Poppy Reid

It’s almost 1am and minus four degrees in Glasgow, and Brian McFadden is standing outside a pub, glass of wine in hand, relaying his next career move to become the antithesis of everything he’s ever…

After a jilted departure and a long battle with anxiety, Jesse Leach has returned more than a decade after helming seminal album Alive or Just Breathing. Massachusetts band Killswitch Engage are now…

Nobody’s forgiven anybody,” laughs Justin Hawkins, reflecting on the return of The Darkness. At home in Lowestoft, Suffolk, Hawkins is in his element, his next tour is weeks from kick off and the…

Shock Entertainment imprint Halfcut Records have announced a new addition to the family. Sydney post-hardcore band Caulfield have signed to the recently reformed Shock family for upcoming debut album…

The Music Network can reveal exclusively that MTV Australia will today announce the launch of two new pure music channels in a move to refresh their offering in Australia and affiliate them further…

After the end of Pink’s The Truth About Love Australian tour last Sunday, Live Nation Australasia released some figures about Pink’s achievements. 46 sell out shows to over 600,000 fans. A record 18…

Crossfaith may have only just entered Australia’s consciousness, but the Osaka band’s concussive third release has the world’s metalcore fans in awe. The five-piece - born out of frustration at…

Sleeping With Sirens seem to have it all. Heart-on-sleeve lyrics over imminent percussion and low end, saturated guitars, an excess of 260,000 records sold to date, an effeminate-sounding frontman…

Currently touring the US with their fifth record Save Rock N Roll, Fall Out Boy have been writing it better than you ever felt it since 2001. With cameos from Elton John, Courtney Love and Big Sean,…

Long-running European label Cooking Vinyl has opened its own office in Australia, headed by label veterans Leigh Gruppetta and Stu Harvey. Gruppetta was former GM at Shock Records and Harvey its…

After nine years together, four albums and eight EPs, there is no question as to whether a band will rise through the ranks of mid-weight indie rock and send their soaring Americana through the roof…

Although they’ve been recording and performing for a decade now, A Day To Remember’s gradual trajectory may be unfamiliar, even to some of their earliest fans. Selling out Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion…