Laneway Festival is thrilled to announce Kirin J Callinan (guitarist, linguist, activist, gymnast, moodist and Instagram nudist) as the National Festival Emcee in 2016. The news was formally shared by last year’s honourable emcee Agnes DeMarco earlier today, check it out below. Taking a steely grip of the baton from the honourable Agnes DeMarco, Kirin will welcome to the summer […]
Only weeks since sharing the first taste of his upcoming LP Skin, ‘Never Be Like You feat. Kai’, Flume is back with the AA-side. ‘Smoke & Retribution’, premiered overnight by Zane Lowe on Beats 1, is unlike anything we’ve heard from the young producer (full name Harley Streten) before. Featuring guest vocals from LA-based rapperVince Staples (whose […]
Nashville’s Secret Stuff are premiering their debut 5-song EP, This Is Fine, on New Noise. The EP will be released digitally and on 12″ vinyl and cassette, tomorrow(Friday, January 29) on Spartan Records. Engineered and produced by Jon Hicks (Relient K, Haste the Day, Dance Gavin Dance) in his aptly-titled studio, Jon’s House, This […]
Bridgeview, Illinois and Toyota Park will host the 3-day debut of the Chicago Open Air music festival, which will feature performances by more than 60 rock music artists, an outdoor Gourmet Man Food and craft beer village and other entertainment from July 15 through July 17, 2016. Chicago Open Air is produced by Danny Wimmer […]
London, Ontario’s First Ghost have announced plans to self-release their debut full-length ‘Secret Talk’ on April 1. The first single, “The Less You Know” Frontman Anton DeLost says, “The song reflects on the inner conflicts we face when choosing to keep secrets from loved ones.” The 4-piece first appeared on the radar of music […]
With a swag of awards and sold out stadium tours across the globe left in their wake, we are thrilled to announce that US metal monoliths TRIVIUM will be shredding across Australia this April. Widely tipped for greatness (some prophecies come true!) after their successful sophomore release, ‘Ascendancy’ in 2005 . Five studio albums […]
With the much anticipated 2016 Australian tour by hip hop legends Wu-Tang Clan less than a month away, the mystical outfit have announced that local star on the rise IVAN OOZE will feature as special guest support at each show of the tour. Borrowing his alias from his favourite Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, IVAN […]
THESE NEW SOUTH WHALES are heading on the road for the first shows since the release of the 6-part mockumentary series about the band which premiered on triple j‘s ‘Breakfast with Matt and Alex‘ earlier in November. If you missed the series, you can relive all the magic here. These four cocky underdogs from Newcastle are riding […]
Hold up those mobile phones! Melbourne rockers Arcane Saints have released a new video for their ballad Cellophane Eyes. The black and white video is a reflection of the song itself: passionate, raw and intense. According to singer/songwriter Michael John, the song is about “How temporary everything is, you can have it all one day […]
Australia’s number one (and only) beard-related rock band The Beards have added even more dates to their upcoming 2016 Farewell Tour. After the surprise announcement of their intention to retire from touring left many pro-beard Australian fans in shock, the band have since experienced an outpouring of support from around the country and are now […]