Thump Music is proud to present our next Master Class tour in October 2012. Paul Gilbert is here to carryout for the first time a full Master Class tour in 6 states around Australia. Paul is known in the trade as being a high profile guitarist and clinician. Paul is currently recording his latest CD which will be released on […]

We thought it our duty to update you on one of the finest melodic hard rock bands from the 80’s….well hey, they are still going strong, so kind of ignore that “from the 80’s comment….”.  With an upcoming USA summer tour with Journey and Pat Benatar and a new song ‘Heartbreaker’ recently coming to our attention who they reunited with […]

Ok, so the greatest record label in the world Crappy Records has put together a compilation of awesome tunes for your summer soundtrack.  Well, obviously it’s heading into Winter here in Australia, but that’s even more reason to get onto this early and get ready for our summer….or at least pretend it’s summer!  Featuring Bowling For Soup, Dollyrots, Jarinus, People […]

Buckcherry – Paramount, Huntington, NY, USA 18 May 2012, by Paul Miles Photo Gallery:  http://rockshots.paul-miles.com/Music/Buckcherry-Long-Island-NY/23117936_PHWQFm As the train from Manhattan pulled out and headed towards the leafy town of Huntington on the north shore of Long Island, I cast my mind back to the previous times I had seen Buckcherry play: a few shows around Japan back in 2008, then the […]

In summary: Love them, hate them or just like them a little bit, Trixter make fun rock songs, so just listen to this and enjoy it for what it is, a cool rock record. Frontiers Records is renowned for reinventing artists and giving these 80’s and 90’s bands in essence a second shot at what they love, and that’s making […]

In 25 words or less: “A friendly, accessible, enjoyable album that is perfect to just relax to and zone out.” The newest album from Keane has just been released and only being familiar with previous hits I’ve never sat down and listened to a full album but I’m looking forward to doing so this time around if the opening track […]

In 25 words or less: ‘Prog, Metal, Thrash, Rock, Doom, take your pick, you’ve got it all here…’ In the what seems to be an ever growing list of bands we’ve not heard of contacting us, we give you Tribune and their new album ‘Elder Lore / The Dark Arts’, so let’s see what we’re in for. This band from […]

Millencolin celebrates 20th Anniversary with The Melancholy Connection CD/DVD Bundle Out June 1st Celebrated Swedish punk band, Millencolin invite fans to stream their upcoming June 1 release, The Melancholy Connection. This assemblage of b-sides is a follow up to 1999’s The Melancholy Collection and features two brand new songs and twelve rarities spanning from their break-out album, Pennybridge Pioneers, through today.  The CD is paired with a ninety minute DVD, The Pennybridge Production that takes […]

The queen of metal, Doro Pesch, just checked in from the studio to issue the following update: “The new album will be entitled Raise Your Fist and has been recorded and written in the US, Germany and Scandinavia. Right now we’re at mixing stages and are close to finish everything.  Most important to me are the power hymns Raise Your […]

Official press release: “With a one-two sucker punch that beats the word count of the Ramones call to arms Hey Ho, Let’s Go by two words, DUNE RATS new single ‘Fuck It’ is set to become the anthem of a new rock generation! Already sounding suspiciously like a classic ‘Fuck It’ storms the barricades and does the business in two minutes flat, leaving […]

STEEL PANTHER are “Crude, rude, filthy, and more infectious than a bad case of herpes”. – Revolver Mag. For STEEL PANTHER, bringing the halcyon days of metal back to the world is not a job…it’s a mission statement, a modus operandi, and a way of life. In their first ever headline tour of Australia, Steel Panther are primed for an […]

  ROCK N LOAD This Saturday May 26, the inaugural ROCK N’ LOAD festival hits The Espy in St Kilda, featuring 32 rock & grunge acts across the venue’s three stages. Catch Electric Mary, Bugdust, King Of The North, Ten Thousand, Heaven The Axe, I Am Duckeye, The Charge, Anna Salen, Hailmary (WA), Arcane Saints, The Morrisons, Beggars Orchestra (NSW), […]

If you are familiar with the name Ryan Roxie, then you probably fall into one of two categories.  Category one, you are familiar with his involvement as a guitarist with the likes of Slash’s Snakepit, or more prominently, spending a decade between the years 1996 and 2006 and now once again in 2012 as guitarist with Alice Cooper.  Category two, […]

(Fredricksburg, VA – 21 May 2012)  Virginia modern hard rock band Elisium have self released their sophomore effort, Becoming. Recorded at Atlanta’s Universal Recording and produced by Alex Rexroat, the six song effort cultivates the band’s influences, including Tool, All That Remains and Chevelle amongst others. Coming together in Fredricksburg in 2003, the band released their first album in 2008 via […]

Competition Open: Monday May 21st, 2012 Competition Closes: Wednesday 30 May, 2012 CLASSIC AMERICANA released by Warner Music Australia Thanks to our friends at Warner Music Australia, we’ve got a bunch of CD giveaways for the new release Classic Americana featuring the likes of ZZ Top, Steve Miller Band, Joe Walsh, The Grateful Dead, Steppenwolf, Fleetwood Mac, The Beach Boys […]

SPIRIT BIRD NATIONAL ALBUM TOUR ANNOUNCED! One of our nation’s most iconic voices, Xavier Rudd, is excited to announce the  SPIRIT BIRD Australian Tour – his most extensive tour yet! To celebrate the anticipated release of his striking seventh studio album, the tour will take Xavier Rudd to 28 cities and regional centers around the country, from Airlie Beach to […]

Modern Love – Special Edition features 3 new acoustic tracks! This June sees the release of a Special Edition version of Matt Nathanson’s American Top 20 album Modern Love, timed to coincide with the star’s arrival on Australian shores. Kicking off a series of East Coast dates at The Sydney Opera House on 7 June with pop-rock superstars Train, Nathanson will […]

HARD-ONS SHOWS CANCELLED – SYDNEY & NEWCASTLE STILL TO GO AHEAD AS FUNDRAISER FOR BLACKIE, AFTER ATTACK It’s with great regret that the Hard-Ons have been forced to cancel the remaining dates on their current national tour, except for Sydney and Newcastle. Vocalist and guitarist Blackie was physically assaulted last Thursday 17th May and suffered a fractured skull and bruising […]

“The core of the whole music business should always be a band that writes music that they love without thinking the reactions of media, fans or labels.  Honest and true music will always gather fans and listeners.” Whatever you previously knew of Finnish melodic death metal band Before The Dawn over their 13 year and 6 album history, well you […]

PENNYWISE are one of the most significant bands to emerge from SoCal A thriving, ground-breaking punk rock band for two decades, the Hermosa Beach group’s relentless, in-your-face, middle finger in the air, anthem-chanting sound has never wavered. In fact, they have just created their most ferocious, engaging and career defining album to date in All Or Nothing. And just to […]

Multinational Melodic Metal band EDEN’S CURSE has inked a worldwide management deal with Germany’s ROCK N GROWL MANAGEMENT. The band is also making great progress with the writing process for album number four; a short snippet from a new demo track called “LOSING MY FAITH” can be streamed here: http://soundcloud.com/edenscurse/edens-curse-losing-my-faith Bassist Paul Logue says: “We are delighted to welcome Axel to the EC family and […]

 AUSTRALIAN TWO PIECE TO RELEASE DEBUT ALBUM ON JUNE 8 – PAPER SCISSORS ROCK TOUR ANNOUNCED Fire up your engines, Mildura garage rockers Jackson Firebird are ready to launch their high-octane debut album Cock Rockin’ on June 8, 2012.  Known for their brutally energetic live sets it seems fitting that Jackson Firebird should mark such a momentous occasion with the Paper Scissors Rock tour in Victoria and NSW.   […]

“THE BRIGHTEST LIGHT” ALBUM LAUNCH DATES THIS JUNE… KING CANNONS don’t much care for what is supposedly cool. Since day one, their manifesto has been to be a band for the people. The type of band that actually means something. A band with a career that is based on substance over style. KING CANNONS’ debut album “The Brightest Light” will be […]

Being a hometown show for Calling All Cars, I rocked up to the Hi-Fi Bar on a wintery Melbourne, Friday night, expecting to be greeted by a reasonably packed house, so was somewhat amazed upon entry to find the Hi-Fi Bar pretty damn empty.  For those who turned up later on, shame on you for missing Perth band Arts Martial […]

Date: Friday 11 May 2012 Venue: Hi Fi Bar, Melbourne, Australia Photos by: Lens Of Rock (www.lensofrock.com) Check out the full live gallery right here…

Check out our interview with Slash right here… Check out our review of Apocalyptic Love right here… Check out our recent interview with Myles Kennedy right here… “This is unquestionably an exercise in rock & roll excellence” – 4/5 Rolling Stone Recent Rock n Roll Hall of Fame inductee and one of the greatest exponents of the electric guitar, SLASH, returns […]

In summary: “It’s exciting to me to hear new music from a new band, regardless of who is in it and how they came together, this feels like a new band to me and one I hope that will continue to make albums down the road.” From the opening riff of the title track ‘Apocalyptic Love’ you hear that tone, […]

“This time around I just wanted to have a good time just making a record with these guys and I think there’s a lot of different feels and stuff but its all pretty rock and roll and that’s pretty indicative of what it is that I do.” He needs no real introduction, he’s undoubtedly one of the most recognizable people […]

Butch Walker has just appeared on an episode on ‘Live From Daryl’s House’, that would be Daryl Hall of Hall and Oates fame.  Check out the details below… “Do you like the vocal stylings of Daryl Hall? Do you like paella? How about some red wine? Oh… I forgot.. Do you like to jam? If your name is Butch Walker, […]

“We try to call it melodic heavy rock and I think that’s the best words to describe the whole thing, but it’s got a lot of variation and some things on the album.” On the eve of releasing their seventh album ‘Stones Grow Her Name’ and with over 16 years as a band, Sonata Arctica are continuing to make amazing […]