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California G-Punk legends (Hed)p.e. announce their upcoming 2012 Australian tour with Suburban Noize label mate, Mushroomhead vocalist and solo artist Jeffrey Nothing. When it comes to Australia [HED]p.e need no introduction. The band have enjoyed a long running love affair with fans in this country ignited by [HED]p.e.'s genre defying blend of punk, hip hop, hardcore and metal. The band are touring in support of their eighth studio album Truth Rising, which sees (HED)p.e. become the voice for a movement that empowers youth, revealing the seedy underbelly of our current political global climate. On Truth Rising, (Hed)p.e. are the air raid siren waking up youth across the globe. “We are excited to get back to Australia in early 2012 and play for all the renegades overseas,” enthused founding (Hed)p.e. member Jared Gomes. “We’ve done a couple tours of Australia and the underground down under has always embraced our music. I’m excited this time to be bringing our brother Jeffrey Nothi...

Canadian heavy metal quartet 3 Inches of Blood have entered the recording studio to begin work on full-length number five.

Respected Canadian punk-hardcore outfit Cancer Bats have announced the completion of studio album number four, with the band additionally unveiling the album title.

Popular Australian rockers Karnivool have recently updated fans, noting that the band are currently in the process of writing studio album number three.

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He’s rewritten the rulebook of music and had more impact on the world of hip-hop in the 2000s than any other rapper or producer. A controversial, outspoken, acclaimed visionary: the man is Kanye West, and the only place to see him in Australia is as part of the 2012 Big Day Out .“This is pop music as theatre, boundary-pushing hip-hop as spectacle.” (Rave Magazine, August 2011)Stronger, Jesus Walks, Touch the Sky, Gold Digger, Diamonds from Sierra Leone, Hey Mama, Heartless…Kanye West drops immortal singles like clocks drop minutes. Just when the world thought he couldn’t get much higher, in 2010 he delivered the album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, home to singles All of the Lights, Monster and Runaway. “Yeezy goes for the grandeur of stadium rock, the all-devouring sonics of hip-hop, the erotic gloss of disco, and he goes for all of it, all the time,” Rolling Stone said of the album. “Ridiculously maximal, blowing past all the rules of hip-hop and pop, even though, for the past...

The Summer Set have posted a lyric video for a new track called 'Old Mexico'. The song is taken from their upcoming EP release, 'What Money Can't Buy', which hits stores on November 28th. The EP features a collection of three original holiday songs from the band, with all proceeds going to the Toys For Tots charity.

Fireworks are streaming a full live set from a recent show in Japan that was recorded by Japanese pop punk label Ice Grill$. The Michigan pop punkers will be gracing our shores for the second time in February and March 2012 as part of Soundwave Festival.

Hope Out West Festival is excited to announce the lineup for 2012 after a successful debut in 2011. Next year sees the lineup reach new leaps and bounds as interstate and international bands being added to next years festivities. The festival will be held at Bathurst, New South Wales again on January 21.