Indie rap king Aesop Rock and anti-folk hero Kimya Dawson add more guests to their extra-special Australian shows this week.

Gotye, Boy & Bear and Drapht have picked up seven nominations each for the 2011 ARIA Awards.

18-year old country singer and 2011 American Idol winner Scott McCreery will debut atop the US album chart later this week.

Village Sounds and The Atlas Agency, two of Australia’s biggest music agencies, have merged. The combined company will be known as Village Sounds.

Hyped retro sylph Lanie Lane from Sydney kicks off an interesting week for new releases.

New York Dolls will release a DVD of footage shot in the 70s by rock photographer Bob Gruen and his wife Nadya.

John Farnham’s first two Sydney shows have been rescheduled for later this month.

A doco of the year after the release of Phoenix’s Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix album will air in Europe this week.

Jon Spencer has spoken about writing new, aggressive music for his Blues Explosion.

Pajama Club, the offshoot band for Neil and Sharon Finn, popped out a third single this week.

Tonight (October 11), the Melbourne music community will be coming together for a benefit concert for Chocolate Starfish guitarist Zoran Romic, who is undergoing treatment from non-Hodgkins lymphoma.

Kanye and rap mogul Russell Simmons have dropped in to check out the Occupy Wall Street protests.

In the mid 80s Dropbears were THE Warner Music Aussie band.

Enigmatic pop chanteuse Kate Bush offers up the first single ‘Wild Man’ from her forthcoming album.

Dolly Parton will perform 12 shows across Australia from November 8. Noise11.com and Chugg Entertainment are giving you a chance to win tickets.

Cult comedian Bob Oderkirk has appeared in a spoof used car commercial for the next Black Keys album.

Adele ‘21’ has now been on the top of the Australian chart now for 21 weeks.

Ozzy Osbourne has said that there’s a “very very strong possibility” that a full Black Sabbath reunion will happen.

Powderfinger are streaming the new track ‘Empty Space’ from their forthcoming Best Of album.

Breakout Canadian hip-hop star Drake explains the delay of his second album, Take Care.

Third Man announce a monster new pack, featuring remixes by Beck and Josh Homme and Mark Lanegan of QOTSA.

Chugg Entertainment are bringing Dolly Parton to Australia and before her coveted journey, are giving you some pre-tour entertainment with the Dolly Parton webisodes.

Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane has the no.2 album on the Billboard Jazz Chart this week … seriously.

Former Weezer bassist Mikey Welsh has been found dead in a Chicago hotel room.

Neither rapper 360, country superstar Lee Kernaghan, nor John Farnham can knock Adele off the top of this week’s chart.

Jessie J and Fatboy Slim will head to Australia for the Future Music Festival in 2012.

The St Jerome’s Laneway Festival line-up has been announced with Neil and Sharon Finn’s Pajama Club, Feist and Laura Marling just some of the names on the bill.

Sir Paul McCartney has married for the third time.

Former Violent Femmes bass player Brian Ritchie will have open-house tonight for the TV show Sandcastles.

Dolly Parton has added her 12th show to her upcoming Aussie tour with Sydney getting another one on November 29.