The bizarre inspiration behind Alt-J’s creepy new artwork With Alt-J having just announced the follow-up to their 2014 LP This Is All Yours, it’s pretty hard to miss the weird, desolate album art...
The Jesus & Mary Chain’s frontman slams the current state of rock music The Jesus & Mary Chain are part of a generation of musos flush with guitar talent, but as they gear up to release their first...
Australian music activist Helen Marcou has just been honoured for her work An honour is being bestowed this week upon Helen Marcou, one of the founders of the Save Live Australia’s Music (SLAM) movement that swept across...
James Hetfield calls Metallica’s Napster lawsuit a “moral battle” and “not about money” Metallica have been everywhere of late, slugging through a disastrous performance at the Grammys with Lady Gaga, indulging in some carpool karaoke with James Cordon,...
SXSW holds clues for the next Falls, Splendour and Laneway lineups With the massive music industry conference SXSW about to draw half the music world to Austin, Texas for a week of shows and schmoozing, our...
An LAPD SWAT team stormed Kanye’s house after a prank call An entire SWAT team was dispatched to the home of Kanye West and Kim Kardashian after a prank call to emergency services said that a...
Premiere: Adelaide trio WANDERERS deliver the goods with a soulful live version of ‘Loco’ Adelaide’s WANDERERS have just given us a very nice pick-me-up for a Monday, a romping live recording of their slinky guitar jam ‘Loco’. Having changed...
The original Def FX lineup are reforming for a national tour Australia’s favourite white witch Fiona Horne has announced that the original lineup of Def FX is reforming for an Australian tour Interestingly, the tour will...
The drum fill from ‘In The Air Tonight’ has been turned into an avant-garde masterpiece You know the fill – you wait for it each time ‘In The Air Tonight’ plays at the pub, and you nail the air-drums every...
This baby throwing up metal horns in the womb is the future of rock Utah couple Makelle and Jared Ahlinare are having the most metal baby ever, after a routine ultrasound showed the baby throwing up metal horns. “She kind...
KISS are selling official air guitar strings because they hate you In a perfect display of both their absolute disdain for their fans and an unbridled willingness to slap their brand on anything, KISS have started...
