R.E.M. CAPS ITS 31-YEAR RECORDING CAREER WITH ITS FIRST-EVER DEFINITIVE GREATEST HITS ALBUM, DUE FROM WARNER BROS. RECORDS ON NOVEMBER 18TH 40-SONG RETROSPECTIVE — R.E.M., PART LIES, PART HEART, PART TRUTH, PART GARBAGE, 1982 – 2011 — INCLUDES TRACKS FROM BOTH THE IRS AND WARNER YEARS PLUS THREE BRAND-NEW SONGS NEW SONG, “WE ALL GO BACK TO WHERE WE BELONG” […]

Reckless Love – now there’s a name that pretty much says it all. Hot on the heels of their wildly successful eponymous album, the smile has hardly left your face, when the Barons of Boinky-Boink are at it again… With glint in their eyes, the The Loudspeakers of Love are back with a bang! These Frilly Finns are no newbies […]

  Date: Tuesday 27th September, 2011 Venue: The Espy, Melbourne, Australia Photo’s by: Lens Of Rock (www.lensofrock.com)      

  Date: Tuesday 27th September, 2011 Venue: The Espy, Melbourne, Australia Photo’s by: Lens Of Rock (www.lensofrock.com)      

Now I’ve never seen Eskimo Joe before so I was hoping from everything I’d ever heard about them being a great live band was true, guess there was only one way for me to find out and that was to head to The Enmore on a rainy Saturday night in Sydney and check out these boys from WA… Opening band […]

SOUNDWORKS TOURING, CONTINENTAL CONCERTS and FLEISCH ENTERPRISES proudly presents CHILDREN OF BODOM with VOYAGER. For your chance to win a signed ESP/ LTD ALEXI 200 BLACK guitar by Finnish melodic metal masters CHILDREN OF BODOM!!! Thanks to CMI Music and ESP guitars, Soundworks Touring has ONE only ESP/LTD ALEXI 200 BLACK guitar that will be signed by the entire band!!! […]

THE BEST OF COLD CHISEL ALL FOR YOU RELEASED 14TH OCTOBER TO COINCIDE WITH THE LIGHT THE NITRO TOUR Cold Chisel will release a new compilation album on the day after their Light the Nitro Tour kicks off next month. The album – The Best of Cold Chisel – All for You – is unusual because the track-listing was chosen by the band’s […]

In anticipation of the September 30 release of their new album, Radiosurgery, beloved pop punkers New Found Glory are unleashing a new video for the record’s title track. The video clip for “Radiosurgery” is a hilarious, high-energy homage to the classic Ramones’ video for “I Wanna Be Sedated.” The video features New Found Glory performing their song in an unremarkable […]

“Like if you put on an old Ramones record, or a Descendants record, or a Green Day record, from the first track to the last, it’s like a nonstop upbeat, fun, party time feel and you can sing along to every song and it’s like a train coming through.  That’s what we were really trying to go for with this […]

After taking a well deserved few months break in recent times, Gyroscope are set to get back to what they do best and that’s playing live.  But this will not just be another Gyroscope tour, with The Choose Your Own Adventure tour, the band are letting you, the fans, choose the setlist you want to hear on this tour.  Already […]

Congraulations to our 2 winners of this competition Owen Wong Doe and Avinesh Pasupati, hope you enjoy the masterclass! Steve Vai Masterclass Tour – Sydney Ticket Giveaway Thump Music is proud to be able to bring STEVE VAI to Australia for the first time to present a series of master classes in October.  Thanks to our friends at Thump Music, […]

Sydney based Electronic Metallers DAWN HEIST will be releasing their damaging debut EP upon the circling masses this coming October with the CD entitled “Time Wave Zero”. After having an unprecedented first year as a band, signing with UK management heavyweights The Flaming Arts Agency and touring heavily both nationally and internationally, DAWN HEIST have delivered 6 tracks of sledgehammer metal […]

In 25 words or less: “My ears have been listening to music for around 30 years and know what they like and they tell me that this is pretty damn close to musical perfection…” Here’s a thought to ponder that really has no relevance to the CD I am about to review….but then again, maybe it does?  Should the length […]

With Bret Michaels in Australia this week for his tour with Motley Crue, what better time than now to give a little expose’ on Poison’s 1993 release Native Tongue, which was the band’s fourth album.  With previous effort Flesh and Blood heralding the introduction of a more serious side to the bands music and lyrical content, that album still sold […]

Seriously, how good is this album! If there’s one thing that is hard to do in the music business it’s replace a singer in a band and have it work.  For many bands the singer is the pivotal reason why people like your band in the first place.  It works on very rare occurrences, Van Halen (the first time) and […]

Whilst The Dirt may be regarded as the definitive Mötley Crüe companion piece, aside from their music of course, Mötley Crüe – A Visual History 1983 – 2005 by legendary rock photographer Neil Zlozower is no less essential, portraying in pictures what The Dirt portrayed in words.  Well in saying that, not EVERYTHING from The Dirt is portrayed in pictures, […]

In 25 words or less: “Everything about this album is pure class, not that I really expected anything less from one of the greatest within the kingdom of melodic rock…” Despite being in existence for over 20 years now, I must say it took me by surprise a little that House of Lords latest release Big Money is now their […]

In 25 words or less: “The soulful vocals of Lamothe as always are a real highlight and still really define that Riverdogs sound, as does the storytelling nature of the lyrics…” For those of you not yet acquainted with the Riverdogs, then first lets have a brief history lesson.  Going way back to 1990, current Def Leppard guitarist Vivian Campbell (previously […]

In 25 words or less: Antblad delivers song after song of highly accessible rock, filled with endless hooks, melodies, vocal harmonies and a lead vocal performance that is a real highlight. With labels such as Melodic Rock Records and the tenacity and dedication of people such as label head honcho Andrew McNiece, it’s certainly a great time to be a fan […]

(LOS ANGELES, CA) – CHICKENFOOT – the supergroup featuring guitarist Joe Satriani, drummer Kenny Aronoff, former Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony and frontman Sammy Hagar – are offering fans a very special free Live Concert Webcast: Chickenfoot Presents “III” on the release date of their forthcoming album Chickenfoot III, September 27th. At 6PM PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME (11am September 28th Sydney […]

Date: 15th September, 2011 Venue: The Metro, Sydney, Australia Photo’s by: Peter Coates (www.myspace.com/limodrummer) Click here to check out photo’s…                          

Band bio: “The Deep Southern Rock n Rollers The Dirty Love are back in 2011 with a Debut Album under their belt and are ready to tear the roof off a venue near you. Brothers Aaron, Mitch & Matt Damon..and brothers from another mother Aaron and Hank Richards have just completed tracking their new record ‘Black and White’ at Melbournes […]

Band Bio: “Spitfire Rain are a new Melbourne based band, fronted by the mercurial Suzani Rain. Roaring,dynamic guitars lock in with the big block rhythm section, providing the backbone for Suze’s distinctive vocals and super sized melodies. Taking the DNA of great Australian acts such as The Divinyls,The Baby Animals and Rick Springfield then welding it to their unique songwriting […]

  In 25 words: Radio friendly rock, but with a bit of attitude, a shot of personality and uniqueness and a ballsy Australian rock sound loaded with pop sensibilities. For Melbourne’s rock dynamos Spitfire Rain, the journey to get to this EP release certainly hasn’t been an easy one or a quick one, but the important thing, here it is and […]

In 25 words or less: 12 songs of thunderous, intense and uplifting melodic rock. Toby Hitchchcock – now not exactly a household name to you, our fine readers, but to some of our more learned faithfull, you will be aware of Toby’s work fronting Pride of Lions, the band assembled by Survivor founding member, Jim Peterik.  Possessing a truly killer […]

Multi-platinum Californian-based alt/funk rockers Incubus will head Down Under this summer to deliver shows around the nation, in support of their seventh and latest album ‘If Not Now, When?’. Currently tearing up arenas around the USA, kicking-off with a sold-out show at the famous Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Incubus will play Sydney, Adelaide and Melbourne before heading north for a Brisbane […]

Big, fat, chunky, pounding riffs, screaming solos, raw as razorblades vocals and a style of rock that upkeeps the tradition of the true Aussie pub rock pioneers such as Rose Tattoo, The Angels and AC/DC.  That in a nutshell is the style of rock that Destroy She Said hit us with on Music For Muscle Cars.  In the bands own […]

“A sludgy and abrasive (though delicious) stew, seasoned with all kinds of exotic time signatures and a hint of Mastodon” – Blunt Magazine For fans of: Breach, Converge, Mastadon, Baroness Akin to the way a volcano can lie dormant for years before unexpectedly unleashing it’s mighty wrath on everything within reach, Sydney band Lo! kept a pretty low profile, until […]

In 25 words or less: All the songs are a winner and anyone with a love for AOR would be hard pressed to not enjoy this release from start to finish. In listening to this CD, whilst I didn’t have any prior connection with Xorigin, I immediately felt an overwhelming sense of sympathy for the band.  Why, you ask?  Well […]

Eagle Rock Entertainment are proud to announce the release on 18th November 2011 of the “God Bless Ozzy Osbourne” film on DVD and Blu-ray.  Produced by his son Jack, this touching and funny portrait is the first official in depth story of Ozzy Osbourne, and was made with the full co-operation and approval of Ozzy and his family and friends.  “God […]