• Steve Brown of TRIXTER (Video Interview)

    Steve Brown of TRIXTER (Video Interview)

    “Still to this day people ask oh aren’t you bummed out your success didn’t last longer? Kind of, but you know what I’m more thankful that we were part of it and we got what we got…” From Release: TRIXTER captivated fans with their youthful energy, rebellious image, and unstoppable hooks. But it was on stage where the band truly […]

  • Girish and The Chronicles (Video Interview)

    Girish and The Chronicles (Video Interview)

    “This is our first and of course we are going to give our best and do our thing that we do best and hopefully we are going to have a great time together…” From Release: Girish And The Chronicles make their first-ever Australian tour in March 2026, unleashing their high- voltage live show alongside Melbourne hard-rockers Shotgun Mistress. Based in […]

  • Matt Caughthran of The Bronx / Mariachi El Bronx (Video Interview)

    Matt Caughthran of The Bronx / Mariachi El Bronx (Video Interview)

    “People have always asked about you know how the bands influence each other and all that, so it’s always been in the back of our mind that at some point we want to find a way to merge them…” From Release: Born more than two decades ago as the creative and experimental offshoot of LA punk heavyweights The Bronx, Mariachi […]

  • Ryan Phillips of Story of The Year (Video Interview)

    Ryan Phillips of Story of The Year (Video Interview)

    “I feel like this record is almost kind of a continuation of the last one. I mean we walked into the studio this time and it felt like the next day…” From Release: A.R.S.O.N. marks the next evolution of Story Of The Year’s signature sound and raw, personal lyricism – elements that have earned the band a dedicated global following. […]

  • Chris Freeman of GAYC/DC (Video Interview)

    Chris Freeman of GAYC/DC (Video Interview)

    “If you love the music of AC/DC the way we love the music of AC/DC, come and see it, you’re gonna see some amazing players doing the music right. Now you have to have an open mind…” From Release: There are tribute bands, and then there are ideas so strong they reframe the music they’re built on. GAYC/DC fall squarely […]

  • Jono Hawkey of Bloom (Video Interview)

    Jono Hawkey of Bloom (Video Interview)

    “I think we’ve always done a really good job of sticking true to what we want to do and backing ourselves…” From Release: One of the most prolific rising acts on the Australian heavy scene, BLOOM emerged in 2017, introducing the world to their open-veined take on melodic hardcore that would ultimately build into their 2024 debut full-length, Maybe In […]

  • Jeff Martin of The Tea Party (Video Interview)

    Jeff Martin of The Tea Party (Video Interview)

    “It’s not a problem, it’s just a conundrum that when it comes to The Tea Party playing with an orchestra it becomes mathematical because we have to understand the ins and the outs…” From Release: Performing five shows in Australia, The Tea Party explore a new live musical theme around Elements, with Symphony shows in Melbourne and Sydney aligned to […]

  • Jess Margera of CKY (Video Interview)

    Jess Margera of CKY (Video Interview)

    “I want to apologize to all Australians because we have neglected you for far too long…” From Release: CKY are the flag bearers for big, raw, authentic, earth-shaking rock liberated from useless pretence. They burned it all down, with a raucous, anarchic rock sound soaked in the skate-punk culture that birthed them; and a hard-partying lifestyle onstage and off that […]

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    Ben and James Johnston of Biffy Clyro (Video Interview)

    “We can play in a room to five people and it looks like we’re playing in front of 50,000 because we never want to let anybody down… they have to leave thinking they’ve seen the best thing in the world” From Release: Biffy Clyro have announced they’re returning to Australia for the first time in 8 years. Headed to Melbourne, […]

  • Mike Portnoy of Dream Theater (Video Interview)

    Mike Portnoy of Dream Theater (Video Interview)

    “Here we are 40 years later, been around the world dozens and dozens of times and you know it’s just been quite a journey and quite a trip and if anything it’s just more surreal than anything it’s just hard to believe how quickly time has flown…” From Release: With the worldwide excitement around the recently completed European tour, GRAMMY®-winning, […]

  • Brendan B. Brown of Wheatus (Video Interview)

    Brendan B. Brown of Wheatus (Video Interview)

    “I’m still not gotten over the fact that I play music for a living. I’m pretty blown away by the fortune that has brought me and how incredibly special and rare that is/ I have not gotten over it, or bored of it, or used to it yet so I’m very much still in the fan space mentally when it […]

  • Johannes Eckerström of Avatar (Video Interview)

    Johannes Eckerström of Avatar (Video Interview)

    “I have come to understand more and more through the years that yeah it’s nice if I understand what we have done at the end of the writing, but you don’t always have to know exactly where you’re going in the beginning…” From Release: The heavy metal visionaries collectively known as AVATAR have finally unleashed their latest masterwork Don’t Go […]

  • John Vesely of Secondhand Serenade (Video Interview)

    John Vesely of Secondhand Serenade (Video Interview)

    “I wanted to do something different for the 20th anniversary, something I’ve never done, and I had this idea a few years back…” From Release: From the raw, heartfelt strums of a lone acoustic guitar in a Californian bedroom to global stages filled with thousands singing his lyrics, John Vesely, better known as Secondhand Serenade, has carved a legacy that […]