There’s a nice gritty Garage Rock intensity to this one. It is in many ways the sound of a very young band finding their feet, and you know what? Sometimes that can be the magic. […]
Gold Coast metal icons Sunk Loto return to the stage in August playing their first shows since 2023. Hitting the Crowbars and the Corner with new single Dead Shadows front and centre. Instrumental in shaping Australia’s heavier end […]
After four decades as the driving force behind Skid Row, bassist and songwriter Rachel Bolan steps forward with his first-ever solo album under the name BOLAN. “Gargoyle of the Garden State” is a bold, deeply personal debut rooted in […]
Australia… you thought they forgot! They did not. They waited. They sharpened their claws. They let the forest grow wilder, darker, hungrier. Three years is a blink in eternity, yet long enough for the trees […]
Portrayal of Guilt have toured the world over, creating their own musical eco-system and released four seminal full-length albums that have seen the Austin trio consecutively reinvent themselves. They’ve done it in a manner that avoided […]
With a captivating presence and a warm, natural confidence brought to both lyrics and vocal performance, breakthrough indie-pop artist GYPSY LEE is setting herself up for a vibrant new arc with the debut of her […]
As The Waterboys prepare to make their long-awaited return to Australia and New Zealand this May — their first tour in over a decade — we caught up with the incomparable Mike Scott to talk […]
28 Days has turned into 30 years! One of Australia’s longest-running and most respected punk bands, 28 Days, will hit the road this June to celebrate three decades of doing things their own way. From their […]
If there was ever any doubt that Tony Hadley still knows how to put on a show, Perth got the answer loud and clear last weekend. Across two sold out nights at the Astor Theatre, […]
Newly relocated Texas based hard rock/metal band HEAVEN BELOW has released an official video for the single ‘Machine Gun Preacher (Crown of Bullets Version)’ from their forthcoming album ‘Alternate Abductions’. The album serves as a […]
Australia’s favourite country rockers, The Wolfe Brothers, are heading back out on the road on their “Australian Made National Tour,” ending an 18-month break from touring. This tour follows their marathon 2023-2024 Livin’ The Dream […]
HOKKA return with a powerful new chapter in their unfolding musical saga. The warrior and the sensai — Joel Hokka (ex-Blind Channel) and Pauli Rantasalmi (ex-The Rasmus) — continue their journey with the release of […]
SEETHER unveil the pre-order launch for Beneath The Surface, a powerful new EP that peels back another layer of their acclaimed album The Surface Seems So Far. The preorder launch is accompanied by the release of […]
Poison The Well are thrilled to release Peace In Place, their first album in 16 years, out now via SharpTone Records. Listen and get it here. Poison The Well share the video for Weeping Tones. Watch it here: “There’s a quiet loss […]
New Hampshire quintet Great American Ghost— Ethan Harrison [vocals], Niko Gasparrini [guitar], Grayson Stewart [guitar], Anthony Laur [bass],and Sebastian L-R [drums] — have released the digital-only, deluxe version of their 2025-released album The Tragedy of the Commons, featuring 19 tracks. It features the full, original album, two previously released […]
Steel Panther brought their Twenty Twenty Sex Tour to Varsity Theatre on March 22, 2026, and the tour already feels like a runaway success. Packed rooms. High energy. A crowd ready to have fun. The night […]
On episode 5 of 50 Shades Of Slaids we catch up with Ollie Hillborg, frontman for Glorious Bankrobbers. Glorious Bankrobbers formed in 1983 in Stockholm Sweden. For a band with a forty-three year career (including […]
Live Nation has today announced that genre-defying rock legends THE BLACK CROWES have added a second Sydney show at Enmore Theatre on Wednesday 8 April, due to overwhelming demand. This new date expands their national headline tour, bringing their electrifying, soulful, swagger-fueled rock & […]
50 Shades of Slaids caught up with Tuff frontman Stevie Rachelle just days before he jumps on a plane to Australia for his third visit down under. This time he is joining first time visitors […]
Hard rocking songsmiths Tyketto release the video for the album title track taken from the upcoming studio offering Closer To The Sun, out on Friday March 20th, via Silver Lining Music. For pre-orders head HERE. ‘Closer To […]
Kingdom Collapse create the soundtrack to survival. The San Antonio, TX hard rock band alchemizes unfathomable tragedy, trauma, and loss into massive and magnetic anthems powered by pummeling instrumentation and arena-size hooks that remind you to […]
Brooklyn legends They Might Be Giants have unleashed their new single + visualizer “Outside Brain.” The track comes off their highly anticipated new LP, The World Is to Dig, arriving April 14 in all formats at TMBGshop.com and […]
With anticipation building at every turn, Black Veil Brides have announced their highly anticipated seventh studio album, VINDICATE. The record will be released worldwide on May 8 via Spinefarm. The album is now available for pre-order here. From the opening organ […]
Multi-platinum band Young the Giant have released their new single, Bitter Fruit. Produced by Brendan O’Brien (AC/DC, Pearl Jam, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan) and Young the Giant, and written by the band collectively, the anthemic song […]
Mellen Events & Face to Face Touring have announced The Pogues Australian / New Zealand tour will still take place with their original dates. A new show has just been added in Brisbane for Thursday […]
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