rock/metal
Live Gallery & Review: Kim Gordon at the Art Gallery NSW 18.07.2024
The Tank’s industrial skeleton provided a hauntingly perfect backdrop for Gordon’s powerful, atmospheric performance.
Track: Joanne Shaw Taylor – Wishing Well
Following the critically acclaimed release of her latest album ‘Heavy Soul’, blues-rock guitarist and singer-songwriter Joanne Shaw Taylor has delighted fans with a special new single, ‘Wishing Well’, a powerful cover of Free’s hit song. “I’ve been a massive Free fan since I was a teenager,” Joanne shares. “It’s a very hard band to cover because it doesn’t really need covering; it …
Live Review: Pearl Jam – Co-Op Arena, Manchester 25.06.2024
This was my first outing at the monstrous Co-Op Arena. After I had navigated my way to the car park and then the perimeter of the Manchester City Etihad Stadium, I found myself traversing the outskirts of the Arena and then hitting the mesmerising innards of the new complex, and it was truly magnificent. The …
News: The Vinyl Tour Continues-Cog Announce New Regional Dates
Cog Expands ‘The Vinyl’ Tour with Fresh October and November Dates
Track: Helldown – March Of The Damned
Welsh metallers Helldown are one of the fiercest bands to come out of Wales over the past decade. This year, the unstoppable quartet have stepped up another gear and so far have released two thunderous singles, ‘Beneath The Veil’, with its accompanying video , and more recently, ‘War Is All’. They now share new single …
Live Gallery: Sydney Sizzles – Tenacious D Serve Up Spicy Meatballs and Rock Antics at the ICC Sydney Theatre, 13.07.2024
Heavy Riffs and Hilarity: Tenacious D at Their Finest in Sydney
Live Review: Evil Blizzard / Angerland – The Georgian Theatre, Stockton 06.07.2024
A night of unusual and slightly frightening post-punk tonight with the visually striking Evil Blizzard headlining Stockton’s Old Theatre. They brought along London’s Angerland along to tenderise the audience beforehand. Tenderise they did with brutal bursts of political-tinged punk. The four-piece delivered driving heavy rock riffs mined from the depths of post-punk and powered along …
Live Review: The Hives / Viagra Boys – (Sthlm Fields Festival) Gärdet, Stockholm 06.07.2024
By Anastasia Baranovskaia Throughout Stockholm, flyers have been spotted promoting a showdown between the bands Viagra Boys and The Hives. This PR campaign, fueled by a playful rivalry between the two bands, culminating in the grand finale of the Sthlm Fields Festival, where they finally faced off, with Viagra Boys performing before The Hives. Viagra …
Track: Swallow The Sun – Innocence Was Long Forgotten
Finnish Death Doom Masters Swallow The Sun have shared their new single, ‘Innocence Was Long Forgotten’. Produced and mixed by Dan Lancaster (Bring Me the Horizon, Muse, Enter Shikari, etc.), Tony Lindgren mastered it (Fascination Street Studios), and Juho Räihä recorded it at SoundSpiral Audio. The band comments on the new single: “All the new Swallow …
Track: Doomsday Outlaw – Blues For A Phantom Limb
Doomsday Outlaw have shared their brand new single ‘Blues for a Phantom Limb’ via Republic of Music. The band states: “Blues For A Phantom Limb is a beast of a song. Massive riff. Huge chorus. More romantic misadventures. And a gigantic live favourite – now with a killer video to go with it. Another cautionary …