Now where the hell did De La Cruz come from?  Well Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia for starters…  Seemingly blazing onto the local scene late last year (2011) with their free downloadable EP clocking up over 50,000 downloads worldwide (click here to get your copy http://www.DeLaCruzOfficial.com/Music.html), things have literally exploded for the band.  Fast forward a few months and the band […]

Date: Thursday 20 April 2012 Venue: Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia Photos by: Lens Of Rock (www.lensofrock.com) Check out the full live gallery right here… Check out our feature on the new Cold Chisel album ‘No Plans’…

Hot on the heels of a sold-out tour of Australia and New Zealand, Xavier Rudd is proud to announce the release of his highly-anticipated seventh studio album, Spirit Bird. Already producing his highest-selling single to date with the beautiful Follow The Sun; Spirit Bird is Xavier’s deepest and most explorative album – finding the ever socially-conscience Rudd delving into his […]

Motion City Soundtrack Return Home to Epitaph to Release New Album Go – out June 15 Motion City Soundtrack return home to their long-time label Epitaph to release their fifth full-length studio album Go on June 15, 2012.  The new album is the follow-up to the critically acclaimed My Dinosaur Life and was recorded over an extended period of time […]

Official Bio: “My Dynamite is more than just another Rock n Roll band.  My Dynamite is akin to a monolithic orb of white light and electric energy.  A congregation of highly tuned frequencies that weave and dance across your inner mind.  A living temple of radiant power.  A vehicle, for the Shining Ones to manifest into your astral plane, to […]

In 25 words or less: “This is the best album that The Black Crowes never released and for that, I am thankful that I now have a follow up to Shake Your Money Maker.” Being Melbourne based myself, I’m somewhat shamed to say that I’ve only been witness to one My Dynamite live performance, in what must be their 3 […]

Pantera Honours The 20th Anniversary Of Vulgar Display Of Power – With Two-Disc Deluxe Edition Featuring Previously Lost Studio Recording “Piss” and Unreleased Live Video From The 1992 Monsters Of Rock Concert In Italy – CD/DVD Set Available May 18 From Warner Music February 25 marked the 20-year anniversary for Pantera’s Vulgar Display of Power, a landmark album widely acknowledged […]

Twin rockers and honourary Aussies, Joel and Benji Madden, are set to announce an album under the moniker The Madden Brothers, slated for release later this year. The Maddens are in the studio recording music for the new project, which sees them work with iconic producer and sometime hip hop star Pharrell Williams. Good Charlotte co-frontman, Joel Madden, has of […]

T h i s   v i d e o   K I L L E D   t h e   r a d i o   s t a r Psych-rock prodigies Stonefield have taken a sharp turn at the dark end of the street with a revolutionary new interactive clip for their latest single ‘Bad Reality’.  Taking inspiration from provocative films such as Todd Solondz’s Palindromes the Findlay sisters play […]

Thanks toTriple J www.abc.net.au/triplej/musicnews/s3480336.htm for this news piece below containing all the details on the Splendour in the Grass lineup for 2012! The 2012 Splendour in the Grass festival is heading back to Byron Bay for the first time in 3 years and over 70 acts are set to put on the homecoming party. Tom & Alex had the honour of announcing the full […]

Relocating from their native Perth, to Melbourne, the undisputed “rock capital” of Australia, Gasoline INC may have endured some relatively hard times navigating their way through the maze of the newly adopted Melbourne scene, but undoubtedly their new EP The Wanted One should be the beacon that lights their way.  Ok, so did that beacon comment sound corny?…well, I was […]

In 25 words or less: “With enough rock chops to mix it with the hard rockers, they have enough catchiness and hooks for those who simply appreciate catchy rock.” Sydney rockers Neon Heart have been plying their craft for a few years now and on this their second EP, they deliver five tracks of some pretty addictive kick ass rock.  […]

MILLENCOLIN CELEBRATES 20th ANNIVERSARY  Band To Release CD/DVD Bundle  The Melancholy Connection out June 1 in Australia. Renowned Swedish punk outfit, Millencolin, celebrate twenty years with the release of The Melancholy Connection on June 1. This assemblage of b-sides, a follow up to 1999’s The Melancholy Collection, features two brand new songs and twelve rarities spanning from their break-out album,  Pennybridge Pioneers (GOLD IN AUSTRALIA), through […]

The Messiah of great Heavy Rock music is back: JORN to release “Bring Heavy Rock To The Land” on Frontiers in June Frontiers Records is pleased to announce the release of a brand new JORN studio album : “Bring Heavy Rock To The Land” on June 1st in Europe and June 5th in North America. Following a three year silence since the release of “Spirit Black”, JORN unleashes […]

SMILE EMPTY SOUL DEBUT BRAND NEW SINGLE PRE-ORDERS LIVE NOW (New York, NY) – SMILE EMPTY SOUL have debuted their brand new single called “Afterlife” this morning exclusively on Noisecreep. “We’re really excited about ‘Afterlife’ being our first single because it represents our new album very well. It’s dark and heavy, but still has a level of catchiness and memorability.” […]

Soundgarden return with their first single in 15 years LIVE TO RISE which appears on the new Avengers Assemble compilation out April 27.  You can now download Live To Rise for free on iTunes for one week, click on the cover below for the link to the song You can also pre-order the Avengers Assemble compilation, featuring Soundgarden, Kasabian, Rise […]

Official Bio: “Put away the Laptop, There’s no computer music here!  Neon Heart are a five-piece, award-winning, guitar based, original rock band from Sydney. Their point of difference is their stage show; they engage with the audience, aren’t afraid to take chances, and make every gig memorable.  It’s hard to be unique when you’re a guitar based rock band in […]

PANTERA TO PREMIERE NEW VIDEO FOR “PISS,” THE LOST TRACK FROM VULGAR DISPLAY OF POWER SESSIONS Featured On The CD/DVD Deluxe Edition Of Vulgar Display Of Power, Available May 18 While combing the Pantera vaults for the 20th anniversary reissue of Vulgar Display of Power, drummer Vinnie Paul made an astounding discovery: “Piss,” an incendiary blast of vintage Pantera from the original recording sessions that had […]

Official Tour Press Release: “Rewind to August last year – CALLING ALL CARS released their second album, the ARIA charting “Dancing with a Dead Man”, and set off on a tour cycle around the country. Taking their triple j featured album to the masses on the back of national airplay and hot supporting cast that introduced Redcoats and Boy In […]

Official Tour Press Release: “STONEFIELD are at it again…hands off the handlebars, feet in the air, full speed ahead!  And since when has it been any different for these four siblings from rural Victoria?  Their last 12 months has resembled a downhill speed race that encompassed three continents, appearances at the biggest music festivals in the UK and Australia, a […]

Linkin Park has announced the release of their new album LIVING THINGS (Machine Shop Recordings/Warner Bros) on June 22, 2012 via their official website www.linkinpark.com LIVING THINGS is co-produced by Rick Rubin (Adele, Metallica) and Linkin Park vocalist and multi-instrumentalist, Mike Shinoda, who co-produced Linkin Park’s last two albums A Thousand Suns and Minutes to Midnight. “The material is the […]

THE BLACK KEYS – ANNOUNCE AUSTRALIAN TOUR Tickets on sale from noon today  The Black Keys are the hottest rock and roll act on the planet right now! After selling out arenas all through the USA, Canada, UK and Europe and headlining Coachella and Lollapalooza and many other festivals they are very pleased to announce their long awaited return to […]

STRANGERS make rock&roll sound the way it was always meant to! Loud, brave and proud. This is a band churning out urban rock anthems that could only have come from the backlots of Sydney’s fertile Southern Beaches.  Not convinced? Oh, ye of little faith! Get thee to the World Wide Web for a taste of the hard hitting new video for radio monster ‘Bred For Breeding’. After having been rotated in the nicest […]

TOOTH AND NAIL — the new project featuring current and former members of DOKKEN — George Lynch (guitar), Jeff Pilson (bass), and Mick Brown (drums) — has been forced to shorten its name to T&N for legal reasons. The band states, “We cannot keep [the name] as TOOTH AND NAIL as there is a label that has it trademarked. [Fans] can still call us TO$%H AND NA$L… We can’t.” T&N taped an appearance on an episode […]

“Well that’s kind of the feeling we had when we first got back together and all got in the same room.  We went into it realistically, knowing that there’s a great chance that it couldn’t work, but right when we started writing everything really clicked, so for us we were really confident after that first writing session.” With the ‘Tell […]

To co-incide with the release of the second single (SHOCK), GASOLINE INC are proud to announce a string of dates around the country that will take in 4 capital cities and some major regional shows. SHOCK, taken from the band’s new 5 track EP (THE WANTED ONE) again demonstrates the bands ability to write straight up driving feel good rock songs. Gabriel […]

Gold Coast (Australia) band Nine Sons of Dan release their highly-anticipated new single Diamond Skin to radio Monday April 16 and digitally to iTunes on Friday April 27 – the first single to be lifted from the bands forthcoming EP titled The New Kids. The track follows up the hit single “She’s So Fine” from the debut EP Landslide after taking out the national New […]

Torpedohead released their brand new video “Rotten Radio” on Friday the 13th of April and the accompanying single will be available as a “free download” from the bands Facebook site in the following week. “Rotten Radio” is the first preview from Torpedohead’s upcoming second album ‘Greetings From Heartbreak Key’, packed with driving rock n’ roll anthems and set to be […]

“It was just special, there were these anthems that made you feel like you were a part of something but at the same time you could just go and enjoy yourself and sing along.” Their album Radiosurgery has been out now for over six months and in support of it New Found Glory were back in Australia to play some […]

“We like to get into it from the get go! Big opening song and get the crowd involved as soon as possible. We like to get as close to the crowd as possible. I normally end up over the monitors and hanging off the front of the stage. I like to feel that connection with the crowd.” From Official Bio:  […]