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HARDLINE MEDIA proudly presents the return down under of ABBATH!  Touring their most recent album, ‘Outstrider’, Australia get set for round two of purely ABBATH blackened mayhem. The legendary ex frontman of IMMORTAL returns to Australia with this highly acclaimed album and unforgettable stage show in September 2020. When ABBATH announced that ... Read More

Following 2018's sold out shows around the country, American singer, poet, writer and actress Lydia Lunch returns to Australia with her all-star cast of sonic brutarians in a holds-barred survey of her musical output from 1977 to present FOR THE FINAL TIME EVER in Australia before she returns them to ... Read More

Due to extreme demand, Sleaford Mods have announced a number of venue upgrades and second shows to their debut Australian tour through February and March 2020. As one of the most important, politically charged and thought-provoking bands in music today, Sleaford Mods have been running crass but clever commentary on ... Read More

We're not done yet! Vocal powerhouses and internet sensations LP (Laura Pergolizzi) and Tori Kelly have just announced shows in Sydney and Melbourne this April. Plus, due to two sell-outs - Patti Smith and Her Band have announced a third and final Melbourne show - and one night in Newcastle! PRESALE: ... Read More

The voice that spawned an entire genre of imitators, John Garcia kicks off his Australian tour THIS WEEK in Adelaide!SUPPORTS are now locked and loaded!Melbourne fuzz meisters, Don Fernando will be on ALL SHOWS NationwideAdelaide’s doom metal stoners, Dirty Pagans will kick off proceedings there, while in Melbourne that honour goes to hard rockers, The Nicoteenagers.In Sydney 70’s infused psychedelic miscreants, Arrowhead will be channelling the riff ... Read More

Rumour has it that upon enrolment into Australian university students receive a copy of the Violent Femmes eponymous debut. Ten tracks and 36 minutes long, the album features the universal themes of alienation, isolation, sexual frustration and angst - perfect early adult fodder - via songs such as Gone Daddy ... Read More

Bushfire Benefits Music Victoria have assembled a list of benefit concerts to support fire relief charities. We've added a few as well. From all of us at What's My Scene, thank you! Friday 17 January Greek Community of Melbourne : BushFire Fundraiser at Chasers Nightclub by Chasers Nightclub Bergy Bushfire ... Read More

From 6-9 March, thousands of music lovers will descend upon the Victorian coastal town of Port Fairy for the 44th annual Folk Festival, featuring a joyful line-up of international and local artists representing folk music from around the world. Program Director Caroline Moore said the 44th Port Fairy Folk Festival ... Read More

THE FIRST LINE-UP OF ARTISTS ANNOUNCED FOR FIRE FIGHT AUSTRALIA CONCERT FOR NATIONAL BUSHFIRE RELIEF ANZ STADIUM – SUNDAY 16 FEBRUARY 2020 TICKETS ON SALE AT 12 NOON TODAY (AEDT) ____________________________________________________________ With so many lives lost, countless homes destroyed, an estimated one billion animals killed and around 11 million hectares ... Read More

The King Is Back, and he’s playing grunge! Fresh from sell out shows at The O2, Albert Hall and main-stage appearances at both the legendary Download Festival and the iconic Glastonbury Festival, the world’s best – and only – Elvis Themed Nirvana tribute act ‘ELVANA’ have today announced their debut ... Read More

HARDLINE MEDIA proudly presents, a deadly double bill: VENOM INC. & EXCITER! After a testing yet triumphant 2019, Hardline are pleased to announce the return of VENOM INC. in 2020 and welcome, for their first time in Australia - EXCITER! Canberra, Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and Adelaide - GET READY - VENOM INC. & ... Read More

"Intense, spellbinding singer at his deadpan best …Callahan is some kind of genius. Introduce yourself.” - The Guardian The 2020 tour follows successive sold out visits for the Sydney Vivid Festival in 2017 and 2015 plus extra-curricular shows in Melbourne including a sold-out six night at Howler. This time Callahan ... Read More

Port Fairy Folk Festival announced duo Gina Williams & Guy Ghouse as the 2020 Artists of the Year and Ruby Gill as Emerging Artist of the Year. Caroline Moore, Program Director of the Port Fairy Folk Festival said that these three artists brought incredible strength and diversity to the Australian ... Read More

2019 ended momentously for Kim Salmon with a book launch for ’Nine Parts Water One Part Sand. Kim Salmon And The Formula For Grunge’, an Induction into the WA Music Hall Of Fame for his old band the Scientists, two new Kim Salmon singles – the US release Lets All ... Read More

BLACK MONROE SIGN TO RIOT RECORDS LISTEN: Stream/purchase Black Monroe's debut EP HERE Black Monroe is a three-piece punk rock band formed in mid 2018 in Victoria, Australia. Black Monroe's eagerly awaited debut self-titled EP is now available across digital platforms via Riot Records  (part of the Golden Robot Global Entertainment Group) and is a killer example of Black Monroe's versatile, yet unapologetic sound ... Read More

Welcome to the future of 1973… ABBARAMA are Sweden’s super-stylish pop sensation touring the world with the Ultimate Celebration of ABBA. The 7-piece band create their own modern pop sound around the classic and timeless music of ABBA - Take a Chance On Me, Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!, Mamma Mia, Dancing ... Read More

PREMIERE NEW SONG "UNBREAKABLE" NEW ALBUM 20/20 VISION DUE OUT JANUARY 17TH VIA SPINEFARM RECORDS/CAROLINE AUSTRALIA Political punk icons, Anti-Flag,recently announced their upcoming album, 20/20 Vision, due out January 17th from Spinefarm Records/Caroline Australia, and today the band have teamed with Billboard to premiere another new single "Unbreakable" and its ... Read More

Since forming in 1981, Hoodoo Gurus boast 9 x ARIA Top 20 albums, 9 x ARIA Top 40 singles and a host of multi-platinum albums – they’re mainstays on the live scene, and influential to a new generation of artists that have arrived after them.  Never a band to rest ... Read More

The voice that spawned an entire genre of imitators, John Garcia, is returning to Australia in January 2020. Over the last two-plus decades, Garcia has set the standard for the sound of the California desert. His work in genre-progenitors Kyuss speaks for itself; loudly, and with much fuzz, as do ... Read More

DEFTONES || MINISTRY || IN FLAMES TESTAMENT || THE HU Ticket on-sale details are below downloadfestival.com.au & livenation.com.au MELBOURNE, AU – With Christmas only weeks away, we have the perfect stocking fillers for you and all your heavy music loving mates… write those letters to Santa and request your tickets ... Read More

Acclaimed alt-rockers mclusky* return to Australia this January and today Handsome Tours  announce the tour supports (see below for local supports in each city).According to Double J, "If reports from overseas shows are to be believed, they remain one of the great live propositions 15 years after breaking up. No matter what, you won't want ... Read More

POLISH CLUB EXPLOIT YET ANOTHER HOLIDAY CELEBRATION WITH THE RELEASE OF NYE_2020_MEGAMIX.EXE EP Features New Single 'Countdown' & A Megamix Of Their Favourite Party Starter Songs 5th ANNIVERSARY SYDNEY SHOW SOLD OUT Three weeks out until the annual countdown, guitar-drum duo Polish Club today release NYE_2020_Megamix.exe, which includes their original new ... Read More

Mental As Anything co-founder Andrew ‘Greedy’ Smith passed away on the 2nd December after suffering a heart attack. He was aged 63. Family, friends and fans are invited to attend what will be a celebration of the life of Greedy. They are asked to wear their brightest and loudest, just ... Read More

CHERRY RETURNS!Announcing our first run of shows at the new Cherry 🍒 Carving up our next chapter (at 68 Little Collins Street, Melbourne) from Thursday December 12th! Details and ticket info below... Soul In The Attic w/ Soulsham Thursday 12th December, 8pm Soulsham (Members from The Bamboos, Saskwatch, GL, Jacky ... Read More

 Nirvana Tribute (UK) Australian Tour   NIRVANA, put simply, changed the course of music, over a few short years, defined a genre, and maintains an unscarred legacy with their biggest hits being a staple of rock radio all over the world.   Whilst the band may no longer exist, they are firmly ... Read More

Mongolian rock sensation THE HU will take their self-proclaimed brand of “hunnu rock” to a new level as they further embellish their blend of traditional Eastern instrumentation and throat singing mixed with Western rock music by adding in some of today’s top rock acts to guest on the viral singles from their debut album THE GEREG (Eleven Seven ... Read More

There are few bands who’ve had more of an effect on the course of classic heavy retro rock this decade than Germany's and Nuclear Blast’s KADAVAR, having never sounded so much in command of their music.   Arguably the hardest working band in European rock, KADAVAR have established themselves quite simply in a different league form ... Read More

mclusky* were a band between 1999 and 2005, in which time they made a few friends and three albums. Slow-forward 14 years and, thanks to the uncanny pull of nostalgia and gravity, they have made more friends but no more albums. originally persuaded to reform - like ham - to ... Read More

We are celebrating the end of the year by opening our doors for a special Pop-up Shop over four weekends in November & December at the Milk! Records warehouse on Sydney Road, Coburg. Here you will find all the releases & merch from your favourite Milk! artists including some hard-to-come-by gems plus ... Read More

Melbourne hard rock icons, Bigger Than Jesus will be playing a special show at Chasers in Melbourne on November 29! The band have just released a new video for Let's Be Frank: PLAYING THIS FRIDAY! Friday, November 29 Chasers 386 Chapel St, South Yarra VIC Joining Bigger Than Jesus will be Envy Marshall ... Read More

#MotleyCrueIsBackAlmost 6 years after signing a Cessation of Touring agreement, the contract is off the table because a whole new generation of Crüeheads are relentlessly demanding for the band to come back together. Following the huge success of their NETFLIX biopic THE DIRT, Mötley Crüe has seen a massive surge ... Read More

MICHAEL COPPEL & LINDA BEWICK PRESENT   BY ARRANGEMENT WITH KENNY WAX, WENDY & ANDY BARNES AND GEORGE STILES DIVORCED. BEHEADED. LIVE! SIX THE MUSICAL’S AUSTRALIAN QUEENS CONFIRMED! The Australian producers of critically acclaimed West End hit musical SIX are thrilled to announce the Australian Queens set to join SIX as it embarks on ... Read More

Out of the badlands of faded dreams, between the brutalist piles and suburban seams the Gadflys headed up the Hume from Canberra to Newtown in the days when songs came in mix tapes and every day brought a new band and a different sound. Their music was as fresh then ... Read More

Finland’s multi-Platinum cello-rock band Apocalyptica announce a spectacular new music video for “Rise” Integrated with the achingly beautiful new song from the band’s upcoming studio album Cell-0, due out January 10, 2020 (Silver Lining Music), “Rise" is an impressionistic painting come to life, which enacts the humanity that we all ... Read More

Some bands can argue that they’re seminal, and some have no need to say anything, letting their name speak for itself. Sebadoh must fit in to the latter category. Nearly six years since their last Australian tour, they’re finally dragging their lo-fi slacker genius back to our shores. With the release this ... Read More

Britpop luminaries THE BLUETONES are returning to Australia and New Zealand in May 2020! The band will be performing their breakthrough debut album Expecting To Fly IN FULL along with a set of their greatest hits! Expecting To Fly was a sensation upon it’s release knocking Oasis’ What’s The Story (Morning Glory) off the #1 spot ... Read More

Artists and industry fundraise in support of Ausmusic T-Shirt Day! This Friday - 15 November 2019 Music industry charity, Support Act, is thrilled with the response to this week’s Ausmusic T-Shirt Day with over 170 promoters, record companies, venues, fan clubs, corporations and artists pledging support to raise funds for ... Read More

Melbourne hard rock icons, Bigger Than Jesus will be playing a special show atChasers in Melbourne on November 29! Back in the 90s, Bigger Than Jesus’ gigs were a sight to behold. Fronted by Steve Lucas, (frontman of Aussie legendary punks, X), the band knew how to do rock hard put on ... Read More

KISS today announced unavoidable changes to their upcoming Australian and New Zealand tour schedule. The legendary rockers were due to leave the U.S. tomorrow to kick off their eagerly awaited ‘End Of The Road’ tour in Perth this Saturday November 16. Due to a bad case of Influenza, doctors have ... Read More

IRON MAIDEN CONFIRMS A RETURN TO AUSTRALIA ON THEIR SPECTACULAR LEGACY OF THE BEAST TOUR  GET READY TO SEE MAIDEN DELIVER THEIR BIGGEST PRODUCTION EVER WITH FIVE ARENA SHOWS ANNOUNCED FOR MAY 2020 GLOBAL RAVE REVIEWS HAIL IT AS THE MUST-SEE SHOW OF THE YEAR - TICKETS ON SALE 12NOON THURSDAY 14 NOVEMBER ... Read More

ROD STEWART RETURNING TO AUSTRALIA IN 2020 WITH THE HITS! TOUR  INCLUDING THREE A DAY ON THE GREEN EVENTS A 50-YEAR CELEBRATION OF HIS STELLAR CAREER SIR ROD STEWART returns to Australia for an eight-date tour across the country, playing both arenas and a day on the green winery dates. Roundhouse Entertainment, in ... Read More

When Monster was released in September 1994, the members of R.E.M. were at a crossroads in their career. Singer Michael Stipe, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist Mike Mills and drummer Bill Berry were decompressing from the massive commercial and critical success of 1991's Out of Time and 1992's Automatic for the People. In just a few years, the ... Read More

Following 2018's sold out shows around the country, American singer, poet, writer and actress Lydia Lunch returns to Australia with her all-star cast of sonic brutarians in a holds-barred survey of her musical output from 1977 to present FOR THE FINAL TIME EVER in Australia before she returns them to ... Read More

MUNRO MELANO drops new single CANNONBALLS ahead of debut album release. After almost four years of balancing a day-job as a social worker, a night job composing for film ([CENSORED], Paper Trails, Doing it in Public), and a weekend job as a session musician, Munro Melano has finally finished his ... Read More

 Name: Rufino (a.k.a. Rufino the Catalan Casanova)   Member of Band: Rufino and the Coconuts   When did you first start playing music? The moment I came screaming into the world from my mother’s womb next to a river in the Catalan hills. They are alive with music.   Which artist influenced your music? What! Rufino is not influenced, he does the influencing … but having said that I do quite ... Read More

Elton's last Australian & New Zealand tour starts this month!  Check out which shows you can go to below and see this musical legend one last time! LIMITED TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE FOR SELECT SHOWS Perth WA HBF Park Nov 30 & Dec 1, 2019 Tickets Bathurst NSW Carrington Park Jan 22, ... Read More

'UNBROKEN' IS THE FIRST NEW MUSIC FROM ICONIC LINEUP IN OVER 10 YEARS SINGLE OUT FRIDAY AUGUST 16 ON ALL PLATFORMS TBE 'AMPLIFIED ALE' IS A COLLABORATION WITH GREEN BEACON BREWING The Butterfly Effect return! Clint, Kurt, Ben and Glenn have not released new music together for 10 years - since the release of their 2008 album Final ... Read More

THE LEMONHEADS ANNOUNCE TOUR SUPPORTS Beloved alt-rockers The Lemonheads return to Australia this December and today Handsome Tours  announce the tour supports. Special guests for the tour are The Restless Age with local supports in each city.Since they were formed in Boston, Mass, in 1986 by Evan Dando, the family tree of The Lemonheads has ... Read More

Alannah Russack’s Entropy Band When did you first start playing music? As soon as I could talk. I sang and started classical guitar at age 7   Which artist influenced your music? Too many to mention. Lately I have been listening to Wye Oak, Gillian Welsh,  Laura Veirs, Sun Kil Moon, XXX Tentacion From age 4 I fell ... Read More

Empowered songwriter Reilly Stapleton has today announced her enthralling new single Impulse, an unsettling, eclectic rock ballad about the fine line between our morals and our devilish impulses, out October 31. The intriguingly dark song is accompanied by a brilliant, slasher-style clip, directed by Michael Sadler (Teenage Dads).  To celebrate ... Read More

Hardline Media proudly presents, for the first time in Australia JINJER. The Ukrainian Progressive Groove Metal wrecking machine known as JINJER caused a huge stir with the announcement of their Australian tour that due to popular demand 2 new shows have been added to the run! Adelaide at the Lion ... Read More

A tropical musical explosion awaits when Sydney’s Rufino and the Coconuts launch their debut album Centroturist this October, setting audiences on an island jungle quest for summer.  Inspired by classic surf music, with a touch of 80s post-punk, smooth jungle disco and pinch of B-Grade thriller soundtracks, the rocksteady rhythms ... Read More

This Halloween, get your fill of thrills and chills when musicians from the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra perform Evil Dead in Concert, a live-to-film event featuring a special guest appearance by original score composer Joe LoDuca. The legendary eighties cult classic will be screened in a newly restored format at the ... Read More

Tell us about your new single/ album/ tour?  ‘The Day I Thought About Dying’ came about over a year ago. It was then I formed a friendship with producer Devin Abrams (Drax Project, Shapeshifter, Pacific Heights, The Adults). We decided to work on the track together and this is what ... Read More

Some buildings have a soul. They breathe and sweat and pulsate, holding memories and stories and songs and laughter in their walls. RCA Studio A in Nashville, Tennessee, is such a place… The photos on the walls of the ‘Music City’ recording facility testify to its illustrious history, with Elvis ... Read More

  MUSIC INDUSTRY PANEL ANNOUNCED: THE OPEN FORUM (STATE OF PLAY)BOB LEFSETZ PODCAST INTERVIEWS WITH MICHAEL GUDINSKI, JOHN WATSON & PETER GARRETT AUSTRALIAN MUSIC WEEK 2019 welcomes Music Industry heavy weights Michael Chugg (Chugg Entertainment), Roger Field (Live Nation), Jaddan Comerford (Unified Music Group),  Sahara Herald (Frontier Touring), Tim Worton ... Read More

Good Things come to those who wait and Good Things Festival are thrilled to announce headline sideshows from some of the artists on the huge festival line up. TICKETS FOR ALL SHOWS ARE ON SALE WEDNESDAY 30 OCTOBER @ 9AM LOCAL TIME TICKETS.DESTROYALLLINES.COM Destroy All Lines Presents SIMPLE PLAN WITH SPECIAL GUESTS  ... Read More

To mark the occasion of this week’s Uluru Walk closure, Razor Recordings proudly presents a unique Yothu Yindi & The Treaty Project music video, featuring a rare, collaborative performance of Solid Rock, the iconic 1982 Goanna anthem. Filmed at Hamer Hall, Arts Centre Melbourne, as part of Yirramboi Festival 2019, ... Read More

Zoo Twilights On Sale Now! Melbourne Zoo, VIC // 24 Jan - 7 Mar 2020 Buy Zoo Twilights Tickets Zoo Twilights returns this summer to Melbourne Zoo from 24 January to 7 March 2020 with a massive roster of local and international artists banding together for the same goal: one ... Read More

To celebrate the 30th Anniversary of one of the most iconic Australian Releases of all time THE MARK OF CAIN’s ‘Battlesick’, Golden Robot Records are honoured to be releasing it as a limited edition remastered 30th Anniversary vinyl. This is also the first time the album will be released in ... Read More

MONIQUE BRUMBY, BILLY MILLER, NINA FERRO, GRANT HANSON, BRIAN MANNIX, EUGENE HAMILTON & more! In the 70s and early 80s, 3XY dominated Melbourne’s radio airwaves. On Friday each week the Top 40 hits were announced – our amazing line-up of artists will perform the TOP 20 from Oct 26 1979 ... Read More

JUST ANNOUNCED Legendary Icon, Patti Smith and Her Band to tour in 2020 Presale Starts this Thursday 24th October 10am AEDT / 12pm NZDT On Sale to the public NZ: Friday 25th Oct 12pm NZDT Aus: Monday 28th Oct 10am AEDT "I really thought that I wouldn't be able to ... Read More

Handsome Tours is thrilled to announce that The National will return to Australia in March and April 2020. They will be supported on all dates by Phoebe Bridgers. The tour will celebrate the release of The National’s eighth studio album I Am Easy To Find – out now via Remote ... Read More

It’s three times a charm for Bryony Marks, Caitlin Yeo, Antony Partos, Brett Aplin and David Bridie. Today we pay tribute to our leading lights of Australian screen music with the announcement of nominees for the 2019 SCREEN MUSIC AWARDS. Representing 12 award categories are 40 composers, and 36 works ... Read More

Ryuichi Sakamoto claims that Kukangendai are his favourite Japanese band of the times – so much so, that the renowned musician and composer collaborated with the three-piece Kyoto-based band on an album. Kukangendai make their Australian debut at The SUBSTATION this week for three nights only (16-18 October). For more ... Read More

The line up for SCENE & HEARD Festival has had the whole country talking for months and today with just under four weeks to go, punters get the lowdown on when it's all throwing down with the release of the festival set times.With one main stage across all three locations there's ... Read More

$5 FROM EACH SALE WILL BE DONATED TO SUPPORT ACT AVAILABLE NOW VIA THE WARNER MUSIC AUSTRALIA STORE HERE Warner Music Australia has today launched their exclusive collection of Australian Music T-Shirts ahead of Ausmusic T-Shirt Day on November 15. As part of Ausmusic Month, Ausmusic T-Shirt Day began as ... Read More

David Roy Williams Presents THE EXPLOITED: 40 YEARS OF CHAOS AUSTRALIAN AND NZ TOUR THE EXPLOITED ARE punk rock!! Sex and Violence, Army Life, Fuck The USA, Troops Of Tomorrow, UK ‘82and Cop Cars represent just a taste of the anarchy that the Exploited bring to every show. The first ... Read More

Kitty Flanagan & Sam Pang Present IN CONVERSATION ABOUT 488 RULES FOR LIFE 29TH - 30TH OCTOBER Join Kitty and Sam live on stage as they discuss her long awaited new book, 488 Rules for Life. There used to be only twelve rules for life but Kitty Flanagan changed all ... Read More

Port Fairy Folk Festival | 6-9 March 2020   This March long weekend, thousands of music lovers will descend upon the Victorian scenic coastal town of Port Fairy for the 44th annual Folk Festival, featuring a joyful line-up of international and local artists representing folk music from around the world ... Read More

Love Police have outdone themselves! What a line-up! And side shows too ... OUT ON THE WEEKEND, now in its sixth shiny year ready for you to enjoy all things Americana, alt-country and definitely good time. Too many great acts to mention, amazing food and booze, good stuff going on ... Read More

Brooklyn’s finest experimental rockers, YEASAYER, are returning to Australia for their first headline tour in over seven years, performing fan favourites from their stellar discography as well as tracks from their latest album, ‘Erotic Reruns’.  Led by singer-songwriters and multi-instrumentalists Chris Keating, Anand Wilder and bassist Ira Wolf Tuton, YEASAYER ... Read More

Melbourne rockers The Ugly Kings have just released Little Suzie, a brand new track from the forthcoming Gypsy Queen two track 7 inch vinyl set for release on November 1.Little Suzie is about an ending relationship where both people are too scared to pull the trigger. If you’re going to ... Read More

Lake Minnetonka presents Gotham City Gangster Glam at The Spotted Mallard, 31 October Lake Minnetonka Presents Gotham City Gangster Glam on Halloween – Thursday 31st October at Spotted Mallard, 314 Sydney Rd, Brunswick ... Read More

Nick Lowe, producer, songwriter, author and pop culture icon, will return to Australia in 2020 for his first tour in seven years. Lowe will be touring with Los Straitjackets, a band known for channelling the peak years of the guitar instrumental, and for performing in the famous Lucha Libre fighting ... Read More

Legendary guitarist for Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, The Cramps & The Gun Club, KID CONGO POWERS is back in Australia for a surprise visit and has just added a 2nd and FINAL Melbourne show. With his appearance at River Rocks Rehab and Memo Music Hall already sold out, ... Read More

Birdstriking are one of the pioneers of the current Chinese Underground scene. Formed in 2009 in Beijing, they were one of the first bands on the Beijing scene to draw their influences as much from the Chinese scene around them as well Western influences and creating their own unique sound ... Read More

Henry Wagons and the hottest band in the known universe are pleased and excited to announce that, due to strong initial ticket sales and the enjoyment of all concerned during rehearsals, plans for Sydney and Brisbane in 2020 are being finalised now ... Read More

Pioneering genre-blenders POP WILL EAT Itself aka PWEI return to play their classic album “This Is the Day...This Is the Hour...This Is This!” in FULL plus an Encore of Classics - Ich Bin Ein Auslander, Everything's Cool, There is no Love Between Us Anymore, Their Law, Dance of the Mad, ... Read More

It’s a great trivia question: what was Baby Animals’ first release? It was a song called ‘Break My Heart’, released as a B Side on The Angels’ single ‘Dogs Are Talking’ in 1990. Following the release of the single, Baby Animals went on to support The Angels on their ‘Dogs ... Read More

Following his electrifying performance of “James Bond” on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon [WATCH] and fascinating conversation with Jim Jarmusch [WATCH], Iggy Pop has now unveiled the video for “Loves Missing” from his new album Free ... Read More

Live Nation regrets to announce that Metallica’s 2019 Australia & New Zealand tour will not go ahead ... Read More

(Greek) Girls To The Front (Greek) Girls To The Front Join us for a night of Greek girl power! Live Music : Bandidas + DJ Pazz & DJ Randy Lipz XXX Words : Koraly Dimitriadis Women from all backgrounds welcome, especially those from migrant communities. We also welcome men who ... Read More

Mystery Jets announce that their sixth studio album ‘A Billion Heartbeats’ will be released on September 27 via Caroline Australia. Fresh from Annie Mac's "Hottest Record In The World", new single 'Screwdriver' is released; joining street track 'Hospital Radio' as the first taste of the new album ... Read More

SWANS Leaving Meaning is the band’s fifteenth studio album, the follow up to 2016’s The Glowing Man and due for release by Mute / Young God Records (N America) via Inertia Australia on 25 October 2019. Leaving Meaning will be released on double vinyl in a brown chipboard sleeve, double ... Read More

One of the more fascinating personalities of the music scene already for four decades, once described by Perry Farrell (Jane's Addiction) as "the Avant of the Avant-garde", DAVID J has been many things in his life - a founding father of BAUHAUS and then LOVE AND ROCKETS, an author, and a ... Read More

Hot off the heels of the release of their latest album Future Ruinsearlier this year, which saw them stamp their authority as the OG purveyors of widescreen psychedelic shoegaze, Swervedriver are ready to land back Down Under this September brandishing their latest long player full of molten riffs and a ... Read More

Rebetiko Jam night happening, every Wednesday Night at Triakosia -300 Queens Parade, Fitzroy North 7 pm onwards, it's a great supportive and inclusive event! , all are welcome and BYO instrument! Hosted by me and Wayne Simmons ... Read More

e Fourth annual Reservoir Stomp returns to the Preston-Reservoir Bowls Club on Sunday 17 November with a jam-packed program featuring local artists from all walks of life, ranging from established musicians to newbies, to members of the community that often struggle to have their voices heard ... Read More

Santa’s Magical Kingdom has become a Christmas tradition for countless Victorian families. Now in its 8th year, this much-loved family event marks the start of the festive season for many ... Read More

ingo Starr has announced his 20th studio record, What’s My Name, to be released on UMe October 25, 2019. What’s My Name is the latest in a series of heartfelt and homespun records that Starr has produced in his home studio and a distinguished, ever-changing yet often repeating cast of ... Read More

Due to overwhelming demand we are pleased to announce Damo the Musical - the life-size tribute to Damien Lovelock - has been upgraded from The Factory Theatre to the Enmore Theatre. Same date, same times: Sunday 22nd September 4pm- 8pm ... Read More

GET YA ROCKS OFF by name and by nature, it is just what we want you to do as Silverback Touring presents its first ever club event on Friday 30th August in Melbourne at Globe Alley. After a bumper 18 months, the Silverback team want to bring back the party ... Read More

Kid Congo will be in Australia this November in support of the launch of the definitive Kim Salmon biography written by Douglas Galbraith titled "Nine Parts Water, One Part Sand. Kim Salmon and the Formula for Grunge" as well as the new Kim Salmon/Scientists split single ‘The Poison Pen/Dissonance’ ... Read More

GEORGE THOROGOOD AND THE DESTROYERS announce the continuation of their “Rock Party Tour” into 2020 with two very special Australian shows, starting Monday, January 20 at Melbourne’s iconic Forum Theatre and in Sydney at the Enmore Theatre on Wednesday, January 22. Having toured extensively across North America, with more than ... Read More

AUSTRALIAN MUSIC WEEK is set to kick off the Summer with its biggest conference yet when it hits Sydney’s Cronulla Beach this November 6-10. Now in its fifth year, the annual Music Industry Conference will see national & international industry professionals and artists converge on the beachside town for a ... Read More

Legendary experimental jazz trio The Necks will receive the Richard Gill Award for Distinguished Services to Australian Music at the 2019 Art Music Awards on Monday 19 August. They are the first band to receive this honour ... Read More

“PAL” is a rollercoaster of thoughts, trying to make sense of multiple personalities and your own insanity. This song always brings me back to multiple places and experiences throughout my youth/young adulthood ... Read More

"The video is a reflection of real-life events that loved ones have gone through," says singer Jesse Leach. "Kyle Cogan and Zack Stauffer did an amazing job of bringing it all to life. The result is a powerful video that captures the essence and desperation of the song." ... Read More

Sum 41 has dropped a fervent rock anthem today with “45 (A Matter of Time)”. An honest statement from front man Deryck Whibley, the song is his way of expressing how he feels about the current state of the world in the aftermath of the latest Presidential election ... Read More

Italian Metal icons Lacuna Coil are excited to announce the release of their new album, Black Anima, on October 11, worldwide through Century Media Records / Sony Music Australia ... Read More

Set within Supersense, Art Centre Melbourne’s three-day festival of ecstatic performance curated by Sophia Brous, sits Supersense MINIMAL - a program of master artists from across 20th century performance mining worlds of intense sonic beauty, contemplation and sublime minimalism ... Read More

Billy Bragg will be returning for a very special tour entitled "One Step Forward. Two Steps Back." In each city Bragg will perform three unique shows on consecutive nights. The first night’s performance will feature Bragg’s current set, which ranges across his 35 year career. The second will see Bragg ... Read More

Bombay Bicycle Club are excited to share a new EP of rare, early demo recordings in celebration of ten years since the release of their debut album, ‘I Had The Blues But I Shook Them Loose’ ... Read More

The cool chill of winter has set in. People seek shelter in their soup bowls and coffee cups, cigarettes and any pub with an open fire… but wait… A street posters’ flash of colour in the rain beckons… Sustenance for the body, mind AND soul? In three different soulful flavours? ... Read More

Aussie acoustic guitarist extraordinaire Lloyd Spiegel is pleased to unveil a brand spanking new song ‘Track Her Down’ - a deep and soulful blues number about the fleeting, yet precious nature of connections he makes with people on the road and the fragility of personal relationships for a travelling musician ... Read More

The Wolfe Brothers are having a stellar 2019, easily one of their biggest years to date. Currently on tour in Canada as special guests of Canadian superstar Gord Bamford, and taking part in the iconic Calgary Stampede, they are living their country music dream. The year kicked off with the ... Read More

World renowned awarding-winning Australian artist Tim Sharp’s colourful superhero Laser Beak Man will be brought to life on stage in an eye-popping theatrical extravaganza described as “part puppet show, part pop rock concert” at Arts Centre Melbourne from 19 - 21 September, 2019 ... Read More

With the effervescent electro-bop ‘Close To You’ Feat. Flint Eastwood still ringing around our brains, Melbourne producer Alice Ivy is already back with a new killer collaboration for us to soak up. Having teamed up with fellow Melbourne artist, Ecca Vandal, the duo has delivered the hypnotic new single, ‘In ... Read More

DYLANesque play two more shows before they move on to new musical ventures! Last chance to come and see DYLANEsque's shows! SAT 31 AUG - OAKLEIGH LOUNGE SAT 7 SEP - THE MEMO, HEALESVILLE 'True Confessions Revisited' - The Bob Dylan Tom Petty Show CLICK HERE TO BOOK The musicians ... Read More

Beloved Australian singer-songwriter and multi ARIA winning artist Alex Lloyd has announced he will commemorate the 20th anniversary of his 1999 debut masterwork Black The Sun with a series of National shows this October & November featuring the album’s original line-up, and for the first time ever, the entire double ... Read More

Swan is the brainchild of Matt Swan. A founding member of genuine worldwide rock phenomenon Royal Blood, "Swanny" is today announcing his debut release, an absolute hip-swinger of a single and video entitled "Sweat Baby Sweat" ... Read More

Debut EP I Don’t Want To Play The Victim, But I'm Really Good At Itout September 27th via Good Soldier Songs / AWAL Recordings+ Sydney, Melbourne & Brisbane Live Shows In October (photo credit: Shervin Lavez) Love Fame Tragedy have released two brand new tracks into the world. ‘Backflip’ sees ... Read More

The spectacular new musical Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is coming to Melbourne in August this year, playing at Her Majesty’s Theatre, following a hugely successful season in Sydney. Tickets will go on sale to the general public on Friday 15 March at 1pm ... Read More

Hot on the heels of being announced at Out On The Weekend in Melbourne, Love Police are taking some of the superstar artists around the country for special performances in October ... Read More

The Music Victoria Awards is excited to be returning to the Melbourne Recital Centre in November 2019 for its 14th year. The Awards is one of the most anticipated music industry events on the Melbourne Music Week calendar, and has been a long-running feature of Melbourne Music Week, which is ... Read More

PIXIES, one of the most influential alternative rock bands of all time, are bringing their mammoth world tour to Australia and New Zealand in 2020 – Come On Pilgrim… It’s Surfer Rosa. Pixies’ debut releases - the electrifying 1987 EP Come On Pilgrim and 1988’s debut full-length album, Surfer Rosa ... Read More

Matt Corby has joined forces with fellow multi-instrumentalist Tash Sultana, for brand new single ‘Talk It Out’ released today via Island Records ... Read More

2019 US Grammy Award winning rockers, GRETA VAN FLEET, are touring Australia this September on their “March of the Peaceful Army” World Tour. Today, the band have announced that GOLF ALPHA BRAVO, the new solo moniker of Jagwar Ma singer-guitarist Gab Winterfield, will join the tour and appear at all ... Read More

mclusky* were a band between 1999 and 2005, in which time they made a few friends and three albums. Slow-forward 14 years and, thanks to the uncanny pull of nostalgia and gravity, they have made more friends but no more albums. originally persuaded to reform - like ham - to ... Read More

BOB ’BONGO’ STARKIE - guitarist with the legendary SKYHOOKS - performs the classic songs and a few more that need to be heard, in a personal celebration of one of Australia’s most beloved bands ton Saturday, August 10 at The Yarraville Club ... Read More

With a successful 2018 tour with STRYPER under his belt, MICHAEL SWEET is heading back to Australia, thanks to Silverback Touring for his first ever solo shows down under this November. Expect to hear the STRYPER hits, his solo material, plus a few surprises, and a story or two, in ... Read More

Following globally acclaimed premiere seasons in Miami, Slovenia, Denmark, Berlin and Prague, Finucane & Smith presents the stunning sequel to their 2017 award-winning art event, The Rapture ... Read More

The RED HOT SUMMER TOUR celebrates 10 years of Red Hot Rock in 2020 and in true style, organisers have put together an incredible all Australian line-up for a massive four-month series of dates. In an incredible coup for music-fans, ARIA Hall of Fame inductees Hunters & Collectors are reuniting ... Read More

Yes folks it’s been forty years since Festival Records released a remix of ‘The Nips Are Getting Bigger’ and the rest is history.  ... Read More

Ross The Boss, Manowar’s co-founder and definitive guitar god, takes no prisoners when he and his earth shattering band pounds out “Hail to England” in all its decibel meter destroying glory ... Read More

As civilisation continues to eat itself, heavy music’s dark spiritual quest has never seemed more vital. Emerging from the shadows of eastern Poland back in 2015, BATUSHKA have already established themselves as one of the modern era’s most powerful and evocative bands. Harnessing the fire and fury of arcane black metal and ... Read More

Romantic, contemporary, international & Aussie in exquisite gorgeous chamber recital Acacia Quartet’s “Fratres” at the Independent Theatre Sunday 21 July "Acacia Quartet at times seem like only one instrument, such is their clarity and unison." – City News Internationally acclaimed Australian ensemble the ACACIA QUARTET return to the Independent Theatre ... Read More

Roundhouse Entertainment and Frontier Touring are excited to announce the return of pop icons a-ha for their first Australian tour in 34 years next February and March. a-ha will also tour New Zealand in what will be the band’s first ever visit to the country, and also mark the return of ... Read More

Hot off the heels of a whirlwind European festival run that saw the band headline major stages in the UK, Russia, Ukraine, and Czech Republic, and ahead of the West Coast leg of their headlining tour in North America, Frank Iero And The Future Violents have just released a video ... Read More

Swedish heavy metal heroes SABATON release their new album "The Great War", on Friday July 19th, 2019 on Nuclear Blast. It promises to be one of the biggest Metal albums of 2019. The release of SABATON’s ninth full-length record perfectly coincides with the band’s 20th anniversary and the concept album ... Read More

BLACK STAR RIDERS are back – with a new album, a new line-up, and what frontman Ricky Warwick calls “a new energy and chemistry”. In the seven years since Warwick and legendary guitarist Scott Gorham put BLACK STAR RIDERS together, they have made three of the finest hard rock albums of modern times. In 2013 came the debut »All Hell Breaks Loose«, praised by AllMusic for ... Read More

BLACK STAR RIDERS are back – with a new album, a new line-up, and what frontman Ricky Warwick calls “a new energy and chemistry”. In the seven years since Warwick and legendary guitarist Scott Gorham put BLACK STAR RIDERS together, they have made three of the finest hard rock albums of modern times. In 2013 came the debut »All Hell Breaks Loose«, praised by AllMusic for ... Read More

BIG DEAL TOURING WORLD EXCLUSIVE When the finest modern-day musical genre unites with the world’s most refined and revered stylistic approach to music, it is inevitable that the outcome will be nothing short of stunning. Ladies and gentlemen, if you will, imagine a scenario whereby the music of Black Sabbath ... Read More

The 2019 Helpmann Awards Act II tonight was a star studded black-tie gala event hosted by the fabulous dynamic duo of comedian, writer and actor, Susie Youssef, and Artistic Director of State Theatre SA, Mitchell Butel. Saluting artistic excellence and achievement on Australian stages over the past year, twenty three ... Read More

Returning to Australia for the annual Splendour In The Grass festival, Catfish And The Bottlemen have announced they will play headline shows in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth, along with being recently announced on Adelaide’s Spin Off festival. The tour comes in support of the band’s forthcoming new album, The Balance, due ... Read More

California’s greatest export and renowned feminist supporters Steel Panther recently took a break from working with NASA scientists on a multiple orgasm-inducing guitar pedal to record their fifth studio album. The band is excited to announce that their new album Heavy Metal Rules is finished and scheduled for release on ... Read More

Down in Victoria Ed’s first time appearance at Red Hill has also sold-out while there are minimal tickets left for his debut Castlemaine appearance his debut performance at Melbourne’s The Tote - believe it or not, Ed's first time at the iconic Melbourne venue ... Read More

A HITCH TO THE STICKS FESTIVAL RETURNS Look out, Wangaratta! The world-first of its kind festival A Hitch To The Sticks returns in 2019, bringing Tex Perkins & His Fat Rubber Band, Magic Dirt, Stonefield, Ella Hooper, Dallas Crane and more to stages across the Wangaratta region. Bachelor Girl, Cookin' ... Read More

“Our joint roster includes Northlane, Void Of Vision, Introvert and Stateside. We are so excited to announce that our first signings for Open Door Management are Make Them Suffer and Windwaker who will be joining our growing family and we couldn’t be happier. We are looking to shake things up ... Read More

Considered one of the finest modern blues guitarists in the world and a bonafide can’t-miss live performer, Gerard Allman Events are proud to announce that Kirk Fletcher will make a welcome return to Australia in February 2020 - and this time he’s bringing his European band – Jonny Henderson on ... Read More

In 2019, Sleeper release their first album in 21 years, The Modern Age. It wasn’t meant to happen. In fact, the band had promised each other it never would. ‘I sold my drum kit two months before we reformed,’ Andy Maclure says, ruefully. ‘It was taking up too much space ... Read More

Secret Sounds are giving away the chance to score big, with one lucky winner taking home a fistful of festival passes and a bunch of gig tickets for the next year ... Read More

Hot off the heels of the release of their latest album Future Ruins earlier this year, which saw them stamp their authority as the OG purveyors of widescreen psychedelic shoegaze, Swervedriver are ready to land back Down Under this September brandishing their latest long player full of molten riffs and ... Read More

The MIFF Premiere Fund delivers seven world and Australian premieres to the 68th Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF), including Paul Ireland’s gritty reimagining of Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure staring Hugo Weaving and Maziar Lahooti’s highly anticipated directorial debut, Below ... Read More

Legendary radio personality and Melbourne underground music icon, Stephen “The Ghost” Walker passed away on Wednesday, July 3rd after a long battle with Multiple Sclerosis and a short one with cancer ... Read More

As she continues making her mark on the live stage, Vera Blue today has delighted fans with the announcement of a 13-date tour, returning the artist to some of her favourite places in Australia as well as taking her to new regions never visited before ... Read More

Live Performance Australia (LPA) announced a very special addition to the 2019 Helpmann Awards at Arts Centre Melbourne.   Along with previously announced live entertainment for the 2019 Helpmann Awards, a special performance will be beamed direct from The Princess Theatre for the delight of audiences, on Monday 15th July ... Read More

Steve Hackett, as the powerhouse guitarist for one of the most important progressive rock bands ever, has been a guiding influence for musicians and guitarists for over 40 years ... Read More

FAREWELL YELLOW BRICK ROAD ELTON JOHN ADDS NEW DATES DUE TO DEMAND INCLUDING A DAY ON THE GREEN MT DUNEED ESTATE, GEELONG - SATURDAY DECEMBER 7 In response to enormous demand, and hot on the heels of the incredible global success of the Rocketman epic musical fantasy, Elton-mania has reached ... Read More

For the first time in Australia and for a very rare run of shows, DARK ANGEL has reformed and hit Australian shores for a very limited number of appearances ... Read More

The Production Company announce the full cast of the Broadway smash Thoroughly Modern Millie along with an increased allocation of affordable seats ... Read More

Australian rock legends The Superjesus have today announced a new recording, The Superjesus SUMO 20 LIVE – a double live album recorded during their massive 20th anniversary tour of their celebrated debut album SUMO, set for release on September 6 and available to preorder from July 4. And not only will fans be able ... Read More

For 30 years, BACKYARD BABIES has delivered top of the line dirty rock 'n' roll, both live and recorded. The fact that the original four guys that started the band still are playing together, is next to unique. Now for the first time in over a decade, BACKYARD BABIES are ... Read More

Following on from her national For Your Love single tour in April, Montaigne has today released her new single Ready, and confirmed details of her forthcoming LP and national tour. Ready is undoubtedly Montaigne’s most anthemic single to date, and is lifted from her soon to be released second album ... Read More

MY ELEPHANT RIDE's ‘BEYOND THE SKIN’ ALBUM album and ‘DIAMOND EYES’ single are out now! My Elephant Ride make cosmic and soulful indie pop. They return with the second taste off forthcoming sophomore album 'Beyond the Skin' released on the 21st of June. In late 2016 the Melbourne three-piece released ... Read More

Matching the stunning power of Tarja’s voice with a thunderous guitar, the aggression she speaks of is brought to the front, not threatening to shatter something fragile, but reinforcing its power. “I really like how the guitar sounds: in your face,” she says. “If I’m singing powerfully, I need something ... Read More

Australia's alt-rock queens The Beautiful Monument have announced they will be heading out on a headline tour around Australia in August to showcase their brand new album, I’m The Reaper (out June 28 via Greyscale Records). The Music has aptly declared, I’m The Reaper, as “a major contestant for heavy ... Read More

Richmond, VA based THE EMMA GARELL BAND has released the official music video for "Destination Anaheim." ... Read More

Fresh from supporting Ruel on his national tour and days until she joins Jack Gray on his East Coast tour, Yorke releases her new single ‘Thought I Could’ as well as announces her first ever headline shows ... Read More

David J (Bauhaus, Love and Rockets) presents 'The Auteur (Redux / The Starlet's Cut)', a digital-only single featuring actress, activist and writer Rose McGowan. This release serves as a taster for his forthcoming double album ‘Missive To An Angel From The Halls Of Infamy And Allure’, which is set for ... Read More

Melbourne punk rock duo Mannequin Death Squad released a music video to accompany their incendiary new single San Fran which was unleashed on Friday 14 June, 2019. The single itself was a product of a highly productive recording stint with legendary Australian producer Mark Opitz, the single is a perfect ... Read More

The lyrics that make up “Orange County” are a mix of field notes written during a vacation in Florida, and ideas that came as a consequence of turning 30-years-old – wanting simplicity, but realizing that you sowed intricacies all throughout your 20s. We composed the music by trying to picture ... Read More

Off the back of their recent release, ‘Nice Boys’, indie producer, Youthfire is excited to release its visual component. Stephen Carmichael, the brainchild behind the Melbourne project has previously garnered adoration with songs ‘Emerging’, Puppet, ‘Lift Me Up’, and now latest single ‘Nice Boys’ is proving to be no exception ... Read More

MELBOURNE, AU (June 24, 2019) – One year on from the success of their potent performance at Download Festival Australia, NEW YEARS DAY will touch down for their first-ever Australian headline tour in March 2020.New Years Day, the U.S. metal five-piece lead by powerhouse Ash Costello, made their debut Aussie appearances hitting Download’s ... Read More

Katie Noonan is thrilled to unveil her new album project and national tour, ‘The Glad Tomorrow’with Australian String Quartet (ASQ). It marks the first time that the powerhouse vocalist and 5-time ARIA Award Winner Noonan will perform with the brilliant ASQ ... Read More

The Ballarat International Foto Biennale announces its 2019 Program No. 2 Suo Jia Village - Liu Bolin The Ballarat International Foto Biennale (BIFB) returns in 2019 from August 23 - October 20, this year shifting its focus to photographers who present the world in unconventional ways and in unpredictable circumstances ... Read More

Dana Crowe is ready to deliver her latest single Not Broken. A striking song of confidence and durability, it’s driving classicism is set to carry you to the highway interchange of hope and hardiness ... Read More

‘This Song Reminds Me’ is the first single from Michael Waugh’s forthcoming album, due for release later this year. It follows 2018’s The Asphalt & The Oval (winner of 2018’s The Age Music Victoria Awards ‘Best Folk and Roots Album’) and 2016’s What We Might Be and is Michael’s third ... Read More

JOE SATRIANI has had a long and acclaimed solo career, his awards and accolades from fans and the industry alike are unending. Yet, through all of that, SATRIANI has often mentioned in interviews the musical trio that launched the next step in his musical career, his first band, the Squares, formed ... Read More

Critically acclaimed North Carolina indie band Hiss Golden Messenger has announced the September 20th release of its highly anticipated new album Terms of Surrender (Merge Records). Pre-order the album on CD, LP, and coke-bottle clear Peak Vinyl in the Merge store, from participating independent record stores, or digitally ... Read More

Fresh off a triumphant seven-city North America tour, which included a stop at the famous Greek Theatre in Los Angeles, the Hollywood Vampires have unveiled the brand new song “The Boogieman Surprise.” At the aforementioned L.A. performance, Steven Tyler, the Aerosmith frontman and long-time musical partner of Joe Perry, turned ... Read More

Following a wildly successful inaugural year in 2018, the Australian Women in Music Awards will return on 8 and 9 October, shining a light once more on the incredible accomplishments of women across the Australian music industry. This year’s AWMAs are better and stronger, with three new award categories – ... Read More

Dizzy Reed has dropped another music video from his 2018 solo debut album, Rock ‘n Roll Ain’t Easy album, which was released globally through independent record label, Golden Robot Records, on digital, CD and purple vinyl ... Read More

Culture Club front-man & POP icon Boy George is one of the most recognised and in demand House Music DJs of all time.  DJing in more than 70 countries around the world, Boy George has headlined super-brands such as: Godskitchen, Cream and Manumission ... Read More

With Lucille’s single ‘The Killing Season’ hitting #7 on debut with AMRAP’s regional charts, plus supporting airplay from Triple J’s Roots N All, Double J’s Stir It Up, CRN’s Playback and Dirt Music, the My Country Australia network, the feedback was overwhelmingly positive for Melbourne based independent artist debut into ... Read More

Comedy legend Tim Ferguson rips the lid off his extraordinary life. In a hair-raising show of comic daring, Tim reveals the terrors and tears of his worldwide escapades ... Read More

Lachy Doley moved from Adelaide as a teenager and found himself working with the cream of inner-city Sydney’s soul-funk-blues-whatever scene - which very quickly led to sideman stints with some of Australia’s biggest artists such as Powderfinger, Wolf Mother, Jimmy Barnes, Billy Thorpe and Bernard Fanning to name a few ... Read More

The Great Barrier Reef is under threat… … and in response a new collaboration of artists, musicians, film-makers and performers have united to create a poetic statement on the future of the natural wonder that is the great barrier reef ... Read More

The Tryst tour is a very personal and intimate journey into words and music by two of Australia’s most respected musicians reinterpreting of some of the great love songs of our time. Kate and Paul deliver stripped back, soulful renditions of songs that have influenced both of them at some ... Read More

In addition to his just announced shows with The Aints!Ed Kuepper will also take to the road for a series of regional dates as he starts preparing material for a new solo album ... Read More

On May 31, Concord Records Via Caroline Australia released The Traveler, an album of experience and profound resonance by the Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band. The album was recorded in Los Angeles, while on a break from their uncompromising tour schedule that left them road-tested and ready to rock, The Traveler ... Read More

One of the last few surviving punk rockers blessed with famous Ramones sobriquet (and the only who wasn’t behind the drumkit), CJ is bringing his killer band of cretins for a guitar crushing session of psychotherapy! ... Read More

Pennsylvanian metalcore quintet August Burns Red will be returning to Australia in October to celebrate their 10 year anniversary of their third studio album 'Constellations' as part of their worldwide tour and today, they've announced Melbourne's Alpha Wolf as the support act on all Australian dates ... Read More

Dutch-Australian composer Meta Overman honoured with new opera Research revives music by legendary female composer Sydney Conservatorium of Music Associate Professor Jeanell Carrigan has dedicated years researching women composers of Australia. Her research into Dutch-Australian composer, Meta Overman results in a new performance of Overman’s opera Psyche on 17 August ... Read More

This year marks an auspicious anniversary for Tex Perkins, it is a decade since he first took to the stage with his award-winning The Man In Black – The Songs & Story of Johnny Cash show. Since its inception, The Man In Black show has been lauded by critics and ... Read More

Self proclaimed Alien Death Core Texans,Rings Of Saturn have announced their long awaited and well over due first tour of Australia and New Zealand! ... Read More

Cited in the class of new Australian artists as 'one to watch', rock-penchant Samsaruh has today shared her new single 'Powerlines', taken from her debut EP due for release later this year. Back with a vengeance, 'Powerlines' is fierce and frenetic, a driving and determined statement of intent from the ... Read More

Australian producers John Frost and Suzanne Jones are thrilled to announce that Australian superstar Jason Donovan will be joining the cast of the multi-award winning, record breaking musical CHICAGO this December in Melbourne. Playing the role of the cunning and charismatic lawyer Billy Flynn, this will be the first time ... Read More

On July 3 and 4, the contemporary music summit and live music program will together spark discussions across the realms of MUSIC, TECH, TALKS and IDEAS ... Read More

Following the reunion of five of the original seven members of I’m Talking in February for a series of A Day On The Green shows, the band are back again for two very special club shows this July. The incredible February shows, which saw the band receive rave reviews, renewed ... Read More

In what has become a highly anticipated event for Australian music fans, Richard Clapton is excited to announce his yearly Sydney party, a show packed to the rafters with hit after hit. Aptly titled Past Hits & Previews, the evening showcases four decades of hits and will see the iconic ... Read More

After selling out its last three years, the music jewel of the Bellarine the Queenscliff Music Festival is back for its 23rd year with a killer first round line up of local and global artists ... Read More

The LuWOW is back for their first extravaganza of this year. Starring the way out sounds of Intoxica: Melbourne's suave rockin surf kings and The Fanging’ Felines: four Trash Women from Woolongong playing 60s girl-garage rock ’n’ roll. Plus those gyrating jungle queens The Gogo Goddesses & disc jocks Barbara ... Read More

DEACON BLUE return to Australia for the first time in 30 years, fittingly to celebrate their 30th Anniversary, a tour which started in 2018 and has seen them play their biggest ever headline show in Glasgow to over 12,000 people.  ... Read More

Next Big Thing, written by Jensen, is a song about consumerism, hype and fleeting fame in today’s disposable society. Not a stranger to the reality of the situation having been part of Australian Idol and more recently, The Voice, Jensen points out that the track and music video isn’t just ... Read More

GRAPEVINE GATHERING ANNOUNCES 2019 LINEUP FEATURING TWO DOOR CINEMA CLUB, FLIGHT FACILITIES & MORE  IMAGES | SPOTIFY PLAYLIST    We can’t keep this bottled up any longer! Grapevine Gathering is back and just as full-bodied as ever before with a lineup featuring:   Two Door Cinema Club | Flight Facilities | Crooked Colours | ... Read More

Yarra City Council is excited to announce the return of Leaps and Bounds Music Festival, set to celebrate the sounds of winter from July 5 - 14, hot on the heels of the CHANGES Music Summit & Festival. The City of Yarra is home to some of Melbourne’s most iconic ... Read More

Due to demand, Live Nation is excited to confirm that a 2nd and final show for U2 THE JOSHUA TREE TOUR 2019 has now been confirmed for Saturday, November 23 at the Sydney Cricket Ground. The announcement follows confirmation earlier today that a second and final show had been added ... Read More

Country music sweetheart Tania Kernaghan is 100 per cent comfortable within her own skin. The singer-songwriter, who recently celebrated her 50th birthday, has never felt more secure within herself, and with her direction in life –and it shows. Embracing that infectious positivity, Tania is sharing her message of self-acceptance with ... Read More

Melbourne jangle rock project, Eaglemont, is the brainchild of Bridgitte Jessop, who’s back and baring all in her angsty new rumbler, ‘Hound’. It’s been a year and a half since Eaglemont cut her teeth on Melbourne’s live scene with the release of her debut 7” ‘Mediocre at Best/Uppercut’, plus two ... Read More

Yumi Stynes and Dr. Melissa Kang release Welcome to Your Period, a frank, funny and age appropriate guide for pre-teens about getting your period  ... Read More

American singer, poet, writer and actress, LYDIA LUNCH returns for TWO SHOWS ONLY of spoken word, visuals and soundscapes ... Read More

Today we have an new release from our own Martin Cilia - his version of Apache from the album Shadowman. We also have an exclusive behind the scenes gallery of the video in progress ... Read More

Australia’s King of the Surf Guitar takes on the inspiration of Hank Marvin and The Shadows in this new release ... Read More

“Sammy Hagarhas always pursued a degree of "enlightenment" with his music... But onSpace Between, the new concept album by his all-star bandThe Circle, Hagar is going deeper.”– Billboard Sammy Hagar & The Circlereleased their debut album of original material,Space Betweenon May 10 through BMG. The album debuted in the US ... Read More

Following the highly successful 2017 tour in celebration of the band’s seminal album, The Joshua Tree Tour 2019 will see the band make a much anticipated return to New Zealand and Australia for the first time since the record-shattering U2 360° Tour in 2010, as well as the first Tokyo ... Read More

He is the world's foremost psychic medium and author of numerous critically acclaimed New York Times best sellers. Australian fans have embraced John since his first tour. The feeling is mutual – he loves Australia and doesn't need an excuse to keep coming back. John returns to Australia in October ... Read More

Legendary Aussie rockers Grinspoon have today announced their epic Chemical Hearts national tour, set to make its way around the country in October and November, supported by The Hard Aches, Gooch Palms and Bugs. In celebration of the tour, the band will be releasing a Chemical Hearts vinyl record on ... Read More

Live Performance Australia (LPA) today announced the details of the 2019 Helpmann Awards which, for the very first time in Melbourne, will see the stars of the Australian live theatre and entertainment industry come together for two remarkable nights. Forty-two prestigious Helpmann Awards will be presented at the Victorian home ... Read More

Tamworth-born singer-songwriter Charlie Collins is proud to release her emotive and enchanting debut album ‘Snowpine’, out now on Mirror Records ... Read More

Since their humble beginnings in 1992 in San Diego, blink-182 have sold over fifty million albums worldwide and rocked audiences around the globe, becoming one of the defining and inspirational rock bands of their generation ... Read More

Melbourne’s Dinosaur Beard has returned with a new slice of glossed out sounds in ‘Dialect Drum’; as the first release from the artist - aka songwriter Adam Finnegan - for 2019, ‘Dialect Drum’ carries the listener along in comfort, dripping with charm and hazy flair. A slow burner that garners ... Read More

Elemental dream rockers The Clouds strike again with the release of their latest single, Check Us Out. Underpinned by Raph Whittingham’s rock-solid beat, and layered with driving power chords, it’s an emphatic attention-grabber. Jodi Phillis and Trish Young weave their always symbiotic voices around lyrics celebrating self-belief, determination and perseverance ... Read More

Melbourne-based Indie Synth Pop outfit Man Vs Synth have written, recorded, and produced this ambitious debut EP themselves. Man vs Synth, frontman Mathew Farry has engrossed himself in the project for over a year and half with the inspiration for the EP emerging from personal experiences, proclaiming stories of love ... Read More

Released just last week “Alligator” has already turned heads with NME praising it as having “a bombastic and driving sound” and Line of Best Fit calling it “undeniably catchy.” In addition, “Alligator” song was the #1 greatest gainer at alternative and #1 most added at Triple A radio - receiving ... Read More

Avicii’s “Tough Love” from the upcoming album TIM, is out now. Produced and written by Tim Bergling, Vincent Pontare and Salem Al Fakir (Vargas & Lagola), the track stays true to the infectious nature of Avicii’s dance smashes and his desire to discover new sounds ... Read More

Duck is the sound of one of the most successful British guitar bands of the millennium reclaiming the creative swagger that underpins their strongest work. “It’s undeniably fantastic and undeniably Kaiser Chiefs,” says frontman RickyWilson.Their seventh record will be preceded byRecord Collection, the first piece of new musictaken from the ... Read More

Due to overwhelming demand, UK glam-rockers THE STRUTS have announced a second Melbourne show at The Corner Hotel on Thursday August 22. Currently on their Young & Dangerous world tour, the band return to Australia this August, with tickets completely sold out for their first Melbourne show at The Corner, ... Read More

Devin Townsend's Melbourne show at the Thornbury Theatre sold out within 2 days and due to popular demand, the Canadian progressive heavy music genius has added a 2nd and final Melbourne show to his very special Australian ‘An Evening With’ solo acoustic tour on Sunday 8 September at the Thornbury ... Read More

Sydney’s independent instrumental progressive solo artist, PLINI, announces his Australia and New Zealand headline tour in October ... Read More

Even as they continue to create more music to reveal over the coming months, Nashville, TN based Alternative Rock Duo ICON FOR HIRE has revealed Summer dates for THE ICON ARMY TOUR. Launching July 19th in Atlanta, GA, the tour winds through the Mid and Southwest before finishing up on ... Read More

Polaris, arguably Australia’s fastest rising, elite heavy music exports announce a string of shows in August through out North Queensland and Western Australia. Brisbane's Stepson will support the Sydney five-piece on the North Queensland dates while Melbourne's Pridelands join the Westen Australia shows. Tickets are on sale now ... Read More

Surrender to Robots is a solo album by the insufferable Paul Scott (The Likes of You, Montana, John Kennedy’s 68 Comeback Special andThe Bad Machines.The album was written, recorded, performed and produced by Scott. "So really,there’s no-one else to blame," he says ... Read More

Tim Rogers, Davey Lane and Ashley Naylor have put together an all-star band to celebrate the 50th anniversary of The Who’s break through album of 1969, “Tommy”, which they will perform in June as “Captain Walker’s Unborn Children” ... Read More

As it heads into its seventh year, one of Melbourne’s favourite one-day festivals, ONE ELECTRIC DAY, is going national. In an exciting coup for music-lovers, the all-Aussie rock festival, which has sold out annually since its inception, will be also heading to Launceston, Sydney, Brisbane and the Barossa in November ... Read More

Rock n roll legends KISS have announced one final show for their farewell END OF THE ROAD Australian tour – their very last concert ever on our shores ... Read More

The Australian Music Association is excited to announce the 2019 return of the Melbourne Guitar Show, set to rock Caulfield Racecourse on August 3 and 4 – and this year’s show is set to be colossal ... Read More

Oly Sherman voices engages from the onset. The indie folk songwriter has already been captivating audiences since his 2017 debut with a charming stage presence and approach to his craft; now he returns, with a beautiful new single, ‘Bones’ ... Read More

The wild, gyrating, and down-right gymnastic, guitarist Pat Beers is joined by his wife Lety on drums and bass player Blake Lindquist ... and yes, Beers is their real name. By day Pat teaches music but at night once strapping on that guitar he becomes a man possessed .The Schizophonics ... Read More

Mick Hart's new album, 'Awake'has just been released. 'Awake' is the Sydney-based singer-songwriter'sfirst recording in five years and features 16 brand new songs -a brilliant and epic mix of soulful indie folk rock, beautiful and intimate acoustic songs to blistering blues.It has already spawned the two popular singles 'The Way ... Read More

onely Lands Agency – abrand newbooking agency venture founded byTash Sultanaandher co-managersRegan LethbridgeandJaddan Comerford–officially launches today. Based atUNIFIED's Head Office in Richmond, the Lonely Lands team is rounded out by well known and respected Australian bookerHarry Moorewho joins as Senior Agent, as well as UNIFIED's ownDesiree Venuto, who will stepintothe ... Read More

The Sheffield 5 piece have been making their mark globally over the past few years with an ever growing army of fans and supporters behind them.  They have performed to over 4 million fans worldwide and also sold over 4 million albums to date. Bring Me The Horizon have also ... Read More

Crooked Colours have today released their second album Langata, an atmospheric new world overflowing with addictive beats and soft, hook-laden vocals. Featuring singles I’ll Be There, Do It Like You, Hold On, and the latest fan favourite Never Dance Alone featuring Ladyhawke, Langata is sure to impress from start to ... Read More

OVERDRIVE TOURING PRESENTS THE FIRST EVER SOUTHERN SLAUGHTER FESTIVAL featuring Inaugural Headliners BLOODBATH (UK) For two exclusive Australian dates only, classic UK Death Metal institution Bloodbath will annihilate Sydney and Melbourne audiences as they headline the very first Southern Slaughter Festival. Brought to you by Overdrive Touring, Southern Slaughter features ... Read More

Our friends over at I LIKE YOUR OLD STUFF want you to fly to London for the ultimate Led Zeppelin adventure!I Like Your Old Stuff are giving you the opportunity toWIN the ultimate Led Zeppelin crusadeincluding return flights to London, hotel accommodation and a guided tour to some of the ... Read More

OPETH are pleased to announce Australian headline shows for December 2019 There are few bands that can or will match Sweden’s Opeth. Since forming in the tiny Stockholm suburb of Bandhagen in 1990, the Swedes have eclipsed convention,defiantly crushed the odds, and, most importantly, crafted 12 stunningly beautiful, intrinsically intense ... Read More

The grand dame of world theatre, Dame Edna Everage, has been forced out of retirement by the demands of her adoring “Precious Possums”, announcing a surprise tour of Australia in September and October ... Read More

Melissa Black is a musician and songwriter with a strong connection to nature, as evident on her new release, The Eden Project EP ... Read More

Celebrating 30+ years. This definitive collection of Kylie’s most beloved tracks to date serves as a reflection of her record-breaking career, from the global number one smash hit ‘I Should Be So Lucky’ in 1987 through to her most recent album, the chart-topping ‘Golden’ released last year ... Read More

The history of Australia is littered with murder, sadistic commanders, cross-dressing gold diggers, gay bushrangers, riches, poverty, bizarre rituals and terrible gallows humour.Australian history - boring? Not at all ... Read More

THE DAMNED are the greatest surviving British punk band, bar none, still firing on all cylinders and breaking all the rules. This most spiritually chaotic of all punk groups have never been away, never surrendered their ideals, always forged onwards and when Lemmy of Motörhead famously referred to them as ... Read More

Woes are set to release their most ambitious effort to date in the form of their hotly-anticipated debut album Awful Truth,due on Friday June 28 on UNFD. As a taster of what to expect from the record, the band have lifted the lid on new single 'Money Shoe', which sees ... Read More

Hailing from Southern California,Jamie Allensworth and his eponymous musical collective fuse rock and soul with true-life anthemic song writing. His playbook dives deeply into the soul tradition of James Brown, Otis Redding, and Curtis Mayfield, and updates that tradition along the lines of Alabama Shakes, Michael Kiwanuka, with an added ... Read More

Saturday, May 11 BENDIGO HOTEL, COLLINGWOOD Stopping Sexual Assault & Domestic Violence, Full Stop Live music entertainment is a great love for Marianna Bouyiouris & Olivia Reppas. They have come together and founded The Muses,running niche music festivals that have a solid imprint on Victoria’s annual music calendar. This coming ... Read More

A new album “No Control” charting world-wide, a career documentary “Suzi Q” in the can and sold out shows around the world, now, Suzi has added 8 special Australian shows to her “pedal to the floor” year.  ... Read More

The first L7 album in 20 years, Scatter the Rats embodies everything that made the band so iconic in the first place - the distortion-heavy riffs and headbanging rhythms, sludgy grooves and indelible melodies. And in their lyrics, L7 achieve a direct transmission of raw feeling, often spiked with biting ... Read More

Melbourne, Australia, 12 April 2019 – Canon Australia and SUNSTUDIOS are proud to present ‘It’s only rock ‘n’ roll but I like it…’ – an exhibition featuring the who’s who of Australian music from the past 40 years captured by award-winning photographer Wendy McDougall, “one of Australia’s best-known rock photographers” ... Read More

Land of Plenty is a destination festival that will see some of Australia's hottest bands and DJs as well as talented upcoming local artists hit Shepparton for a day of live music, art displays, market stalls, gourmet food vans and carnival rides. Land of Plenty has something for everyone and ... Read More

The premier Australian guitarist Martin Cilia once again collaborates with a premier Finnish guitar group Pekka Tiilikainen & Beatmakers on their new album. Last year Martin Cilia wrote several tunes to the group´s album ´Used Guitars Etc.´, this time he features with baritone guitar, Fender VI and Stratocaster on three band originals. Cilia ... Read More

Frank Iero has signed with UNFD and is readying his third solo album BARRIERS for release on May 31, 2019. Adopting the moniker, Frank Iero and the Future Violents, his latest band features longtime collaborator Evan Nestor, Matt Armstrong (ex-Murder by Death), Tucker Rule(Thursday) and Kayleigh Goldsworthy (Golds, Dave Hause, The Mermaid).Recorded and mixed by Steve Albini, the 14-track album is not only a ... Read More

Frontier Touring are thrilled to confirm that The Chemical Brothers will bring their No Geography Live 2019 show — widely praised as one of the best in the world — to Australia later this year. In their first visit to our shores since 2013, the all-conquering electronic duo will perform ... Read More

Adrian Bohm Presents is proud to announce that Steve Martin and Martin Short will bring their critically acclaimed comedy tour Now You See Them, Soon You Won’t for the first time to Australian and New Zealand audiences in November.  This celebrated comedy show redefines the form in unexpected and profound ... Read More

Resurfacing jack of all trades, Laura Imbruglia is set to hit the road Friday 3 May to tour her recently released album Scared of You. Following from 2013’s What A Treat and breaking a five-year radio silence, Scared of You delves deep into the mind and listening habits of Laura’s ... Read More

L7 Release New Album ’Scatter The Rats’ Friday 3rd May  on Joan Jett’s Blackheart Records   The first L7 album in 20 years, Scatter the Rats embodies everything that made the band so iconic in the first place - the distortion-heavy riffs and head-banging rhythms, sludgy grooves and indelible melodies ... Read More

Amon Amarth have released their 11th full-length, Berserker, viaSony Music Australia today. Comprising 12 monstrous heavy metal anthems that bulge with irresistible melodic hooks, bursts of thrilling savagery and moments of spine-tingling dynamic drama, Berserker is the result of the huge surge of creativity and a collective desire to keep moving forward with ... Read More

STEP RIGHT UP, STEP RIGHT UP TO THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH! NEW AUSTRALIAN PRODUCTION OF BARNUM THE CIRCUS MUSICAL STARRING TODD MCKENNEY AND RACHAEL BECK COMEDY THEATRE MELBOURNE FROM APRIL 27. The new Australian production of Barnum The Circus Musical makes its premiere at Melbourne’s Comedy Theatre tonight starring ... Read More

Currently in Australia to promote his brand new album Chip Tooth Smile, the hugely successful solo artist and frontman for Matchbox Twenty makes a welcome return to our shores for performances including three a day on the green events – Rochford Wines in Victoria’s Yarra Valley on Saturday November 9, ... Read More

Reclink Australia is thrilled to announce that the 25th Anniversary of the most talked about and iconic event on the community calendar – The Reclink Community Cup – will take place in Melbourne this year on Sunday June 23.  ... Read More

On May 31, Concord Records Via Caroline Australia will release The Traveler, an album of experience and profound resonance by the Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band. The album was recorded in Los Angeles, while on a break from their uncompromising tour schedule that left them road-tested and ready to rock, The ... Read More

As the frontman for one of Australia’s most seminal bands, the mighty Hunters & Collectors, Mark Seymour is one of Australia’s most gifted and respected musicians. He delivered rock classics that immediately etched their way into our national consciousness, including ‘Holy Grail’, ‘Throw Your Arms Around Me’, ‘When The River ... Read More

Melbourne rockers Palace Of The King are saying goodbye to the album cycle surrounding last years scorcher of a record, Get Right With You Maker, (released a year ago in April 2018 via Golden Robot Records) with a special LIVE version of the albums title track recorded at The Corner ... Read More

Retro-Cinematic, Noir Electronic duo AM I DEAD YET?, made up of POP WILL EAT ITSELF and GAYE BYKER ON ACID frontman MARY BYKER with APOLLO 440 and MAGAZINE guitarist and long-time collaborator NOKO, has released their stunning, debut, self-titled LP. Out Now via Wire-Sound and worldwide via Cargo, the 11 ... Read More

Rammstein have just released Radio, the second single taken from the band’s long awaited seventh album, due out on May 17! ... Read More

Glasgow based indie-pop duo have released their vibrant new single ‘The Conversation’, taken from their forthcoming album Run Around The Sun. The follow-up to Strike A Match their SAY Award winning debut, Run Around The Sun is due for released May 31st via Rock Action.  ‘The Conversation’ is the explosive ... Read More

This kind of effortless, vintage authenticity, can only really be achieved by someone who has well and truly mastered their craft". Deafen County Photo by Jo Syme L.A. Mood announces his new EP Breakfast At Sassy's, which will be released May 10th. First track off the rank is the woozy, sun-ravaged jam "Highway ... Read More

Nominations are now open for the 2019 National Indigenous Music Awards (NIMAs) signaling the beginning of the sixteenth year of the event providing a well-deserved platform for First Nation’s talent in Australia, raising Indigenous music to grand new heights. The awards will return to Darwin’s iconic Amphitheatre on Saturday, August ... Read More

Rufino and the Coconuts mastermind their bold and ingenious Escape and invite you along for the getaway! A brand new 5 track EP and a show of bone rattling voodoo rock, tropical punk, jungle funk, cinematic storytelling and ratbag rocksteady reggae at classic Inner West venue Marrickville Bowling Club ... Read More

THE VIEW FRONTMAN KYLE FALCONER (UK) TO TOUR AUSTRALIA SOLO IN JULY FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME. LATEST ALBUM ‘NO THANK YOU’ RECEIVED BEST REVIEWS OF KYLE’S CAREER,  WINNING HIM ‘BEST ALBUM’ AT SCOTTISH MUSIC AWARDS. After five hit albums, a Mercury Prize nomination and countless sold-out shows with The View, the band’s frontman Kyle Falconer ... Read More

Seminal Shoegaze legends RIDE return to Australia and New Zealand for their first headline tour in over 25 years thanks to SBM Presents!Forming in Oxford, England in 1988, RIDE set the blueprint for the shoegaze scene with the release of their landmark debut album ‘Nowhere’- a timeless classic which spurred the emergence of a new generation ... Read More

2019 APRA Songwriter of the Year Sarah Aarons! Image by Tony Mott. Two of Australia’s highest-profile female songwriters have dominated the 2019 APRA Music Awards, held last night atMelbourne Town Hall. Melbourne-born, LA-based songwriting superstarSarah Aaronsis the2019 APRA Songwriter of the Year,a strong follow-up to her Breakthrough Songwriter of the ... Read More

Canadian progressive heavy music genius, Devin Townsend, is pleased to announce a very special Australian ‘An Evening With’ solo acoustic tour. The intimate evenings will feature Devin performing tracks from across his catalogue, as well as taking part in a Q&A where fans will get to know more about what ... Read More

it’s funny how you can't see the full picture until you're removed from it. only then are you able to internalize everything in retrospect. after pursuing music for nearly a decade in Vancouver, I was working three jobs, living paycheck-to-paycheck and had very little in terms of both time and ... Read More

THE CRANBERRIES THEIR FINAL ALBUM ‘IN THE END’ OUT NOW 30 years after forming in Limerick (initially as The Cranberry Saw Us) The Cranberries release their eighth and final album ‘In The End’. With Stephen Street once again taking producer duties, the eleven-track record brings a remarkable career to a ... Read More

The hard rock group DANKO JONES - whose music was recently hailed by Ghost Cult for "mix[ing] the bite of AC/DC and the swagger of Thin Lizzy with an impressive Clutch-like ferocity" - have released their new album "A Rock Supreme"! Danko's current single "Dance Dance Dance" just climbed to ... Read More

Joe Bonamassa is one of the most celebrated performing musicians of today. As a two-time GRAMMY-nominated artist who recently achieved his 21st #1 album on the Billboard Blues Chart, Redemption, Joe is only in his early 40s and has already become a living legend with an astounding multi-genre catalogue of ... Read More

Having reached No. 1 on the AMRAP Airit regional charts with his debut release, "Emma" in late 2018, Brisbane-based singer/songwriter Harry Phillips is poised to launch a new track, "Unexpected" on Friday, April 26. Produced by ARIA Award-winner Govinda Doyle (Angus & Julia Stone), it is the second single taken ... Read More

Rock ‘n’ roll ain’t no luxury item. It’s essential. It’s the blood in our veins and the fire in our hearts. And nobody does it better thanDANKOJONES. DankoJones is headed back to Australia for the first time since 2013’s Soundwave Festival thanks to Silverback Touring. Danko totally blew the crowds ... Read More

TICKETS ON SALE FROMMonday 15 April From 10.30am AESTALL SHOWS RESERVED SEATINGThe soaring success of the film Bohemian Rhapsody, the highest grossing music biopic of all time, has proven that the love for Queen remains as strong as ever. Lifelong Australian fans and new converts will be thrilled with the news that Queen original band members Brian May and Roger Taylor are teaming up ... Read More

Nuclear Blast launches Australian and New Zealand A&R Division. Nuclear Blast; the powerhouse Record Label with the most prestigious roster of hard rock and metal artists in the world, has announced a new A&R venture into the Australian and New Zealand Market! Home to bands such as Opeth, Machine Head, Slayer, ... Read More

HARDLINE MEDIA proudly presents GRAHAM BONNET with ALCATRAZZ! Playing RAINBOW’s album ‘DOWN TO EARTH’ in full, plus hits from ALCATRAZZ, MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP and more!!! The James Dean of Heavy Metal is set to grace our shores in June 2019, nonetheless withALCATRAZZin tow! Renowned for his suave stage presence heading ... Read More

Mother’s Day High Tea at MEMO Music Hall – Sun 12 May A Tribute to Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong Featuring The Syncopators Iconic Melbourne Band Puts on A High Tea with a Twist of Jazz A treat for all Mothers this Mother’s Day as The Syncopators take you on ... Read More

Ahead of their highly anticipated second albumLangata, electronic dance trioCrooked Colourshave released another cut from the record,Hold On, out now. The simmering track follows previous hit singlesI’ll Be ThereandDo It Like You, and is another piece of the enigmatic puzzle that isLangata. The trio, consisting of membersPhilip Slabber,Leon De BaughnandLiam ... Read More

It has been confirmed today that the multi-award winning, record breaking musicalCHICAGOis coming to Melbourne next summer! Produced in Australia byJohn FrostandSuzanne Jones, this Australian production will premiere at Sydney’s Capitol Theatre in August before the Brisbane season in November at QPAC’s Lyric Theatre and culminating in a season at ... Read More

The Rolling Stonestoday announced the release of a brand-new Best Of compilation album,Honk. Featuring the biggest hits and classic cuts from every Rolling Stones studio album from 1971 to 2016’s Blue & Lonesome, Honk is out on19 April 2019. Pre-orderhere. Released via Polydor on 2xCD, 3xLP vinyl and digital,Honkcollects 36 ... Read More

In 1988, on a break from his band the Rolling Stones,Keith Richards released his first ever solo album, Talk Is Cheap. This universally respected debutisan eleven track masterclass in everything that’s good about rock ‘n roll and features guest appearances from an all-star cast including Sarah Dash, Bootsy Collins, Maceo ... Read More

Rammstein have just released Deutschland, the first single taken from the band’s long awaited seventh album, due out on May 17!Pre-Order the new Album now: https://lnk.to/Rammstein_PreOrder10 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT RAMMSTEIN1. RAMMSTEIN are releasing their first studio-album in 10 years2. The band has sold more than 20 million records in their artist ... Read More

U.S. Rockers POP EVIL are headed to Australia for the first time in support of their latest self-titled album this April presented by Silverback Touring.Simply put,POPEVILis a larger-than-life true rock n’ roll band blending the earnestness of Pearl Jam and Soundgarden with the celebratory showmanship of Motley Crue and KISS, ... Read More

'MINE'FIELDAn exhibition of drawings on paper by illustrator and storyteller John Zurbo. Born in Maramaros Sziget, Transylvania in 1936 to Hungarian parents, Zurbo spent his early childhood in Rakos Csaba, near Budapest. Before the end of WWII the family moved to Wolfratshaousen, south of Munchen in Germany. From there they ... Read More

Tagged by International music mag The Obeliskas being"at the head of the pack of European heavy Rock and Roll", Greece's1000modsbring their psychedelic onslaught to Australia this April, touring nationally on the back of aMojo Burningfestival appearance. Having risen from smokey basements to packed arenas, leaders of the now-legendary Greekheavy rock ... Read More

    The new album from Melbourne band Second Prize takes its name from the world of Pro Wrestling. The Heel Turn is the moment when a good guy (or a “face”) becomes a bad guy (or a “heel”). Many of the songs on the debut album inhabit that space – the grey area ... Read More

Woodstock 50 Music and Arts Fairannounced the official line-up of its three-day 50th anniversary celebration today including our very ownBrian Cadd, one of only two Australian artists on the bill.Taking place on its 50th anniversary weekend,16 to 18 August 2019in Watkins Glen, NY, the most iconic music festival in American ... Read More

Cherry Bar Farewell AC/DC Lane Party -Saturday March 30th!On Saturday the 30th of MarchCherry Bar will trade for the last time in AC/DC Lane Melbourne, before moving to a new and as yet undisclosed location. Trust us, it’s going to be good!To celebrate nearly 20 partying and rockin’ years in ... Read More

T The Mean Times create infectious, high-energy rock and roll with a let-loose-and-party attitude. Their sound is a pastiche of indie cool with sharp, scuzzy riffs and catchy pop choruses, all delivered with tongue-in-cheek lyrics and a hell of a lot of swagger.While the Melbourne-based band has spent the past ... Read More

After what seems like an eternity, US metal iconsDevildriver are finally returning to Australia to appease their rabid legions. It’s been five long years since the band last headlined here and Dez and the boys are primed and ready to make up for lost time! ... Read More

Initially a one-off event at The Palms at Crown in Melbourne on May 24 – demand for tickets has been so strong that the chart-topping songstress is taking the show on tour ... Read More

The Festival presents international musicians from Greece, USA and Japan as well as some of the finest Rebetiko musicians from Australia.Artist List:Rebetien, (Athens, Greece)Atsushi Tookaya, (Osaka, Japan)PolyXeni(San Diego, USA and Melbourne, Australia)Meyhané(Melbourne, Australia)George Doukas and the D Strings(Sydney, Australia)Mandolins of Smyrna, (Melbourne, Australia)The Bouzouki Orchestra, (Melbourne, Australia)Melbourne Rebetiko Ensemble(Melbourne, Australia)Rebetiko ... Read More

‘Cut It Off’ was written and produced by NOT A BOYS NAME, aka Dave Jenkins Jr, with additional recording from Simon Berkelman (Philadelphia Grand Jury) and Chris Collins (Tigertown, Skeggs, Gang Of Youths) on mix duties. A well-known and sort after multi-instrumentalist, Dave recorded all the instruments on his second ... Read More

For an incredible 12th time, Record Store Day will be once again celebrated on the same date around the world. Set for Saturday 13 April more than 180 indie music stores around Australia will throw open their doors to live music, DJs spinning the vinyl, treasure hunts, parties, barbecues, coffee ... Read More

Just a week out from the release of their album, ‘Never Not Never Not Never Not’, LA songwriter and poet, Rosie Tucker has gifted us with one last sneak peek releasing their new single ‘Lauren’– out everywhere now via Dew Process and New Professor Music ... Read More

In honour of the what the 90s delivered to the soundtrack of our lives Empire Touring are proud to announce SPRING LOADED 2019! The inauguralSpring Loaded festival takes place on Saturday 22nd June at Sandstone Point Hotel, Bribie Island, Queensland, undoubtedly one of this country’s truly outstanding locations! ... Read More

Stephen Cummings has all of his ducks in a row! Armed with his first taste of music in a few years courtesy of brand new (and 20th overall) solo album Prisoner Of Love, it’s as if Stephen Cummings has turned full circle ... Read More

Sevendust's return to Australia just got even better with the announcement of national support - the red-hot REDHOOK! On top of that, they are today announcing Meet-and-Greet packages are now available at mjrpresents.com. New Zealand's support act will be announced very soon ... Read More

Sydney's future metallists, SETMEONFIRE have released their brand new album of cyber fuelled progressive tech metal, Lowtech!To mark the event, the band have released another incredible music video ... Read More

With a staggering 50 year career and counting, Russell Morris returns with his brand new album, Black And Blue Heart.Produced by the very highly regarded Nick DiDia (Bruce Springsteen, Pearl Jam, Powderfinger) alongside co-producer Bernard Fanning, Russell continues to find unique ways to challenge himself creatively ... Read More

Joel Birch at Download Festival Melbourne. Photo: Mary Boukouvalas Joel Birch, vocalist of Brisbane's The Amity Affliction, stopped mid way through the second song of their set at the Download Festival in Melbourne yesterday. On stage, Birch stopped singing when he witnessed a fan about twenty rows from the front, ... Read More

Formed in Espoo, Finland in 1993 originally under the moniker Inearthed,CHILDREN OF BODOMhad an extraordinary start to their career. Their ‘90s take off was so impressive that many new metal bands still look up to it today – almost all of their albums earned platinum or gold status in Finland ... Read More

Sydney's instrumental math-rock band SEIMS is set to release their EP '3.1', a follow-up to 2017's math-rock masterpiece '3', on March 29th. In anticipation the band will be dropping their first single, 'Translucence', on Friday March 1st which will give fans their first taste of the luminance-inspired EP. '3.1' will see its release ... Read More

Thanks to Canon Australia, Wendy will be presenting a retrospective styled exhibition of her work as a Music Photographer. EXHIBITION DATES 3rd – 19th April 2019 - SUNSTUDIOS SYDNEY – 42 Maddox St Alexandria 2015 ph: [02] 9641 5568 9th – 24th May 2019 - Sky Light Gallery MELBOURNE – ... Read More

Award-winning singer/songwriter Grace VanderWaal has returned with brand new music for 2019. The multi-talented artist has released her new single 'Stray' via Columbia Records and Sony Music Entertainment Australia ... Read More

HIGHLY ACCLAIMED THIRD ALBUM ACTS OF FEAR AND LOVE OUT NOW Fresh from the release of their third UK top ten album acclaimed third album, Acts of Fear and Love, Kent punks Slaves will bring their explosive live show to Australia for the first time ever, announced today for Download Festival in March 2019.   Since first bursting out ... Read More

Four Tet’s Australian tour kicks off tonight with a sell out performance for his only headline show of the tour. The show at Sydney’s Enmore Theatre is the fastest selling show at the venue for Feel Presents taking just 54 minutes to exhaust it’s allocation. It follows similar sold out success in ... Read More

There aren’t many bigger names in metal than SLAYER and Australia is extremely lucky they get to experience one last time and to farewell this legendary band as they hit Download Festival and sideshows in Brisbane and Adelaide with fellow Big Four brothers ANTHRAX and the Polish Hammer of BEHEMOTH. What can be said about SLAYER that already ... Read More

Trapped outside Tame Impala, Tixel’s founders fought back by creating an ethical ticket resale platform. Today, Tixel launches https://www.ticketsheriff.com/ Ticket Sheriff, as part of a string of measures the innovative company is employing to protect music fans from suffering the same fate as their founders, who mistakenly purchased counterfeit Tame ... Read More

Two-time Grammy-nominated and millions-selling progressive music titans Dream Theater have released of their 14th studio album, Distance Over Time today. Distance Over Time showcases a newfound creativity for Dream Theater while maintaining the elements that have garnered them devoted fans around the globe. The album also marks the first for ... Read More

Having sold out both headline shows in Australia within just hours of going on sale, Kim Petras announces additional Australian shows and increases venues sizes to keep up with ticket demand. Fans in Brisbane will now have the chance to catch Kim Petras at Eatons Hill Hotel, where she will be ... Read More

The Prince Estate and Legacy Recordings, a division of Sony Music Entertainment, are pleased to announce the next round of physical titles set for release as part of the ongoing and definitive Prince catalogue project. Next up will be Prince's Ultimate Rave on Friday, April 26 ... Read More

DEBUT ALBUM ANESTHETIC OUT MARCH 1 Via Caroline Australia Mark Morton, the prolific guitarist of Lamb of God, has released the song "Save Defiance." The track features Slash and Alter Bridge vocalist Myles Kennedy, with Alice in Chains' Mike Inez on bass and Korn's Ray Luzier on drums ... Read More

Mayer's 2019 World Tour launches in March in New Zealand and Australia and then heads to Asia through April. Known for numerous massive hits, such as last year''New Light' Gravity 'Love on the Weekend''Heartbreak Warfare''Daughters''Waiting on the World to Change''Your Body Is a Wonderland' and many more, these 'Evening with ... Read More

CHAIN return to Yarraville Live Saturday, March 9 at The Yarraville ClubThe originators of Oz-Blues, CHAIN will return to The Yarraville Club on Saturday, March 9, having last year celebrated their 50thanniversary.Chain rekindle the spirit of the sixties and seventies plus bring a thoroughly modern approach to the blues with the ... Read More

NextVR, the leader in broadcasting live events in virtual reality and Central Station Records have announced a new partnership. Bringing fans unprecedented music experiences, providing up-close-and-personal access to some of the hottest electronic music artists and internationally acclaimed venues ... Read More

Following her celestial yet commanding debut single 'Nuketown', released to praise from Complex UK, BBC1Xtra, Worldwide FM, Gilles Peterson and more, Tiana Khasi unleashes a rhythmic, robust statement in the form of new single 'They Call Me', and announces her debut EP MEGHALAYA, to be released on March 29 via ... Read More

Ivy League Records are elated to announce that Brisbane artist Hatchie, aka Harriette Pilbeam, will release her highly anticipated debut album, Keepsake (http://smarturl.it/keepsake) , on Friday, 21 June. Keepsake is available to pre-order now on digital, CD and vinyl formats ... Read More

Sibling pop-duo Broods have shared two pulsating and enchanting remixes for their bright and shimmering track “Hospitalized,” from their latest album, Don’t Feed The Pop Monster (Island Records/UMA). The original version of “Hospitalized” was heralded as “infectious, bass-driven pop perfection” by Uproxx and the remixes come courtesy of electropop duo ... Read More

Remote Control Records is proud to welcome Perth artist Carla Geneve to the Dot Dash Recordings roster. Today she releases new single '2001' premiered this week on triple j's Good Nights. See her take the new single on the road this March with headline dates in Fremantle, Melbourne and Sydney ... Read More

Back when Sydney had a thriving music scene, the pubs and bars fostered a heap of talent who often went on to bigger and better things. Lachy Doley moved from Adelaide as a teenager and found himself working with the cream of inner-city Sydney’s soul-funk-blues-whatever scene - which very quickly ... Read More

For one night only RCC Fringe presentsan Australian premiere and exclusive event SPEAK TRUTH TO POWER Pussy Riot, Yothu Yindi, Ecca Vandal & MC Reverend Billy with The Stop Shopping Choir Thursday March 7, RCC Fringe, Adelaide  ... Read More

Academy Award® nominated, Golden Globe, Grammy and Tony Award-winning performer, Hugh Jackman, announced the Australian leg of his The Man. The Music. The Show. WORLD TOUR which commences in August this year ... Read More

In March 2018, while thousands of the world’s musical hopefuls descended on Austin for SXSW, Melbourne-based artist and producer Alice Ivy took leave from Rainey Street (where her showcase later in the week would draw a capacity crowd) in favour of a deserted studio in the Texas foothills ... Read More

Jess Cornelius, the New Zealand-born, Australian-raised, and now Los Angeles-based singer and songwriter, has an intense desire for personal authenticity, which is reflected in her songs as they explore womanhood, relationships, ageing and existence, all delivered through her startling voice. Today, Cornelius is proud to share with us her gorgeously ... Read More

FOXING ANNOUNCE FIRST AUSTRALIAN SHOWS Missouriindie rock bandFoxinghave announced their first Australian tour. Following the news that they will be performing at Farmer & The Owl Festival, eager Australian fans will be able to catch the very first shows atThe Revin Melbourne,Factory Floorin Sydney andCrowbarin Brisbane. Foxing recently released their ... Read More

International Superstar Tim McGraw confirmed to headline with Lee Kernaghan, John Williamson, Beccy Cole Ross Wilson, Travis Collins, Adam Harvey Sunny Cowgirls, Ben Ransom, Aleyce Simmonds and more! ... Read More

Mick Hart - New Single - The Way It Is Australian singer/songwriter Mick Hart has a brand new album on the way and its first offering is calledThe Way It Is - (Out NOW released via MGM Feb 22)A “you done me wrong” break-up song with a catchy blues groove, ... Read More

Introducing Serina Pech, a fresh voice from the Northern Territory, with her new single Take A Look Around; a song about finding your own truth through honestly experiencing life and owning that truth. Growing up in the isolated nature of rural Northern Territory town Katherine, Serina Pech has soaked in the influence of ... Read More

Liberation Records are today honoured to be releasing Julia Jacklin’s devastatingly brilliant sophomore album Crushing into the world. Born from feelings of heartbreak, infatuation and loss, Crushing embodies all meanings of its title delivered in a 10-track masterpiece ... Read More

Brisbane's She Cries Wolf are today rolling out their razor-sharp new single 'Magdalene ' featuring guest vocals from The Amity Affliction vocalist Ahren Stringer! The new single is live and available now at iTunes & Apple Music/Spotify/Google Play and all good online stores and streaming outlets ... Read More

Roady4Roadies are fun, family orientated events happening around the country on Sunday, 10 March (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth) and Sunday, 24 March (Adelaide). Roadies are amongst the most essential figures in the entertainment world. The reality is, no roadies = no show ... Read More

International pop icon P!NK releases her highly anticipated new single "Walk Me Home" today via RCA Records through Sony Music Entertainment Australia. The anthemic new track was written by Nate Reuss, Scott Harris and P!NK and produced by Peter Thomas and Kyle Moorman. Listen to "Walk Me Home" NOW ! ... Read More

Dark Electronic Duo HOT PINK SATAN has released a seductively enticing official music video for their single, "Breathe." Directed/Filmed/Edited by allinaline , "Breathe" is the pair's second single off of their October 2018 released LP, Spells ... Read More

What an explosive start to 2019 it’s been for indigenous hip-hop artist Baker Boy. Fresh from being awarded 2019 Young Australian Of The Year, nominated for the 2019 APRA Song Of The Year award, voted #51 in triple j Hottest 100 for ‘Mr La Di Da Di’ and killer performances ... Read More

Cilla Jane writes and sings about the big stuff – life, death, beauty, sex, loss, hell and violence. With a highly personalised approach to writing, Cilla Jane’s songs come from a bed of distress and there is a genuine sadness surrounding her examination of these key themes ... Read More

Award winning multi-instrumentalist and producer, Harts, presents special live HARTS PLAYS HENDRIX performance celebrating the musical legacy of Jimi Hendrix ... Read More

Kicking off what is set to be a massive 2019, Jon Stevens is back on the road with his aptly named Raining Hits tour, featuring not only all the greatest hits from his extensive back catalogue, but also the iTunes Australian Rock and Indie Rock #1 track Rain Down On Me. The tour, ... Read More

Marking no less than the complete reinvention of a wonderful and much-loved talent this - her 17th studio album - is a collection of brand new recordings. As befits an artist of Bonnie’s undoubted stature, ‘Between The Earth And The Stars’ also features collaborations and contributions from some of her ... Read More

Reggae Royalty, Jamaica's THE ORIGINAL WAILERS return to perform all the BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS Hits as only they can. Whenever they perform live the energy is incredible, people are swaying and singing along surrounded by love and happiness ... Read More

Pet Shop Boys have released their ‘Agenda’ EP, four brand new songs which were streamed one per day from Tuesday to Friday last week. The four-track EP on CD is also now available to pre-order exclusively with this year’s issue of Annually, Pet Shop Boys’ once-a-year hardback publication. Annually is ... Read More

Songwriters from around the world are invited to enter the 2019 Vanda & Young Global Songwriting Competition to go in the running for a career-changing first-place cash prize of A$50,000, courtesy of APRA AMCOS, Alberts and BMG. Gold Coast singer-songwriter Amy Shark won the 2018 first-place prize with her song ... Read More

It has been a monumental year for critically-acclaimed singer-songwriter Kacey Musgraves, who took home four GRAMMY Awards including Album of The Year and Best Country Album for her #1 third studio album Golden Hour [https://UMA.lnk.to/GoldenHour], Best Country Solo Performance for “Butterflies”, and Best Country Song for “Space Cowboy”. Kacey has ... Read More

Sound Sessions is a series of panels, workshops and events - along with an artist in residence and mentorship program - all geared towards women, trans and non-binary artists working in, or wanting to crack into, the music industry. Supported by Creative Victoria the program also features an extensive range ... Read More

Following his sold out 2018 UK tour, Billy Ocean has announced he is coming to Australia in June. This is part of his world tour, where he will perform his greatest hits and favourite tracks. He will be joined on stage by his super band to put on a show that will ... Read More

Original ‘The Screaming Jets’ band members Grant Walmsley, Brad Heaney and Richie Lara will reunite at Live at the Foreshore for the first time in 26 years to commemorate the 30-year anniversary of the founding of The Screaming Jets. To celebrate this milestone, the trio have formed JETSPLAYJETS, with two ... Read More

Legendary Scottish indie rockers Big Country return down under to Celebrate the 35th Anniversary of their classic album Steeltown. As an added Bonus they will play an Encore of Greatest Hits (In A Big Country, Fields of Fire, Chance, Look Away, Wonderland and more) ... Read More

ENSIFERUM Path To Glory 2019 Australian Tour You can’t talk about the true greats of folk-inspired melodic death metal without reverent mention of ENSIFERUM, and with their recent album Two Paths they once more affirm their place in the pantheons of the genre. Further building upon the thrilling metallic hybrid honed across six full-lengths, Two Paths is simultaneously the ... Read More

Ormsby Guitars, a pioneer in multiscale electric guitars, welcomes guitar virtuoso Rusty Cooley to its family of artists. Cooley is always pushing the boundaries of what the guitar can do, and he needs an instrument that can keep up with his creativity and technique. “A good friend of mine turned ... Read More

Dyin’ To Be Dancin’ is a document of I’m Talking as a live entity. “These recordings were never really planned as commercial releases and their existence after so long is partly sheer luck and also a reflection of the excellence of independent broadcasters like Melbourne’s 3RRR in preserving our musical ... Read More

Herbie Hancock is the master of modern jazz – he is innovative, influential, a living legend and will close the 2019 Melbourne International Jazz Festival at Arts Centre Melbourne, Hamer Hall. Melbourne International Jazz Festival Artistic Director, Michael Tortoni, said, “We are excited to make this early announcement and extremely ... Read More