Seminal Aussie fuzz rock giants Tumbleweed are back with their eagerly awaited new album Sounds From The Other Side – set for release via Shock Records on Friday September 27, 2013. Twelve long days at Sydney’s Rancom Studio resulted in 13 songs oozing with heavy grooves, gigantic riffs and juicy analogue flavours – and Sounds From The Other Side was […]

Grammy award winning, multi-platinum hard rock kings, KORN have released a brand new video for Never Never, the totally addictive lead track from their new album The Paradigm Shift. Directed by Dutch-Italian filmmaker Giovanni Bucci – known for his crisp visuals and gothic themes – the video features the rejuvenated ensemble performing some Matrix-like maneuvers to avoid being struck by the […]

AVRIL LAVIGNE SET TO RELEASE FIFTH STUDIO ALBUM ON 4TH NOVEMBER – THE SINGLE “ROCK N ROLL” OUT 28TH OCTOBER Album Pre-order Scheduled for Tuesday, September 24 Pop-rock songstress Avril Lavigne is set to release her first eponymously-titled album, Avril Lavigne, on Monday 4th November.  Co-produced by Lavigne, Chad Kroeger, Martin Johnson and David Hodges, Avril Lavigne came together in […]

Date: Saturday Septemer 7, 2013 Venue: The Hi Fi, Sydney Photos by: Gwendolyn Lee Images should not be reproduced without consent of photographer Check out our review of the entire night’s show HERE

Happy double digits to Anberlin, as tonight marks the tenth visit to Australian shores for these Florida natives who may as well call Australia home as they are so loved here. Tonight is special as they have brought along some friends in the form of former The Academy Is… singer William Beckett and The Maine, both who have graced our […]

Welcome to LP RECHARGE, a Facebook-based game launching on September 12th powered by music megastars Linkin Park (the biggest band on Facebook with more than 55 million Likes and counting) and gaming giant Kuuluu Interactive Entertainment that boasts action-packed sequences, unlimited strategies and a musical score by Linkin Park.  LP RECHARGE is set in the not-too-distant future where humans have depleted […]

You just can’t keep a good band down! Almost seven years since their last release ‘Eat Your Heart Out’ in 2006, Nottingham power pop rockers TEENAGE CASKET COMPANY, described as ‘Cheap Trick on speed’, return kicking and screaming with the defiantly titled, ‘STILL STANDING’, to be released September 30th through TrashPit Records. The new 11 track album is without a […]

‘Straight Through The Sun’ is the first taste of the new album from Spiderbait due out in November this year.  This will be the band’s first studio album in 9 years. Forming in 1989, Spiderbait (Janet English, Kram & Damian Whitty) have sold over half a million albums to date with 5 Top 20 albums in Australia.  In 1996 the […]

“Satyricon is basically a parallel world and basically it was there on this album, it felt like a statement and the album felt like a journey through that world that is Satyricon and hence it became natural to actually title the album after the band, Finally after more than twenty years that statement actually felt natural, it was no lack […]

In Summary: “Crossfaith may just be the future and the something new and different that we haven’t really got in music at the moment” One of my highlights of Soundwave 2013 was completely unexpected, welcome Crossfaith from Japan and they showed Australia how it’s done. If you missed them at Soundwave, well you have a chance to see them very […]

To coincide with the premiere of the bands’ new video to accompany the single ‘GOT WHAT YOU NEED’, ESKIMO JOE is proud to announce a string of dates for the WASTELANDS NATIONAL TOUR. Fully electric and fully eclectic, the shows will premiere songs from the new album and feature some of the well- known and much loved hits. The bands […]

“The Frenzal tour we did in 2009 did come out of the blue a little bit and like I said before that perhaps showed that it wasn’t all finished, but I can guarantee going forward we’ll be playing less than we will be more and I don’t know how much we have left in us.” From Bio: The year is […]

“It’s nice to be able to land in a foreign country and know what’s going on and have it all run smoothly, but yeah, we had a great time doing Soundwave last time, met a lot of bands and made friends and met up with a lot of our older friends, so yeah, looking forward to our second Soundwave trip.” […]

The Dead Daisies are set to release their debut single “Lock ‘N’ Load” featuring Slash in the UK on the 28th October 2013. The band will then be touring the UK through November and December 2013. Formed around the nucleus of Australians Jon Stevens (Noiseworks/INXS) and David Lowy (Red Phoenix/Mink), the powerful musical collective is completed by a line-up that […]

Melbourne’s punk rock chaos merchants CLOWNS will release their debut album ‘I’m Not Right’ via Poison City Records this October. The title is a surprisingly poignant observation of the band itself; the rampant punk rock within promises to offend, motivate and stimulate. Clowns are also readying themselves to leave a trail of hungover, exhausted and satisfied bodies in their wake […]

In early 2012 – almost out of nowhere – a music video landed on the internets and furiously peddled its way around social media, with the speed of a Lolcats meme circa 2010. ‘High Risk, High Rewards’ was an unexpected uppercut straight outta leftfield. The riffage was demonic, demanding and frankly, hooky as shit. The vocals? Gloriously guttural, “like a […]

“There’s definitely pressure, that’s unavoidable but what do you do? You can’t do anything about it, you’ve just got to suck it up and hope for the best, but every album we’ve written has been better than the last, so I’m not worried, it is stressful but I’m not concerned that we don’t have it in us to write a […]

BLACK LABEL SOCIETY “UNBLACKENED” DVD & BLU RAY AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 27 Black Label Society, formed in the late nineties by legendary guitar hero Zakk Wylde, have established themselves at the forefront of heavy metal with a series of hard riffing and hugely successful albums alongside worldwide tours that have cemented their reputation as one of the most powerful live bands […]

DARREN MIDDLETON is best known from his previous life as guitarist and songwriter for POWDERFINGER. The much loved POWDERFINGER played their last ever show in late 2010 and unsurprisingly Darren spent a bit of the time in a creative and emotional wilderness. As the dust settled Darren started working as a producer from his new home in the creative hub […]

The AFL today announced that iconic Australian band Hunters & Collectors, along with current Australian chart-toppers Birds Of Tokyo, will headline the 2013 Toyota AFL Grand Final entertainment at the MCG on Saturday, September 28. The biggest day of the year for Australia’s Game will once again feature Australian music with Hunters & Collectors, one of this country’s most successful […]

“Well we all basically like party and we don’t like doom and gloom and there’s a lot of bad shit going on in the world and we thought let’s just make a record that’s fun and have a big party while doing it and we like to call it a soundtrack to your next hangover, and it’s a party in […]

Rock Star Guitars From Eric Clapton, Bruce Springsteen, Jimmy Page, Keith Richards, Jack White and Many More Featured in Exquisite New Art Book 108 Rock Star Guitars By Photographer/Author Lisa S. Johnson with Foreword by Les Paul – A Portion of Proceeds To Benefit The Les Paul Foundation 108 Rock Star Guitars by photographer/author Lisa S. Johnson is a collection […]

This concert which was captured at Sweden Rock Festival 7th of June 2013 is not only a massive greatest hits show in front of 30,000 people, it also marks the 30th anniversary of the bands existence. They celebrate this by playing 28 songs spanning their whole career including songs never before performed. Between the heavy rock songs they also sit […]

STONE TEMPLE PILOTS with CHESTER BENNINGTON have announced their debut EP will be titled HIGH RISE, and will be released via Play Pen LLC / Sony Music Australia on October 11th. The EP features 5 tracks, including the band’s US #1 mainstream and active rock radio single, ‘Out of Time.‘ The new line up of STONE TEMPLE PILOTS kick off their first US tour on September 4th in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, […]

Nine Inch Nails release their first new music in five years today so it’s time to get excited! Thanks to our good friends at Universal Music Australia, we have two copies of the brand new Nine Inch Nails ‘Hesitation Marks’ on vinyl pressed on two 180 gram LPs + digital download includes 14 tracks and also includes a CD insert […]

**The Snowdroppers kick off their ‘Moving Out’ our in Brisbane next week** “Full of catchy upbeat tracks and a few to tug a worn out heart string, the 10 track LP [Moving Out of Eden] will leave you feeling dirty, sleazy with a good kick in the face… in the best way possible.” – The AU Review  “The release [Moving […]

Thanks to our good friends at Warner Music Australia, we have five copies of the cracking new album ‘Mushroom 40 Rock’ to give away to five of our lucky readers.  This collection of Australian rock goodness spans 40 years of Mushroom Records with 40 tracks and as you can see below, they are all classics! Want to relive some of […]

It is with sadness that we announce that KING CANNONS have decided to call it a day. The last 6 years has been an incredible ride for the much loved Kiwi sextet. Born out of the New Zealand punk rock scene, KING CANNONS have been nothing if not ambitious since the start. Auckland, London, and Melbourne have been called home, […]

“I noticed that I couldn’t write just one lyric about the subject which is my burn-out. And so I wrote three lyrics that look at it from different angles. I connected them by the title even though musically they’re not connected.” Floor Jansen’s voice is already known for its wide range and variety, you may know her from After Forever, […]

August 28th, 2013  – Birmingham, AL rock band Lynam, will release it’s new EP entitled “Halfway To Hell” October 15th via New Ocean Media.  The band has made the song ‘Wrong Side Of The Grave‘ available for streaming via SoundCloud below and a free download via their Facebook page. “Halfway To Hell” was produced by the band and longtime producer Jason Elgin […]