Following the success of their latest album Dear Desolation and a string of SOLD OUT launch shows, Thy Art is Murder have just announced that they will tear up the homeland once more in February 2018. For this momentous lap of the country, Thy Art bring two huge international supports, the new-look EMMURE, Jersey’s FIT FOR AN AUTOPSY, as well as local heroes JUSTICE […]

Australia’s unhinged extreme metal villains KING PARROT return with Ugly Produce, their third and finest long player to date, on September 22. To top it off, the boys are announcing an Australia tour this December. They’ll be bringing Brisbane’s sloom metal kings DISENTOMB along for the ride, along with freshly signed EVP Recordings label mates PAGAN. King Parrot’s latest venture is ten tracks […]

Calling all hard working musos. Victoria Bitter and FBi Radio are teaming up to bring you VB Hard Yards – an opportunity for local bands to play with rock heroes Cosmic Psychos this November. The VB Hard Yards initiative will lend a helping hand to the Sydney rock community who are hard up for places to play following a decline […]

On their fifth tour of Australia, Future of the Left will forge a deluge of tense, confrontational and bloody furious rock music for eager Australian ears. Crackling with animosity, Future of the Left’s live appearances are typically driven by frontman Andrew ‘Falco’ Falkous’s salient social commentary and nihilistic humour. It’s addictive suff. The evidence is in a string of sold […]

The Gainesville punks responsible for fashioning a generation’s suburban discontent, social isolation and ‘plastic cup politics’ into irresistibly tasty punk ska hooks are returning to Australia in 2017. 25 years and more than 300 releases since their original formation in small town Florida, the inimitable LESS THAN JAKE return to a loyal local audience to play five headlining dates this […]

Following a wildly enthusiastic response to Issue 1 of his VERSUS ZINE, Australia’s pre-eminent music photographer KANE HIBBERD is proud to launch Issue 2, following Australian rock royalty THE LIVING END on tour, thanks to Melbourne Bitter. Barely stopping to draw breath following the debut of his high-quality photographic print zine, Kane packed his gear and hit the pavement again. A […]

GET PUMPED. Hotly tipped Milwaukee punk quartet DIRECT HIT! are headed to Australia for the first time ever. Still giddy from the international pick up of their 2016 Fat Wreck Chords LP WASTED MIND, these mind-bending giggos are going to be some of the year’s best. As PunkNews so succinctly declared upon the release of Direct Hit’s WASTED MIND LP […]

“You’ve got to just put your own thoughts down in the least corny/lame way possible, decide you hate them, screw them up and throw them in the bin, hit yourself in the face a few times, and start again. At its best, writing lyrics is like doing a massive, satisfying burp. At its worst it’s more like cutting out a […]

Everybody knows that GRENADIERS are the real deal. The Adelaide rock warriors have returned, with acerbic new single and video ‘Suburban Life’, and a high volume east coast tour. Premiered on radio by triple j’s Home & Hosed last week, ‘Suburban Life’ is a driving justification of why Australian rock music is firmly back on the up and up. Taken from new recordings for […]

Handsome tours are thrilled to announce that ever-engaging Lemonheads frontman EVAN DANDO will perform a run of intimate shows in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth this May. Tickets are on sale now via handsometours.com The scruffy, haphazard Peter Pan-like presence that is Evan Dando has achieved music-lover legend status down here in Australia. Possessing just the perfect knack for irony, barefaced talent and undeniable […]

Righteous Sydney melodic hardcore quintet VICES are stoked to announce they’ll release their anticipated third LP “Now That I Have Seen I Am Responsible” via Resist Records on March 17. Sonically and thematically crushing first single ‘Broken’ recently premiered on triple j’s Short Fast Loud… LISTEN HERE VICES is not your typical hardcore party band. There has always been a socially conscious, […]

This week amigos! MARIACHI EL BRONX have pressed their snappy charro suits and will play just two Australian headline dates. Just announced, Melbourne fans can catch them this Tuesday (Cup Day) at Collingwood’s The Gasometer. Tickets on sale now via thegasometerhotel.com.au The always dapper, unfailiningly entertaining LA octet will be fresh off today’s appearance at Victoria’s Lost Lands Festival. These shows come […]

Joseph O’Farrell (JOF)—the brains behind the upcoming Darebin Music Feast event, Enter Sandman—is a multi-art performer, producer, curator, musician and lecturer making work between Melbourne and London. JOF creates large-scale installation/theatre works with, and for, community that celebrates our diversity and brings people together in hilarious and unlikely situations. As he gears up for this epic world-first event, which will […]

October’s gargantuan national triple-bill tour featuring BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE, ATREYU and CANE HILL draws close, and as those dates inch towards sell-outs, Atreyu and Cane Hill have announced an exclusive Melbourne sideshow at The Corner Hotel.   ATREYU will dish up their signature crushing riffs to their adoring and very familiar Australian fans in promotion of their 2016 comeback […]

Sydney: ready the frozen Margaritas! Australia’s lengthy love affair with LA’s finest punk-come-mariachi act MARIACHI EL BRONX continues this spring, and you are getting an exclusive headline show at The Manning Bar on Wednesday November 2. Vamos de fiesta! Three self-titled albums in, the charro-suited, acoustic-wielding, always dapper and vibrant octet have lifted the vibes at festivals across the world, adding their […]

“You know Atreyu exists right now basically to kick ass and take names, so we’re gonna kick ass and take names when we come down there, like every show we play I feel like we’ve got something to prove or I’ve got something to prove to re-establish ourselves to be a force to be reckoned with.” From Release: No strangers […]

Melbourne punk rock hedonists CLOWNS premiered their blistering new single‘Destroy the Evidence’ on triple j’s Good Nights last night. Now you can ark up for a handful of riotous single launches and catch the guys living the legit international touring dream in their kick-ass new video… WATCH ‘DESTROY THE EVIDENCE’ VIDEO HERE An irresistibly sunny belter of a track, Destroy the Evidence evokes summer arvos spent skating […]

Melbourne’s cheeky rock rascals, The Pretty Littles have slipped a sneaky single past the keeper this week, releasing the follow up to their much-loved slow burn anthem, Pride. Sleeping In Water is the 2nd single to be taken off the band’s forthcoming album and precedes a run of headlining tour dates this November.  Premiering on triple j’s Home and Hosed last night, […]

“You know, for us it’s a very fun thing and we’re other people up there and because of what it is we get to live this other thing up there, this other animal that we can’t get anywhere else. Probably that’s what keeps us semi-sane I think.” From Release: It is well-known that Karnivool records take a long time to […]

Tasmania’s most affable, goal kicking melodic punks LUCA BRASI have stormed into #18 on the ARIA Album Chart with their brand new, triple j feature album ‘If This Is All We’re Going To Be’. Today the band announce a headlining album tour for August, hitting the road with the UK’s Moose Blood and Adelaide heartbreakers The Hard Aches. Beloved for their impassioned delivery and jaw-dropping work […]

Following a massively popular run of shows through Western Australia in April, heavy music monoliths KARNIVOOL will embark on a run of East Coast headline dates through June and July. These will be the band’s only headlining shows until their their much anticipated fourth LP is completed. This tour marks the beginning of an exciting new chapter for the ARIA Award winning, chart topping titans. It […]

“We’ve never wanted to be a band that just is what it is, we’ve always thrived to be the biggest band in the world, and that’s a very big statement to have *laughs* and a big goal to try and achieve that and I think we’ve done incredibly well in having that ambition that served us so well…” From Release: […]

In one of the most righteous tour combos ever to touch down on our shores, behemoth heavy acts BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE, ATREYU and CANE HILL will team up this October for an unforgettable national headline tour. As revealed exclusively last night on triple j’s The Racket, BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE will bring their world renowned slam dunk  live show to Australia […]

Massachusetts rifflords A WILHELM SCREAM are primed to destroy small venues on their May Australian tour, and stoked to add popular Perth punkers THE DECLINE as main tour support, with the cream of local punk talent to open all shows. Beloved by Australian punters for their can-do attitude and no-rubbish approach to consistently delivering relentless, thrilling rock shows, AWS are […]

So it may have come out at the end of February and I’m a little late to the party, but when it’s Steel Panther, the party never ends, so I’m here, I’ve grabbed a drink, and I’m ready to go! This isn’t technically a new Steel Panther album, but it’s something they haven’t done before which is a live acoustic […]

As you may know, we’re fans of Canadian rockers Monster Truck and think they should take over the world, or at least be heard more around the world, so shameless plug, check out our review of their newest album ‘Sittin’ Heavy’ right HERE and if you’re really keen check out our video chat below with the guys when they were […]

Dynamic, assertive, powerful and poised, San Francisco’s DEAFHEAVEN have announced a run of anticipated Australian club shows for June, complementing a coveted slot on Sydney’s 2016 VividLIVE program. Deafheaven occupy a curious and oft-divisive space between being an ambitious outfit and playing proudly complex, niche music. They are evidence that these qualities need not be mutually exclusive. In five years […]

Hard and fast Adelaide punk rock’n’rollers GRENADIERS have been announced as main support in Millencolin’s fast approaching April/May national tour. Grenadiers are relentless in pursuing their live domination of this nation, currently in the midst of an epic national headline tour. New single ‘Live Fast, Diabetes’ (complete with outrageous video) is an energetic, riffy joyride, ridiculously sing-alongable. Having toured with the likes of […]

Much adored metal monoliths TRIVIUM have predictably sold out their forthcoming Melbourne date weeks in advance. To satisfy dedicated local fans the US act have announced a second and final Melbourne date on Tuesday April 12 at 170 Russell.  All shows are on sale now, and moving fast. Widely tipped for greatness (some prophecies come true!) after their successful sophomore release, ‘Ascendancy’ […]

Tasmania’s hardest working and most endearing melodic punks step up their game with third LP ‘If This Is All We’re Going To Be’. Out April 29 via Poison City.  In just the last six months the intrepid, ever passionate quartet have nailed a wall to wall sold out out national single tour, seen two new singles scoop up triple j, […]