Man City Sirens, a five-piece Australian indie rock band from Melbourne, is an eclectic ideation of Brit-rock oriented music: melodious, lyrical, emotional, blending the fluency of pop and the revelry of rock.

In 1979 The Knack came from nowhere to be one of the biggest new acts of the year. ‘My Sharona’ was a number one hit worldwide and very soon after comparisons were being made to The Beatles (although that originated from record company hype).

For 2022, Steve Balbi is performing 50 Years of Imagine with Russell Morris, Wendy Matthews, Glenn Shorrock and Jack Jones.

Joe Satriani is up to album 19 with ‘The Elephants of Mars’. That’s not counting is supergroup collaboration Chickenfoot or G3 albums.

Mike McClellan is a songwriter first and foremost. As such, Mike’s new album ‘Behind Every Mask’ is equal parts 13 stories as much as it is songs.

For 27 years Phil Jamieson has fronted Grinspoon. Its been 25 years since their first album and only now Phil is to release his debut solo album (well if you don’t count The Lost Gospel album of 2006).

Hoodoo Gurus have released their 10th album ‘Chariot of the Gods’ coming 12 years after their last album ‘Purity of Essence’ in 2010. That’s the same time as it took Hoodoo Gurus to release their first nine albums from ‘Stoneage Romeos’ to ‘Blue Cave’.

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club formed in San Francisco in 1998. That first album B.R.M.C. was released in 2001 and the band is now eight albums deep with the most recent album ‘Wrong Creatures’ from 2018.

For 40 years Mike Campbell was a driving force as founding member of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers.

Since the age of 17, Vanessa Amorosi has maintained a success that has given her a dozen hit songs and platinum albums while evolving from her pop origins to the blues and gospel template she has today.

2022 will mark the 30th anniversary of when Gavin Rossdale formed Bush in London. 2021 marked the 20th anniversary of the fourth Bush album ‘Golden State’ leading to a 10 year gap for new music from the band.

For Forenzics, Split Enz founding members Tim Finn and Eddie Rayner have revisiting Enz DNA and recreated new music based on the origins.

Leo Sayer’s ‘Northern Songs’ is a labour of love that has been a work in process for years. ‘Northern Songs’ is Leo’s tribute to The Beatles.

The new Elvis Costello album ‘The Boy Named If’ is named after an imaginary friend.

Eskimo Joe formed in Fremantle, Western Australia in 1997. Stuart McLeod, Joel Quartermain and Kavyen Temperley has been the rock solid line-up for the band since it began.

In 2001 Melbourne band Motor Ace released their debut album ‘Five Star Laundry’. It came at a vibrant time in Australian rock, just after Powderfinger and The Living End, just before Jet and The Vines.

Australian rock legend Angry Anderson has two bands now.

Yet another international show has popped up for Australia. Joan As Police Woman will return in 2022.

Australian guitarist Martin Cilia has driven three of Australia's greatest live bands with his unique surf guitar style.

The Screaming Jets debut album ‘All For One’ clocked up its 30th anniversary this year so to celebrate, the band went back into the studio with the challenge of recapturing the spark again.

‘Everything Louder Forever’ loads up 40 years of Motörhead into one compilation.

Tom Petty, Somewhere You Feel Free: The Making of Wildflowers will see its theatrical release on October 20 (Tom’s birthday) for a one-night global celebration via Trafalgar Releasing, with encore screenings in select cinemas on October 21.

Ben Barnes is a face you know from television and movies. He is the star of ‘Shadow and Bone’, Marvel’s ‘The Punisher’, ‘Westworld’, ‘Dorian Gray’ and ‘The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian’.

The 10th Shihad album ‘Old Gods’ is a statement about the world today. Songs like ‘Tear Down Those Names’ ‘The Hill Song’, ‘Empire Falling’ and ‘The Wreakage’ speak to the insanity of a political world gone completely off the rails.

Since 1993 Ben Lee has done nothing but music. He was 15 then. He is 43 now.

In 2020 the original members of Vanilla Fudge, Mark Stein, Carmine Appice, Vincent Martel and Tim Bogert, came together for one last time.

For new music Los Lobos decided to pay tribute to the artists who influenced them and their origins in East Los Angeles.

Tim Finn and Phil Manzanera first met in 1975 with Split Enz supported Roxy Music on their Australian tour. The following year Phil produced the Split Enz ‘Second Thoughts’ album. Now more than 40 years later Finn and Manzanera have reunited for a remarkable album of multi-genre, multi-generational and multi-national songs. ‘Caught By The Heart’.

Vika and Linda have released the ‘The Wait’, their first album of original songs since 2002.

Louisiana supergroup Lil’ Band O’ Gold have just released their tribute album to Fats Domino ‘Lil’ Band O’ Gold Play Fats’ with an all-star cast including Robert Plant, Lucinda Williams, Jimmy Barnes and Tim Rogers.