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The Hard-Ons have launched an absolutely mind blowing video for video for their new single “Apartment for Two”, taken from their forthcoming 14th studio album Ripper ’23, which is out June 2 on Cheersquad Records & Tapes. The video, made by filmmaker […]
Japanese metal sensation BABYMETAL are thrilled to announce they will be returning to Australia for their very first headline tour in June as part of their World Tour 2023. Kicking off in Brisbane on Thursday, June […]
Motörhead loved playing live and never ever judged their audiences. Everyone was encouraged, all were welcome. And that included people who like jazz! So when the Montreux Festival called requesting them, it made perfect sense in its […]
PHIL CAMPBELL AND THE BASTARD SONS have announced an extensive EU/UK tour for 2023 to support their upcoming third studio album that will be titled Kings Of The Asylum. Shortly after the band announced to the world […]
New York’s legendary underground rock label Tee Pee Records is thrilled to announce the official release of Who Do They Think They Are?, the debut album from Pittsburgh-based Swiss-American quartet, Sweat. Check out our review HERE […]
In advance of their highly anticipated eighth studio album Weathervanes, GRAMMY-Award winners Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit today released “Cast Iron Skillet,” the third track from the project. Weathervanes, out June 9 via Southeastern Records/Thirty Tigers, is written and produced by Isbell […]
Pop-punk polymath MAGGIE LINDEMANN is set to tour Australia for the first time next week. BAKERS EDDY will be joining her in Melbourne, while SUNBLEACHED will open Brisbane’s show and BESTIES in Sydney. With the Sydney show already sold out, there are only […]
Mike Ross releases his 12-track album, ‘Third Eye Open’: a gritty, eloquent, riff-busting, rambunctious, rock-infused revelation. “Mike Ross has nailed it,” said FabricationsHQ, “’Third Eye Open’ takes in just about every musical influence Ross has, sonically shaping […]
When the COVID-19 pandemic stopped the Earth from spinning for a few years, several musical projects unfortunately ended up lost in the shuffle. One of those projects was a killer studio album from Finnish superstar […]
Rock band PLUSH returns with a brand new single, entitled “Left Behind,” which showcases the band’s heavier side. “Left Behind” was recorded in Nashville with producers Zac Maloy, Blair Daly and Kile Odell, and is out now via Pavement Entertainment. Listen […]
After years spent as the only internationally touring INXS show in the world, The Australian INXS Show are returning to local stages next month for an extensive run of regional dates, with tickets on sale today. Having first formed out […]
The wait is nearly over. The Don Broco headline tour begins next Thursday, May 4 in Melbourne. Some fans recently had a small taste of what lays ahead as frontman Rob Diamani joined Papa Roach on stage in Melbourne at […]
Swedish industrial cult act DEATHSTARS finally return with their latest sonic output Everything Destroys You, which will be released on May 5th via Nuclear Blast. Their first release in over eight years marks a long-awaited comeback with everything that is DEATHSTARS: […]
After a few years in exile in various corners of the world (Sweden, New Zealand, Japan) THE DATSUNS made their long awaited return to the live stage in 2022. Throwing off the COVID induced hibernation resulted in […]
Kings County, have been hard at work over the last year writing and recording new music, including their single and video for, “Holding On” dropping April 28, 2023. This track is like no other with […]
Reunited and performing together for the first time in over 10 years, the Steve Morse Band returns with a long-awaited live set including fan favourites from the band’s illustrious career. Featuring a trio of some of […]
With ‘Wargod‘, the pioneers of Norwegian black metal, IMMORTAL, deliver a new single leading up to the release of their impatiently awaited 10th studio album War Against All, due to be released on May 26th via Nuclear Blast Records. […]
After all the good signs shown in the previously released two digital singles, TYGERS OF PAN TANG now release a third song from the new and upcoming album “Bloodlines”. “Back For Good” is the chosen track. When […]
Dark. Disturbing. Different. Deutsch. For the six Berliners there is a certain way of doing things. The kind that has made their band and their brand a worldwide phenomenon, an award-winning, multi-platinum record-breaking collective unlike anything […]
Today, iconic Australian musician and vocalist Ian Moss announced the release of his 8th studio, his forthcoming album, Rivers Run Dry, and the forthcoming Rivers Run Dry Tour in August through Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney and Perth. Co-produced by Ian and Brent Clark, who also […]
From Love Me Do to Let It Be, from the Cavern to the Apple rooftop, from black and white to psychedelic technicolour, the world’s Premier Beatle band returns to take you on a whistle stop […]
Fresh off winning Best Rock Album of the Year at the iHeart Radio Music Awards, Ghost announces the coming of PHANTOMIME, a five-song covers EP intended from the start to follow last year’s international chart-topping […]
The Guess Who is a legendary Canadian band who enjoyed chart-topping hits in the late 60s and early 70s with an impressive catalogue of songs including “American Woman,” “These Eyes,” and “No Time.” During the […]
“Gotta Get To Peekskill” is the current single from their forthcoming Okemah Rising album, out May 12 via the band’s Dummy Luck Music / [PIAS]. Okemah Rising is the second in Dropkick Murphys’ series of works interpreting the words of Woody Guthrie for a new generation. […]
Sweet are back, and you’re not going to want to miss out come December as they go Full Circle! A National Treasure and Glam Rock Royalty who have taken the world by storm for six […]
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