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 […]

Following a hugely successful Australian & Canadian tour with The Tea Party, JEFF MARTIN will top the year off by touring Australia – Solo – this November/December. The Tea Party’s Australian tour in July had the fans out in droves to capture the magic of the band that once was, and still remains.  After 7 years apart, the resurrection of the […]

LA based pop-punk rockers The Dollyrots are back with a brand new video for“Hyperactive,“ the lead single of their upcoming self-titled album. The video is premiering now over at ARTISTdirect and The Dollyrots will be released Sept. 18th on Storefront Recordings. Directed by independent filmmaker, author and KROQ DJ, Kurt St. Thomas, who teamed up for the first time with Special Effects pioneer James Renald, “Hyperactive”is a fun romp that shows just […]

Already touring major arenas across Australia with Kelly Clarkson this September, Chugg Entertainment is thrilled to announce an exclusive show for fans of The Fray. Intent on giving their Australian fans a chance to see the band in a more personal setting, The Fray will be visiting Sydney to play one headline show only. This one off show will take […]

In 25 words or less: “will hook in anyone with a love of the Kane Roberts, Chris Laney, Desmond Child and Mutt Lange style of bombastic rock anthems.” Hailing from the UK, Tommy Justice is not a name you are likely to have heard of before, unless you’ve already read our interview with him on the pages of May The […]

Official Bio: “Tommy Justice is an English musician, singer and songwriter, playing hard rock with a classic metal edge.  Tommy is the former singer and guitarist of hard rock band Ruff Justice and also former guitarist and singer of Hard rock band PsychoHero.  After 4 years with Ruff Justice and winning 1st place in Hertford’s battle of the bands in […]

In a statement made via www.queensryche.com, Queensryche lead singer Geoff Tate has issued this statement about his version of Queensryche, which now has a lineup attached to it…… “I’m sure the last few months have been very frustrating for you. I know they have been for me. There are so many questions and so few answers. It is said that adversity […]

“To me Rock and Roll is where it starts, and it’s being able to think what is good and not sitting around asking what everyone else approves of, so I guess hopefully more people that don’t necessarily get what Hanson’s about get a chance to dig in a little.” Twenty years as a band and fifteen years since the song […]

UK indie popsters Mystery Jets are set to return to Australia in a couple of weeks for what will be now their third visit.  Whilst they may have been here before, this will be the first time they’ve played the Fat As Butter Festival, not to mention had the opportunity to play a bunch of songs off their latest album, […]

  English singer/songwriter and famed front-man for super-groups The Babys and Bad English, John Waite heads to Australia for the first time ever for his national Greatest-Hits Tour, performing a collection of his hits that span a career of almost four decades. The Lancaster (England) born singer is instantly recognisable and is cherished by a wide range of audiences. His unique and pristine voice is just […]

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 30, 2012—For all his accomplishments as an actor, a best-selling author and the subject of a recent documentary, Rick Springfield’s first love has always been music, since the first time he picked up a guitar at the age of 12 in his native Australia. That passion for writing and performing songs, as well as playing guitar, comes […]

August 30, 2012 – Via Vision Entertainment is pleased to announce the release of KORN: The Path of Totality. It will be available to buy on both DVD and Blu-ray from September 5. On December 6, KORN assembled on stage at the Hollywood Palladium for the official release party of their most visionary project yet The Path of Totality. That event which […]