“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 […]

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 […]

Today we spoke with Scott Underwood from Train about the band’s new album as well as some great news for Australian fans… but, you’ll have to wait for that. You’ll be able to read the full interview in a week or so.  For now, here’s Scott’s take on the new album for a little tease… Can you give us some […]

“On the G3 we have to do a lot things together, so on a typical show day I’m gonna be hanging out with the two Steve’s and we’ll be doing a lot of meet and greet, we’ll be doing a sound check and we’ll hang out for maybe eight hours together and it culminates with a jam.  So we’re always […]

TRIPLE M PRESENT HOODOO GURUS LIVE & INTERACTIVE WEBCAST EVENT SUNDAY 15TH APRIL, STARTING AT 10.00AM (AEST) Legendary rockers Hoodoo Gurus are celebrating 30 years of recorded history with the highlights so far including the release of their new greatest hits album GOLD WATCH: 20 GOLDEN GREATS and the upcoming DIG IT UP! TOUR which will see them take the […]

Sony Music Entertainment Australia announced today the May 11, 2012 release of Tenacious D’s widely-anticipated RIZE OF THE FENIX, the band’s first studio album in over six years. RIZE OF THE FENIX is the third album from the group and is the follow-up to 2006’s gold THE PICK OF DESTINY and 2001’s platinum debut album TENACIOUS D. Produced by the brilliant John Kimbrough, RIZE OF THE […]

REVEALS TRACK LISTING FOR ‘APOCALYPTIC LOVE’ NEW SOLO STUDIO ALBUM FEATURING MYLES KENNEDY AND THE CONSPIRATORS RELEASED MAY 18, 2012 Off the back of his Australian visit last week, where we were lucky enough to hear nine tracks from it and to talk to SLASH about this upcoming album (look for that interview closer to release), SLASH has revealed the […]

APOCALYPTIC LOVE FEATURING MYLES KENNEDY AND THE CONSPIRATORS OUT MAY 18, 2012 SLASH–the iconic, Grammy-winning rock guitarist and songwriter—has revealed the cover artwork and album title for his second studio album Apocalyptic Love featuring Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators due out May 18 onSLASH’s own label Dik Hayd International via Sony Music Australia. Apocalyptic Love will follow his 2010 debut album Slash and his November 2011 first-ever live  solo album, the two-CD/DVD set Made In Stoke 24/7/11. The Slash album debuted on […]

“We’ve never really fit into any sort of genre, we’ve always stuck out like a sore thumb.  We carved our own little path for ourselves and it’s been really great because we’ve been able to adapt to pretty much any tour we’ve been on, from playing Black Sabbath, to doing shows with 311, or The Roots…” Nearly 6 years since […]

TRAIN SET TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM – CALIFORNIA 37 – ON APRIL 13 FOLLOW UP TO 2009’S PLATINUM – SAVE ME, SAN FRANCISCO Grammy Award Winning band Train is set to release CALIFORNIA 37 on April 13 in Australia.  The new record is the follow-up to the band’s platinum 2009 release SAVE ME, SAN FRANCISCO which featured one of the […]

SLASH TO RELEASE SECOND STUDIO SOLO ALBUM ON MAY 18, 2012  All photos: Travis Shinn.  SLASH–the iconic, Grammy-winning rock guitarist and songwriter–is currently in a Los Angeles studio putting the finishing touches on his second solo album.  The as-yet-untitled disc is due out May 18 on SLASH’s own label Dik Hayd International via Sony Music Australia and will follow his […]

“Love Interruption,” the first taste of Jack White’s forthcoming debut album, Blunderbuss, is currently available to the public as a free stream at www.jackwhiteIII.com . The digital version of “Love Interruption” will be available to purchase on February 1. Blunderbuss will be released April 20. Both will be released through Third Man Records/Columbia/Sony Music in Australia. A vinyl version of the “Love Interruption” single featuring exclusive non-LP B-side “Machine […]

The Fray are a band who you’d probably know, well at least you’d know a song or two or three.  Namely ‘Over My Head (Cable Car)’ , ‘You Found Me’ and the song that was pretty much everywhere for years ‘How To Save A  Life’ with it’s longevity due to it being used on Grey’s Anatomy, but that aside, The […]

From Bio:  Live the band are a force to be reckoned with, as countless audiences around the world can attest. From headlining sold-out NZ tours, Big Day Out Auckland and Sydney, and Homegrown, to Tiger Translate parties in Vietnam, Camden Barfly, Levi’s Hong Kong, Quiksilver World Pro Bali, Big Night In Singapore, Viper Room LA, Mercury Lounge New York, British […]

“Putting ourselves out there and touring and releasing music, it’s a big thing to do and people are so easy to reject things.  But I guess if you ask yourself that question, then you can overcome that once you get there.  It’s amazing to do, instead of sitting at home and not wanting to put yourself out there and do […]

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 […]

Sony Music Australia is excited to announce the debut album from pop-punk band  Tonight Alive, What Are You So Scared Of?,  which is set for release on October 14th  2011. Tonight Alive recorded the album in LA earlier this year with respected producer Mark Trombino (Blink 182, Jimmy Eat World) at LA’s infamous NRG Studios. The first single ‘Starlight’ is at radio […]

“We love it (Australia) and it is a place we feel like we are just turning the corner.  We have introduced ourselves and given a little handshake, now we are ready to have a few beers and get the party started you know…..” Kasabian.  Is the band that formed in 1999 in Leicester, England, now the biggest rock band in […]

PEARL JAM – PJ20, showing ONE NIGHT ONLY! SEE THE TRAILER AT WWW.PJ20.COM In celebration of their 20th Anniversary, Pearl Jam will release Pearl Jam Twenty, a definitive portrait of the band as told by Academy Award®-winning filmmaker and music journalist, Cameron Crowe. The documentary will debut at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 10, 2011 before opening worldwide on […]