Sydney hardcore punks SPEED have announced the release of their highly anticipated debut album, ONLY ONE MODE. Accompanying today’s announcement is the new single REAL LIFE LOVE, an unrelentingly heavy banger that continues the impressive streak SPEED have been on. ONLY ONE MODE will be released on Friday, 12 July, via Last Ride Records in Australia and Flatspot Records in the US. You can pre-order/pre-save your copy here. Vocalist Jem Siow said about REAL LIFE LOVE, “My time in hardcore has informed the relationships I have with everyone I hold close. An unconditional sense of love and loyalt ..read more

You don’t hear many rock and roll concept albums anymore. If you try to think of a recent concept album by a popular band, you’re likely coming up blank or only thinking of Tranquillity Base Hotel & Casino by Arctic Monkeys, basically anything by King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard, Blurryface by twenty one pilots, or the not-so-recent Arcade Fire LP The Suburbs. Before the 2010s, you might have thought of Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side Of The Moon, The Smashing Pumpkins’ Mellon Collie & The Infinite Sadness, Prince & The Revolution’s Purple Rain, or even My Chemical Romance’s The Black ..read more

The UK government has rejected findings from the Misogyny In Music report published in January, to the disappointment of music industry figures in the UK, NME reports. Earlier this year, the Women And Equalities Committee (WEC) warned the UK government that “urgent action” was needed to tackle the “boys club” and “gendered power imbalances” in an industry “dominated by self-employment.” Elsewhere in the report, it was found that non-male professionals in the music industry faced harrowing rates of sexual harassment and abuse. In a 2019 survey conducted by the Musicians’ Union, 48 per ..read more

It’s hard to believe that you’re probably reading this story on your phone or some sort of mobile device. Back when I started writing for this publication, I would type my column on a dodgy old typewriter, jump in my Gemini, drive to the office late on a Sunday night, slide the column under the door and somehow, it would miraculously appear in the paper that hit the streets three days later. For me, Wednesday mornings in Melbourne used to mean one thing – “Exile On Bob Street”. There was quite a team back in those “old days” of Inpress – founding editors Andrew Watt and Rowena Webber, assistan ..read more

English electronic band Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark (OMD) are teasing their first Australian tour in almost 40 years, with a tour announcement set to arrive soon. According to setlist.fm, OMD last toured Australia in January 1987. OMD first hinted at the upcoming news on Monday (22 April), writing on social media, “Australia, we’re finally coming back for the first time in nearly 4 decades! Sign up [below] to be notified of full tour dates and access an early bird pre-sale. Announcement coming very soon.” They added in another post yesterday, “We will finally be coming back to Australia ..read more

Australian rock music icons Midnight Oil have received the feature film documentary treatment for the first time, with The Hardest Line set to have its world premiere at this year’s Sydney Film Festival. Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line will premiere at the Sydney Film Festival’s Opening Night Gala on Wednesday, 5 June, at the State Theatre. A post-screening party will go ahead at Sydney Town Hall. The Hardest Line will track The Oils’ impressive, contrarian, passionate 45-year career by featuring never-before-heard interviews with each band member, archive studio and concert footage. The film w ..read more

Norwegian alt-pop artist and songwriter girl in red (real name Marie Ulven Ringheim) was due to perform at Splendour In The Grass this July, but like some of her peers on the line-up (The Last Dinner Party, Baby Gravy and Lizzy McAlpine), the cancellation wasn’t going to stop her returning to Australia. Girl in red will play some of her biggest shows to date in venues across the country for her Doing It Again Asia/Oceania tour in support of her latest album, I’M DOING IT AGAIN, BABY! The tour begins at Perth’s Centenary on Thursday, 11 July, followed by Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion on Sunday, 14 ..read more

The Weeknd’s highly anticipated return to Australia has officially been cancelled. Information sent to ticketholders confirmed that all tickets would be refunded, but did note that Live Nation were still hopeful new dates could be scheduled at some stage. According to Ticketek, those who held onto tickets after the shows were originally rescheduled “will be able to access a priority purchase window for the new tour in Australia and New Zealand when announced”. In November, The Weeknd postponed his highly anticipated Australian tour. Citing “unforeseen circumstances”, the hitmaker shocked ..read more

In the before times, social media was on the street rather than on the screen. The Music’s predecessor was literally called On The Street, a music and arts newspaper distributed for free around the city and into the suburbs via record stores and cafes. Known as ‘street press’, few papers like this formed the backbone of the industry – free to access, breeding grounds for all types of creatives, and beloved by audiences. Part of the hidden history of street press is the hidden legacy of women in the music business. Unlike newspapers and ‘rock mags’ like Go-Set or Juke, in Sydney, the scene was ..read more

Today is an important day for the Australian music industry and fans of the country’s rich, diverse music scenes. TheMusic.com.au, Australia’s most visited Australian music title, launches a historic archive through street press history today, allowing you to read and enjoy exploring decades of the country’s music history. In addition to The Music’s ten-year print archive, readers can browse titles including Drum Media, Inpress, 3D World, Rave Magazine, and many more, with the archive stretching back to the 1970s. Creating the archive has taken over a year, with The Music going through digital ..read more