Of Mice & Men have announced their sixth album Earth & Sky out September 27 via Rise Records/ BMG Australia. The band recently played storming sets at the major European festivals, including Reading & Leeds to packed out tents before treating fans to a very special intimate sold-out show in London to which Kerrang! magazine said: “the metalcore heroes blew the doors off the Underworld”. “Taste …
GLOVERS LANE TAKE OUT PASSPORT TO AIRLIE – NEWCASTLE 2019
Passport To Airlie – Newcastle 2019 is done and dusted. Man what an amazing ride it’s been with 11 amazing Bands and artists performing over 6 weeks for one spot to represent our region at the nationals at Airlie Beach Festival Of Music this November. Last Sunday, the big Stag and Hunter crowd were treated to four cracking sets of live music …
GRAMMY AWARD-WINNER PATTY GRIFFIN ANNOUNCES LONG AWAITED AUSTRALIAN RETURN, MARCH 2020
Iconic singer-songwriter Patty Griffin has announced her highly anticipated return to Australia. For the first time in over a decade, she will bring her spellbinding live show to Meeniyan’s Town Hall on Sunday 1 March, Melbourne Recital Centre on Tuesday 3 March, Bendigo’s Capital Theatre on Thursday 5 March, Sydney’s City Recital Hall on Tuesday 10 March, Brisbane’s The Tivoli …
MÖTLEY CRÜE 30TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION FEATURING NEW CD AND VINYL PACKAGING COMING NOV 22
The world’s most notorious rock band, Mötley Crüe, is celebrating the 30th anniversary of their landmark album Dr. Feelgood. With charting hit singles including “Dr. Feelgood,” “Kickstart My Heart,” “Without You,” “Don’t Go Away Mad (Just Go Away)” and “Same Ol’ Situation (S.O.S.),” Dr. Feelgood has been the band’s biggest album to date. The record has sold more than six million copies …
TIM AYRE RETURNS WITH DREAMY POP JAM “NOT LIKE IT SHOULD BE”
Melbourne based man of many hats, Tim Ayre is back with a treat for your ears in the form of a summery new single “Not Like It Should Be”. The singer/songwriter/producer/multi-instrumentalist is gearing up to release his debut EP, due out later this year via tastemaker label Kitsunè Musique and this single is the next taste of what to expect. …
PAUL MCDERMOTT AND GATESY GO SOLO AT LIZOTTE’S
Songs of beauty, songs of heartbreak, freshly-minted comedy concoctions, old squabbles and spontaneous nonsense. Two of Australia’s most adored singer-songwriters lock harmonies and minds in one unmissable show. Best known as the middle-men of two of Australia’s greatest musical-comedy trios, Paul McDermott (Doug Anthony All-stars ) and Steven Gates (Tripod) lock harmonies and minds in one unmissable show. an …
GALLERY: APACHEE REIGN PROMOTIONS CELEBRATES 25 YEARS
This week 25 years ago Marcus (Dice) Wright created Apachee Reign Promotions here in Newcastle, thus laying the foundations of what is known today as Big Apachee. A relative who’s who of Newcastle’s music industry was on hand last Wednesday night to celebrate the milestone at Big Apachee’s headquarters, The Wickham Park Hotel with live performances from Wesleys Edge, Holly …
GALLERY: PASSPORT TO AIRLIE NEWCASTLE 2019 SEMI-FINAL TWO @ THE STAG & HUNTER HOTEL
Our gallery from the Passport To Airlie Newcastle Semi-Finals (2) last Sunday at The Stag & Hunter Hotel, another killer afternoon of live music with Glovers Lane and L.S.Three – LSD securing the final two spots for next weeks Newcastle Grand Final. Unfortunately, Elisa Kate had to pull out of last weeks Semi due to illness, we are all wishing …
ST KILDA ROCK’N’ROLL VETERANS THE DEAD AMIGOS RELEASE PROTEST BALLAD ‘HOLD OUT’
Forming in early 2016 from the most unlikely late-night encounter, The Dead Amigos have been unrelenting in spreading their unique sound across Australia. A blend of bluesy stoner rock, psychedelia and funk, the St Kilda four-piece is back with their first single since their debut – Hold Out. Produced by rock legend Tyson Fish (The Living End, Dropkick Murphys, Bad//Dreems), ‘Hold Out’ encapsulates the struggles …
BETH HART RELEASES “BAD WOMAN BLUES” THE LEAD SINGLE FROM HER UPCOMING STUDIO ALBUM
Beth Hart, blessed with one of the most unforgettable blues-rock voices in the world, lays it all out with her new single, the attitude-infused rock track ‘Bad Woman Blues’. The song is about a woman who insists on the right to be who she is while making absolutely no apologies for it. I’m not your mama I’m not your wife …