Telstra Road to Discovery Semi-Final at QMF 2012 For 16 years the Queenscliff Music Festival has built a reputation for showcasing emerging acts alongside those already enjoying success. A large percentage of these acts have then gone on to forge stellar musical careers of their own. Queenscliff Music Festival prides itself on being part of that nurturing process. QMF is […]

Swedish rockers, SABATON are headed to Australia for the very first time in January 2013 in support of NIGHTWISH in Sydney and Melbourne only. They bring with them their power packed symphonic power metal sound which is epic and symphonic in the modern power metal genre. SABATON has unique, distinctive vocals, gallant guitar melodies, and their lyrical concepts are drawn from World War I, World War […]

Australian metal band LORD have released their new video for the track ‘Betrayal Blind’, taken from their upcoming album DIGITAL LIES, slated for a late 2012 release. Full song is available digitally from here – http://www.lord.net.au/store/#ecwid:category=1970494&mode=product&product=15071317 Bassist Andy Dowling recently spoke with Loud Online Magazine (interview here –http://www.loudmag.com.au/content/lord-on-the-road-again) about the upcoming album stating “The title track of the same name […]

For the majority of rock music fans here in Australia, at some point over the last decade or so, you are bound to have heard, read, or seen Joe Matera?  As lead guitarist – with Aussie rockers Geisha during their re-emergence during 2007 to 2010 or as founding member of classic rock band Double Vision between 2003 to 2008.  As […]

Date: 07 September 2012 Venue: The Metro, Sydney, Australia Photo’s by: Inside Edge Photography www.facebook.com/InsideEdgePhotography Click here to check out the full photo gallery…

From Bio: The Finest Hour are a 4 piece band based in Cleethorpes/Grimsby area of Lincolnshire, England. Drawing influence from Indie, Punk, Ska and Folk music, the band have toured extensively throughout the UK, covering The North and Midlands, London and Scotland taking in famous venues such as The Cavern Club in Liverpool, Half Moon in Putney, The Adelphi in […]

Australia has a notable fondness for the ‘every man.’ This encompasses the kind of relatable, not-so-every-day performers that steal the imagination of audiences wherever they roam. This rare breed tells stories through music, so fantastic and amorous that they wind around hearts, reach into heads. Enter Tasmania’s Lincoln Le Fevre. He is a little bit punk, a little bit country, a […]

Melbourne band The Hiding will be performing some exclusive showcases as part of CMJ festival in New York City mid October. The boys will be performing tracks from their debut self titled EP that saw them receive radio play on over 140 college stations across the USA. In Australia, one of their songs was selected to be used in hit reality TV […]

As a massive thank you to their loyal and dedicated Melbourne fan base THE LIVING END are stoked to announce the addition of TWO EXTRA MELBOURNE SHOW DATES to their upcoming RETROSPECTIVE TOUR in November and December this year.Due to the unprecedented demand to see the band perform live in their hometown, THE LIVING END will now play a special encore performance of their second album ROLL ON. The show […]

These are and this is DIAMOND DAYS, the sparkling debut album by Bento – the new musical creation from Ben Gillies, drummer and co-founder of Silverchair. DIAMOND DAYS is twelve new bristling and glistening rock & roll songs, with Ben up front, singing his heart out, singing his own songs, and opening up like you’ve never heard him before. “It’s […]

For those of you into your folk, viking, battle, pirate metal, I am sure Finnish five-piece “heroic metallers” Ensiferum are a band in which you are well familiar?  I mean how could you possibly miss them, with their overtly visual image and rousing anthems.  3 years since the release of previous album From Afar the band return with new album […]

Music Victoria presents Off the Beaten Track Regional Tour and Workshops There’s music out there. Out where? In the halls, clubs, RSLs, wineries, footy grounds and even a renovated substation. Music Victoria, in conjunction with anti-binge drinking campaign Live Solution, celebrates Victoria’s great live music in non-traditional venues in the inaugural Off the Beaten Track tour across regional and metro Victoria. The tour features two […]

“The opening track ‘Lifestyle’ says straight up; “We’re not trying to reinvent the wheel, we keep it simple, we keep it real.” We’re just a bunch of friends hanging out playing music for the right reasons, tied by our common goals, we all want the same thing, we’re all on the same page and it’s just as simple as that.” […]

CD reviews aren’t necessarily an easy thing to write, some flow immediately, others can be agonised over for what seems like hours.  I guess much like writing a song hey?  The irony of this is that the new release from OFF! whilst having 16 tracks, clocks in at around 17 minutes in total, for the whole CD.  Does that make […]

“We’ve just always done this kind of music and what we’ve always been in to since we were kids, the bands you’ve grown up on and stuff and there’s been times when guitars have been big and guitars haven’t been big…” When a band can make a debut album that sounds like they’ve been doing it forever, you get the […]

In 25 words or less: Last Of A Dyin’ Breed stoutly keeps the flag of everything Lynyrd Skynyrd represent, past, present and future flying loud and proud. I’m a 37yo who grew up in Melbourne, Australia on a diet of 80’s hard rock, you know, Poison, Europe, White Lion, Def Leppard, Whitesnake, Winger, Tesla, all that kind of awesome stuff […]

Whilst Perth, Australia may not be spoken of by us East Coast Aussies as having a thriving rock scene, with the tyranny of distance involved, I guess we have to put that down to perhaps our own ignorance and failure to explore what Perth has to offer as far as a rock scene.  I guess we can’t argue with the […]

In a career now spanning nearly 25 years and having made a huge impact on the rock scenes both in their native New Zealand and current home here in Australia, Shihad recognise this in pretty much the best way possible, with the release of a 38 song double disc titled The Meanest Hits and armed with a new single Right […]

LIVING THINGS AUSTRALIAN TOUR, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE SIDESHOWS ANNOUNCED! Since their 2000 debut album ‘Hybrid Theory’, LINKIN PARK have spent the last 12 years doing something popular artists just don’t do: going off-menu. The learning curve was arduous, but a necessary and welcome challenge for the band. ‘Hybrid Theory’ isn’t just the title of the first album, but a career mission […]

THE SCRIPT – New album ‘#3’ released today + Australian visit confirmed + Metro Theatre Sydney show The Script release eagerly anticipated new album #3, today, September 7th, through Sony Music Entertainment Australia, with killer new single Hall Of Fame feat. will.i.am storming up the airplay charts  around the country. To celebrate their newest release, the Irish trio will be […]

TIM CHAISSON DELIVERS NEW ALBUM ‘THE OTHER SIDE’ – Australian release via ABC Music, 21st September Fans of golden-voiced Canadian singer-songwriter Tim Chaisson will be happy to hear that the young performer is releasing a brand new album (his fifth) onSeptember 21st.  Following up 2009’s Broken HeartedBeat, Chaisson’s new album The Other Side, promises to deliver an intimate and heartfelt listeningexperience, […]

DON BROCO TO RELEASE THEIR SINGLE ‘ACTORS’ ON SEPT 21ST ‘ACTORS’ IS TAKEN FROM THEIR DEBUT ALBUM ‘PRIORITIES’ TO BE RELEASED OCTOBER 26TH PRE-ORDERS AVAILABLE FROM SEPTEMBER 14TH Don Broco are set to release their single ‘Actors’ which will be available on September 21st and is taken from their debut album ‘Priorities’ to be released October 26th. The four-piece are […]

Buffalo is the new project for Sydney based singer songwriter Wes Carr. From his early days fronting Silverchair offshoot Tambalane, to his well publicised success on reality TV, Wes has well and truly paid his dues and already lived several musical lifetimes before reaching the age of 30. Buffalo sees Wes return to his organic singer/songwriter roots and is an […]

News just in from Finnish rockers Reckless Love is that they are set to release a brand new eight-song mini-album called Born To Break Your Heart.  It will feature full blown old school live cuts both on-stage electric and in-studio acoustic. Stay tuned to www.recklesslove.com and the bands Facebook page for further information about how the release. ‘Born To Break Your Heart’ track […]

Helsinki Vampires, THE 69 EYES, have released the third video trailer for the band’s upcoming album, X, which is due on September 28, 2012 via Nuclear Blast. The trailer features tattoo icon, Kat Von D, who took part in a duet with singer Jyrki69 on the song Rosary Blue which will be an exclusive bonus track for the iTunes version […]

Night Ranger to release live cd/dvd package: “24 Strings & a Drummer – Live & Acoustic” due out in October via Frontiers Records As a celebration of the 30th anniversary of their debut album, DAWN PATROL, and hot on the heels of their 10th studio album, SOMEWHERE IN CALIFORNIA, Night Ranger will release a very special newly-recorded live “greatest hits” […]

AXEWOUND – DEBUT ALBUM VULTURES OUT OCTOBER 5TH – PRE-ORDERS AVAILABLE FROM SEPTEMBER 14TH Metal supergroup AxeWound are set to release their debut album Vultures on October 5THvia Sony Music Australia.  The album release will be preceded by the single Cold on September 21st, coinciding with a UK tour. AxeWound’s pedigree is inarguably first class – since they feature guitarist/vocalist […]

To all the Aussie bastards out there, READ UP as this is for you!!  BASTARDFEST is the self proclaimed festival of the bastard! “To the bloke who forgot his mums birthday, to the dude who makes his pregnant misses put out the bins, to all offensive, obnoxious and despicable individuals- this show is for you….BASTARDFEST will bring out your inner […]

RELEASED NOVEMBER 12 – GLOBAL 3D AUGMENTED REALITY CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED TO REVEAL UNIQUE ALBUM COVER The Rolling Stones, ABKCO Music & Records and Universal Music Group are pleased to announce the release of GRRR! by The Rolling Stones on the 12th of November 2012 for the World Excluding North America  and on the 13th of November 2012 in North America. […]

Grammy-winning alternative rock band Deftones have announced the November 9 release of their seventh studio album, entitled KOI NO YOKAN. KOI NO YOKAN was recorded in Los Angeles, CA with Nick Raskulinecz (Alice In Chains, Foo Fighters, Rush) who also produced Diamond Eyes. Front man Chino Moreno summed up Deftones’ sound in a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly, saying “Obviously […]