Brisbane’s inovo have released something that has been in production/the creation phase for over a year. A mammoth undertaking of indie film-making, not even to mention the carefully-crafted, brooding and atmospheric prog/rock music that accompanies it.
Continue reading inovo – The Day is Coming [OFFICIAL VIDEO]
Celebrating its 10th Anniversary, Progfest is the ultimate annual gathering for progressive music fans, and prog as a genre is one of the nation’s fastest growing.
Continue reading Progfest 2019 – Massive 2nd Line Up Announcement feat over 40 bands! + Sideshows
Following a limited run of regional shows in January, Frontier Touring is thrilled to announce the return of Canadian rock icon Bryan Adams to Australia next March for his Shine A Light Tour!
Continue reading Bryan Adams Is Returning To Australia In March 2019!
Harts is the nom de plume of Indian-born, Australian-based musician, singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and music producer Darren Hart, whose singular blend of funk, jazz, blues, psychedelic rock, and indie electronic has drawn comparisons to Prince, Jimi Hendrix, and Lenny Kravitz, among others. Queens Kings And All Big Things, the latest album from Harts is due to be released on the 9th of November.
Continue reading New Music : Harts ‘Queens, Kings & All Big Things’ Album + Tour
Under the Southern Stars – the Summer Festival is thrilled to announce Brisbane’s very own, Sheppard to the line-up for both Queensland shows.
The festival proudly continues to deliver music lovers the ultimate outdoor live music experience. This year’s 2019 concert event will be headlined by Australia’s legendary ARIA Hall Of Fame inductees, Hoodoo Gurus along with Australian rock royalty You Am I.
Also on this killer bill is Eskimo Joe, The Superjesus, British India, The Getaway Plan and Scott Darlow.
Continue reading Festival News : Under the Southern Stars 2019 – Lineup
80s pop/rock sensation Uncanny X-Men original lineup reunite, on their ‘Cos Life Still Hurts’ tour.
They can’t wait to get back on the road and perform for their loyal fans and play their chart-topping album ‘Cos Life Hurts’ Cover to Cover! The idea was spawned from a handful of performances earlier this year, when they realised the magic was still there and, it was like they had never stopped performing together.
Continue reading They’re Back – Uncanny X-Men Reunite ‘Cos Life Still Hurts’ – National Tour!
Frontier Touring is thrilled to announce that iconic Australian pop princess Kylie Minogue will bring her Golden Tour to Australia, performing a string of headline shows at arenas and outdoor venues across the country next March.
Continue reading KYLIE MINOGUE To Bring Her Acclaimed GOLDEN TOUR To Australia In March 2019!
Karnivool are happy to announce an intimate run of shows in the lead up to Unify Gathering, to help dust off the guitars, make sure all the pedals are working, and to kick out the jams as only Karnivool can!
Continue reading Karnivool Announce The Road To Unify Tour 201
Words and Photos by Ben Hosking – www.hoskingindustries.com.au
First a word of advice: It can really pay to check the opening times for a gig on more than one website! Thanks to an erroneous door time listing on one ticket website, this humbled reviewer ended up missing the brutal Thy Art is Murder.
Thankfully I didn’t miss the mighty Killswitch Engage, who tonight were playing the role of main support. For some, that might seem like an odd place for a renowned international act. However, when you look out across the sold out room at NEX in Newcastle (the old Worker’s Club), it seems like a pretty shrewd move and one that will no doubt win the Massachusetts band plenty of new fans off the back of a typically super strong performance.
Continue reading Live Review : Parkway Drive and Killswitch Engage at NEX, Newcastle – 27 October 2018
Photos: Ben Hosking – www.hoskingindustries.com.au
Parkway Drive at NEX, Newcastle – 27 October 2018
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Continue reading Photo Gallery : Parkway Drive and Killswitch Engage at NEX, Newcastle – 27 October 2018
One of the greatest live bands this country has ever produced has today announced details for their very first live album release. As a special treat for their legion of fans (both local and overseas) The Living End will release a limited edition double LP on November 30. The LP set will feature the band’s recently released (ARIA # 3) album Wunderbar on purple vinyl plus the all-new Live In Europe 2018 LP on black & red vinyl.
Continue reading The Living End Announce First Ever Live Album On Limited Edition Vinyl
The wine has come for Grapevine to uncork its bottler 2018 wine-up! Spilling across Victoria, and for the very first time NSW, Grapevine presents The Wombats, Client Liaison, The Jungle Giants, Tkay Maidza, MK, Miami Horror, Lovebirds, Dom Dolla, Young Franco, Joy and Arroyo! How grape is that? Not too Chablis!
Continue reading Grapevine 2018 Line-up!
Like a cold ice-cream on a perfect summer day, Falls Festival are sprinkling a little sugar on their already sweet 2018 / 2019 line-up, scattering 100’s and 1000’s on every stop and popping a Flake into the party with new national and international drawcards galore.
Continue reading Falls Festival 2018/2019 New Acts Added to the Line-Up!
If there’s a description that, personally and professionally, fits Richard Z. Kruspe like a Savile Row suit, ‘fired up’ would be it… and today, he is bringing news of the new Emigrate album to the world with single and video ‘1 2 3 4’ featuring Benjamin Kowalewicz! The new album ‘A Million Dregrees’ will see its release on Friday November 30th 2018, released in Australia through Caroline Australia and the rest of the world through Universal Germany!
Continue reading Emigrate – new album ‘A Million Dregrees’ + ‘1 2 3 4’ (Official Video)
After dazzling us with her brilliant debut single ‘Heartstream’ back in June, Stockholm native Dominique Tey returns with her gloriously anthemic new release ‘Let It Out’, set to feature on her forthcoming debut EP.
Continue reading Dominique Tey – new single ‘Let It Out’ (Stream)
