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Last Dinosaurs' debut album 'In A Million Years' is ready for your ears; it's out March 2 and we have some copies to give away to our readers

Perhaps the heaviest hardcore band in recent years, Xibalba from Pomona, CA are on their way to Australia for the first time in April. Combining their love for hardcore, metal and everything heavy, Xiblaba have quickly risen in extreme music circles. Having released their first full length “Madre Mia Por Los Dias” on A389 Recordings last year, they followed it up with a cracking split with NY bruisers Incendiary on Closed Casket Activities and are now preparing for the release of new album “Hasta La Muerta” on the legendary Southern Lord. Their sound has been likened to Disembodied, Earth Crisis and Obituary, with aggressive speed giving way to apocalyptic breakdowns and brutality.Joining them on the tour will be Melbourne’s hardest Warbrain. The all star band has caught many an eye in Australia, with every new release they catch the attention of new audiences. Having previously toured with AYS (Germany) and fellow Melbourne thugs Iron Mind, Warbrain will take to the road in April o...

"Little jam I made last night, enjoy..." says Canada's U-TERN of one of the best productions i've ever heard - his track 'You Don't Know Me'

Brighton's Architects have just completed work on Daybreaker, the follow-up album to their highly successful The Here And Now. Daybreaker was produced with John Mitchell and Ben Humphreys at Outhouse Studios in Reading (Enter Shikari, You Me At Six, The Blackout, Funeral For A Friend) the same team that worked on Hollow Crown (2009). The stunning artwork for the album was done by Paul Jackson (Tank.Axe.Love). Daybreaker will be released on June 5 in the USA and May 28 in Europe. Right before embarking on a European tour supporting Rise Against, Architects (UK) are releasing The Here And Now 2012 Special Edition in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, UK, Benelux, France, Australia and New Zealand. The Here And Now 2012 Special Edition will include "Devil's Island" and "Untitled", all video clips ("Day In Day Out", "Learn To Live", "Heartburn", "Delete, Rewind" + "An Open Letter To Myself"), making-of's for "Learn To Live" and "Heartburn" and several online clips.

Modular darlings Canyons will be dropping into Canberra's Transit Bar on Saturday March 3 and we've got a double passes to give away!

The Nabil Elderkin-directed effort for Bon Iver's 'Towers' is intriguing and features beautiful rustic imagery.

A few years back, singer-songwriter Tim Barry closed out an album by pondering his own death – and he didn't seem to mind leaving this earth too much. "Take what you want/I won't leave much," he sang. 2012 finds him in a very different place. Themes of resilience and hope flow through Barry's new record, "40 Miler," which will be released in Australia by Resist Records (licensed from Chunksaah) on April 6th. "If this record is uplifting compared to my old ones it's because I feel stronger from all the beat-downs and shit I've taken in the past," says the Richmond, Virginia-based artist. "40 Miler" also finds Barry taking his spare folk-country sound in a different direction. This time around Barry opts for more raucous, rocking approach on several tracks, adding more electric guitar, organ, piano, harmonica, as well as the gorgeous voice of Richmond songstress Julie Karr to the mix. Barry says the fresh sound was intentional. While he crafted the record's dozen tracks by himse...