It's been five years since debut album Beaches, which was shortlisted for the Australian Music Prize and made it into 2010 book 100 Best Australian...
Principal Entertainment presents the return of Texas psychobilly legends The Reverend Horton Heat, live in Australia in 2013.The Reverend returns with his...
UNFD are proud to announce the release of Northlane’s highly anticipated second album, "Singularity". Singularity was released on Friday 22 March via...
Hailing from the homeland of the American Civil War, and the heartland of bands like GWAR, Richmond, Virginia’s punk metal crossover party dudes Municipal...
La Dispute is five close friends from the Upper Midwest with a mutual passion for using music as a means to express, challenge, inform, and connect, but...
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You thought FR only had one tour left in 'em? Now they have tumour! At least that was the gag we had ready to go before doctors discovered it wasn't a...
Having sold out their Weekender show at Corner Hotel in just 5 days, announced a month long run in the UK and Europe, and got themselves another slot on...
Brisbane’s Blues Rock exponents Transvaal Diamond Syndicate are one of the hardest working acts in the country. After punching out a 63-date national tour...
Paul Major is standing at the front of the small stage at New York’s Mercury Lounge as a 15 minute jam winds down. His guitar hangs free from his neck,...
Melbourne’s THE SMITH STREET BAND won a lot of hearts this year with much-loved sophomore album ‘Sunshine & Technology’ and some seriously extensive...
Heavy music’s most established and innovative band, Converge will return to Australia in February 2013. Considered one of the most intense, important, and...
In the mountains of Northern Tasmania lurks one of the world's most truly idiotic clown troupes, Circus Horrificus. Samora Squid and Bridget Bridge are...
Stay Awhile is the debut EP by Melbourne duo ALTA. The record offers listeners something that is both soothingly familiar and tantalisingly intriguing....
If you believe ancient history, the god-fearing and everything Hollywood tells you then December 2012 is the earthʼs grand finale and with the recent...
For the first time ever in Australia, both Paul Dianno and Blaze Bayley, both former Iron Maiden vocalists, will share the stage, performing nothing but...
Pre Summer Beach Party featuring Martin Cilia and The Sin Tonics @ The Brisbane HotelGet your tickets here: http://bit.ly/V3DFSD Martin Cilia is...
Alright you lot, this is the news you’ve all been drooling for. BASTARDFEST is back to brand your souls! 2011 gave every bastard in this country a chance...
In stores October 12th through Mere Noise Records, indie-folk come country-soul duo Texas Tea are proud to announce the release of their third long player...
In an era beset by an abcess of competition, an influenza of celebrity, a continental flux of technology... and the gasping breath of Regurgitator's...
"I grew up in an atmosphere where anything was possible. I always felt I was living completely at the centre of things, that the world was mine." – Barry...
What a great festival WGT (Wave Gotik Treffen, Leipzig) is!! We heard there was around 20,000 people who came from all parts of the globe to take over the...
As House Vs Hurricane gear up for the release of their long awaited sophomore album Crooked Teeth and its subsequent capital cities run, the band today...
We’re delighted to reveal that burgeoning buzz band The Smith Street Band will release their second album Sunshine And Technology on August 24, 2012. To...
KISSTERIA are Australia’s number one tribute to the undisputed kings of glam rock “KISS” Direct from Sydney, Kissteria have been astounding audiences with...
As anticipation for Buried In Verona’s third album Notorious builds, further ammunition has been added to the band’s cannon in order to secure an...
No strangers to the highways of Australia, Sydney’s hard hitting The Bride will launch themselves across Australia once again this June/July to officially...
The mighty LACERTA are back!! and even though it's winter this is one Thursday night gig you should not miss, this time the masters are showing the new...
One of the most unlikely rocknroll bands to reach hero status in Australia and elsewhere is The Hard-ons. Originating from the underprivileged suburb of...
Brisbane's Transvaal Diamond Syndicate is a band that doesn't do anything by halves. Their tours massive, their songs catchy and powerful and their...
All under the watchful eye and cunning wisdom of The Comedy Forge's MC and Hobart comedy legend, Mick Davies. With his time keeping forge owl, Sir Baron...
Kicking off the night will be Grindcore champs NOWYOURFUCKED who have been smashing it out since 08' and never fail to deliver a head pounding live set....
Tim Ripper Owens, best known for his work with Iced Earth, Judas Priest, Yngwie Malmsteen and a host of others, will embark on a solo tour of Australia...
Four top bands will rock out from 9.00pm sharp, eight bucks cover for you to get amongst it. The Muddy Turds are returning from a 4 month break with a...
Legendary New York City guitarist pop singer/songwriter Paul Collins will return to Australia for a one-off series of gigs in Sydney, Melbourne and Hobart...
The 5.6.7.8's, Japan's premier garage-rock group, stars of Quentin Tarantino's 2004 blockbuster Kill Bill Vol. 1, and special guests of the Hoodoo Gurus...
The Herd get set for an action-packed 2012 with the announcement of a cross-country stampede and the release of video for third single, A Thousand Lives.A...
10 band heavy metal mini-festival Headlined by Australian Power Metal legends Black Majesty (Melbourne). The bands include:--Stage 1--Black Majesty...
This is the band’s biggest tour yet and if Aleks and The Ramps aren't coming to a town near you, you're going to need to move house. Please see your local...
To celebrate the release of their third album, TWELVE HUNDRED TIMES, Melbourne five-piece, LAURA continue their national tour in 2012 and return to...
The Go Set launch their brand new album "Little Ideologies" at the Brisbane Hotel as part of a national tour. With special guests The Handsome Young...
MEN is a Brooklyn-based band and art/performance collective led by LE TIGRE’s JD Samson, cult icon and leader in the LGBT community; and are currently in...
The Comedy Forge is back in 2012 with more new material than you can poke a poker at. Returning 23rd of February.
Australian rock band The Lazys are hitting the road once again in support of their brand new EP, 'Temptation Never Liked You', with dates commencing mid...
HEATHEN SKULLS are proud to present two undisputed legends of their genre, Scott Kelly of the genre defying progressive doom metal band Neurosis, and John...
Fresh from their Karnivool East Coast Tour in June and Floating Me supports in Melbourne and Geelong in October, Over-reactor have built on an...
“They deliver a bluesy sprawl full of meaty punk riffs and Stooges-schooled abandon that still outpaces less-inspired slop-rock bands.” Rolling StoneIn...
Immortally rising from the spirituality of immortal lands, Romanian folk/black metal band Negură Bunget began their journey through the universe of Black...
FRENZAL RHOMB have finally finished their new album SMOKO AT THE PET FOOD FACTORY in Fort Collins Colorado, with Descendents' Bill Stevenson standing...
Those of us here at BASTARDFEST HQ are fizzing to announce the first group of acts to be performing at this year’s glorious events. Leading the pack at...
The Crooked Fiddle Band are taking over The Brisbane Hotel on Friday October 14 to launch their latest album, 'Overgrown Tales'. Don't miss this fantastic...
Ben Salter’s debut album The Cat is out on August 5th, and it’s already receiving critical acclaim, with early reviews declaring it one of the most...
There is an old Gaelic proverb, "No wonder that the cask smells of the herring that it holds," and no truer statement could be made about the music of...
Flopping around in the splendour of the astroturfing, the effervescent mannequins of iconic interpay bum rush the 'flo to the stunts and blunts of a...
NO USE FOR A NAME are touring Australia & NZ this July/August, bringing their storied reputation of debaucherous awesomeness that spans 9 albums, 5...
Pull on the beanie, dust off the flanno and get cracking on that winter beard!Poison City Records, in conjunction with Bombshellzine and Resist have...
Critically acclaimed musical collective The Gin Club will embark on a series of shows throughout June because, well, they're musicians and that's what...
Secret internal cables released early Monday morning by controversial whistle-blower website Wikileaks, have provoked an unprecedented 694-day debate in...
YELLOWFEVER, the captivating minimalist art-pop duo are poised and ready to pounce as they prepare for their inaugural visit to Australia throughout...
Frenzal Rhomb will perform shows in swooping bird hotspots over the coming weeks to warn people of the danger of bird attack, and to sell their range of...
James Parry 'Almost at the Ivory' Album Launch Friday 15th April @ The Brisbane Hotel Doors open 8:30pm, $10 entry. with guests The Baxter Stockman Billy...
Three Blind Dates A show of character, comedy and the search for true love. Created/performed by: Bridget Nicklason-King, Emily Newton & Meredith Cole. In...
Gareth Liddiard's solo album Strange Tourist was released last October. The album and the shows that followed left audiences enthralled. Songs like...
Ahoy Clubbers get ready to rumble as Los Angeles’ godlike Captain Ahab return to Australian to launch the red edition of End of Irony. Seamen of the...
“The minimalist trio don't so much defy convention as simply deny it, sidestepping genre and tradition to smash together their own sound. Identifiable...
Melbourne's Confession has announced a run of shows for this October / November.Having recently completed a national run with The Amity Affliction, in...
Plus One Records in association with Street Press Australia are proud to present Brisbane’s astounding musical collective The Gin Club across Australia...
Since the bands formation in 2003, The Go Set has been a unique musical experience. Four studio albums, relentless tours, raw & chaotic live shows united...
Built on a foundation of swirling psychedelic guitars and vocal harmonies, The Demon Parade are releasing their debut EP God Said It’s Legal. The EP...
It's a veritable Melbourne Rolling Thunder Revue, as Jane Dust (urban country-rock queen) launches her self-titled album and The Stu Thomas Paradox...
17 years after the death of lead singer GG Allin, his original band, The Murder Junkies bring their brand of dirty gutter punk to Australia for the first...
As quoted on their Myspace, Zeni Geva is a Japanese prog-hardcore band, led by singer and guitarist KK Null, one pioneering group of innovators and...
The culmination of eight years of hard work, heartache and good times, Endless Roads is the sound of a passionate, road-hardened band at the height of...
DEAD LETTER CIRCUS (DLC) are unlike any rock band to emerge from Australia.. IN a whirlwind two years, DLC have ascended to the forefront of alternative...
Hobart + Music = Yeah! started in January 2009 as a one-day festival designed to showcase underground local bands. The first event was held at the Fern...
Chapter Music is truly thrilled to be releasing the second album by Melbourne duo Fabulous Diamonds, entitled Fabulous Diamonds II by Fabulous Diamonds,...
With his third album Songs From The 86 Tram fresh on the shelves, The Bedroom Philosopher is teaming up with his partners in crime The Awkwardstra for a...
Spawned in the armpits of Melbourne, Eye of the Enemy ripped their way into the metal scene in 2006 with the debut release of their Demo. Show after show...
With rave reviews from their recent performances at the Groovin The Moo festivals, alongside Vampire Weekend, Silverchair, Empire of the Sun and Tegan &...
After an incredible run of East Coast shows and an amazing Cherry Rock 010 performance, Matt Sonic returns with his band the High Times to punch a hole in...
Following a stand-out performance at Byron Bay’s Blues Festival and a brief run of packed out shows with mates The Hoodoo Gurus, exciting new surf rock...
Umlaut, the brainchild of Bär McKinnon (ex-Mr. Bungle, Secret Chiefs 3), have joined forces with the irrepressible, parlour magician/social commentator...
American punk revolutionaries STRUNG OUT and THE LOVED ONES are touring Australia and playing Sydney's Come Together Festival in June. NOTE: THE LOVED...
Heathen Skulls, The Thousands, Bats Magazine and Vice are proud to present the release of The Shape of Sound, the new album by Brooklyn, New York...
Five Star Prison's Cell's highly anticipated third album "MATRIARCH" is due for Release on May 18th through RIOT and distributed through Warner Music...
Joey Cape and Tony Sly are two names synonymous with modern punk rock, frontmen for leading Californian pop punk bands Lagwagon and No Use For A Name...