News from the Australian music scene, from Perth to the East Coast and in between as well as New Zealand.
Melbourne’s free winter music festival Live N Local returns to the City of Port Phillip this August with a program that will delight musicians and music fans alike. Spanning eight days from August 19 to […]
In an unprecedented move, the Jezabels are set to perform 7 shows in 7 nights – back to back – at the Lansdowne this month. Running from Monday 21st to Sunday 27th, The Jezabels […]
After two years of hitting the road and, sweating it out with fans at regional shows around the country, Blood Sweat and Beers – The Concert is heading to the major cities on a national […]
If you were looking for an episode to best sum up Perth singer Dan Cribb’s year-long punk rock tribute to The Simpsons, season three classic Homer At The Bat would do a good job. […]
One of Australia’s favourite storytellers, Josh Pyke has today announced his 10 Years Of Memories & Dust regional tour of Australia alongside the news that he’ll be hanging up his ‘Josh Pyke boots’ and […]
Melbourne post-punks BENCH PRESS will release their debut, self-titled album via Poison City Records on August 25th. Today, the band release single ‘Burning Up’: a sparse and irresistible insight into their LP. ‘Burning Up’ is a slow-burner, […]
Melbourne’s Over-Reactor is today unfortunately cancelling segments of their upcoming Judgment Day tour, due to the mental health of front-man Ezekiel Ox. The duo will still be performing the Bendigo and Melbourne shows, but […]
The Lockhearts have dropped their much-anticipated first single, Ride Home, from their forthcoming album, Americana Doom Fuzz, slated for release in early 2018 via Golden Robot Records. Launching the track at their recent Sydney show […]
Dune Rats have released a sick new animated video for their latest single 6 Pack ahead of this weekend’s Splendour In The Grass performance. But for those who can’t make it to Splendour, you’ll be […]
Swamp rockers Junior Danger are releasing a new tome to their heavy rock bookcase with a thumping dirg, DIRT AND GRIME. If Nick Cave was into the White Stripes this is what it would […]
There’s nothing more Australian than cracking a cold one down the pub on a hot summer day. In their new video for “Teamwork”, Mount Defiance are spreading the friendship (and the beer) far and wide, […]
Just when you thought 2017 was going to be a repeat of crappy old 2016, along comes Ninth Of May to save the day. The completely independent, powerhouse Brisbane 5-piece are back doing what […]
Last night on triple j’s The Racket, Sydney heavy outfit Justice For The Damned shared another taste of their upcoming album, with the new single ‘No Flowers On Your Grave‘, featuring Jazmine Luders of […]
Brisbane’s Flynn Effect are today rolling out their second single from their upcoming OBSIDIAN album tour. Obsidian is their second album and will be available for purchase on August 4. The album can be pre-ordered now […]
Golden Robot Touring has announced a series of artist showcases aptly named “The Not So Secret Secret Shows” at Sydney’s Hideaway Bar, kicking off with The Cherry Dolls and The Kids on Thursday, 3 August. The […]
Your Choice came about as the culmination of two distinct influences, these influences touch every part of the song from instrumentation to themes and lyrics. “I was right in the thick of listening to Rage […]
THE ART’s latest abstract has arrived in the form of the official music video for their latest single, Thinking About The Universe, shot by The Media Collective (Producer Sze Wun Lau, Director Tanzeal Rahim, […]
Cinematic art rock group Fierce Mild have delivered their genre-wandering new single ‘DASEIN’. Dasein, the fundamental concept from Heidegger’s Being and Time, is loosely translated as “existence”. The piece is the first of a […]
Sensitive and feminine, Prey reveals a playful and innocent side to the unstoppable women of RACKETT, who are known for producing hard-hitting punk-pop. Written at Sydney’s Newtown Library, recorded and produced by the renowned […]
Lincoln le Fevre & the Insiders will play a collection of shows this August in celebration of the release of new LP Come Undone, which arrives this Friday July 21 courtesy of Poison City […]
Your Choice is a music industry supported campaign to address the growing cultural issues around behavior and lack of personal accountability within Australian venues and event spaces. There is a shared responsibility and shared accountability […]
With their new album I MUST BE SOMEWHERE receiving unanimous widespread acclaim, and the completion of a run of shows supporting Mick Thomas & The Roving Commission, the time has finally come for RAISED […]
As Paradise Falls’ new full-length album Digital Ritual will be out July 21, 2017 via US label Eclipse Records and today they reveal new track from the record, “The Ultimate Consumer.” The lead-in to […]
WA blues guitar slinger Matty T Wall announces that he’ll be legging it over to the east coast this August in support of his new single ‘Broken Heart Tattoo’. Hard rocking and big bopping, […]
Melbourne’s Arkive are today unleashing the fury of a brand new track – Acquiescence. The blistering track features Marcel Gadacz (Dream On, Dreamer) and is the first single from Arkive’s looming EP ‘Sonder’. Acquiescence […]
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