The Hotseat

Singer / Songwriter Crystal Ignite whom you might recognise from fronting her former band Bellusira, is currently touring around the East Coast ahead of the launch of her debut single 'Everything You Break'...

The Menzingers will release their fifth album 'After The Party' on February 3rd via Epitaph and jump straight into their first Australian headline tour the week after 'After The Party' will follow up 2014's...

Touring Australia with Anti-Flag, we caught up with Scott Reynolds to have a crack at our Hotseat questions this week. Scott sang for the highly influential pop-punkers ALL between 1989 and 1993. He has...

US punk rock activists, Anti-Flag, are returning to Australia this week to commence their 'For Blood & Empire' tour marking the ten year anniversary of the classic album. Australian fans will be the first...

With their debut album 'Unite As One' now available, next step for Melbourne hardcore band The Patient is to throw a party to launch it, and they do just that this Saturday night at Last Chance Rock & Roll Bar...

Citizen return to Australia in just over a weeks time in support of their critically acclaimed release, 'Everybody is Going to Heaven'. You can purchase the album on CD / Vinyl . Joining them in Brisbane...

Hailing from Brooklyn, NY, The So So Glos have just released their third LP 'Kamikaze'. Recorded by John Reis (Drive Like Jehu, Hot Snakes) and mixed by Mike Mogis (Bright Eyes, Rilo Kiley, Cursive),...

Local progressive metal outfit Dirty Wolves have spent the past month on tour promoting the release of their new album, 'Creation & Chaos'. A long time in the making, the 12 track LP is out now through...

Purveyors of dirty martinis and ritualistic rock’n’roll Pagan will this week hit the road warming the stage for Totally Unicorn on their album launch tour. Pagan themselves are armed with a new single...

Sydney three-piece punk band Colytons recently released a new EP 'Apples & You'. A limited number of CD copies are available at shows and it will be available on 7" vinyl in the coming months. Recorded at...

Last week saw Red Sea release their debut EP 'Battlescar' on GuitarBaby / MGM. Now they are taking it on tour as they support Dirty Wolves on their album launch tour. The tour begins on Saturday night at...

Of Mice & Men will release their forthcoming album 'Cold World' tomorrow via Rise Records. They will be returning to Australian soil for their first national club tour since 2013 when they join A Day To...

Sydney rock band Magnus released their debut album earlier this year, and now they have backed it up with a new single, 'Ghost Town'. The bands latest offering is a darker sounding rock tune reminiscent of...

Toxicon has commenced their first East Coast tour knocking over shows in Adelaide and Ballart late last month. This week they take the tour to Warrnambool where they'll play at The Loft on Friday night. On...

Billy Talent released their new studio album 'Afraid Of Heights' at the end of last month, and now this week they return to Australia to show it off live. You can catch them at Max Watt's in Brisbane this...

After recent shows in Brisbane, Newcastle and Wollongong Melbourne band Incentives will wrap their quick EP launch tour this weekend playing Wrangler Studios in Footscray on Saturday and Bluebee Room in...

We're just a week out now from the new Descendents album 'Hypercaffium Spazzinate' being released. This is the band’s first new album since 2004 and it will be out next Friday July 29th via...

Melbourne punk outfit Foxtrot will kick off the tour to launch their recently released second full-length, 'Habitats' this week. The album is available right now from Jackknife Music on Vinyl and as a...

Back in April, Black Stone Cherry released their new album, 'Kentucky', and now comes the tour to show it off this week. They will be supporting Steel Panther as they make their way around the country for...

New Zealand band, Starving Millions are about to return to Australia for a quick run of shows this month. This will see the band out on the road in support of their fourth album since forming in 2013....