“…I think that while Tassie does have its drawbacks, for us its actually become a thing, like those dudes are from Tassie, they’re pretty good or somewhere along those lines because I think it surprises people that we’re actually from Tasmania most of the time…” From Bio: SAVE THE CLOCK TOWER’s reputation was enhanced and a solid fanbase started to […]

Motionless In White have released the title track to their forthcoming album Reincarnate, out September 12 via Fearless Records/Unified. Named by Alternative Press as one of their Most Anticipated Albums of 2014, the album was produced by Dan Korneff (My Chemical Romance, Lamb Of God), and features guest vocals from Dani Filth (Cradle of Filth), Maria Brink (In This Moment), and Tim Sköld (Marilyn […]

Counting Crows will release their highly-anticipated seventh studio album titled Somewhere Under Wonderland on the 5th of September on Capitol Records.  The short film of “Palisades Park,” directed by Bill Fishman, is available now and can be seen HERE Known for creating unique and innovative concerts and consistently ranked as one of the top live bands performing today, Counting Crows are in […]

“…we’ve always tried to improve and push and get better over our forty years, we’ve obviously matured and improved as individuals and as a band as well, and I think trying to do things differently, but we’ve never been afraid to try anything you know…” From release: There are only a select number of bands that have accomplished what Judas […]

“…that’s the whole reason we’re doing this to play ‘em, all the bullshit of loading and unloading *laughs* and waiting around in cramped spaces for long periods of time, that’s what you put up with to get to go play the music, so yeah, that’s the cherry on top.” Spanish Gold features Patrick Hallahan of My Morning Jacket, Dante Schwebel […]

Fresh from launching themselves back into the live arena for the first time since the Reading and Leeds Festivals last year, Gallows spent the weekend tearing down tents at Hyde Park with Black Sabbath before dominating Sonisphere Festival and are now proud to unleash a new video for recently released single ‘Chains’. Shot in Toronto by Canadian director and musician […]

Architects have announced their first Australian headline shows since 2010, playing club shows in Sydney and Melbourne this September as side shows from their massive arena tour supporting The Amity Affliction. Joining them as support are US hardcore band Stray From The Path, and Sydney boysHand Of Mercy. Architects are no stranger to Australian shores. They supported Parkway Drive (2009) and The Amity Affliction (2012) and […]

“…when our name is brought up and in the conversation of music and this genre and this decade, if it’s just remember as good dudes and the guys that put music out that they loved and it felt real and it felt honest, if those were the words that were used to describe us and our career, that to me […]

“…we just kind of told ourselves that we’re going to do this with or without a label, so we kind of stopped caring about getting signed. Then when it happened and we saw the amount of power that it had and to have this team of people and capital behind you, it just fanned that flame that’s always been inside […]

“I think over the years bands can deviate from their sound and I feel like we haven’t. The sound of Rise Against is very present on ‘The Black Market’ and that just means the world to me, once we deviate from that sound, that’s when I start to worry *laughs*” From Bio: After 15 years, and six incendiary albums, Rise […]

Let me start this by saying I’ve never been the hugest Rise Against fan, but that’s only because I’ve never truly taken the time to check out their work. I’m sure I’ve seen them live and dig what they do, but when time came for me to have a chat to Joe from the band, I got the chance to […]

THE MADDEN BROTHERS DEBUT ALBUM, ‘GREETINGS FROM CALIFORNIA’ NOW SET FOR RELEASE SEPTEMBER 12 AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER FROM TODAY! PERFORMING ON THE VOICE & NRL STATE OF ORIGIN GAME III NEW VIDEO FOR GOLD SINGLE “WE ARE DONE”   The Madden Brothers, Joel and Benji Madden have made their debut album, Greetings From California, available for pre order here today. Those who pre-order the album […]

After the untimely cancellation of their debut Australian tour, Corrosion Of Conformity have moved quickly to work with a new promoter and rebook a new set of dates and keep the promise to their fans. US Punk/Metal pioneers, Corrosion Of Conformity (bassist/vocalist Mike Dean, drummer/vocalist Reed Mullin and guitarist Woody Weatherman) exploded onto the US heavy scene way back in the early 80’s. The […]

“When I first started writing this record I didn’t actually know I was writing a record…I kind of just thought I was dying.” FRNKIERO ANDTHE CELLABRATION, the new project from Frank Iero (My Chemical Romance) , will release STOMACHACHES on August 29, 2014 on Cooking Vinyl Records. “In late 2012 I started to experience an increase in my already painful digestive issues and my creative side started […]

It’s the album of his career – literally. To celebrate 30 years as a solo artist, Jimmy Barnes is revisiting some of his biggest hits, collaborating with some of his favourite artists; Keith Urban, The Living End, John Farnham, Bernard Fanning, Shihad, Tina Arena, Baby Animals and Jon Stevens plus more. “I wanted to do something special for the 30th anniversary,” […]

RYAN ADAMS, SELF-PRODUCED, SELF-TITLED NEW ALBUM OUT SEPTEMBER 5TH AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOW ITUNES JB HI-FI “… he doesn’t seem to have lost a songwriting step. This thing is a total knockout.”—STEREOGUM on ‘Gimme Something Good’ Ryan Adams has confirmed September 5thas the release date of RYAN ADAMS, his new album released on Pax-Am / Columbia Records through Sony Music Entertainment Australia. Produced by Adams himself at his […]

The Vines have been a mercurial band since they arrived in 2002. Their talent took hold when the debut album ‘Highly Evolved’ launched them as one of rock music’s new saviours. It was a height though that the volatile band was never going to maintain for long. At some point the tales took over the talent and became their namesake camouflage. Out of […]

MORE ANTHEM WORLD TOUR CONCERTS SOLD OUT BAND ANNOUNCE SPECIAL “YOU PICK THE SET LIST” FAN VOTED SET LIST FOR GOLD COAST AUG 6th, SYDNEY AUG 13th and FREMANTLE AUG 15th. Inspired by the enthusiasm for the coming ANTHEM WORLD TOUR which has already garnered sold out shows at both Melbourne’s Palais Theatre and Sydney’s Enmore Theatre, HANSON has selected several […]

Date: Friday June 27, 2014 Venue: The Metro Theatre, Sydney Supported By: Sienna Skies, The Sweet Apes Photos by: Gwendolyn Lee – Gwendolyn Lee Photography Images should not be reproduced without consent of photographer and MTRBWY

Beloved and respected Melbourne rock outfit Antiskeptic have returned after six years on the bench! Hard work, determination and a resilient attitude have seen the band return to top form, in time to unleash their aptly titled, epic third album ‘Stare Down The Ocean’, out independently on September 19. Formed out the back of a record store in 1999, Antiskeptic shot to […]

“It’s because the fans are the ones who make or break the band. They are the ones who buy the CD’s, merch, whatever they want to buy. We are grateful that we have some seriously dedicated fans, and they should be recognised as being the reason we’re still here.” From Bio: With four full-length albums under its belt and shows […]

Soundwave Festival 2015 will be held over 2 days in each city – Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney & Brisbane. Half the bands play day one. The other half play day two. They criss-cross Saturday/Sunday in each city. Adelaide & Melbourne will be the 1st weekend of the festival. The dates for these two cities are Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 of […]

Live Nation Global Touring announced today thatSting & Paul Simon, two of music’s most renowned and enduring artists, will bring their critically-acclaimed On Stage Together tour to Australia and New Zealand in January and February 2015. The tour kicks off Friday, January 30th at Vector Arena in Auckland and will continue on to select cities and venues including the Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Rod Laver Arena […]

Shihad have announced the release of their brand new album, FVEY (pronounced, Five Eyes), on Friday, August 15. Recorded in December last year at Auckland’s legendary York Street Studio with Killing Joke frontman, Jaz Coleman at the production helm, FVEY sounds unlike anything Shihad have done before. When frontman Jon Toogood, drummer Tom Larkin, bass payer Karl Kippenberger and guitarist Phil Knight reconvened in Melbourne during the winter of 2013 for a lock down writing session it was a natural move to conjure […]

“The biggest challenge really is to just stay around and to stay relevant and to keep making music that people want to listen to, and to keep challenging yourself every time you make an album as you have to retain a sound that is comfortable and familiar but you also have to make it more interesting and personable with some […]

Thanks to our very good friends at Universal Music Australia, we have TEN copies of the newly reissued 2CD deluxe version of the CLASSIC Bon Jovi album ‘New Jersey’ to give away to ten of our lucky readers. You can read below all about the release, as there’s not much more to say when it comes to this follow up to […]

“I think it’s honestly like in our head, that the minute that this becomes a compromise and doesn’t feel fresh, I don’t want to do it anymore, that’s the one thing with all of us, the minute it feels like work is when it’s time to just hang it up, like I don’t want to do that you know?” From […]

KillRockStar Big Dog Entertainment presents the triumphant Australian return of hardcore punk rock legends Dead Kennedys. Returning to Australia in 2014 Dead Kennedys have unfinished business to attend to after taking in only part of the country on their previous acclaimed visit in 2011. East Bay Ray, Klaus Flouride, D. H. Peligro and Ron “Skip” Greer will be taking Dead […]

Canadian Rock trio THE TEA PARTY today announce the release of their single ‘Water’s On Fire’ through Anthem/Sony Music Entertainment Australia. This marks the band’s first new music since 2004’s Seven Circles and is a harbinger to a studio album in the coming months. The original line-up of Jeff Martin, Stuart Chatwood, and Jeff Burrows reunited in 2011 for selected […]

Avenged Sevenfold, one of the world’s biggest rock bands, have announced the release of Waking The Fallen: Resurrected on August 29 via Hopeless Records/Unified. The multi-platinum band personally curated this rare, never before seen look at their fan favourite, genre defining, breakthrough album Waking The Fallen. The new release includes 11 never before heard songs, 23 total tracks, new artwork, the original first cut of the music […]