Reviewed by Meghan Player
Photographer : Meghan Player
It’s been just over three years since Baltimore (by way of North Carolina) four-piece, Future Islands have played to an Australian crowd.
Now nearing their 1200th show, an Australian headlining tour was long overdue.
Continue reading Live Review + Photo Gallery : Future Islands at Enmore Theatre, Sydney – 5 December 2017
Swedish metal juggernaut ARCH ENEMY are poised to attack. Having set social media and earbuds alight with their incendiary brand-new album ‘Will To Power’, the band are thrilled to announce a run of headline dates throughout Australia. Timed perfectly to allow an appearance at the inaugural Download Festival Australia, ARCH ENEMY are a band ever growing in stature with a devouring compulsion to make the ultimate statement of heavy metal supremacy.
Continue reading Tour News : ARCH ENEMY 2018 Australian Tour
Nightmare Music announce an Australian headline tour by US Blues legend Robert Cray. The Robert Cray Band will headline shows in Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide in addition to headlining the Blues On Broadbeach Festival on the Gold Coast in May 2018.
Continue reading Tour News : THE ROBERT CRAY BAND Australian Tour 2018
Photographer: Wendy Robinson
Photographer: Wendy Robinson
Continue reading Photo Gallery : Culture Club at ICC, Sydney – 1 December 2017 (with Tom Bailey, Eurogliders, Hoseah Partsch)
Review by Peter Coates
There seem to be more and more bands out there defying genres and refusing to be pigeon-holed as any one class of rock…..classic, indie, progressive or hardcore….there is a bit of something for all in the latest release from Finnish trio Von Hertzen Brothers, with their 6th album War Is Over released on the Mascot Label Group at the start of November.
Continue reading Album Review : Von Hertzen Brothers – War Is Over
Melbourne Saturday March 24, 2018
Flemington Racecourse
Optus Perks Presale: 9am (AEDT), Monday 13 November – 9am (AEDT), Tuesday 14 November
GP On Sale: 9am (AEDT), Thursday 16 November
www.downloadfestival.com.au Download is an 18+ fully licensed event
Visit secretsounds.com/tours/angus-and-julia-stone-tour-2018/ for details
Currently playing to full houses in the US, following a sold out European and UK tour, Angus & Julia Stone announce the extension of their 2018 Australian metro dates to a huge nationwide run through regional centres in April and May. Joining them on the road as special guest is powerhouse Melbourne singer-songwriter Angie McMahon, with her bold vocals and beautiful guitar tones.
Continue reading Angus & Julia Stone Announce 2018 Australian Tour – Extra Shows Added Nationally
Review by Natasha Wyborn
What a perfect night for Melbourne’s share of the “Live” reunion.
Live supported by Lifehouse and The Calling – 17th November 2017 – Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne Victoria.
Melbourne turned on the weather for show two of Live’s Australian Reunion Tour on Friday night. under a perfect sunset, the band who most music lovers believed would never play together again, did just that and entertained a 7,000 crowd with passion and perfection. Melbourne was the second of only three shows in Australia for this tour.
Continue reading Live Review : Live – The Reunion World Tour at Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne – 17 November 2017
Review by Natasha Wyborn
Photographer : David Jackson
Neither an electric storm or pouring rain could stop the final show of the 24 Karat Gold tour held at Rochford Wines in the Yarra Valley, Victoria. The latest instalment of A Day on the Green pitted two Rock & Roll Hall of Famers on the one bill. Pretenders’ Chrissie Hynde from Akron, Ohio was brought up on the punk side of town mentored by Malcolm McLaren. On the other side is Stevie Nicks from Phoenix, Arizona a member of one of the most influential bands in music history. Given these ladies musical roots, both should have been on a collision course to destroy each other, that said, they are the best of friends. It’s a “storytellers” tour Nicks told the audience early in her set.
Continue reading Live Review : Stevie Nicks ’24 Karat Gold Tour’ with Pretenders (Chrissie Hynde) at Rochford Wines Yarra Valley Victoria – 18 November 2017
Prophets of the rampant 90’s Modern Rock movement SALIVA will be bringing their show to Australian stages for the first time ever. Fans can expect a crushing cross-section of the bands entire catalogue guaranteed to get your blood pumping!
Continue reading SALIVA Announce First Ever Australian Tour!
Stargazing Post-Progressive Rockers Anathema return to Australia this December to celebrate the release of their highly anticipated 11th album The Optimist. Following their celebrated stripped down shows of 2015, Anathema are bringing their full electric show to blast the cobwebs out of the rigging.
Continue reading Anathema – ”The Optimist” – Australian 2017 Tour
Gilby Clarke needs no introduction to rock fans. He played in both Guns N’ Roses and the MC5. Who else can claim membership in two of the most life-altering rock ’n’ roll outfits to ever exist on the planet? Clarke hit the stage with his GN’R running buds at the 2012 Rock ’n’ Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony – he appeared on the band’s The Spaghetti Incident, Live Era ’88-’91 and Greatest Hits albums, and spent years on the massive Use Your Illusion world tour in the ’90s.
Continue reading Gilby Clarke – Australian 2017 Tour – Supports Announced
Brisbane trio Sweater Curse this week announced the release date of second single Don’t Call Me along with an East-Coast tour.
Continue reading Sweater Curse announce Australian East Coast Tour (2017)
LIONIZE recently released their top charting album, Nuclear Soul (2017).
Filled with funk n roll, Nuclear Soul follows the band’s widely praised 2014 album Jetpack Soundtrack and continues their ever-maturing sound. It’s emotionally-driven and steeped in introspection, with subjects ranging from the end of times to heart break within the industry. Recorded in Maryland, USA, production has been handled by Clutch’s Jean Paul Gaster with J. Robbins and Lionize.
Continue reading LIONIZE – Nuclear Soul Album + 2017 World Tour Dates
