The Hard-Ons and Jerry A collaborative album Hard-Ons/Jerry A
Hard-Ons And Jerry A Release Long-Promised Collaborative Album

The Hard-Ons and Poison Idea frontman Jerry A have released their long-awaited collaborative album, following years of musical connections and recent tours together in the United States and Europe.

August 14, 2026
Holly Throsby performing live during the Normal Magic era
Holly Throsby Releases ‘Missing You’ Ahead Of Normal Magic

Holly Throsby has released ‘Missing You', the latest single from her first album in nine years, *Normal Magic*, due September 4, with an East Coast tour scheduled for October and November.

August 14, 2026
Saltwound vocalist Spencer Timmons performing with the band
Saltwound Unleash New Single And Video Pound Of Flesh

Sacramento deathcore band Saltwound have released the standalone single Pound Of Flesh, featuring Mugshot vocalist Ringo Waterman, following their 2024 debut album The Temptation Of Pain.

August 14, 2026
Brandi Carlile performing during The Human Tour in 2026
Brandi Carlile Announces Returning To Myself (Sad Gay Version)

Brandi Carlile will release an expanded reworking of Returning To Myself on September 25, featuring new versions of the album's 10 songs and a collaboration with Jon Hopkins on “Human”.

August 14, 2026
Florida metalcore band Wage War announcing their 2026 Australian headline tour with Orthodox and Heavensgate
Wage War Release Sweet Dreams Video After Australian Headline Tour

Wage War have released a video for Sweet Dreams, a standalone single that follows the Florida metalcore band's It Calls Me By Name EP and their recently completed Australian headline tour.

August 14, 2026
Michelle Branch and New Radicals
Michelle Branch And New Radicals Premiere New Version Of The Game Of Love Video

Michelle Branch and Gregg Alexander have reunited for a new recording and video of The Game Of Love, more than two decades after the song became a Grammy-winning hit for Santana featuring Branch and now there is a video.

August 14, 2026
Sara Bareilles performing at the Beacon Theatre during the Tribeca Festival
Sara Bareilles Good Grief Documentary Sets September 2 Cinema Release

Sara Bareilles: Good Grief will open in more than 35 US cities on September 2 following its Tribeca Festival premiere, with the documentary accompanying Bareilles' seventh studio album and autumn tour.

August 14, 2026
Peter Garrett Midnight Oil 6 November 2017. Photo by Ros O'Gorman
Midnight Oil Blue Sky Mining Gets Limited Blue Vinyl And Signed Jim Moginie Photo Book

Midnight Oil's 1990 album Blue Sky Mining is being paired with a limited clear blue vinyl pressing and a 100-page photography book featuring previously unpublished images by guitarist Jim Moginie from the band's 1990 world tour.

August 14, 2026
John Farnham photo by Ros O'Gorman
John Farnham’s Whispering Jack Gets 40th Anniversary 2CD And Limited Vinyl Editions

John Farnham's landmark 1986 album Whispering Jack will mark its 40th anniversary with expanded 2CD and limited numbered 2LP editions, pairing the original album with the previously DVD-only Whispering Jack Live In Concert.

August 14, 2026
Roger Taylor by Simon Lupton
Roger Taylor Releases I See You Now From New Album Violence Insane In A Beautiful World

Roger Taylor has released I See You Now, the latest single from his forthcoming solo album Violence Insane In A Beautiful World, accompanied by a black-and-white video created by his wife Sarina Taylor and long-time collaborator Simon Lupton.

August 13, 2026
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The Saints ’73-’78 Announce Live At Club ’76 And 2027 Australian Tour

The Saints '73-'78 will release a newly unearthed 1976 live recording, Live At Club '76, alongside an Australian tour marking 50 years since the release of (I'm) Stranded.

August 13, 2026
The Rubens announce Group Therapy album and Australian national tour
The Rubens Announce Group Therapy Album And National Tour

The Rubens will release their sixth studio album, Group Therapy, and take the new record on an extensive Australian tour beginning in October.

August 12, 2026
Leo Sayer Leothology
Leo Sayer Announces 18CD Leothology Career Box Set

Leo Sayer's 18CD Leothology: The Studio Albums 1973-Now brings together his studio catalogue from 1973 through to 2024, alongside a previously unreleased Melbourne live album and a collection of rarities.

August 11, 2026
David McCormack with TRS80
David McCormack’s TRS80 Announces September Shows And New Single Home Surgery

David McCormack's TRS80 will release new single Home Surgery and perform three Australian shows in September with Trevor Ludlow And The Hellraisers, The Stress Of Leisure and Map Ends.

August 11, 2026
Caroline Rose performing during the Gentling The Horse At The Walt Whitman Mall album campaign
Caroline Rose Announces New Album Gentling The Horse At The Walt Whitman Mall

Caroline Rose has announced the new album Gentling The Horse At The Walt Whitman Mall, due October 23 on their newly established SUCK records label, alongside the release of the new single “Chow Mein”.

August 11, 2026
Tom Waits Small Change
Tom Waits’ Small Change Gets 50th Anniversary Vinyl Reissue

Tom Waits' 1976 album Small Change will be reissued on vinyl on October 2 to mark its 50th anniversary.

August 11, 2026
Evan Stanley and Nick Simmons launch Stanley Simmons with debut single Body Down.
Stanley Simmons Releases Lilith Ahead Of Debut Album And US Tour

The sixth single from Stanley Simmons' forthcoming debut album Dancing While The World Is Ending is accompanied by a new music video directed by Greg Furman.

August 10, 2026
Anthrax by Travis Shinn
Anthrax Release New Single ‘Everybody’s Got A Plan’ From 2026 Album

Anthrax have released ‘Everybody's Got A Plan', the third single from their forthcoming album Cursum Perficio, due September 18.

August 10, 2026
Madonna and Kylie Minogue Love Sensation
Madonna And Kylie Minogue Release Long-Awaited ‘Love Sensation’ Collaboration

Madonna and Kylie Minogue have officially released their first studio collaboration, ‘Love Sensation (Afterhours Mix)', following its surprise live debut at Madonna's Club Confessions event during WorldPride Amsterdam.

August 10, 2026
The Monkees with Peter Tork and Micky Dolenz perform at the Palais in St Kilda as part of their 50th anniversary tour on Wednesday 7 December 2016. Photo by Ros O'Gorman
Micky Dolenz Unveils Waiting For The Day From New Timeless EP

The Monkees singer has released a new video for the Vicki Peterson composition ahead of his six-song Timeless EP, September 4.

August 8, 2026
Neil Young Second Song
Neil Young Sets September Release For Second Song

Neil Young will release Second Song with The Chrome Hearts on September 18, marking his first studio album following 2025's Talkin To The Trees and bringing together newly recorded material with songs drawn from his early songwriting archive.

August 7, 2026
The Avalanches No Bad Memories
The Avalanches Announce Fourth Album No Bad Memories

The Avalanches will release their fourth studio album, No Bad Memories, on October 16, 2026, alongside new single ‘Can't Get Over Losing You' featuring Portraits of Tracy.

August 7, 2026
Ella Hooper photo by Jeremy Dylan
Ella Hooper Announces Overnight Success Album And National Tour With New Single When The Shit Went Down

Ella Hooper has announced her next studio album ‘Overnight Success’, alongside the release of the deeply personal new single ‘When The Shit Went Down’, with a national Australian tour beginning in October.

August 7, 2026
Split Motion photo by Ashlea Bea
Split Chain Expand motionblur With Deluxe Edition and Two New Collaborative Tracks

Bristol band Split Chain have previewed their forthcoming motionblur [DELUXE] with two newly reworked songs featuring Postdrome and Commoner ahead of the digital release on September 11 through Epitaph Records.

August 7, 2026
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Rick Price Announces National Call On Me Tour Following New Single Release

Australian singer-songwriter Rick Price will take his new music and career-spanning catalogue on the road this spring with a national acoustic tour built around his latest single, 'Call On Me'.

August 7, 2026
Joan Jett at Red Hot Summer, Mornington, 19 January 2019 photo by Karen Freedman
Joan Jett Cancels September Shows After Surgery As ‘I Love Rock ‘N Roll’ 45th Anniversary Reissue Nears

Joan Jett has postponed two September performances after undergoing surgery for a fractured vertebra, while preparations continue for the 45th anniversary reissue of her landmark 1981 album I Love Rock 'N Roll later this month.

August 6, 2026
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Weezer Revive Blue Album Era With New ‘C.E.O.’ Video Packed With Celebrity Cameos

Weezer have released the third single from their upcoming 20th studio album, using humour and self reflection to examine the music industry's appetite for nostalgia while recreating one of the band's most recognisable music videos.

August 6, 2026
Benny J Ward releases debut solo album Super! through Cheersquad Records & Tapes and Kool Kat Musik
Benny J Ward Releases ‘Fear Of Going Out’ And Confirms Melbourne Shows

Perth songwriter and producer Benny J Ward has released the new single 'Fear Of Going Out' through Cheersquad Records & Tapes and announced two Melbourne performances with his live band Benny J & The Psych Ward, featuring members of The Meanies, Even and other Australian alternative rock acts.

August 6, 2026
Yngwie Malmsteen photo by Rick Gould
Yngwie Malmsteen Announces Hell Or High Water Album, Shares First Single ‘Now Or Never’

Swedish guitar virtuoso Yngwie Malmsteen has confirmed his 23rd studio album, Hell Or High Water, will be released on 13 November, alongside the premiere of its first single, 'Now Or Never'.

August 6, 2026
Elvis Costello My Aim is True 49th anniversary
Elvis Costello Details Massive My Aim Is True Anniversary Box Set

The release offers an unprecedented look at the period between 1976 and 1978 when Costello transitioned from a data entry clerk writing songs on the side into a defining figure of the new wave movement. By unpacking master reels, bedroom cassette recordings, and early studio sessions, the box set documents the meticulous construction of an album that fundamentally reshaped modern rock songwriting.

August 5, 2026