Rock animals Matt Sonic and The High Times fire up for new album This Love Electric, but Matt never thought he'd play it live.

Californian dance-punks Funeral Party tell the truth about old members, singing skills, dodgy labels, and their unformed debut.

Canadian jumpstarters These Kids Wear Crowns drop in to talk MILFs, awkward impromptu busking sets and their hit single.

DAMNDOGS are the product of Jet's Chris Cester and Mark Wilson who enlisted the help of Louis Macklin and cousin to the Cesters, Mitch McIvor, but don't expect Jet rehashed. DAMNDOGS are a live-instrument disco party.

Rogue Traders have finally returned to the public eye after several years hiding in the shadows with a greatest hits compilation and a new album tacked on the side.

What do you get if you put a violinist and a DJ in a band together? Australia's brightest synth-pop hope, Strange Talk!

Budding Kiwi powerhouse Zowie talks fashion, Katy Perry, her drumming past, and tough electro-pop tunes.

Brisbane indie rock stayers Grand Atlanta talk to us about recording their most ambitious album yet, in a Kiwi lunatic-asylum-turned-studio.

Face The Music 2011: Australian dance music legend Paul Mac discusses songwriting, the state of electro, and reviving Itch-E & Scratch-E.

Since joining ARIA as Chief Executive Officer, Dan Rosen has rejuvenated the office and brought the business end of Australia’s music business into the 21st Century.

David Briggs was the guitarist for Little River Band at the band’s peak from 1976 to 1981.

SXSW is the world’s biggest music gathering. The conference and festival takes place in Austin, Texas each March.

SXSW is the world’s biggest music gathering. The conference and festival takes place in Austin, Texas each March.

Face The Music 2011: Mr Henry Wagons discusses the time Joe Pug almost killed him, and how playing in churches might finish the job.

Face The Music 2011: Jarrad Brown of Eagle & The Worm talks songwriting and his collab with Hypnotic Brass Ensemble and Juiceboxxx.

Through The Gin Club, Giants Of Science, Wilson Pickers and more, Ben Salter became a lynchpin of the Brisbane scene. And now he's gone solo.

The achievements of The Seekers are overwhelming. The band was one of Australia’s most successful groups of all-time, selling more than 60 million records worldwide.

From the beaches of Maroubra to the main stages comes rising urban pop star Kid Mac.

Face The Music 2011: We ask Becky Ayers from Liverpool Sound City about what makes the home of the Beatles such a vital musical town.

Sepia-toned strummers Georgia Fair discuss their recording session with Bill from Band of Horses, and why they're not really a folk band.

Folk Uke come from true music pedigree. Amy Nelson is the daughter of Willie Nelson. Cathy Guthrie is the daughter of Arlo Guthrie and granddaughter of Woody Guthrie.

The Whitlams’ Tim Freedman has released his first solo album ‘Australian Idle’, his first album of new music since the last album from The Whitlams ‘Little Cloud’ almost six years ago.

Urban pop star Stan Walker goes track-by-track through his new, half-personal half-party album Let The Music Play.

Pennsylvania post-hardcore outfit Balance And Composure ponder their majestic debut album Separation.

Evocative Sydney indie rock stylists Ernest Ellis & The Panamas visit to discuss their most recent album Kings Canyon.

One of Australia’s stage greats Nancye Hayes will become the aged Edith Bouvier Beale in the Production Company production of ‘Grey Gardens’, on from November 25 to December 4 at the Playhouse in Melbourne.

Nathan and Nic from Sydney's sharp new-wavers Faker talk new EP, new album, new line-up, new ideas and have a laugh about The Cure.

On the back of their gutsy new self-titled album, Melbourne rock trio The Vasco Era discuss the heady times in between.

Billy ‘Bushwalla’ Galewood first hit our radar when a song he had written with his mate Jason Mraz became a pretty big hit worldwide.

Ricki-Lee is back, baby! The young diva returns to spill the beans about her new, huge club single 'Raining Diamonds'.