After announcing themselves to a new legion of fans with their sophomore effort, ‘Riot’, PARAMORE were armed to go forth and conquer.  With a swift and stratospheric rise, there seems to be no limit as to what PARAMORE can accomplish and this is nowhere more evident than on their latest album ‘Brand New Eyes’. It marks their fully fledged introduction […]

Well f$%k me swinging, if you will pardon my French, where the friggin’ hell did these guys come from?  Ok, matter of factly Hotel Diablo are from Hollywood, but hitting you smack between the eyes with a blazing red album cover, these guys have delivered one hell of a killer hard rock record from seemingly out of nowhere.  But if […]

A band with which I was not previously familiar previously, Two Gallants return after a five year hiatus with their aptly titled fourth album, The Bloom and the Blight.  Friends since they were five (maybe that’s their first meeting on the album cover?), the San Francisco natives Adam Stephens (guitar and vocals) and Tyson Vogel (drums and vocals) have obviously […]

In 25 words or less: I’ve listened to Epicloud now well over 10 times and I’m still completely overwhelmed with each listen, but I keep coming back for more, finding more and enjoying it more. Devin Townsend, when I first heard him on the Steve Vai album Sex & Religion, to me it was a godlike musical pairing and I’ve played that album […]

In 25 words or less: With summer on the horizon and a sun drenched film clip to match, While We’re Young just screams summer anthem. By no means a stranger to the Australian Country Music scene, Newcastle born and bred Morgan Evans looks set to finally capitalise on his musical journey over the past five years, with new EP While […]

Calling Impera a “supergroup” may be taking things just a little too far, but for those with their ears and eyes firmly entrenched in the European hard rock scene, that you can rightfully dispute.  Impera is the brainchild of drummer J.K Impera (Bruce Kulick, Graham Bonnet and John Corabi), on vocals there’s Matti Alfonzetti (Jagged Edge, solo), guitarist Tommy Denander […]

In 25 words or less: To me this is a fresh but classic rock sounding album and I dig it. It is so awesome to hear this kind of sound coming from Australia, to me this is a fresh but classic rock sounding album and I dig it.  Redcoats out of Melbourne have released this, their debut self-titled album today […]

“I guess we really just want to achieve a strong bond with our crowd; we’re going with the kind of means of slowly blowing air into a balloon and not having it pop too quickly and just letting it float up in the air for a while.” Having already played countless shows over the last few years building a now […]

From Official Bio: “The Sheepdogs built their name on hard work and determination.  Having funded their first three albums and early years of touring on their own, this rock and roll band’s momentum began to build exponentially with the release of the 2010 album, Learn & Burn. The band would go on to win three 2012 JUNO Awards (the Canadian […]

“We’re just going to keep writing the music that makes us most excited and hopefully people will be into it. If not, at least we’re excited about it.” With their new album The Parallax II: Future Sequence debuting this week at #22 on the Billboard Charts, it’s no surprise to also learn that shows are already selling out for the […]

“I think it kind of sounds like everything that’s been going on in the rock, metal, hardcore whatever you want to call it, scene in the past twenty years, it’s kind of just a massive roll up of all of that basically crammed in to one record.” Supergroup is a term that has been thrown around a little too often, […]

Frontiers Records unleashes the “Rock’n Roll Animal” ! GENE THE WEREWOLF international debut album to hit the stores in November Frontiers Records is excited to announce the release of GENE THE WEREWOLF international debut album aptly entitled “Rock’n Roll Animal” on November 23rd in Europe. The band hails from Pittsburgh when in 2007 five musicians disillusioned from their previous experiences decided to join […]

Tex Perkins & The Dark Horses, New Album  – Everyone’s Alone In Store through Dark Horse Records / Inertia November 2nd 2012 Tex Perkins & The Dark Horses Australian Tour Tix on Sale Now “Think of it – six mighty men of rock who like to roll tobacco/snares/home, each taking a back seat when they need to, practically doing a Victorian-era […]

NSW Central Coast’s favourite sons After The Fall return triumphant in 2012, with hard won fourth album ‘Bittersweet’ and some serious lessons under their collective belt. The pop-rock quartet were one of the most successful acts to emerge from the ripe Central Coast punk/rock scene in the mid-00’s, tunes like ‘Mirror, Mirror’ and ‘Concrete Boots’ were radio and live staples for the band, who […]

Metropolis Touring, Tombowler and A Thousand Hills Present MxPx  2012 has been as big a year as any for ageless Bremerton, Washington trio MxPx. They served up their first full-length in five years in the form of ‘Plans Within Plans’, which punknews.org described as “a 35-minute blast from the past,” and “their most energetic, exciting, cohesive and effortless sounding album […]

Certainly no “strangers” to us here at May The Rock Be With You, we’ve been patiently awaiting the full length album release Persona Non Grata from this Sydney rockers for a little while now.  Having seen them earlier this year supporting the like of The Darkness and Calling All Cars, Strangers deliver a brand of rock that is devoid of […]

“I don’t have to play by the rules, I don’t have to follow record company rules, having this freedom is amazing, the fans that I have that are in to what I do gives me an open book, I can do what I want and I’m in a really, really good place right now, so I like being Wednesday 13 […]

KISS launch a MONSTER new dimension with 3D Augmented Reality London, Friday 12 October – KISS, Universal Music and Aurasma proudly launch an epic bonus to the band’s brand-new album Monster using 3D Augmented Reality technology. Celebrating the release of KISS’ landmark 20th studio album, fans are invited to download the free uView app now to bring the Monster artwork […]

HIGHWAYS THE MONSTER GOES RAWRR BREAKAWAY BRIGHTENER TOGETHER LIVE @ THE BREWHOUSE SATURDAY DECEMBER 8  Four of Australia’s most promising bands – Highways, The Monster Goes Rawrr, Breakaway and Brightener – are getting together for one special show at Sydneys Lie At The Brewhouse in Darling Harbour on Saturday December 8. Forming in 2011, Sydney pop-punk band HIGHWAYS has quickly gained momentum […]

To coincide with forthcoming release of the bands’ new album SOMEWHERE ELSEWHERE, Melbourne rockers ZOOPHYTE are proud to announce a massive launch show at DING DONG LOUNGE on SATURDAY DECEMBER 8.  With the upcoming release of SOMEWHERE ELSEWHERE on FRIDAY OCTOBER 19 the band are giving fans the chance to hear tracks from the album ahead of the release, with daily streams of new songs going up on the bands website. […]

IS EVERYBODY READY? LADIES & GENTLEMEN…THE ROLLING STONES RETURN TO LIVE ACTION WITH SPECTACULAR ARENA SHOWS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ATLANTIC  THE O2 ARENA, LONDON UK – TICKETS ON SALE FRIDAY OCTOBER 19 PRUDENTIAL CENTER, NEWARK USA – TICKETS ON SALE FRIDAY OCTOBER 26 www.rollingstones.com  Monday October 15 2012 -LONDON/NEW YORK – Ladies and Gentlemen they are back! The most […]

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 […]