Aston Shuffle DJs, Twinsy, Purple Sneaker DJs, Tyler Touché and triple J fave Lewi McKirdy have just been announced as the second round of artists for the new-look Soundscape Festival.

After today's earlier story about Muse's new lyric video for their latest single, Follow Me, keen-eyed fans have discovered a juicy little secret that leads the way to a free download of a live version of the song from the O2 Arena in London.

Alternative indie pop quartet, Alt-J, last night won the highly coveted U.K. Barclaycard Mercury Prize for their debut album, An Awesome Wave.

First round nominations for the 2012 J Awards have been announced today, with Tame Impala amongst the nominees for Australian Album of the Year and Goyte nominated for Australian Music Video of the Year.

Muse premiered the video for 'Follow Me', the third single from their new album The 2nd Law, on their website and on YouTube today.

The author of several hit singles for other artists, LP is now emerging as a star in her own right, with her first official headline club show in Los Angeles on November 5th at the famed Troubadour selling out instantly. 

The Rolling Stones have played a second secret gig in Paris, this time at the 1800 seater Theatre Mogador.

13-time Grammy winning producer, songwriter and rapper Eminem has signed on as executive producer of the hotly anticipated debut album from five-time Grammy-nominated singer songwriter Skylar Grey.

Compton rapper Kendrick Lamar's album, Good Kid, M.A.A.D City, has had a huge week in the U.S., debuting with more than 241,000 in sales and giving him the highest selling album for a new artist in 2012.

Kiss confirmed this week what has been rumoured for a while, with the announcement of The Casablanca Singles 1974-1982, a limited edition box set consisting of the band's 29 singles on legendary Casablanca label, to be released in December.

The Black Keys played a capacity show last night at Melbourne’s Sidney Myer Music Bowl and tonight Dan Auerbach is going solo for a DJ set at the Cherry Bar.

With over 1.2 million copies downloaded last week, Taylor Swift's latest album, Red, has scored the highest SoundScan sales week in over a decade and has set the record for the highest worldwide digital album sales debut in iTunes history.

Jon Bon Jovi 'was desperate to be reunited' with his wife and children.

Marcus Mumford says it's 'not appealing' to be hailed as 'the next Coldplay'.

Jimmy Page has revealed the he is working on remastering all of Led Zeppelin's albums and that they plan to release one box set per album, starting next year.

Adelaide's The Mark of Cain are back with a tour announcement and a new record, and they're ready to show the kids how it's done.

Steven Tyler has dismissed reports he has split from fiancée Erin Brady.

Ke$ha felt 'inspired' when she drank human blood on stage.

Canadian viral sensations Walk Off The Earth got a little carried away the other day when they solicited fans via Facebook to protest Sony Australia for the release of their new E.P. ‘R.E.V.O.’ Sony Australia already had it scheduled.

Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert would "kill each other" if they were together all the time.

Coldplay Live 2012, the band's first concert film/live album for nine years, is to get a special one-night-only release in cinemas around the world.

The rumours have finally been confirmed. Pioneers of Heavy Metal, Black Sabbath, have announced their first Australian shows in nearly 40 years.

Carly Rae Jepsen And Owl City's Adam Young are being sued over allegations of copyright infringement in a new lawsuit filed in California federal court.

Mark Tremonti And Living With Lions are the latest acts to be squeezed into an already massive line-up for Soundwave 2013, that includes Metallica, Linkin Park and Blink 182. 

Justin Bieber is angry. The 50-year old carpenter from Lewiston, Maine, USA is  sick to death of little girls trying to add him on Facebook.

Clare Bowditch will team up with Christine Salem of Reunion Island and Kutcha Edwards will perform with Boubacar Trare of Mali for the Australasian World Music Expo next week in Melbourne.

Deep Purple and Journey have given rock fans plenty to look forward to this summer, billed together for a tour down under in February and March next year.

Rihanna will release a $250 limited edition version of her new album Unapologetic.

What is Live Nation up to? A post at their Facebook page says an announcement will be made tonight at 10pm with the hastag #darknessdescends.

Taylor Swift's romance reportedly failed as her boyfriend's family were concerned about his school work.