NEWCASTLE – FRIDAY, MAY 5 SYDNEY – THURSDAY, MAY 11 Tatts: Live in Brunswick is a 14-track album recorded in the early ‘80s at Melbourne’s Bombay Bicycle Club in Brunswick and mastered for loyal fans in 2017.  This album captures the sweaty, alcohol soaked, intense assault on the senses and the rock scene back in the fabulous ‘80s. Tracks like …

Scottish band Texas are back with a new album, Jump on Board, to be released later this month and I caught up with lead singer Sharleen Spiteri to talk about the new record and upcoming tour. “After Texas 25 which was the album that came out two years ago (to mark the band’s 25th anniversary), we did an extensive tour …

Singer/songwriter Jon Stevens has enjoyed a remarkable career, as both a solo artist and fronting some pretty incredible rock bands.  As frontman for the very popular Noiseworks in the eighties and nineties, Stevens was brought well and truly into the public’s attention and his star has continued to rise ever since, stepping in as lead vocalist with INXS after the …

“It’s not anchored to any particular place or time,” is Todd Hunter’s explanation for why Dragon’s song ‘April Sun in Cuba’ is still popular 40 years after being released.  I recently had the pleasure of chatting with Dragon’s bass player, Todd Hunter about celebrating ‘April Sun in Cuba’ and the Australian songs that TV show Countdown helped make successful. ‘April …

As one of Australia’s foremost singer/songwriters, Mark Seymour has had a long career in the music industry, performing both as lead singer for Hunters and Collectors and more recently as a solo artist and with his current band, The Undertow. Over three decades, he has amassed a very impressive catalogue of material, writing some of this country’s most loved and …

After signing to Spinefarm Records last year, Royal Thunder have teamed up with KERRANG! to premiere their video for “April Showers” from their new album WICK, due out via Spinefarm / Caroline Australia on April 7. It’s a delightfully creepy visual that matches the music’s gloomy milieu. “We are very proud and excited to premier the new music video for “April …

When you think of the classic bands of the 60s, particularly those who were part of the so-called ‘British Invasion’ back then, there are names that immediately spring to mind, like The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who, The Yardbirds and The Animals whose distinct sound was influenced by rhythm and blues and the band will be bringing that sound …

We chat to Nikki Nicholls about ‘You’ve Got A Friend – The Songs and Story of Carole King’ There are few, if any, artists in the history of music that can compare to the great Carole King. She is, without a doubt, one of the most prolific songwriters of our time and, as the name suggests, she is considered music …

You would have to be living under a rock not to know at least something of the work of Jon English. Jon was a prolific performer whose contribution to Australia’s entertainment industry covered just about every genre imaginable. He worked in theatre, television, musicals, wrote, recorded and performed an extensive catalogue of music, much of which has become an unforgettable …

Choirboys have certainly earned their reputation as one of Australia’s great pub rock bands with songs that have become rock anthems and they have a pretty impressive back catalogue of their own but they also have the utmost admiration for another great Australian rock band, arguably the most successful rock band this country has ever produced. Of course, I’m referring …