The Cosmic Selector Vol. 1 architects return to the road with a summer run across the U.S. and Canada, including a sold-out Red Rocks show and first-ever Denver amphitheatre date

The pioneering singer-songwriter returns with her 18th studio album, a politically charged narrative that blends myth and activism, ahead of a world tour.

A bold new chapter for the Australian singer-songwriter arrives with a record shaped by relocation, reinvention and a willingness to confront change head on.

The Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter returns with a song debuted on tour, signalling the next chapter in a career shaped by Vermont roots and slow-building success.

Three of the defining British artists of the early 1980s come together for a landmark North American tour celebrating four decades of influence and innovation.

The Grammy-winning string band return to the songs, rooms and spirit that launched their career, performing their first two albums in full in an intimate stripped-back setting.

Country music icons David And Howard Bellamy mark a career-defining milestone with their first-ever headline performance at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium, honouring five decades since their breakthrough hit Let Your Love Flow.

The Grammy Award nominated guitarist and producer leans into 80s pop textures and expansive collaboration ahead of his February 2026 album release and a major global tour

New York party architect brings cult DJ series back to Australia with special guests Geese And Wet Leg

The genre-bending American duo will bring their high-energy live show back to the region with dates locked in across New Zealand and Australia this April.

Melbourne metalcore storytellers deepen their cinematic universe ahead of third album release

The global music community mourns the loss of Midnight Oil co-founder Rob Hirst, a formidable drummer, songwriter and activist whose work helped shape Australian rock and carried its voice to the world.

Swiss rock institution Gotthard return with a reflective new song that finds optimism in adversity, continuing a legacy built on melody, resilience and connection.

The Tennessee songwriter opens a new chapter with a reflective album and an international tour that stretches from the US to Europe and the UK.

Award-winning duo continue their rich creative partnership with a new single leading into the forthcoming album Everything Around You.

The Wild God Tour returns Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds to Australian stages for the first time since 2017, opening with a sold out Fremantle Park performance that drew deeply from the band's new album Wild God while surveying four decades of music history.

The landmark instrumental work that launched Virgin Records and reshaped modern music returns to the stage with an expansive live production celebrating five decades of Tubular Bells.

61 Australian Songwriters And Composers Recognised Across 13 Categories As Career-Shaping Awards Near

Lime Cordiale unveil Lime Green Festival, an ambitious off-grid music event combining live performance, community and climate action in Adelaide.

Phil Campbell brings his family band Phil Campbell & The Bastard Sons to Australia in March 2026 to celebrate 50 years of Motörhead, joined by support act Willie J’s 6V6’s.

Global Superstar Partners With Tamworth Country Music Festival To Create Career-Defining Nashville Opportunity For Emerging Australian Artists by Paul Cashmere

The German thrash titans have dropped the official clip for the album's title track, filmed in a post-apocalyptic Berlin, as their 16th studio album lands now.

A new era of Finnish metal arrives as the band unveil their most ambitious record yet, led by the single “Blood Diamond” and a cinematic shift in sound by Paul Cashmere

New York death metal institution Immolation return with their twelfth studio album Descent, unveiling the record's first single Adversary and detailing a release that further consolidates their legacy as one of extreme metal's most enduring forces. by Paul Cashmere

As Cosmic Psychos push deeper into the final stretch of their sprawling 40-plus date Australian tour, the band's momentum shows no sign of easing. The run, launched in support of their latest album I Like Beer, has coincided with a parallel creative outlet for frontman Ross Knight, whose podcast How Ya Goin? has quietly become one of the most engaging music discussion series currently circulating in Australia.

David Byrne opened his Australian tour with a tightly choreographed, career-spanning set in Brisbane on Saturday, 17 January 2026, reminding the crowd just how wide and restless his musical world still is.

Matchbook Romance have announced a digital deluxe reissue of their seminal 2006 album VOICES, marking its 20th anniversary with the release scheduled for February 13 via Epitaph. The reissue, titled VOICES | VISIONS, expands the original record with two previously unreleased tracks that were first recorded during the album's initial sessions but left unfinished for nearly two decades.

Silents Synced, the cinema experience that pairs iconic silent films with landmark alternative rock albums, is set to return to Australian screens in February 2026, this time pairing Buster Keaton's 1924 comedy classic Sherlock Jr. with R.E.M.'s mid-1990s albums Monster and New Adventures in Hi-Fi. The nationwide screenings begin on 5 February 2026, promising a reimagined cinema event that blends early 20th-century filmmaking with the era-defining sound of 1990s alternative rock.

The Vanda & Young Global Songwriting Competition has announced the winners of its 2025 edition, spotlighting songwriting excellence from across Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Scotland, the Netherlands and the United States. With more than 4,000 songs entered from 52 countries, the competition again demonstrated its reach as one of the world's most significant platforms for discovering and supporting contemporary songwriting talent.

Ralph McTell will return to Australia in May for what has been confirmed as his final tour of the country, marking a significant moment in the shared history between the British folk icon and Australian audiences. The Somewhere Down The Road farewell tour arrives almost fifty years after McTell first toured Australia, closing a chapter that has seen generations connect with his songs, stories and distinctive finger-picking guitar style.