It’s been a good ten years since alternative legends Motion City Soundtrack last dropped a full-length record, making The Same Old Wasted Wonderful World feel like both a long-awaited reunion and a bold new chapter. Taking a break in 2016, the group returned for a string of live shows in 2019, not knowing where this…
Approaching one year on from the release of their tenth studio album The Night the Zombies Came, Alt Rock legends The Pixies are headed back to Australia this November for a run of special double-night performances across the country. Celebrating the anniversaries of Bossanova (1990) and Trompe le Monde (1991), the band will play both…
The Home Team are quickly becoming one of the most exciting bands in alternative music, blending their slick pop hooks with heavy riffs and a larger than life stage presence. Their second album, The Crucible Of Life, dropped last year and was followed up with a deluxe edition earlier in 2025, including their latest single…
Ahead of the release of their tenth studio album, Futique, Ben and James Johnston took time out to have a chat with me about embracing the moment, Biffy’s longevity, and their plans to return to Australia soon. Congratulations on the album. It’s a double chef’s kiss. Both: Thank you so much! Number ten! James: Number ten!…
Longtime friends Ian Fraser and Luke Gruntz have been making music together since 2016, and in that time Cleopatrick has gone from small-town beginnings to massive worldwide stages. Earlier this year, the duo released their second studio album Fake Moon, which marked a bold step into new territory that leans more pop compared to their…
Radio Free Alice are one of the most exciting bands to emerge from Australia in recent times. They’ve had a heady rise since forming in Sydney in 2020. Today they have released their third EP, Empty Words, and are currently on a massive three-month tour, hitting the UK, France, Ireland, the USA, Canada and back…
Australian metal band Parkway Drive have had a huge couple of months- from playing a one-night-only show at Sydney Opera House to announcing their very own Park Waves Festival to now appearing on Chris Hemsworth’s Disney Plus show Limitless: Live Better Now. I sat down with drummer Ben Gordon to chat about teaching Hemsworth how…
Yesterday, Naarm’s Joan & the Giants released their latest EP, the emotive and healing The Five Stages of Grief. The genesis of the EP was the ending of the relationship between frontwoman Gracie Newton-Wordsworth and former guitarist Aaron Birch. It’s an incredibly vulnerable and honest record, featuring contributions from both parties. It was a nine-year relationship, so its…
Since forming in Chicago in 1999, rock powerhouse Rise Against have carved out a fierce and loyal global following with their anthemic choruses and unapologetic activism. Now, two decades and nine records deep, Rise Against are gearing up to release their tenth studio album, Ricochet, out August 15. Taking their sound to a whole new…
The Used are headed back to Australia this August, and they’re not coming quietly. Rather than playing a standard setlist, the pop rock icons are going all in- three nights in each city, playing three of their most beloved records in full. That’s right, fans will get the chance to experience one of three iconic…
Fit For A King are perhaps one of the most relentless forces within the modern metal core scene- unafraid to evolve while staying true to their foundations. With their 2018 record Dark Skies, the Texas five-piece struck a rare balance between brutal heaviness and heartfelt honesty which catapulted them to a new tier of success….
For Sydney-based Dinley Jones, 2025 has been a whirlwind already. After making it to the top 21 in the most recent season of Australian Idol, the singer, dancer and all-round creative force has been riding a wave of momentum with a growing fanbase and a fresh single. Before Idol came calling, Jones was doing what…
After wrapping up a whirlwind run of European shows, Northlane frontman Marcus Bridge is catching his breath – but only just. With only a brief moment to settle back into home life, the iconic Aussie metalcore group are gearing up to hit the road again for a massive regional Australian tour, their first in three…
With over two decades of music under their belt, a catalogue stacked with pop-punk anthems and a fiercely loyal global fanbase, Simple Plan have more than earned their place in the scene’s history books. Now, the Canadian quartet are reflecting on their journey with their recent documentary Simple Plan: The Kids In The Crowd –…
Grammy nominated composer Cheryl B. Engelhardt and Australian producer-artist GEM have collaborated on an ambient new-age album that takes inspiration from cosmic events such as solar eclipses and super-moons. They discuss working with 3x Grammy winner Producer Lonnie Park, the Dallas String Quartet, pop singer Robin Tucker and GRAMMY-winning vocalist and sound healer Johnaye Kendrick….
Get ready for a night to remember as Australian industry legend Craig McLachlan brings his unique & exciting Live & Intimate stage show to theatre’s and venues across Australia: Six String Stories. Having entertained audiences the world over for almost 40 years, McLachlan is one of Australia’s most beloved, versatile, and resilient performers. From the…
After taking a well-earned breather following their wildly successful 2021 record Amazing Things, UK alt-rock favourites Don Broco are stepping into a new era- and true to their word, they’re kicking things off Down Under. With their latest record almost complete, a killer set at this year’s Download Festival in the UK and a long-overdue…
Formed in 1991, Everclear are currently engaged in the 30th anniversary tour of the band’s sophomore album, Sparkle & Fade. We caught up with founder and lead singer/songwriter Art Alexakis and guitarist Freddy Herrera backstage before their recent performance at Welcome to Rockville in Florida. What began as a regular interview evolved into a conversation…
Zara Larsson, “One of pop’s biggest and outspoken young stars” (The Guardian), provokes and pushes pop culture forward, with enlightened and energised anthems that soar and seduce all at once. With every move, she continues to quietly make history and break records: her platinum-certified 2017 full-length, So Good, notably stands out as one of the most-streamed debuts on Spotify by…
As he gears up for a long-awaited return to Australian stages this November, David Gray has plenty to be excited about. His latest record, Dear Life, marks the 13th studio album from the iconic UK singer-songwriter, whose 1998 classic White Ladder, became 25 times platinum Ahead of his Australian tour, Gray caught up with The…
Over two decades ago, The Beautiful Girls were the soundtrack to salt-sprayed road trips, lazy Sunday afternoons and sun-soaked summers along the Aussie coast. This year marks the twentieth anniversary of their second studio album We’re Already Gone, and The Beautiful Girls have hit the road to celebrate. I had the pleasure of catching up…
Australia was introduced to Kisschasy in 2005, after the release of their debut record United Paper People, and the Aussie music scene was never quite the same again. The release of their sophomore album Hymns for the Nonbeliever had fans in a chokehold, and with two certified gold records under the belt, Kisschasy were on…
Over two decades ago, the world was introduced to Yellowcard as they exploded onto the scene with Ocean Avenue, a record that quickly became an anthem for a generation of emo kids with hearts on their sleeves and headphones glued to their ears. Since then, they’ve released eight studio albums, gone through a breakup and…
Dublin’s indie rock band Inhaler released their third album Open Wide back in February of this year and are about to return to Australia after a sold-out tour last year on a five-date tour beginning next week. Inhaler are bringing some special guests along on this tour, both DICE and BIIG TIME will be supporting at…
Incredibly, it’s been 40 years since GWAR first exploded out of Antarctica to wreck stages and lives across their adopted home planet of Earth. In the intervening decades, the self-styled Scumdogs of the Universe have firmly established themselves as the best (and if we’re honest, only) outrageous, blood-spurting, gore-metal, stage rock collective on the planet….
Tim Finn has been an adopted Aussie icon since bursting on the scene with Split Enz back in the 1970s. These days he lives a quiet life in Auckland with his wife. He’ll be heading over to our shores in June to play at Adelaide’s Beer and BBQ Festival as well as some other Australian…
It’s been 15 years since Early in the Morning slipped quietly into the world – a raw, soul-spun debut that would go on to soundtrack thousands of lives, break open hearts, and launch James Vincent McMorrow into a space he wasn’t entirely sure he wanted to occupy: the spotlight. Now, after years of moving forward,…
Melbourne jazz-funk quintet Surprise Chef have just released Superb, their fourth album. Ahead of an expansive tour taking in Australia, North America and Europe, we chatted with Lachlan Stuckey, who plays a gritty mean guitar, about what drives him and the band to create the music that they do. Surprise Chef have been together since…
Ahead of the release of her new EP CA$HED UP tomorrow – featuring the single of the same name – we caught up with NYC-based, Australian electronic DJ and producer BRUX. We spoke about the influence that New York City played on the record, working with UK Label LUCKYME and artist Surya Sen, and we…
The year is 1999. “…Baby One More Time” is dominating the radio, Star Wars: Episode I is confusing a new generation of fans, and somewhere in Canada, Simple Plan is born. Fast forward almost 26 years, with six studio albums and a bunch of platinum singles – Simple Plan is still going strong. Recently, they’ve…
