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.

After 21 years and 65 productions Australia’s The Production Company has ceased production but the history goes on.

With The Black Sorrows ‘Saint Georges Road’ Joe Camilleri is clocking up his 50th studio album.

Some know him as Fox Mulder, others as Hank Moody. The truth (out there) is that David Duchovny is an actor, an author and a musician. It’s the latter qualification that why summons here today.

Steve Kilbey has had a remarkable creative output. In around 40 years he has released around 70 albums … but who is really counting?

Our the music industry continues to evolve with new technologies, the Musexpo conference in Los Angeles has been the leading gathering for open discussion of the evolution.

Like everyone Something for Kate were grounded as a live act across most of the Covid lockdowns.

Rick Springfield and Russell Morris have been working on a new music concept called ‘Jack Chrome and the Darkness Waltz’ over the extended Covid lockdown period.

Ellen Foley is heading towards the release of her fifth album. ‘Fighting Words’ is coming in August.

Jackson Browne ‘Downhill From Everywhere’ is an observation on society. It is a 2021 snapshot of the world by health, by environment, but politics and by culture.

When he first heard of Danny Elfman he was fronting US rock band Oingo Boingo. Australia liked Oingo Boingo. ‘Weird Science’ was a top 40 hit, so was ‘Stay’.

Moby doesn’t hold back in ‘Moby Doc’, his new documentary detailing the highs and lows of his life and career.

The Doors’ classic ‘L.A. Woman’ album was released on 19 April 1971, exactly 50 years ago today.

Noise11 talks to the million-selling rapper producer Flo Rida about his megahits, Sia, the lost Chris Brown tune, and more.