Live Nation has announced that P!NK will make her hugely anticipated return to this country for what will be the hottest tour of the year – The Truth About Love Tour 2013. Renowned around the world as one of the most dynamic live performers of her generation – and by far the most successful female touring and recording artist ever […]

In an ingenious move often reserved for film, The Cult has announced they will be releasing a ‘prequel’ to accompany their latest critically acclaimed album, Choice of Weapon. The digital-only release Weapon of Choice reveals the songs at a stage of development that will be of interest to The Cult’s fans and followers. Weapon of Choice is a document of a work in progress and offers a unique opportunity to hear The Cult’s process. The material has not been previously released, […]

TSAR were formed in Los Angeles in 1998 and quickly planted their flag in the name of a new kind of rock at the center of the, then, exploding Silverlake music scene. Garage rockers, punks and glam babies alike flocked to eastside clubs to catch TSAR’s bombastic live performances and catchy power-pop/punk songwriting. A bidding war resulted in a major label […]

Paul Dianno and Blaze Bayley Australian Tour  Legendary ex-vocalists of Iron Maiden Hardline Media proudly presents Paul Dianno and Blaze Bayley – former vocalists of Iron Maiden – performing together for the first time ever in Australia and New Zealand. In a world exclusive, for their co-headlining sets both singers will be belting out only Iron Maiden songs – classic […]

The Rolling Stones ‘Charlie Is My Darling – Ireland 1965’ out November 2nd from ABKCO – Super Deluxe Box Set/Blu-ray and DVD Details Revealed ABKCO Films is proud to join in the celebration of the Rolling Stones 50th Anniversary by announcing exclusive details of the release of the legendary, but never before officially released film, The Rolling Stones ‘Charlie Is […]

Muse is one of those bands that are hard to categorise.  Simple as that and you know they are… are they rock?  Are they opera?  Are they electro?  Yeah, I know right?  So I’m calling Muse a new genre of music called Electrockera.  Here was have ‘The 2nd Law’ which is the their sixth as a band, each previous have […]

Thanks to our friends at Universal Music Australia, we have five copies of the cracking new Grinspoon album ‘Black Rabbits’ to give away to five of our lucky readers.  First single ‘Passerby’ has given us a taste of a newer Grinners sound and we dig it!  Want to hear what else they’ve come up with? Well you can by simply […]

“We’re trying to make our weak points stronger, so we worked harder on becoming a melodic rock band and not only a melodic rock band but a good one, even a great one as well, we wanted to make the songs really, really great as I think we’ve got the songs in us.” Seventeen years as a band and with […]

In summary – “If you think you know Grinspoon, you probably don’t. This new album is fresh, it’s rockin’ and it’s relevant.” When you’ve been a band for seventeen years, it must be tough to keep yourself motivated, to come up with something fresh, yes many bands go through the ‘what do I want to be today?’ phase, but Australian […]

UK rockers Jettblack first came onto my radar back in 2010 with the cracking song Two Hot Girls that came from debut album Get Your Hands Dirty.  Sometimes not much more needs to be said to describe a band than simply ROCK and that’s just definitely the case when it comes to Jettblack.  With influences stated as being “anything up […]

I remember seeing The Script back in 2008 when they came to Sydney on a promo tour in support of their debut album, playing in a small club to an attentive yet small crowd, just seeing them then you knew these guys had it. Now four years on and two albums and a couple of visits back since the debut […]

Destroy All Lines and Killyourstereo.com present HAWTHORNE HEIGHTS WITH SIENNA SKIES AUSTRALIAN TOUR 2012 HAWTHORNE HEIGHTS are set to make their well anticipated return to Australia in December this year to celebrate the 2nd release in their EP trilogy – Hope. The Ohio quartet have been working solidly since they last hit our shores in 2006, releasing Fragile Future in mid 2008 and then their 4th studio album Skeletons hit shelves […]

From November 7 The Tea Party: Live in Australia will be available for lovers of epic rock on Blu-ray and DVD. Since the Canadian three piece exploded onto the scene in the early-‘90s the Tea Party has pursued a singular epic sound melding middle-eastern influences with cacophonous power for what has become widely dubbed as Moroccan Roll. After a brief breakup […]

THE SCRIPT ANNOUNCES NATIONAL ARENA TOUR! With smash hit album #3 (out now through Sony Music) tearing up charts and hearts across the globe, Frontier Touring Company is delighted  to confirm that The Script will return to Australia in 2013 with their biggest national tour to date! The Dublin natives make this announcement whilst in Australia for a sell out […]

English melodic rockers FM have issued the following update via their Facebook/Website: “Here in FM land we love our traditions and in the run-up to the release of our seventh studio album we couldn’t resist one particular FM tradition – on 26th November 2012 we will be releasing ONLY FOOLIN’ EP. We’ve had a great reaction to our EPs over the […]

Frontiers Records have issued the following update on upcoming 2013 releases for Snakecharmer, Cannatta, Seventh Key, Work of Art and James Christian! WORK OF ART Swedish AOR stars WORK OF ART have started laying down tracks for the anticipated third album which the band plans to title “Piece of Work” as a completion of the trilogy of album titles that […]

September 24th, 2012  – Adler, the new band led by former Guns N Roses drummer Steven Adler will be releasing their debut album “Back From The Dead” November 26th via New Ocean Media in North America. “Back From The Dead” was recorded in Los Angeles with producer Jeff Pilson (Foreigner, Dokken) and mixed by Jay Ruston (Anthrax, Stone Sour). The album consists of 11 tracks ranging from adrenaline pumping rockers […]

1976 Sunday night, 6pm …anywhere and everywhere in Australia: Countdown on TV. A giant appears on screen, black kohl eyeliner, flashy earrings, multi coloured hair, gap between two front teeth…’Gonna sit down and talk to myself’, he sings…camera pans out…two more very tall men, one willowy with long curly hair, the other rocking a steady bass rhythm nodding his bushy […]

‘The rock gods have again answered the prayers of rock fans Australia wide by blessing us with another tour from multi-award winning Canadian rockers, The Trews’ – Troy Culpan, May The Rock Be With You This October THE TREWS will be gracing our shores for a national tour in support of their highly anticipated new extended EP, “…thank you and […]

T&N reunites George Lynch, Jeff Pilson and “Wild” Mick Brown – aka “The Big Three” from Dokken – for this brand new 12 song disk that will surely be referred to as a classic in years to come! Returning to their roots, “Slave to the Empire” offers seven new original songs and five re-recorded classic Dokken songs that feature sensational vocal performances […]

GEOFF TATE, the acclaimed voice of Queensryche, will release his second solo album, KINGS & THIEVES, on November 6, 2012 in North America.  KINGS & THIEVES will be TATE’s first solo album in more than a decade and his debut release for InsideOut Music.  As one of the most well-known and respected vocalists in the history of hard rock and heavy metal, GEOFF TATE has sold over 20 […]

Crooked Saint It has been a massive eighteen months for Melbourne’s Crooked Saint, the musical alter ego of Tim Wheatley. He has independently released two EP’s and a double a side, all to critical acclaim, triple j, commercial and widespread national community and ABC airplay. In support of the releases he’s completed two Australian tours and two lengthy stints in […]

Redcoats announce the release of their debut self-titled album out 19 October. To support this release the band will be touring throughout November on their Who’s Rollin’ album tour, full dates below. Following from first single lifted from the album, Raven, Redcoats have also just released second single Evergreen to radio. Watch the psychedelic inspired clip here now! Their album […]

From Official Bio:  In 2012, Perth’s Chaos Divine are without peer in Australian metal. Their intricate and melodic brand is pregnant with a progressive ambition that challenges both fans and band members alike. Now, with a world of possibility before them, Chaos Divine in 2011 delivered The Human Connection – the band’s most accomplished album to date. While the driven […]

“If you don’t like it, listen to one song, give it a chance, if you don’t like it, throw a bottle at me and go and watch another band ha ha, but at least give me three minutes of your time and hopefully you’ll be in to it.” From Official Bio:  Whether they’re headlining, supporting or leading sing-alongs at festivals […]

JIMI JAMISON – one of Melodic Rock’s most legendary voices – returns with his new solo album “Never Too Late” Frontiers Records is excited to announce the release of JIMI JAMISON’s new solo album “Never Too Late” on November 2nd in Europe and November the 6th in North America. Often referred to as one of the American top Rock vocalists, Jimi […]

ARTISTDIRECT premiered a new Papa Roach song ‘BEFORE I DIE‘ (http://bit.ly/R2ZTzu) and a behind the scenes video yesterday, off of their upcoming album The Connection (October 2, Eleven Seven Music). Lead singer Jacoby Shaddix had been diagnosed with a nodule on his left vocal chord. At the advice of his physician, he underwent corrective surgery to remove the nodule and prevent further damage. “It’s no secret […]

When it comes to releases on Italian label Frontiers Records, nothing really surprises anymore.  So when I heard the winds blowing news of a live KIX CDC/DVD to be released in 2012 and a brand new studio release in 2013, despite the fact that the band haven’t had any recorded output since essentially 1995, I didn’t even batter an eyelid.  […]

When you are talking hard rock bands of the 80’s, Dokken are right up there in the highest echelon with songs such as Dream Warriors, Lightning Strikes Again, Just Got Lucky, The Hunter, Unchain The Night undeniable classic anthems.  But that was then and 2012 is now with the Don Dokken led version releasing Dokken’s 11th studio album Broken Bones.  […]

“There’s songs in there and the meanings and stuff, we always like to put, not statements and stuff, but leave it so whoever is listening to it can either relate to it or kind of go I’ll take it in this way you know?  Have the listener think a bit rather than just be that kind of brain dead, mind […]