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Review: Grinspoon @ The Princess Theatre Brisbane 19.10.24

In the sweltering confines of Brisbane’s iconic Princess Theatre, Grinspoon demonstrated to a sold-out crowd just why they’ve remained Australian rock royals for three-plus decades. Now midway through their most ambitious venture to date – a staggering 43-show national tour – the band delivered a career-defining performance, proving this is no nostalgia act.

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PETE MURRAY SHARES TOUR DATES ALONG WITH NEW SINGLE AND VIDEO

Loading up the good vibes, today beloved Australian singer-songwriter Pete Murray returns with his new single and music video, Wouldn’t It Be Good. Soaked in grooves, sunny melodics and Murray’s powerfully soothing vocals, Wouldn’t It Be Good is a charismatic addition to 2024, as well as a perfect accompaniment to the summer months ahead; a fitting fact with Murray also set to embark on an extensive tour kicking off late December and closing out in January 2025.

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Ash: 30 years on – Interview with Tim Wheeler

Irish indie rock trio Ash are set to embark on their Australian Singles Tour, a testament to their enduring presence in the music scene, if not their continued relevance. Frontman Tim Wheeler spoke with Rolling Stone about the band’s 30-year journey, their recent album “Race the Night”, and the realities of being a ’90s band in 2024.

“It’s 30 years since our first single came out,” Wheeler muses…

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Regurgitator are fired up for Hotter Than Hell

Aussie alt-rock legends Regurgitator are set to headline the scorching lineup for Hotter Than Hell 2024. Fresh off a tour supporting their acclaimed album Invader, the band is showing no signs of slowing down. Bassist Ben Ely, in a recent interview, revealed their excitement for the festival and their plans to keep the creative momentum going.

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Interview: Andy Scott – SWEET farewell tour

As he prepares to take the stage for what may be his final Australian tour, Andy Scott embodies the spirit of rock and roll resilience. This tour is not just a farewell, but a celebration of a remarkable career, a testament to the enduring power of music to connect and inspire. It’s a chance for fans to say goodbye to a beloved icon, and for Scott to leave his mark on Australia one last time.

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Hotter Than Hell Returns in October to Turn Up The Heat

An undisputed and unstoppable force on the Aussie alternative landscape, Hotter Than Hell’s 2024 headliners Regurgitator need very little introduction. Forming in Brisbane in the early 90s, the group have gone on to take home multiple ARIA Awards, tour the globe across Australia, New Zealand, Japan, the UK, Europe, North America, Asia and the Middle East, playing with Weezer, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Prodigy and Silverchair, and obliterate festival stages, from the iconic days of Big Day Out through to their recent appearance as part of 2022’s Good Things Festival.

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Voodoo Glow Skulls Bring Skacore Fury Down Under with Hey Smith

“We’re going to Australia with some cool bands. It’s like, life’s good, man.” That’s straight from the mouth of Eddie Casillas, guitarist and founding member of legendary California ska-punk band Voodoo Glow Skulls. They’re hitting Australian shores this November, supporting Japanese ska greats Hey Smith on their debut Australian tour alongside local heroes The Resignators.

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Grinspoon announce new album and huge national tour

Grinspoon are back! Unknown Pretenders marks the first new music from the band in 12 years. The track’s unbridled power is quintessentially Grinspoon – heavy riffs, pounding drums, and charismatic vocals from one of Australia’s most highly-regarded front men, Phil Jamieson.

This single ushers in a new era for Grinspoon: their 8th studio album titled whatever, whatever will arrive on August 9. It’s an album of ferocity; an injection of adrenaline that marks a period of rejuvenation and a new peak for the band, who’ve spent recent years touring nationwide celebrating their untouchable seven album-strong discography and legacy to date.

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Another new track fromFrank Turner’s tenth album

“‘Letters’ is a song that I’ve been working on for a long time; in some ways I’ve been writing it since a genuine pen-friendship of mine dried up when I was a kid, when the mix-tapes stopped coming through the post.

It’s a song about communication and its breakdown, about nostalgia for teenage romance, and about how reassessing those things as an adult can be the start of a healing process.”

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JEBEDIAH SHARE NEW SINGLE + VIDEO MOTIVATION NEW ALBUM OIKS DUE OUT APRIL 12

On their impending sixth studio album, OIKS, Jebediah catapult their iconic past and present into a dazzling new era. Remaining consistently active since the release of 2011’s Kosciuszko, Jebediah surge into 2024 with their new album, showcasing their enduring creativity without ever losing sight of their influential indie and alternative rock roots that ultimately shaped the band over the years and led to the eventual creation of OIKS.

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MEAN JEANS’ NEW ALBUM OUT TODAY

Today, Feb 9, Portland Party-Punks Mean Jeans release their new studio album, Blasted, via Fat Wreck Chords. Mean Jeans are joining the travelling circus known as The Bargain Bin Tour with The Chats, The Prize, The Unknowns & The Bondall Boys also kicking off today adding various headline shows along the way

15 rapid-fire earworms, covered in all the slime you can handle. Blasted is a frantic joyride that draws equally on tight catchy songwriting and absurd lyrical Easter eggs.

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NOFX Final Tour – Brisbane Review

The two-night engagement, the final shows to ever be played on Meanjin soil, promised three albums each night; Wolves’ In Wolves Clothing, Punk In Drublic, and The War On Errorism on night one, before following up with White Trash, Two Heebs and a Bean, So Long And Thanks For All The Shoes, along with The Decline completing the lineup and proving the perfect track to end their stay; “We’ve only got one song left, then we have to go“ Mike joked before the band launched into their 18 minute masterpiece. In true NOFX style, this was not the usual start-to-finish play-through, but both nights comprised of a 40 song setlist that did indeed include most of the songs from the albums, along with a handful of songs from their other records, and a sneaky cover of Rancid’s Radio thrown into the mix.

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Grinspoon @ Fortitude Music Hall 16.12.23

Fortitude Music Hall in Brisbane played host this past Saturday night to the evergreen antics of Australia’s favourite musical export, Grinspoon. Along for the ride is Melbourne’s Private Function, and 16 year old Triple J Unearthed High finalist, Ixarus.

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Review: L7 @ The Tivoli 09.12.23

Tonight, Brisbane’s Tivoli Theatre is playing host to the 31st anniversary of the band’s seminal piece of artistry, Bricks Are Heavy, and the crowd was a healthy mix of alternative genres, paying testament to the influence they have had over the years.

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Good Things are upon us

It’s officially Good Things Festival week, with the main event nearly upon us, and today we interrupt your regular viewing to announce that alongside Brisbane, Melbourne has now also officially sold out. For all the Melbourne and Brisbane folks who have missed out, there is still a huge range of artist headline sideshows taking place post-festival.

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Eric Melvin and The Hepatitus Bathtub

“It’s always fun being the token punk band at a metal festival” says Eric Melvin of Nofx ahead of their latest Australian adventure; the inaugural Australian leg of the infamous Download festival. “It’s funny” he continues, “Growing up playing punk rock we were always on the outside, and now here we are, still on the outside, but we love it; Download is so much fun, we played in the UK and then in Madrid, so when they asked us to play Australia we were like, “oh, hell yeah!””

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Frank Turner and the Sleeping Souls Touring in November

It’ll be a never ending run of magic this November when iconic UK folk-punk troubadour FRANK TURNER and his band THE SLEEPING SOULS return to New Zealand and Australia for The Never Ending Tour Of Everywhere, alongside special guests MOM JEANS and EMILY BARKER. This marks FRANK TURNER’s biggest Australian headline tour.

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Nofx Final Tour – Tickets on sale now

Influential punk band NOFX is known as one of the world’s most controversial and significant punk bands of their time. They are no strangers to pushing boundaries at their live shows, and their final tour will be no different.

January 2024 will see the iconic punk band hitting the east coast of Australia for the final time. NOFX will perform forty songs a night, including 3 albums and rarities, plus they will never repeat a setlist to ensure that each show is unique.

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Interview: Adalita on Magic Dirt and Spring Loaded

During the mid to late 90, Magic Dirt owned the Australian alternative rock scene. On Saturday, June 3 at the 2023 edition of Spring Loaded Festival, Magic Dirt will take the stage along with their musical contemporaries to show the crowd the reason why the 90s is still considered the greatest decade for Australian music.

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Spring Loaded Festival Returns

After rocking its way right around the country last year, the Aussie rock revolution that is Spring Loaded is back for 2023, with its first event (of many) set to shake up Bribie Island’s Sandstone Point Hotel (Queensland) on June 3. Boasting yet another reliably colossal lineup drenched in 90s Aussie alt rock nostalgia, 2023’s incarnation will host a haul of the decade’s most celebrated acts, including Spiderbait, Eskimo Joe, Ratcat, Shihad, Frenzal Rhomb, Magic Dirt, Bodyjar and Screamfeeder.

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Everclear 30th Anniversary Tour Starts Feb 2

After spending 2022 marking a milestone year touring through North America, the alt-rock legends bring the party our way.

Celebrating 30 years, American alt-rock faves Everclear are returning to Australia for an extensive run of shows in 2023.

Across 17 – yes, 17 – shows in February, Everclear will be diving into what is a beloved catalogue, as well as highlighting their newer music, namely latest single ‘Year of the Tiger’.

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The Dead South Australian Tour 2023

UPDATE: NEW BRISBANE SHOW ADDED DUE TO POPULAR DEMAND

THE DEAD SOUTH will bring their unique bluegrass sound to Australia and New Zealand for the first time with their One For The Road Tour in January 2023.

The band will perform headline shows in Sydney, Newcastle, Brisbane and Melbourne before headlining across the ditch to Auckland.

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Millencolin @ The Tivoli Brisbane – Review

Australia’s favourite Swedish musical imports, Millencolin, graced the stage of Brisbane’s Tivoli Theatre for a headline show Monday, ending their Australian tour as part of Good Things Festival 2022. First up on the bill were...

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Postponed – Paradise Kitty

We are sorry to advise that the Paradise Kitty shows scheduled for 22-30 April will be postponed to a date in the second half of 2022. This is a regretful, yet unavoidable, decision.

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Uncaged Festival 2022 Is Upon Us

With a post covid world almost upon us and having survived the most recent variants and lockdowns, Australia’s new rock fest, UNCAGED, is finally ready to be unleashed on the east coast of Australia in April/May in some of Australia’s most iconic live venues.

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Aquabats; More punk than you

In 1994, an angst ridden punk scene inspired a bunch of presumably drunken musicians to form a band dedicated to the satirisation of the punk rock movement. This moment in time would later be known as the dawning of The Aquabats.

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Ruby Fields East Coast 2022 Tour

Earning a J Award nod for Australian Album of the Year and debuting at #1 on the Australian charts, Ruby Fields’ Been Doin’ It For A Bit is a special record. And it deserves a special tour.

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Wildflower festival launching 2022

Celebrating women in music and the return of the live scene, Empire Touring and TEG LIVE are elated to announce Wildflower for 2022, a music festival that will bring together some of Australia’s most prized female singer songwriters at some of the country’s most exquisite locations.

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Jaz Coleman of Killing Joke

Remember that time with Dave Grohl and a dog collar?

For 35 years, Killing Joke have been alienating the airwaves and pushing musical boundaries with their distinct original sound. 2013 marks the final leg of The Singles World Tour hitting Australian shores, before finishing up in New Zealand.

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Placebo share new single

New Album due  out in March Placebo share brand-new single, Try Better Next Time. It follows recent new tracks Beautiful James and Surrounded By Spies, the latter of which heralded news of the band’s long-awaited 8th studio...

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Spray Allen release new single: Stay Clean

Spray Allen release new single: Stay Clean Supergroup, Spray Allen; Eric Wilson (Sublime), Wade Youman (Unwritten Law), Daniel Lonner (Late Night Episode), and Eric Sherman (Late Night Episode), are thrilled to release their...

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