PRINCE WELCOME 2 AUSTRALIA “Number 1 show of the year.”  LA Weekly 22/12/2011 Prince, one of music’s most iconic superstars and true rock’n’roll royalty, will tour Australia in May 2012 performing his greatest hits. This will be only the 3rd time Prince has toured Australia. He last performed here in 2003. Prolific, influential and innovative, Prince is one of the most private of […]

Official Band Bio: Hailing from Melbourne, Australia’s music capital, SHADOWQUEEN is the original brainchild of Robbi Zana and Si Hopman who formed a solid musical connection from a history of performing live together.  With the addition of drummer, Alex Deegan in 2009, the rock trio powerhouse, ‘SHADOWQUEEN’, was born. ‘SHADOWQUEEN’ is a rock band that captures an irresistible blend of […]

RUSH RETURNS WITH “CLOCKWORK ANGELS” – CELEBRATED ROCK TRIO’S FIRST STUDIO ALBUM IN FIVE YEARS SET TO ARRIVE ON JUNE 8TH Legendary rock band Rush have unveiled details of its highly anticipated, new album, “CLOCKWORK ANGELS.”   This is the renowned trio’s first new collection of original material in over five years and their first studio release via Anthem/Roadrunner Records. “CLOCKWORK […]

Multi-platinum US rockers Train are thrilled to announce a series of Australian shows this June, ahead of the release tomorrow of their sixth album California 37. Train will kick off their east coast tour at Sydney’s iconic Opera House before heading onto Melbourne and Brisbane. Tickets go on sale at 9am Monday April 23, with pre-sale tickets available from Wednesday […]

“You know, people want to hear a band be genuine and if they like what we’re doing, that’s great, if not, there’s going to be a percentage of people who do, and we’re a genuine band and that’s kind of our attitude now.” Train are most well-known for their amazingly friendly radio hits ‘Drops of Jupiter’ and of course the […]

It’s always something pretty cool when you get a four band line up that you’re pumped to check out, all the bands tonight complement each other and I can tell we’re in for a good night. This Time Next Year hit the ground running and didn’t slow down. Their energetic pop punk sound had the crowd pumped up in no […]

Make Them Suffer, Roadrunner Records Australia’s newest signing, have released the first taste of their forthcoming debut album. Neverbloom the album’s title track, received an overwhelming response when it premiered on triple j’s The Racket. The official video clip for the track was released online last week, receiving over 14,000 views in the first 24 hours alone. You can watch the video below:   On […]

Hailing from Southern California, At The Skylines are releasing their debut album The Secrets To Life on May 4 through Roadrunner Records.  At The Skylines craft driving anthems interlaced with unique programming and atmospherics.  Combining soaring melodies, earth-shattering breakdowns, passionate screams, heartfelt and catchy phrasing and blazingly provocative dynamics, these six young men from Southern California have hit upon every bright spot of aggressive rock music.  Shady Dreamin’ is the […]

The wait is over – New Zealand’s much loved folk comedy duo Flight Of The Conchords are finally coming to Australia! The Frontier Touring Company will be bringing Kiwi funny men Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement to visit fans on the other side of the Tasman for their first ever run of Australian headline shows this July. Jemaine said of […]

Having just released their third album, Sultans Of Sin, the Stockholm, Sweden based Dynazty have unleashed a collection of storming killer hard rock songs that are set to propel the band amongst the leaders of the Swedish contingent of rock bands dominating the hard rock scene worldwide such as Crashdiet, H.E.A.T, Hardcore Superstar and Crazy Lixx.  Having formed in 2007 […]

Official Band Bio:“Born in the summer of 2010 in North Lincolnshire, Skarlett Riot are a brazen four-piece female fronted Hard rock unit who deliver the melody and grit of Halestorm and Courtney Love fused with the muscular garage rock’n’roll guile of early Guns N Roses. Spitting out fiery riffage and infectious hooks, the northern noiseniks boost a sound that is […]

Date: 5th April 2012 Venue: The Factory, Sydney Photo’s by: Peter Coates (www.myspace.com/limodrummer) Click here to check out the photo’s…      

Cold Chisel Forced to Reschedule Thursday April 12 Melbourne Festival Hall Concert to Thursday April 19 Ian Moss involved in freak accident  Due to a freak accident to guitarist Ian Moss, the Cold Chisel show planned for Thursday April 12 at Festival Hall has been rescheduled to Thursday April 19. All tickets purchased are transferrable to the new show. If […]

Counting Crows fans, the bands new album Underwater Sunshine is due out very, very soon on April 13th, but the band want YOU to hear it right now, via the music player below.  So check it out and be sure to buy the album when it’s released shortly, by Sony Music.  PS: Make sure you give the player a few […]

“We didn’t box ourselves in, we threw everything at the wall and basically I don’t know, we showcased nearly everything that we know that we’re capable of doing on this record, so I feel like since the last record, it’s your first record, you just kind of do everything and just throw everything out there.” In 2009 a band called […]

In 25 words or less: “Balls out rock, amazing ballads, modern rock songs, and balls out rock.  Yeah that’s right, said that twice, but it’s the truth.” It’s been three years since the release of Halestorm’s debut in 2009 and this new album has been a long time coming!  I’m happy to say that it was well worth the wait […]

This news in via Butch Walker: “What’s up friends?? I have missed chatting with you all about stuff, but a boy’s gotta work. And by work, I mean making music for me and people I like. The topic at hand though is….. Documentaries. Do you like them? I do. I watch them all the time. I also like them when […]

“Controversy is always a positive thing even if it’s in a negative way, like any of that Government censorship crap where they try to stop people from doing what they want to do, it’s just like putting gasoline on the fire and it always works in our favour in the long run.” From Official Bio:  Returning with the ceaselessly hostile […]

It’s as hard to believe that 14 years has passed by since Cold Chisel’s last studio album, Last Wave Of Summer, as it is to then ponder that it’s now been some 28 years since the album before that, Twentieth Century, when Cold Chisel “broke up”.  No Plans, the newly released seventh studio album from arguably Australia’s most iconic rock band, […]

“It wasn’t so much the fear of if it wasn’t going to work, because you can’t take the fact away that the fuckin’ songs sound awesome, but there was always that kind of question in the back of our head of ‘Oh, can we?  Can we? What if?’” TOUR PRESS RELEASE: Featuring founding members of Sublime along with new frontman, […]

“I guess it’s really song oriented music and I think each one of us really takes pride that we work really hard at being able to play our instruments, so there’s a lot of musicality and it’s kind of just four guys playing non synthesised instruments on stage.” Having received the patronage of both Jackson Browne and The Band’s Robbie […]

It’s quite obvious to those of you that pay particularly close attention to May The Rock Be With You, that Alter Bridge are one of our favoured bands of the moment.  With Myles Kennedy graciously allowing us 20 minutes to chat today, that now makes three of the four band members we’ve interviewed.  Scott Phillips, if you are reading this, […]

Marshall Amps have today announced the passing of it’s founder, Jim Marshall, aged 88.  A Marshall Amp is undoubtedly one of the most iconic symbols in rock music, without question. This official announcement via www.jimmarshall.co.uk “It is with profound sorrow that we announce the passing of our beloved founder and leader for the past 50 years, Jim Marshall. While mourning […]

Thanks to our friends at Via Vision we have a bunch of Alter Bridge Live At Wembley DVD’s to give away, yes that’s right, how cool is that? Given that it’s Easter and all, we could send you on an “Easter Egg” hunt and have you work hard for your prize, but we are going to make it as simple […]

  Reviewed by: Paul Miles Date: 02 April 2012 Venue: Webster Hall, New York City, USA Website: www.andrewwk.com Full Photo Gallery (click link): http://rockshots.paul-miles.com/ People have been partying to the upbeat, high-energy of Andrew W.K. for a decade now. To celebrate this anniversary of his chart-topping debut album I Get Wet, he led tonight’s sold-out crowd through a chaotic rock’n’roll workout that featured all […]

GOJIRA ANNOUNCE L’ENFANT SAUVAGE AS TITLE OF NEW ALBUM – L’ENFANT SAUVAGE SCHEDULED FOR RELEASE ON JUNE 22 ON ROADRUNNER RECORDS French metal act Gojira, easily one of the most buzzed about and beloved extreme bands of the past five years have revealed L’Enfant Sauvage as the title of their Roadrunner Records debut. The title translates to “The Wild Child.” […]

Empires of Eden is proud to announce the release of “Channelling the Infinite“, the third album from global recording project Empires of Eden. Japanese release date of June 1 through Rubicon Japan, rest of the world June 6 via Music Buy Mail. Conceived and orchestrated by Australian shredding maestro Stu Marshall (ex-Dungeon), the album features some of the most influential […]

SILVERSUN PICKUPS INVITE YOU TO THEIR NECK OF THE WOODS  New album produced by Jacknife Lee available in Australia May 4, 2012 Dangerbird Records and Warner Music Australia are excited to announce the release of the new record by the Grammy-nominated Silversun Pickups, Neck of the Woods, on May 4. The record was produced by the Grammy Award-winning Jacknife Lee (U2, Weezer, REM, Snow […]

Cover artwork and Track list for the album “Firebirth”, released on 1st June, have been decided – puzzle the new cover now!: better be skilled if you want to see it fully. Lugano – Cover artwork and track list have been decided for the new Gotthard album “Firebirth”, release date 1st. June by Nuclear Blast/Warnermusic (in Switzerland Musikvertrieb). A total of […]

Date: Tuesday 03 April 2012 Venue: Prince Bandroom, Melbourne, Australia Photos by: Lens Of Rock (www.lensofrock.com) Check out the full live gallery right here… Check out the live review of the show… Check out our interview with Marty Marquis of Blitzen Trapper…