Stoner Rock

CKY Australia 2026 Tour

For the first time in 14 years, American heavy rockers CKY will tour Australia.

The '96 Quite Bitter Beings', 'Flesh Into Gear', and 'Escape From Hellview'...
Review: Frenzal Rhomb @ Miami Marketta (Gold Coast)

Etched into my memories from the '90s is a particular album cover. It shows a fast food restaurant demolished and a large 'M' sitting in the rubble. The album cover reads
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Review: Mastodon & Kerry King @ Roundhouse (Sydney)

The last time Kerry King stood on a stage in Australia circa 2019, it was to farewell Slayer – the pioneering thrash metal band that he co-founded nearly 40 years
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Premiere: Watch mumdeathcake's Debut Music Video 'Black-Eyed Susan'

A DIY music project of Naarm/ Melbourne-based indie-alt artist Darcy Eddy, self-confessed deadbeat mumdeathcake is a vessel built around themes of introspection and personal
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King Parrot & Weedeater Australia 2024 Tour

Aussie grindcore-thrash legends King Parrot are teaming with American stoner-sludge metal heroes Weedeater, for a massive 11-date Australian tour in
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Review Mr. Bungle & Melvins @ Hindley Street Music Hall (Adelaide)

After an extended hiatus of nearly two decades, Mr. Bungle have reconvened to promote the retconned 'The Raging Wrath Of The Easter Bunny Demo' album.

With doom...
Review: Queens Of The Stone Age @ Hordern Pavilion (Sydney)

So many bands reach the height of fame only to disappear overnight, and then there is Queens Of The Stone Age.

QOTSA have stubbornly sustained longevity in a...
J Mascis 2024 Australia Tour

Australian Dinosaur Jr. fans are in for a double treat with guitarist, singer-songwriter J Masics adding a couple of solo shows to the band's run of dates next
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Deville 2023 Australia Tour

Almost 20 years since they formed, Swedish riff lords Deville will tour Australia for the very first time this June.

The heavy stoner rock band, who had...
Premiere: Stream Magic Machine's New Single 'Daydreamer'

Although a relatively new band, Sydney psychedelic rockers Magic Machine have been prolific since forming early last year.

They've already released one studio...
Review: Chelsea Wolfe @ The Gov (Adelaide)

Descriptive labelling is a problematic concept but if forced to define styles, Chelsea Wolfe's work for some time has been primarily in the realm of sludge
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5 Favourite Meals To Eat In Australia Shared By The Urban Chiefs

With a live show that kicks harder than a mule and a positive attitude towards hard work, psych-blues, stoner rockers The Urban Chiefs have travelled all over Australia for
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Kitchen Witch – Purveyors Of Bubbling Grooves & Banshee Wails

Australian red-dust desert rock outfit, Kitchen Witch liken themselves to the alcoholic baby if John Lee Hooker, Kyuss and Janis Joplin had hooked-up and had a
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7 Favourite Road Dog Comfort Stops In Australia Shared By Death By Carrot

With a sound the band says 'descends from the Black Sabbath meets Pink Floyd side of the rock & roll tree', Brisbane psych-rock stoners Death By Carrot are ready to take
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5 Favourite Chip Flavours With Northern Rivers Rockers Hammers

'Kicking Goals' is the second EP release from Northern Rivers Aussie 'Pub-Step' pirates Hammers.

The six-track onslaught lands like a Mentos in a Coke bottle, the...
Nick Oliveri Teams With Aussie Psych Rockers The Black Armada On New Joint 'Up & Down Under'

Last year during his Australian tour, ex-Kyuss, QOSTA bassist Nick Oliveri spent time in a Melbourne studio with cosmic psych rockers The Black Armada.

Nothing...
Review: Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats @ Max Watts (Melbourne)

While waiting in the line outside of the venue, in a cool autumn’s night (3 March), there were more than a few hungry punters chasing any spare tickets to this sold-out show,
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5 Favourite Shots Before A Show According To Swedish Riff Lords Deville

Swedish riff lords Deville will make their first trip to Australia next month, including an appearance at single-day festival Mojo Burning.

Since 2004, Deville have...
It's Alive Festival 2019 Line-up

It's Alive is a new, yearly mini-festival in Brisbane that serves up a potent brew of rock, metal, stoner and punk bands – both old and new.

Thirteen of the...
2019 Dead Of Winter Festival Rocks – Dissecting The Rock Bands Who Are Playing

2019 marks Dead Of Winter's (DOW) tenth year; and next month's monster event (staged across Jubilee Hotel and The Tivoli Theatre in Brisbane) will sport 6 stages with a
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Stoner Rock

For the first time in 14 years, American heavy rockers CKY will tour Australia.

Etched into my memories from the '90s is a particular album cover. It shows a fast food restaurant demolished and a large 'M' sitting in the rubble. The album cover reads

The last time Kerry King stood on a stage in Australia circa 2019, it was to farewell Slayer – the pioneering thrash metal band that he co-founded nearly 40 years

A DIY music project of Naarm/ Melbourne-based indie-alt artist Darcy Eddy, self-confessed deadbeat mumdeathcake is a vessel built around themes of introspection and personal

Aussie grindcore-thrash legends King Parrot are teaming with American stoner-sludge metal heroes Weedeater, for a massive 11-date Australian tour in

After an extended hiatus of nearly two decades, Mr. Bungle have reconvened to promote the retconned 'The Raging Wrath Of The Easter Bunny Demo' album.

So many bands reach the height of fame only to disappear overnight, and then there is Queens Of The Stone Age.

Australian Dinosaur Jr. fans are in for a double treat with guitarist, singer-songwriter J Masics adding a couple of solo shows to the band's run of dates next

Almost 20 years since they formed, Swedish riff lords Deville will tour Australia for the very first time this June.

Although a relatively new band, Sydney psychedelic rockers Magic Machine have been prolific since forming early last year.

Descriptive labelling is a problematic concept but if forced to define styles, Chelsea Wolfe's work for some time has been primarily in the realm of sludge

With a live show that kicks harder than a mule and a positive attitude towards hard work, psych-blues, stoner rockers The Urban Chiefs have travelled all over Australia for

Australian red-dust desert rock outfit, Kitchen Witch liken themselves to the alcoholic baby if John Lee Hooker, Kyuss and Janis Joplin had hooked-up and had a

With a sound the band says 'descends from the Black Sabbath meets Pink Floyd side of the rock & roll tree', Brisbane psych-rock stoners Death By Carrot are ready to take

'Kicking Goals' is the second EP release from Northern Rivers Aussie 'Pub-Step' pirates Hammers.

Last year during his Australian tour, ex-Kyuss, QOSTA bassist Nick Oliveri spent time in a Melbourne studio with cosmic psych rockers The Black Armada.

While waiting in the line outside of the venue, in a cool autumn’s night (3 March), there were more than a few hungry punters chasing any spare tickets to this sold-out show,

Swedish riff lords Deville will make their first trip to Australia next month, including an appearance at single-day festival Mojo Burning.

It's Alive is a new, yearly mini-festival in Brisbane that serves up a potent brew of rock, metal, stoner and punk bands – both old and new.

2019 marks Dead Of Winter's (DOW) tenth year; and next month's monster event (staged across Jubilee Hotel and The Tivoli Theatre in Brisbane) will sport 6 stages with a