THE TRUTH ABOUT LOVE TOUR AUSTRALIA 2013  The P!nk Sensation Continues! Extra Shows Across All Markets Tickets On General Sale 9am Tomorrow  TUESDAY OCTOBER 16, 2012 –  Australia’s love affair with P!NK continues! Following the overwhelming ticket demand during the pre-sale windows – and ahead of tickets going on general sale tomorrow morning at 9am – seven additional show dates have been […]

KillRockStar Big Dog Entertainment, SRH, Channel V and Blunt Magazine Present: Suicidal Tendencies, Unwritten Law & The Dudesons Australia 2012 Summer 2012 gets kicked in the face with a massive national tour featuring the legendary Suicidal Tendencies, Unwritten Law and Finnish pranksters The Dudesons. Taking the punk rock party right across Australia the tour will be the perfect way to […]

In summary: “Well done Anberlin, you’ve made one heck of a record.” Reviewing albums on first listen is always like flirting with disaster, what if it’s no good, but by no good what if it turns out to be a ‘grower’ and I’m not doing it justice by only reviewing it off the first listen?  These are the things to […]

“NO RETREAT” ALBUM RELEASE OUT NOW – EONIAN RECORDS PRESENTS YOUNGBLOOD VIDEO TEASER (Indianapolis, IN) – Metallers Youngblood have released their debut full-length album: NO RETREAT October 9th in North America and throughout Europe on Eönian Records and distributed by Sony RED & Nightmare Records. Produced by Jeff Diehl (who has worked with such legends and luminaries as Gene Simmons, […]

“It was simple. We wrote 5 songs, with no pressures, no deadlines, no goals, no nonsense, and then recorded them mostly at my home studio. It was such a return to form, like we were making a record 10 years ago.” From Press Release: Over the last decade, The Swellers have taken their hard-edged, yet accessible style of punk to […]

“So as much as it’s been fourteen years away from Australia for the band, it’s been fourteen years of waiting by a lot of this eager crowd who loved every second of tonight’s show and I can tell you one thing it won’t be another fourteen before they’re back.” Sydney band ‘Ashes’ who won their place opening the night tonight […]

Once in a while a band comes along who have crafted a sound that’s so unique it’s hard to believe they haven’t been playing together for decades; that band is MAYDAY PARADE. MAYDAY PARADE’s debut album ‘A Lesson in Romantics’ had Property Of Zack gushing that it was a “combination of spry, incisive pop-punk and sprawling, filter-free balladry”. MAYDAY PARADE […]

RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE TO RELEASE 20TH ANNIVERSARY BOX SET ON NOVEMBER 30th RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE – XX 20th ANNIVERSARY DELUXE BOX SET CONTAINS NEVER BEFORE SEEN EARLY CONCERT FOOTAGE AND FULL 2010 FINSBURY PARK VICTORY CONCERT. RATM MARKS THEIR 20TH ANNIVERSARY WITH RELEASE OF REMASTERED DEBUT ALBUM, ORIGINAL DEMOS AND TREASURY TROVE OF VIDEOS AND MUSIC. Rage Against […]

It has been 8 long years but pop punk titans BLINK 182 have finally announced their triumphant return to Australia! To make up for lost time, as well as performing at all 5 sold out Soundwave Festivals, Mark, Tom and Travis will be bringing their monstrous live show to sideshows in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne! With a catalogue of hits […]

HOMEBAKE Music, Film & Arts Festival 2012 – The Global Edition … But wait, there’s more! For Release – Thursday, 11 October, 2012:  Not that long ago, we heralded our big announcement of Homebake Music, Film & Arts Festival 2012 with a ‘Global Edition’ theme devoted to a mega array of fine talent celebrating the predicted December doomsday (of course, […]

For over 10 years now, Perth progressive metal exponents Voyager have been slowly, but surely, building a legion of followers worldwide – appearances at ProgPower in the USA, a North America tour supporting Rhapsody of Fire, sold out shows in Canada, all backed by a blistering third album released last year – The Meaning Of I.  Now it’s time for […]

KillRockStar Big Dog Entertainment are proud to present platinum selling, US pop rockers Gin Blossoms on their first ever Australian tour. Fuelled by mega-hits including Hey Jealousy, Found Out About You and from the Empire Records movie soundtrack Til I Hear It From You, Tempe Arizona quintet Gin Blossoms completed the classic crossover from college-circuit heroes to multi-platinum album sellers […]

Alice Cooper’s Old School: 1964–1974 Special Edition is the incredible true story of the Alice Cooper group. A career-spanning 4CD and eAlbum set taking you inside one of rock’s great bands in a unique full-length school yearbook and an array of amazing audio rarities direct from the depths of the band’s own vaults and personal collections, with unearthed gems also […]

Eric Clapton has been in the spotlight for close on fifty years and the portrait of his artistry is a complex one – from his early days as a guitar icon to a songwriter of great sensitivity, as well as an interpreter of everything from blues and jazz to rock and country music. He has fashioned albums in many different […]

Having recovered substantially from a well-publicised incident, Peter “Blackie” Black will take his band The Hard-ons back on the road in Australia in November and December! Hard-ons’ irresistible march around Australia was abruptly halted back in May due to the said incident. Blackie has since recovered well, in no small part due to the support of the Hard-ons’ fans and […]

PERTH’S ARTS MARTIAL ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM ‘PROMISES WILL GET YOU NOWHERE’ AND ANNOUNCE SPECIAL LAUNCH SHOW WITH EMPERORS and FURTHER EARTH With the band’s razor sharp hooks, and the producer’s unparalleled skill for audio fidelity; the meeting of WA band Arts Martial and Melbourne-based producer Tom Larkin (Calling All Cars, Strangers, King Cannons) was always destined for great things. Unfolding as an amazing […]

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 10, 2012 – On the eve of the release of the band’s fourth album ‘Follow The Sun’, EVERMORE are thrilled to be joining MATCHBOX TWENTY, and very special guests INXS, on their national tour of Australia*. Evermore’s journey from three home-schooled brothers in country New Zealand to Australian chart toppers is the stuff of indierock folklore. The band have released […]

CRADLE OF FILTH RETURN TO SUPREME INFERNAL DECADENCE WITH NEW MASTERWORK THE MANTICORE AND OTHER HORRORS ON NOVEMBER 2, 2012 Cradle of Filth formed in Suffolk in 1991 and after a string of demo recordings released their debut album, ‘The Principle of Evil Made Flesh’ in 1994. The band have gone on to become one of the UK’s most successful metal acts, known […]

Northern Music Company & InsideOutMusic in association with Live Music Stage proudly presents: Devin Townsend’s sold out Retinal Circus extravaganza can be viewed live online at LiveMusicStage.com JOIN THE EVENT HERE – http://www.facebook.com/events/371121462965878/?context=create  On October 27th, renowned multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, producer and now ringleader, Devin Townsend is gearing up for one of his biggest accomplishments to date: The Retinal Circus. Set to take place […]

JEFF LOOMIS is proud to present the brand-new song “A Liar’s Chain” recorded with his touring line-up consisting of the young talents Joe Nurre (Guitar and Vocals), Anup Sastry (Drums) and Greg Macklin (Bass). Jeff comments: “A Liar’s Chain is the first of three songs that I recorded with my band to officially debut online. We started playing it live on […]

BEVERLY MCCLELLAN ALBUM RELEASE & UK TOUR WITH STEVE VAI ‘Fear Nothing’ [Tour Edition} December 1 Blues rock powerhouse vocalist Beverly McClellan from smash hit TV show “The Voice” USA  is set to release her album “Fear Nothing” in the UK & Europe through Favored Nations on Dec 1 before embarking on the UK leg of her world tour with guitar […]

Legendary progressive rock veterans FOCUS are set to release their new studio album FOCUS X on November 5 via Eastworld Recordings. With their unique progressive rock Focus manifested themselves at the start of the seventies as the most successful and the most appreciated of all the Dutch pop-rock exports. The band is fronted by founder and musical genius Thijs van […]

Against Me! Announce 2013 BDO Side Show You asked for it, now here it is! Punk rockers Against Me! have announced sideshows in Sydney and Melbourne on top of their appearances at Big Day Out 2013. Dubbed by Spin Magazine as one of the 25 greatest live bands, you can’t miss their explosive live set as they play classics and tracks off their sixth studio […]

Ben Gillies’ Bento. The countdown to ‘Diamond Days’ album release begins! Fans have the chance to attend the album launch party! The sparkling debut album by Bento, DIAMOND DAYS, marks a new musical creation from Ben Gillies, drummer and co-founder of Silverchair. The first single Diamond Days has been embraced by fans at home and abroad. The catchy chorus along with […]

ANBERLIN return with their sixth studio album “Vital” out on October 12. Their new single, “Someone, Anyone”, out now on iTunes and other digital retailers, evokes a myriad of emotions with its warm guitar rapture and vocalist Stephen Christian’s inimitable and infectious cadence. The track’s music video will make its debut on VEVO soon. Driven by uncontainable youthful spirit, the […]

“It’s a perfect time to come back now, I’ve got a killer band, most of us have been together for nine years, this is the right time, this is the right record and we’re coming back to a pretty much sold out tour, it’s gonna be great, it’s gonna be awesome.” Everclear are back, even though they never went away. […]

Date: Sunday 07 October 2012 Support band: The Art Venue: Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia Photos by: Lens Of Rock (www.lensofrock.com) Here’s a selection of photos, check out the full live gallery by clicking this link…

There’s no better authority than the ‘Glam Junkie’ himself to introduce Generation Swine to his upcoming Sleaze Ball – “I stumbled across these guys in a gutter one night…looking like they’d just stepped off a plane from L.A, circa 1987. Their combination of leather and lycra was drenched in a mixture of Jack Daniels and glitter, as they lay right beside […]

Date: Friday 05 October 2012 Support bands: Entrails Eradicated, Disentomb, Psycroptic Venue: Billboard, Melbourne, Australia Photos by: Lens Of Rock (www.lensofrock.com) Here’s a selection of photos, check out the full live gallery by clicking this link… Check out our interview with Alex Webster from Cannibal Corpse right here…

“Tonight sums up what this band is all about, they’re metal, they’re bringing it back and if this crowd and those around the world have their way, it won’t be going away again in a hurry.” So, I’m pretty sure that the wigs outnumbered the real long haired males tonight but regardless, the fact that people have come in droves […]