it, we have to, have to make this album work.” Escape The Fate, well there’s a band that’s […]

Going way back over a decade, I caught the Counting Crows here in Australia on the back of their new release at the time, Hard Candy.  I walked away having witnessed a show that I ranked as one of the best live performances I had seen, a feeling that’s still stuck with me here in 2013.  So tonight heading into […]

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 […]

Fresh off ZZ Top’s Australian Tour, The Dead Daisies are set to release their lead single ‘Lock ’N’ Load’ (single artwork pictured to the right). Featuring the signature guitar riffs of Slash and laced with Jon Stevens’ trademark vocals this classic track will rock you to your very core. “Slash and I wrote ‘Lock ‘N’ Load’ which was recorded with […]

TWO FULL DAY SUPER CONCERTS! – A celebration of music, life & freedom! Aerosmith set to join the Saturday line-up! – Billy Joel, Van Halen and Aerosmith all performing full 90 minute sets  Billy Joel and Van Halen’s only Australian shows! For Immediate Release: Thursday, 4 April, 2013: With just over TWO weeks to go until the first ever STONE […]

Easter Monday, and with yet another Bluesfest sideshow hitting Sydney. This time it’s an all-out party with the likes of The Dropkick Murphy’s, Frank Turner and the Sleeping Souls and the Swingin’ Utters. I’ve made it here in time to catch The Swingin’ Utters, as has the moderate crowd, so let’s see how they go! Immediately the band inflict their […]

Lennard Promotions present a musical evening spanning four decades of hits with legendary musician, songwriter, producer and musical visionary Todd Rundgren. A Wizard, A True Star. The title of Todd Rundgren’s 1973 solo album aptly sums up the contributions of this multi-faceted artist to state-of-the-art music. As a songwriter, video pioneer, producer, recording artist, computer software developer, conceptualist, and, most […]

(New York, NY) – Fans of bluesy hard rock and killer riffs can click here to check out the exclusive worldwide premiere of the sexy new video for Burning Rain‘s track “My Lust Your Fate” on Noisecreep.  The single is taken from the forthcoming album, EPIC OBSESSION, which will be released on May 21st in North America via Frontiers Records and can be pre-ordered here.  Burning Rain is current Whitesnake […]

MÖTLEY CRÜE THEY’RE COMING BACK…  SEPTEMBER 18 – OCTOBER 6, 2013  Tickets on-sale Friday at 10am! Tweet it: They’re coming back! @MotleyCrue returns for 2nd residency @TheJointLV @HardRockHotelLV, 9/18 – 10/6. On sale Fri at 10a! #MotleyReturns Las Vegas, NV (April 2, 2013) – The world’s most notorious band will be coming back to the world’s most notorious city this fall, when Mötley […]

April 2nd, 2013 – ADLER the new band led by former Guns N Roses drummer Steven Adler announced today the European dates for their BACK FROM THE DEAD TOUR. The first European show kicks off September 20th at Underground in Koln, Germany. ADLER is currently finalizing the South American leg of the “Back From The Dead Tour” which is slated […]

In this day and age its almost inevitable, the album leak, I don’t like it, think it’s completely unfair, all I know is that artists take a lot of time and money creating an album for their fans and when those months of labour and love are just given away well you can kind of see how that’s a little […]

TWELVE FOOT NINJA KILLS & EATS INTERNET TROLL BREAKING: Twelve Foot Ninja respond to an internet troll with dismemberment and cannibalism. It’s a tale of delicious retribution dealt out in the name of those who’ve experienced the cowardly blows of the infamous ‘keyboard warrior’. If successful, it will break the record for Australia’s most ambitious music industry crowd funding campaign! […]

“Lo! have come to remind you of glorious times, times when Mastodon were using samples of Jurassic Park to kick off their records” – Metal Hammer (UK) Sydney’s imposing metal barons Lo! have been conquering stages and foreign lands since the release of their rapturously devoured debut album ‘Look and Behold!’ in 2011.The following year was spent furiously prepping a new volume of […]

  “Never, EVER forget what made you who you are!”, such wise, wise words, that could relate to almost any aspect of ones life.  But for our favourite bass player around here, Rob ‘Laney 74’, those wise, wise words are the very reason why you are now reading about Straight To Video, the new EP release which sees Laney tackle […]

Digital Lies is the new studio album from Lord, which will no doubt further affirm their standing as one of Australia’s leading, internationally renowned metal bands.  It may have been the best part of four years between album releases, but as one of the hardest working bands here in Australia with relentless touring, an EP release and the occasional video […]

There are few bands and few voices that have made an impact on lives than a band like Led Zeppelin. Tonight here as part of Bluesfest, we have the voice of said Zeppelin, Mr Robert Plant. Playing For Change are the openers tonight and wow, what a concept and I won’t go into it now but check it out at the […]

Here I am again at the Sydney Entertainment Centre for more Bluesfest side show love and this time for the combination of two artists who have been making music longer than that piece of string that no one knows the length to! This is sure to be s pretty special night of music. The giant Space Cowboy sheet covers the […]

CITY AND COLOUR ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM – THE HURRY AND THE HARM OUT MAY 31 ON DINE ALONE RECORDS “…tells a story with a sincerity and fluency that is truly masterful.”— BBC City and Colour—acclaimed singer, songwriter and performer Dallas Green—will release his highly anticipated new album, The Hurry and The Harm, May 31 on Dine Alone Records. Available as a […]

PAUL LAINE TO PRODUCE THE RADIO SUN DEBUT Aussie melodic rockers The Radio Sun have announced that Paul Laine (solo artist, ex Danger Danger, Dark Horse) will produce the band’s debut album. Guitarist Stevie Janevski goes on to say “it’s been great working with Paul – an all round great guy who gets what we’re about. We can’t wait for […]

Canada’s prodigious sons MONSTER TRUCK have just announced the details of their debut full-length on Dine Alone Records. The album aptly titled FURIOSITY, is scheduled for Australian release on May 24. Produced by JUNO-nominated Eric Ratz (Billy Talent, Three Days Grace, Cancer Bats) at Vespa Studios in Toronto and Echo Mountain Studios in Asheville, Furiosityshowcases Monster Truck’s ability to seamlessly integrate influences from grunge and […]

 GUITAR VIRTUOSO YNGWIE MALMSTEEN TO TOUR NORTH AMERICA IN SUPPORT OF NEW ALBUM “SPELLBOUND”; OFFICIAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY RELENTLESS: A MEMOIR  DUE OUT MAY 6TH (New York, NY) – The king of neo-classical shred guitar, legendary guitar virtuoso Yngwie Malmsteen, will soon return to stages across North America for a headlining tour in support of his new album SPELLBOUND; SPELLBOUND was released in December, 2012.  The […]

In my first Bluesfest sideshow (which I’m excited about in the absence of my attendance at the actual festival) I’m once again inside the lovely Sydney Entertainment Centre to see Mr A-Z himself, Jason Mraz and for their first time in Australia, The Zac Brown Band. So this will indeed be a nice mix of rockin’ country and whatever style […]