As if they haven’t already explored this vast nation already throughout the summer (not that we’re complaining), The Scare are yearning for more Australian vibrations, announcing their next set of shows in the coming months. …

Sometimes lady luck flashes that beautific smile your way and in the case of The Cribs’ Johnny Marr, she shoots every pearly white she’s armed with.
The former Smiths guitarist fell victim to some punk thievery …

VAMPIRE WEEKEND second shows announced
The ever popular Ney York Indie pop band VAMPIRE WEEKEND have sold out their Sydney and Melbourne sideshows for Groovin the Moo within minutes.
So due to obvious massive demand, second shows …

PAUL DEMPSEY – EP and Tour
As a special little side dish to be served with your tantalising and hearty main course, PAUL DEMPSEY will be releasing his EP ‘Bats’, which features tracks from his critically …

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Collectors Editions of Classic Albums
TENDER PREY, THE GOOD SON AND HENRY’S DREAM
5.1 RE-MASTERS – APRIL 2ND 2010
This would have to be something that many Nick Cave fans have been …

Taking pure, unadulterated rock songs and churning them out into sweeping, grandiose symphonic ballads is never going to be a walk in the park but Birds of Tokyo managed to do so with seismic class …

Closure In Moscow boosted off Soundwave tour
Assorted punters and punkers looking forward to catching the only Australian band on the Soundwave 2010 line up uttered a stream of obscenities when they discovered they had been …

The Brian Jonestown Massacre.
After copious amounts of obsessive listening, the Brian Jonestown Massacre may reinforce your already unstable delusions of 60’s psychedelic grandeur and feed your unholy affirmations to the Velvet Underground and British Invasion …

The Killers WILL DEFINITELY be playing the Gold Coast and Melbourne leg of the Good Vibrations festival, despite unsubstantiated reports flooding the world wide web.
 
Rumours are flying thick and fast that the Las Vegas foursome …

The Killers’ leading man Brandon Flowers’ mother has passed away, according to reports flowing in from across the globe.
 
Jean Flowers lost her two-year battle with brain cancer on February 11, reports the Las Vegas Journal …

I have always stood behind Modular, boasting and bragging about how they bring us some of the best music in the world – and time and time again they give me more reasons to say …

Forget everything you think you know about New Young Pony Club, this is the NEW New Young Pony Club – The Optimist, coming our way March 19.
After riding a huge wave of success amongst the …

Muse have thanked heavy-weight producer Rick Rubin for teaching them “how not to produce” in their acceptance speech at this years Music Producers Guild Awards in the UK.
 
The Teignmouth trio scooped up the award for …

The man that brought us the classic stalwart “My Sharona” has passed away at the age of 57.
 
The Knack’s frontman Doug Fieger lost his battle with lung cancer in California on February 14 after succumbing …

Enigmatic performer Peter Gabriel has announced that he will not attend the induction of his former Genesis bandmates into the hallowed Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
 
Gabriel’s descision to decline his invitation to the illustrious …

RZA
12-02-2010
The Prince Band Room, Melbourne
There’s often an inherent predictability, synonymous with hip-hop shows of this nature. Bad sound, intolerable crowd, crushed hopes, 5th generation white guys who think they’re black etc etc. I think it …

Due to massive popular demand, THE DEAD WEATHER have just announced they will be playing an additional show in Canberra on the upcoming Australian tour.
The band will be performing at the Australian National University’s …

The office of Jam and their publicist must be in overload today with not one, but two artists canceling the Good Vibrations Festival with under 48 hours to go.
The good news for Gold Coast and …

Gold Coast band OPERATOR PLEASE have spent the past twelve months writing, recording and producing. As of April 23 we will get to hear the fruits of their labours; their sophomore album Gloves.
The album was …

A ball park release date has been issued for the arrival of the new Strokes album, with drummer and former Drew Barrymore flame (dammit, get out of my head trashy gossip mags) Fab Morretti hopeful …

Earlier today we announced that Friendly Fires will be canceling their entire Good Vibrations 2010 tour, leaving many fans extremely disappointed. We can now confirm that Friendly Fires will be doing a ‘Friendly Fires DJ …

There has been another Good Vibrations casualty today with The Killers canceling their Sydney and Perth Good Vibrations sets and their sideshow at The Enmore in Sydney. This is now the second cancellation with the …

With just under 48 hours until Good Vibrations 2010 was due to kick off, UK band FRIENDLY FIRES broke the news to their Australian fans that they will no longer be attending the festivals tour!
FF …

I will admit that I have not heard a lot of Angus & Julia Stone so when I received their latest album, Down The Way, I was quite looking forward to putting on the headphones …

London based Aussie band, THE TEMPER TRAP have just finished a huge year full of topping charts and stand-out performances, but with a look at what’s ahead… it’s like comparing an Oompa Loompa with one …

Melbourne-based rockers STEALING O’NEAL have been announced as the support band for THE USED’s March 2010 Australian tour.
Since it’s announcement in 2009, the return of the American punk rock champions THE USED has been met …

Hip young quartet Last Dinsoaurs are celebrating their fantastic run in 2009 by throwing a very special hometown launch party for the release of their debut EP.
 
The Brisbanites came to the attention of some high-profile …

Our pals at Frontier Touring have passed on some exciting news – In addition to their scheduled performances at the Groovin The Moo festivals, US indie rockers VAMPIRE WEEKEND will be headlining a number of …

OK GO.
I am starting this review of backwards, simply because I cannot get Florence Wench’s amazing performance out of my head. Please bare with me - my tongue has too much to say about this …

Esteemed Melbournian singer and songwriter Leena will showcase her sweet, melodic talents with a tour this February and a new EP on the way.
 
The young chantuese came to the attention of Australia’s finest after the …

Waves of exciting, fresh faces are surfacing in the UK’s new hey-day of ballsy, English rock. Trawling the masses of these new additions and their catchy numbers online led me in the fortunate direction of …

Turning up at Festival Hall Thursday night, you might have been forgiven for thinking you may have turned up to the wrong gig – the most eclectic crowd I have ever seen at any gig …

Legends of the UK trip-hop scene, Massive Attack will take on Australian audiences in March, surprising eager punters with a little extra something for their trouble.
 
Born out of Bristol’s DJ collective, The Wild Bunch, in …

Melbourne hardcore trio Calling All Cars have certainly been living life in the fast lane of late. The boys are following up a hectic year in 2009 by kicking off 2010 with a national tour …