In 25 words or less: ‘Invisible Stars’ is a welcome return after six years for Everclear and to a sound you instantly know that has been updated to suit today. Remember this one… “We can live beside the ocean, leave the fire behind.  Swim out past the breakers, watch the world die…” We first heard Everclear back in 1995 with […]

BLACK CROWES FRONTMAN RETURNS WITH NEW BAND SECOND ALBUM TO FOLLOW IN SEPTEMBER In 2011, after more than 20 years of intense gigging and recording, Chris Robinson set off to shape something new, a fresh rock mythology, a breathing kaleidoscopic thing stuffed with chooglin’ soul, bedrock boogie and shuffling wisdom birthed in intimate clubs and amongst the tall trees of the Golden State […]

CHILDREN COLLIDE PRAY FOR SUNSHINE! NEW SINGLE AND VIDEO EXTRA ‘MONUMENT TOUR’ DATES ADDED! Praying For Sunshine is the third brilliant single, lifted from Children Collide’s album Monument, released today to radio and available digitally. Alongside the single is another clever video clip from the band, and several extra tour dates added to satisfy demand. Children Collide certainly know how to make an […]

In 25 words or less:  ‘The Brightest Light’ is fresh, it’s new, it’s diverse, it’s rockin’ and King Cannons may just be your new favourite band. I’ve been excited about this pending release from the second I heard ‘Take The Rock’ from King Cannons’ debut EP back in 2010… yeah, that long I personally have been waiting for this debut […]

From Bio:  International rock artist Manafest (real name: Chris Greenwood) knows the saying well; his uphill climb began at age five when his father committed suicide. Years of childhood insecurity and fear gave way to a promising skateboarding career, but then an injury took that away, too. Music soon filled the void, and it would prove to be a perfect […]

In 25 words or less: Rick Springfield rules! Tribute albums – now aren’t they always an interesting proposition, there sure have been some shockers released over the years, others just unnecessarily bastardise some true classic songs, then there’s the flip side….who are these albums for the listening pleasure of?  In the case of the cynical out there reading this, you […]

From Bio: In an era of Talent Show winners and disposable pop stars, MARK CURRAN stands out from the rest, not only as a singer/songwriter, but as a bona fide Rock Star. Born in Ireland, and raised in the working class state of New Jersey, Mark was surrounded, and influenced by a plethora of Rock N Rolls finest. He spent […]

“We’ve been busting our ass the whole time, but when you want to do something properly and there’s a bunch of other people, like a major record label involved, they’ve got things they have to work around as well in order for it to be timed right, so there you go, long story short, well as short as I can […]

Rockstar Records is delighted to announce the signing of a license deal with Limb Music Germany for the release of Black Majesty’s extraordinarily stunning and intensely melodic new album ‘Stargazer’ for Australia. Undoubtedly Australia’s premier melodic Power Metal band, Black Majesty re-aligns the genre with their fifth album ‘Stargazer’. Black Majesty has had the uncanny ability to mesmerise the melodic powermetal scene with all their […]

Official Bio: The Last Nova is an American active rock band from San Francisco, California consisting of lead vocalist Gabriel Davy, drummer Rob Bujak, bassist Surge Monroe and guitarists Aaron Goforth and Nick Young.  TLN has been gaining recognition within the industry over the last year, having been featured on the Iron Man 2 video game which has sold more […]

Third albums are generally an interesting enough prospect in themselves for both band and fan, but combine that with some lineup changes, releasing said third album via a new record label and on the back of all six band members making the commitment to basically drop everything and head to Sweden with the determination to come back with a career […]

(from left to right: Edd, Adde, Danny, Joél, Jens. Photo by: Martin Nilsson) The new Crazy Lixx line-up is now complete and the band has been rehearsing for the upcoming tour during the last month. Filling, or rather, re-filling the drummer spot is once again Joél Cirera who took what turned out to be a short break from the band right after […]

RUBICON CROSS featuring CJ Snare (FireHouse) and Chris Green (Furyon) release a new single “Locked and Loaded” just in time for you to add it to your Summer Playlist…or winter here in Australia! This release coincides with the CodeMasters DIRT “Showdown” video game on which the new track is featured. Written and performed by CJ Snare (FireHouse) and Chris Green (Furyon) this song is a brilliant follow […]

Destroy All Lines & Blue Murder present: APOCALYPTICA, AUSTRALIAN TOUR Apocalyptica are coming. Twenty years from inception, one of the biggest names in European metal is finally touring Australia. Combining classical nuance with brutal breakdowns, this fantastic Finnish four-piece are quintessential Eurock with a difference. They are metal, with cellists. Their most recent album, 7th Symphony was produced by Joe Baressi (Queens Of The Stone Age, […]

Well rockers, this time next month, at least one half of May The Rock Be With You will be representing over in the USA.  Of course a holiday wouldn’t be a holiday without some form of musical entertainment and one such adventure will lead to El Paso, Texas for the Texas Showdown Festival – USA’s largest Tattoo and Music festival! Musically […]

Jean Beauvoir has made available 5 songs for Free Download, yes that’s right…FREE DOWNLOAD.  Here’s a message from Jean for the reasons why and some details of the songs on offer. Hi friends and fans! I’ve created a special set of songs from my varied body of work which I am offering as a free download… I realize that some of […]

“GOOD GIRLS BAD GUYS” WILD’N OUT IN NEW VIDEO FROM FALLING IN REVERSE Band To Rock Warped Tour Main Stage All Summer Long In The US  Ronnie Radke (original Escape The Fate vocalist) and his powerhouse rock n’roll band, Falling In Reverse have released a hilarious new video for their track “Good Girls Bad Guys” as they kick off the […]

Lo! are back with a gory new video for Bastion, taken from their album Look and Behold out now on Pelagic Records! The video was completed in one shot in lovely Redfern, Sydney. TWEET! POST! PIN! BLOG! https://vimeo.com/43384204 “The bass in Bastion could make you pregnant” – Drum Media  “They’re not shy about beating you around the chops with crooked riff-sticks” – Blunt Magazine  Lo! have been lucky […]

Tickets to the massive 3 month ‘RocKwiz – Some Kind Of Genius Tour’ went on sale last Thursday and the demand for tickets has been so huge that 4 extra shows have been announced! These brand new shows will go on sale at 9am this Wednesday 20 June: Saturday 25 August – Darwin Convention Centre www.darwinentertainment.com.au, 08 8980 3333 Saturday 6 October – Hobart […]

Official band bio: After a turbulent start to 2012, Sydney-based folk/indie-pop trio SET SAIL are ready to once again make their mark on the Australian music scene embarking on a mammoth 18-date tour of the country parading a new collection of heartfelt rhythms in the form of their new six-track “Hey!”, due for release on June 22, 2012. “Hey!” features […]

“Legacy is a high octane concoction of 80’s influenced hard rock, AOR, modern metal and New Wave Of British Heavy Metal…full of fist pumping whoaaaaaaa, whoooooaaaa’s” Well aren’t these boys from Essex, UK who call themselves The Morning After and deliver a totally 80’s influenced amalgam of hard rock, AOR, modern metal and New Wave Of British Heavy Metal, an […]

“When it comes to Hartmann it’s all about earthy melodic rock songs with a dollop of blues and modern rock elements” Hartmann – Balance, this being the fourth album now from the former At Vance frontman Oliver Hartmann.  More than just that claim to fame however, Oliver Hartmann possesses some mighty vocal chords which has seen him contribute them to […]

Official band bio: “There’s something to be said for fate in the music world. One moment you’re left with the skeleton of a band, unsure when you’ll be able to follow your calling again, the next you’ve got a whole new line-up, a brand new home, a stronger, more defined sound and are recording with some of the biggest names […]

It’s been interesting following the fortunes of Norway’s Wig Wam who initially blasted onto the scene back in 2005 with their entry into the Eurovision song contest with In My Dreams.  Similarly over in Sweden, there was The Poodles who followed a similar trajectory.  Both bands have struggled to shake their Eurovision moniker and quite frankly, also to be taken […]

KEITH URBAN CONFIRMS A RETURN TO AUSTRALIA FOR JANUARY 2013 TOUR Chugg Entertainment and Nine Live are thrilled to confirm today, that Grammy and ARIA Award winner Keith Urban, will kick off a world tour on his home soil this January. An undeniably electrifying live performer, the country rocker’s shows have repeatedly been called one of the biggest and best concert […]

“Delivers everything you would expect from an album featuring a Rambo like guitarist with a machine gun guitar.  There’s loads of gargantuan guitar work, some massive fist pumping anthems” Kane Roberts – for some he may be best known as probably one of the most identifiable members of Alice Cooper’s band, the hulk like guitarist with an arsenal of machine […]

Here’s the cover art for the new Green Day album ¡Uno!, released here in Australia via Warner Music on September 21, the first in a trilogy of albums due out! Click the image below to check out a trailer for the new album…

“World Of Pain shows that Angel King are more than adept at delivering some pretty hot sleaze rock songs, but just not a whole albums worth.” Unfortunately, when you come from Sweden as Angel King do and when you have the tag of glam/sleaze rock, immediately the expectations of those from this corner of the world in Australia are sky high. […]

Official bio: Since 2007, Sydney’s Resist The Thought have been carefully engraving their name into the Australian metal scene. Thanks to a relentless touring ethos which found them forever on the road and sharing stages with the likes of Suicide Silence, The Acacia Strain and All Shall Perish, Resist The Thought garnered enough momentum to propel themselves overseas to Lambesis […]

NEW FOUND GLORY PREMIERE NEW VIDEO, “SUMMER FLING, DON’T MEAN A THING” Beloved melodic punk outfit New Found Glory have released a new music video for the perfect summer anthem, “Summer Fling, Don’t Mean A Thing” off their latest album Radiosurgery. The video features New Found Glory performing their song in a cardboard house getting peed on, thrown in the trash and tossed around like a beach ball. […]