News from the Australian music scene, from Perth to the East Coast and in between as well as New Zealand.
After a stellar year, including playing national support to The Darkness (UK) and Killing Heidi, appearances at Secret Garden Festival, The Blurst of Times, Mountain Sounds Festival, Electric Lady, selling out their ‘Ready or […]
Sydney’s Mercury Sky’s EP ‘Infra’ drops this Friday and their tour kicks off same day. To celebrate, they are today dropping the second single from the EP – ‘No True Scotsman’. The new track […]
Sydney’s Arteries are gearing up to release their long awaited debut album, This Will Destroy Us on September 29. The band have also been confirmed as part of Unify 18 in January 2018! Now the […]
Bitter Sweet is the best way to describe this tour from 2 of Australia’s most exciting young metal acts. On the one hand Void Of Vision are continuing to ride an incredible wave in […]
Sydney’s Dreamers Crime are today rolling out their videoclip for new track “I Believe in You.” The 5-piece have brought a new sound to the table, this being the first taste of a forthcoming […]
Australia’s thirstiest rock dogs, the legendary COSMIC PSYCHOS, have got it into their heads to batter your earholes with more beer smashing tunes. They’ve announced an east coast tour with AMYL & THE SNIFFERS and released […]
Caligula’s Horse, a band at the forefront of Australia’s progressive rock scene, release their much-anticipated new album ‘In Contact’. To celebrate the album’s release, the band have launched a stunning new video for recent […]
Vault of Valor have dropped their brand new single ‘Plague of the Earth’ – a scathing look at what Humans have done to the very planet on which we live. ‘Plague of the Earth’ […]
After a late-night talk over a few pints at The Old Bar, CAMP COPE and CASH SAVAGE decided what better way to see out 2017 and ring in the summer than by playing one […]
Melbourne underground noise makers YLVA will release their new album Meta on November 17 via Pelagic Records The band have released the first track from the album, Metadata Listen To It Here Drawing […]
Formed in 2004, Grotesque from Perth, Western Australia have proven themselves as a dedicated and focused force – driven to deliver the most intense and brutal live performance and recordings possible with the intention […]
Recently signed to powerhouse indie rock label, Golden Robot Records, Sydney band Flickertail, are set to hit the road in support of their upcoming single, Talk, the first track lifted from their forthcoming EP, Hurry […]
Crushing audiences across the globe with their driving force and energetic stage presence, Melbourne thrashers MASON deliver commanding performances that has taken them on tours across Australia and beyond in Asia, Europe plus Canada […]
Raindrop began when Miles Devine retreated to his bedroom to create the music that had always been trying to escape. This opportunity presented itself after the natural disbandment of Regular John, a band that […]
Australian progressive extreme metal quintet, Hybrid Nightmares will independently release their long awaited debut album Almagest worldwide on October 6. PRE ORDERS AVAILABLE NOW! www.nervegas.com.au/hybrid-nightmares-almagest-cd Almagest is the follow up to the bands 2015 […]
Paul Winn Band is the dark horse of the Australian blues scene, not often in the limelight, but then chiming in with work of exceptional quality. The band’s new album ‘Live at Lazybones’ is no […]
Aussie rock royalty Sarah McLeod has today announced her new single Wild Hearts, a laid-back, content ode to finding fulfillment through creative endeavours. Lifted from her self-produced new album, Rocky’s Diner – her first solo […]
In early 2017, Sevsons released their debut album ‘Ad Infinitum’ to critical acclaim, celebrating the event with a hugely successful hometown headlining show. The band utilized time spent between supporting huge acts such as Protest […]
Choirboys are a staple of the Australian Rock and Roll culture and are renowned for a great live show, not just for the music but also the atmosphere they bring to the stage – […]
Majora‘s brand new EP ‘Aphotic’ will see it’s release into the world this Friday, September 15 through Bird’s Robe Records – and to celebrate, Majora are rolling out the gorgeous intro track “Fear of […]
Australian Blues master and acoustic guitarist extraordinaire Lloyd Spiegel is two months into the tour to launch his new album ‘This Time Tomorrow’ and the ‘sold out’ signs have been hanging on many venue doors thus […]
Hailing from sleepy regional NSW come the divisive quartet Rumours with the first taste of new material, the brutal Lost Together. Since conception, Rumours have been making fierce noises, whether it be sharing stages alongside the […]
Darebin Music Feast is back in 2017, this time charged with a spirit and lustre for live music, inclusion and inspiration like never before. Spanning eleven consecutive days in October, the Feast will showcase […]
“GOOD” is the brand new full-length album from Melbourne’s Toehider. Led by singer and multi-instrumentalist Mike Mills, in collaboration with graphic artist Andrew Saltmarsh, it’s the third album by the genre-hopping Toehider and the eighteenth release […]
Vestigial is the impending third full-length from Sydney Australia-based post-metal/sludge faction LO!. Set for release via Pelagic Records October 6 the songs comprising Vestigial are truly next level. Well-crafted with a larger scope both […]
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