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Electric State are hitting the galaxy hard with a tune that Grogu and Mando would crank in the Razor Crest while defending the galaxy! This Is The Way is a bit of fun and was written around the question of what rock song would Grogu write?

‘This Is The Way’ is a fun Mandalorian inspired track written about the franchise, to help build some Perth grass roots hype towards the release of live action feature The Mandalorian and Grogu being released on May 22.

The Bird cantina, will be rocking this Saturday, April 18 with the interstellar musical supports that are, Forget Me Not, Time Out Corner Kids, Spinning Jacks and Nate Lee & The Degenerate Three. 
With this themed event there will be prize giveaways for the best fancy Mandalorian inspired costumes and also free movie tickets to see the film!

No one in the galaxy will be free from knowing what track to listen to if they ever owned a Razor Crest  – ‘This Is The Way’.

Listen to This Is The Way
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Boasting a ferocious blend of progressive grunge, punk attitude and groove-laden hard rock, Electric State are a riff-driven juggernaut out of Perth, WA and are one of the most talked about live rock acts in their genre right now with previous singles, What Do You Want and
Stand Up receiving solid airplay.

The bands forthcoming album, Standing On The Edge is due for release on Jan 8, 2027
Pre orders are available now
https://xmusiclabel.bigcartel.com/electric-state

A two-time WAM Award-winning outfit, Electric State have been blowing minds and doors off Perth venues since their first show in 2019, packing rooms such as The Amplifier Bar, The Sewing Room, Lynott’s Lounge and Badlands. Their sound is a melting pot of heavy rock influences, drawing comparisons to Alice In Chains, Soundgarden, Rival Sons, Gyroscope and even Killswitch Engage.

Their debut album Green Machine received global airplay and earned solid praise internationally, helping the band secure tours through Japan and the UK in 2023, alongside international support slots with US act, Skillet. Media have described Electric State’s live shows as “blaring sirens, deafening chants, bar climbing and megaphones,” confirming their reputation as a must see live act.

Recent highlights include closing two stages at Nannup Music Festival 2024, where their explosive performances turned Tigerville into a high voltage singalong, complete with crowd members joining the band onstage armed with megaphones. PLus their recent XMusic debut, “What Do You Want” was mixed by Anton Hagop (Silverchair, Missy Higgins, Birds of Tokyo).

TOUR DATES
Saturday, April 18: The Bird, Northbridge WA

Thursday, April 30: XMusic 5th Birthday Night 1 – Musicland Melbourne
feat. Dellacoma, Sisters Doll, Karly Jewell and Electric State

Friday, May 1: XMusic 5th Birthday Night 1 – Musicland Melbourne
feat. Frankenbok, Cicadastone, Frankenbok, Awaken The Hate and Electric State

Connect with Electric State
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From their origins in Mexico City to the 2022 SXSW Festival in Austin, Texas, the three members of Demons My Friends have a shared journey that made their union fateful. This shared geography has played a role in their musical process, as they split recording their sophomore album, Survive/Yourself, between Mexico and Texas. Post-COVID personal struggles inform the record’s themes, with illness, job losses, and family crises cited as sources of the anxiety that fueled their songwriting. Demons My Friends don’t deliver doses of sadboi, however. What they play is a raw, rough, and gritty style of grunge. Though it flirts with mainstream acts like Alice in Chains and Soundgarden, Survive/Yourself plays its grunge outside the box. While creating music is undoubtedly a healthy outlet, the question remains as to whether it’s a good idea to get too friendly with your demons.

Demons My Friends mixes thick stoner/sludge guitar tones with catchy alternative rock hooks for a compelling sonic palette. The fuzzy guitar on opener “The Theory of Change” evokes Mastodon, while the chorus takes a page out of ’90s rock acts like Nirvana and Bush. Yet the tracks on Survive/Yourself run a bit longer than the more radio-friendly examples of grunge, allowing room for meandering and play. Often these moments serve as highlights, especially the melodic lead that pops up mid-song on “The Last Dance.” And though the sludge proves to be the dominant guitar tone, Demons My Friends also show their more sensitive side. “Kalorama,” with its catchy strummed guitar lead, borrows heavily from Pearl Jam’s soft jams. On other tunes, the guitar grows more playful, with a twangy arpeggio on “We All End Up Here” and a really cool psychedelic bit on the record’s catchiest song, “Brain Holographics.”

Unfortunately, Demons My Friends also end up being their own worst enemy. The back half of Survive/Yourself finds a pretty successful formula with some catchy tunes that could almost pass for radio-friendly. Yet the band makes some questionable choices that hold them back. As great as “Brain Holographics” is, it stretches on for too long thanks to a lengthy instrumental detour that sees the song nearly lose its way. The fun, High on Fire-inspired stoner track, “Smile,” includes a weird bit of growling that mars a rather tight tune. Also at issue are the vocal performances. Since both Pablo Anton and Lu Salinas have vocal credits, I’m not sure who’s the culprit, but one of the two consistently sounds off-key, and his voice especially strains on higher registers (most noticeable on “Last Dance” and “Star Child”). These sound issues give a sense of raw emotion, but they also distract from the flow of the songs.

The production, with a DR score of 10, proves a boon, but some production choices prove a bane. The largest boon belongs to the guitars. The thick, fuzzy tone is so satisfying as it fires up on “The Theory of Change” and then again about two minutes into “We All End Up Here.” Similarly, Salinas’s bass benefits, contributing some funk on “Brain Holographics” and some nastiness on “Smile.” Littered throughout Survive/Yourself, however, are odd sound issues that detract from the music. The finale of “The Theory of Change” sounds like someone let their kid play with the recording equipment, as a childlike voice repeats “I” over and over. Other noise effects tricked my brain into thinking I was hearing something outside the music. Pattering raindrop drum beats on “Brain Holographics” had me looking up at the ceiling, scared to see a leak. Vocal oddities here and there, such as the strange spoken parts on “Star Child,” gave me the feeling someone had crept up behind me. Cleaning these issues up would have resulted in a much smoother album.

While they showcase some nice licks and cool ideas, Demons My Friends have some demons to exorcise from their songwriting repertoire. There are aspects of their more experimental side that work well—some exploratory instrumental passages and the varied guitar tones. Yet some of what they do just pulls listeners out of the musical experience. They have a clear knack for some great hooks—I find myself humming the chorus on “Brain Holographics” pretty frequently, for one. I look forward to hearing how they are able to evolve their blend of experimental and mainstream music on their next release.

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Rating: 2.0/5.0
DR: 10 | Format Reviewed: WAV
Label: Ripple Music
Websites: Bandcamp | Facebook | Official Site
Releases Worldwide: April 17th, 2026

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Posted on April 17th 2026, 12:05p.m.

Daisy Grenade are gearing up for a new EP dropping next month, and shared a new track from it that will speak to so many people.

The release is set to be called ‘So Much To Say’ and will be unleashed on May 15 via DCD2/Fueled By Ramen.

The artwork looks like this:

And the first of the release’s five tracks is out right now, too. That’s ‘Girls Are So Lucky’, a playful yet truthful look at the life of being female in what remains a male-dominated industry. From the issue of respect to the question of just how hard you have to work to be noticed, it’s an anthem for anyone who needs reminding that they aren’t out here doing this alone.

Keep on pushing.

The band had this to add about it, stating, “Girls are so lucky is an ode to the working girls, the divas with day jobs, and the rock stars with Red Bull addictions. It’s a satire about the way people view us and our weird lives, exposing the glamour for what it really is, something far grimier. It comes to you complete with a straight down the middle 2012 dubstep breakdown, because why the fuck not?!”

The duo are set to hit the road in support of the EP on their debut headline tour, suitably titled ‘Daisy Grenade Has So Much To Say (The Tour)’. Here are the dates:

MAY

19 – PITTSBURGH Thunderbird Café & Music Hall
21 – COLUMBUS A&R Music Bar
22 – DETROIT El Club
23 – CHICAGO Subterranean
26 – DENVER Marquis Theater
28 – BOISE Parallel
30 – SEATTLE The Vera Project
31 – PORTLAND Holocene

JUNE

02 – SAN FRANCISCO Brick & Mortar Music Hall
04 – LOS ANGELES The Roxy Theatre
05 – SAN DIEGO House of Blues – Voodoo Room
06 – PHOENIX Valley Bar
09 – SAN ANTONIO The Rock Box
10 – DALLAS Puzzles Deep Ellum
12 – ATLANTA The Masquerade – Purgatory
16 – BOSTON Brighton Music Hall
18 – PHILADELPHIA The Foundry
19 – NEW YORK Bowery Ballroom

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A new Skindred record is always a cause for celebration, and doubly so when it’s as crammed with as much self-belief as ‘You Got This’. While their sound has mellowed of late, like on 2023’s ‘Smile’, their latest offering is somewhat of a return to fiery form: just as potent and destructive but with the warmth of appreciation for those who party with them through the rubble. The biggest difference that Skindred have harnessed in these intervening three years is a recaptured sense of scale. If ‘Smile’ felt like the suburbs around Brixton, ‘You Got This’ is the sound of the open skies over Hyde Park.

The sense of wideness in ambition and scale is encapsulated in the single ‘Can I Get A’, a song surprisingly mild and straightforward by Skindred’s standards but one that takes flight with Benji Webbe’s vocals; the idiosyncratic tether that keeps Skindred grounded. ‘You Got This’ begins to thread the album together, with songs that boost you up before the party. Between quoting AC/DC and an infectious backing in the style of The Rolling Stones’ ‘Sympathy For The Devil’, it’s a hell of a festival manifesto. ’Born Fe Dis’ takes Webbe’s growl to new depths. With jolts like a stubbed toe, it’s impossible to resist the blunt confidence that each bar instils, and ‘My People’ jacks you into the pure Skindred party energy that’s keeps them making pits wherever they go. 

If we’re in the business of predicting singles, then ‘Big Em Up’ has to be the next on their hit-list, and it’s also the biggest hallmark of Skindred’s accelerating modernisation. They aren’t content to exist in their own genre hybrid world any longer, and judging by the song’s dramatic beats and the increasingly complex riffs that drop by the end of the track, they’re accelerating attempts to reconnect with the world. Webs of community are what powers ‘You Got This’, and songs like ‘Do It Like This’, which plays with a re-worked nu-metal sound, demonstrate that they’re aiming to extend their bling tentacles even further. 

That is, of course, if they avoid the trap which they have previously always fallen into: namely, to load up every album with a couple of killer singles at the expense of the rest of the record, with power thus unsustained over the entirety of the release. While it’s true that they’re still following this formula, the filler tracks on ‘You Got This’ have a charm that elevates them above the skippable. Take ‘Broke’, a slice-of-life track with a sunny beat about the Tesco Basics lifestyle. Its sweetness is tempered with a dash of comic bitterness about the state of the world to make for a better-than-average Skindred fluff track. Similarly, ‘Give Thanks’ might be somewaht un-metal, but as a heartfelt closer bursting with appreciation for their families? – it works as a gorgeous finale to an album of feel good tunes. Meanwhile, delving into the personal on ‘Glass’ – Webbe’s tribute to those he’s loved and lost – makes for a ballad with some serious heat. While Skindred have always been a singles band, it looks like they’ve sidestepped the dark side of this talent with a more balanced offering this time. 

There’s so much to love about ‘You Got This’. The sense of gratitude that stems from every song – alongside the accelerating ambition that bounces from every dancehall metal second of their latest release – makes for a winning formula. We’re left with a question: If ‘Smile’ made it to number two in the UK Chart, how high can ‘You Got This’ take Skindred? No matter where it takes them, they’ll be slamming with a smile on their face and a resolute belief in the joy of an original sound. 

Kate Allvey

It’s a long way to the top, if you play rock’n’roll

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BABYMETAL have shared one of the remixes set to appear on the deluxe edition of their album ‘METAL FORTH’, and it once again flips the script.

The original song is a gripping piece of modern driving heaviness that sees the band swapping lines with Poppy. But when you invite Major Lazer to the party, you’re always going to get something that is dancefloor-ready. And that is what we have here.

An infectiously catchy, wonderfully driving, late-night cruising bop of a version that doesn’t feel out of place at all. A reminder that there are literally no rules when it comes to collaborating or crossing streams with other artists; it’s one for the weekend that showcases the band to a whole new audience.

Get it on, turn it up loud and let loose a little.

The deluxe edition of ‘METAL FORTH’ is set to be released on June 26 via Warner Records. It will feature three new live tracks, as well as another remix of ‘from me to you’ delivered by Jordan Fish. The record will be available digitally and on vinyl, which will feature a special zoetrope design, with ten icons from the record brought to life in motion.

The full tracklisting looks like this:

And the full tracklisting like this:

Disc 1, Side A

1. from me to u (feat. Poppy) 
2. RATATATA (BABYMETAL, Electric Callboy)
3. Song 3 (BABYMETAL, Slaughter to Prevail)
4. Kon! Kon! (feat. Bloodywood) 
5. KxAxWxAxIxI 

Disc 1, Side B

6. Sunset Kiss (feat. Polyphia)
7. My Queen (feat. Spiritbox) 
8. Algorism 
9. METALI!! (feat. Tom Morello) 
10. White Flame ー白炎ー

Disc 2, Side C

1. from me to u (Major Lazer Remix) 
2. from me to u (Jordan Fish Remix)

Disc 2, Side D

3. from me to u (live from The O2) 
4. My Queen (live from Intuit Dome)
5. Algorism (live from Saitama Super Arena)

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Hella Rock Festival returns on 5 September 2026 with a powerful and deeply personal announcement, confirming Phil Campbell’s Bastard Sons as this year’s headliners. 

Legendary Phil Campbell was originally scheduled to headline Hella Rock before his passing in March earlier this year. Now, his sons, Dane, Todd and Tyla, will take to the stage to honour his legacy, delivering a high-energy tribute to his work with Motörhead in what promises to be one of the most unforgettable moments in the festival’s history.

“We knew straight away this year had to mean more,” festival director James Pilling said. “Losing Phil Campbell hit the whole rock community hard, and we have worked closely with his family to make sure this is done right.”

With Phil’s iconic guitar rig on display at the venue, alongside tour backdrops from throughout his career, there will also be a memorial book open for signing stories and messages.

Joining Phil Campbell’s Bastard Sons are Tailgunner, King Kraken, Silveroller, Hell’s Addiction, and Beth Blade And The Beautiful Disasters.

This year, the Road Crew Stage will feature for the first time. A second stage for stripped-back acoustic sets. Hella Rock have also teamed up with Road Crew beer to keep the drinks flowing in true Motörhead style.

Held at The HMV Empire, Coventry, on 5 September 2026, tickets are available from here.

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