Prog rock space cadets The Mars Volta have announced their sixth album Noctourniquet.

Ellen Degeneres has invited viral sensations Walk Off The Earth to perform their Gotye and Kimbra cover on her ‘The Ellen Show’.

Katy Perry is collaborating with Electronic Arts to create a Katy Perry themed Sims game.

Actress, comedian, former model and all round Hollywood legend Betty White has hit the big 9-0 and we at Noise 11 like to wish her a big Happy Birthday!

Tender folkies Busby Marou and Georgia Fair have added five Far North Queensland dates to their mammoth East Coast tour.

New Zealand is about to see its last ever Big Day Out.

Chuck D of rap instigators Public Enemy has promised two new albums in 2012.

Vanilla Ice praises MLK (sic), Black Keys wanna game with cranky tweens, Bootsy Collins looks rad, Sia’s makin’ hits, and heaps more.

Wollongong’s Strike Hard Bookings is closing its doors and the founders are moving on to bigger things.

Saturday Night Live fans taken to Twitter and Facebook to shitcan the performance by Lana Del Rey on the weekend.

The Mona Foma Festival in Hobart this week has had a last minute addition. Festival Director Brian Ritchie has put together a Violent Femmes supergroup featuring members of Dresden Dolls and PJ Harvey’s band.

Mos Def has changed his name to Yasiin Bey and released a 'reinterpretation' of the Watch The Throne track ‘Niggas In Paris’.

Angus Stone, of Angus & Julia fame, has made his new solo song ‘Broken Brights’ available for download.

New York born funk legend Jimmy Castor has died at the age of 64 in Nevada.

SXSW put its initial artist schedule together today and more names have hit the list. Counting Crows, Ed Sheeran, Lana Del Rey and Jimmy Cliff are three more acts to add to the SXSW schedule.

Mark Seymour, Deborah Conway, Michael Spiby, Angie Hart and more play Harvest N’ Graze’s gourmet day out.

Bono has performed in Timbukto but terrorist threats have been keeping foreigners away from the Mali music festival.

Adelaide’s surprise success The Beards deliver new single 'I'm In The Mood... For Beards', prep their third album and book a national tour.

Madonna wants to kiss and make-up with Elton John after beating him to an award at the Golden Globes yesterday.

David Furnish has slammed into Madonna after she beat his partner Elton John to a Golden Globe Award.

Paul Weller and his wife Hannah have welcomed twin sons Bowie and John Paul to the world.

John Fogerty is just one of the names added to Bluesfest 2012.

Hilltop Hoods have a Platinum hit on their hands with thanks to Sia. ‘I Love It’ featuring Sia from the album ‘Drinking From The Sun’ has past the benchmark Platinum sales mark.

The Bronx personalise bar games, Alicia Keys cheers MLK, T-Pain's enormous liquor receipt, myspace introduce Lane Del Rey, and heaps more.

Melbourne born, but internationally based instrumental violin-driven art rock band Dirty Three have revealed their first song since 2005.

The Gotye and Kimbra song ‘Somebody That I Used To Know’ has been covered by The Voice contestant Paul Turner on Holland’s The Voice and quite frankly it is bloody awful.

Danish pop confectioners Aqua have already sold out their Sydney and Melbourne shows and add two more.

Olivia Newton-John has placed a message to Melbourne band The Swamp Dandies thanking them for their song ‘Olivia’.

Barbadian singer Rihanna and British superstar Cheryl Cole are reportedly recording a duet this week in Los Angeles.

The next Dr. John album should have a very different sound with thanks to the Black Keys.