Australia, are you ready for round 2? While it’s been less than a year since beloved UK alt-rockers Nothing But Thieves were last down under for an entirely sold out run, the band are returning to Australia this April and May to finish what they started last year. Presented by XIII Touring, Untitled Group, triple j as well as Wasserman Music and War Road Management, for the second Australian leg of […]

One of the world’s finest punk bands, Philadelphia-based The Menzingers, are back with the release of their new album Hello Exile. The band are pleased to announce they will be touring Australia in March 2020. On Hello Exile (released October 04 via Epitaph), The Menzingers take their lyrical narrative to a whole new level and share their reflections on moments from the past and present: high-school hellraising, troubled […]

“We’ve kind of spent a lot of our career trying to make our record as good as our live show because we’ve been known as a live band.” From Release: Slaves Since first bursting out of the UK pub scene in 2012, Slaves have gone onto become of the UK’s most ferocious live bands, and their brand of high-energy punk rock […]

“…all the new songs are feeling great and they’re really connecting with the audience and it’s been really exciting, so I haven’t really felt the need to kind of remind people of what I’ve done before, this is what’s happening, this is what I’m doing and I hope you like it.” From Release: Gaz Coombes has announced a series of […]

“It wasn’t so much about coming back so quick, we’ve just started out there and saw how well it was doing so for us it just made sense to come back it’s like we wanted to fit it in and not leave Australia out for a long time because it was so good the last time we were there so […]

It’s been about four years since we’ve had the pleasure of witnessing Biffy Clyro live in Australia and tonight at The Enmore this place is full and you’ve gotta love that, and gotta love that people are well on board with Biffy!! Seeing these guys a few times before I can tell you that tonight will be nothing short of […]

“I think as you watch us there are some bands you can tell they’re putting it on, but we very much mean it and we demand a lot of ourselves and I think people see that and then put that kind of pressure on themselves and boost themselves to get into it and keep us going…” From Release: Biffy Clyro […]

Biffy Clyro have announced Australian dates for April 2018. The tour is in support of Biffy Clyro’s seventh studio album “Ellipsis”. The tour begins April 27th in Melbourne at Forum Theatre followed by Brisbane at Eatons Hill on April 29th and finishing in Sydney at Enmore Theatre on 30th April. Tickets go on sale this Wednesday 25th October at 10am. The last album debuted […]

Indie rockers Nothing But Thieves have announced details of headline shows kicking off in Brisbane at The Brightside on Wednesday 13th December, followed by Corner Hotel  in Melbourne on Thursday 14th December and Factory Theatre, Sydney on Friday 15th December. The tour will be in support of the band’s new record, Broken Machine, out now via RCA and Sony Music Entertainment Australia. Broken Machine debuted at #2 on the UK charts Top 10 in NL and Top 20 AUS. To […]

The Kooks are returning to Australia to celebrate their ‘Best Of’ album, a collection of greatest hits, including such classics as Naive, She Moves In Her Own Way and Ooh-La. Playing just two Falls Festival sideshows in Melbourne at Festival Hall, Wednesday 3rd January and Sydney at Hordern Pavilion, Friday 5th January, tickets will go on sale to the public Thursday 28 September. The album also features two brand new […]

Atlanta based indie rock band, Manchester Orchestra make their anticipated return in support of their brand new album ‘A Black Mile To The Surface’. The album is the band’s fifth, following on from the release of 2014’s “Cope”. A Black Mile to the Surface is a bold record of vision and purpose, inspired by and dwelling in a sensory and […]

“It’s weird because we’re all between twenty three and twenty five years old, so the last five years of our lives have been a really crucial growing up period, or at least it would’ve been if we had normal jobs or something *laughs* but it’s been crazy for all of us to have to start dealing with real life grown […]

“AUSTRALIA! We’re very excited to say we’ll be playing in Sydney and Melbourne at the top of 2017. Can’t wait to get back out there!!!x   Catfish And The Bottlemen announce their Falls side-shows today. Starting off onTuesday 3rd Jan at 170 Russell in Melbourne and Friday 6th Jan at Metro Theatre, Sydney. The most exciting new guitar band to break through in the UK this […]

Modern Baseball were in the country earlier this year on their first ever Australian tour selling out all shows. Having recently being announced on Falls Festival the band are excited to announce Falls side-shows with special guests Camp Cope. In just a few short years, Modern Baseball have gone from college freshman self-recording their first record to a worldwide phenomenon. […]

Toronto punk four-piece PUP are heading back to Australian shores in support of sophomore record The Dream Is Over out May 27 via SideOneDummy/Cooking Vinyl. Named for the first thing doctors told singer/guitarist Stefan Babcock after a recent examination of his damaged vocal chords, The Dream Is Over finds PUP as confident and as in tune with each other as […]

“…it’s mainly about performing and the atmosphere when you do perform and one of the most important things for us is to have this sense of well almost community, we want everyone to be involved and we don’t want anyone to feel left out and it’s more about everyone in the room than it is us…” From Bio: Pulled Apart […]

Pulled Apart By Horses announce their return to Australia in October with East Coast shows in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne Well known as a tight-knit rock band who make music that thrills and menaces. They formed in 2008 out of the ashes of various bands in Leeds. Since then they have existed in their own chaotic ecosystem, embarking on relentless tours […]

Date: Friday May 8, 2015 Venue: Oxford Arts Factory, Sydney Presented by: Chugg Entertainment / XIII Touring Photos by:  Annette Geneva Images should not be reproduced without consent of photographer and MTRBWY   Check out our review of the show HERE    

Man this place filled up! I was worried for a while when I got here that the turn out wasn’t going to be the best but I stand corrected as the band hit the stage and it’s a jam packed floor that are ready for some Peace.  Here for Groovin’ The Moo, we are lucky to get them in a […]

After winning over audiences across Australia supporting The Kooks in January,Catfish And The Bottlemen will return this July to play Splendour In The Grass Festival. The band have announced two Splendour side-shows; Wednesday 22nd July at Corner Hotel in Melbourne and Thursday 23rd July at Oxford Art Factory in Sydney. Catfish and The Bottlemen play loud, explosive, sexy rock and roll songs – full of […]

“…some of the songs on the record are sad and some are happy, but in our world even at our saddest we should be happy in comparison to some of the stuff that’s going on in the rest of the world, with what’s going on in the news and I don’t know, some of our worst problems are not problems […]

Hot off the release of their new album ‘Happy People’, Peace have announced GTM Festival side shows starting in Perth at Rosemount Htl on Tuesday 28th April, then onto Melbourne at Ding Dong Lounge on Thursday 30th April, followed by Brisbane at The Zoo on Wednesday 6th May and finishing up in Sydney at Oxford Art Factory on Friday 8th […]

Date: Tuesday January 20, 2015 Venue: The Hordern Pavilion, Sydney Presented By: XIII Touring Support: Catfish and The Bottlemen, The Griswolds Photos by: Annette Geneva Images should not be reproduced without consent of photographer and MTRBWY  

It’s always exciting to me when a band is touring Australia for the first time, there’s just that anticipation, not only from the concert goers, but I’d be assuming from the band, the questions of ‘oh my god, I wonder if anyone will turn up?’ and ‘Do people even know us there?’ and for the punters, ‘Man, I hope I’m […]

“…they’ve been calling us ‘Oasis but with better manners’ out there, that’s what we get branded as and I don’t mind at all, they say ‘you’re like Oasis but you guys are polite, man’ and we say ‘thank you very much’…” From Bio: British indie rock outfit Catfish and the Bottlemen formed in Llandudno, Wales, with members moving to the […]

Venue: The Metro Theatre, Sydney Presented By: XIII Touring Support: Bad Books, Apes, Kevin Devine Photos by: Annette Geneva Images should not be reproduced without consent of photographer and MTRBWY  

Would you like to see Manchester Orchestra live in Australia this month, for free? Well, thanks to our friends at XIII Touring we have 2 x double passes to give away for each of the below shows for Manchester Orchestra’s upcoming Australian tour. So all you need to do is shoot us an email with your name, phone number, which […]

“In the past we had a producer or someone involved that was able to tell us “That’s great” or “That’s awful.” After 12 months of working on something you can get it in your own head and have no center on what is good. In the end it brought us together into something bigger and better.” From tour release: Atlanta […]

Just shy of two years ago I saw Hanson at this same venue and it was absolutely chock a block then, and from everything I’ve heard tonight will be no different. Here promoting their new album ‘Anthem’ the boys are back to perform, to entertain, and to once again hopefully shut those people up that may just still be a […]

Date: Friday August 8, 2014 Venue: The Enmore Theatre, Sydney Presented By: XIII Touring Support Act: Adam Martin Photos by: Peter Coates – Inside Edge Photography Images should not be reproduced without consent of photographer and MTRBWY   Check out our review of the show HERE