US indie experimentalists Animal Collective announce their new album Centipede Hz with a trippy trailer.

Sydney pop-punk upstarts, Tonight Alive, have been nominated for two Kerrang! Awards just before their national tour.

Rap mogul Jay-Z has announced his Made In America music festival and wants President Obama to join in.

Icelandic post-rock icons Sigur Ros will stream their new album globally on May 17 for ‘Valtari Hour’.

Prince is equal parts Elvis Presley and James Brown. He is part Michael Jackson but Jackson needed a producer and didn’t play an instrument. Prince is also Jimi Hendrix. He is all of the above.

The Rubens, from Menangle NSW, are the newest signing to Ivy League Records.

360 has sent a message to his “haters” thanking them for boosting his ‘Likes’ on Facebook.

Adele ‘21’ is number one again in Australia making it 32 weeks in total on top of the Australian chart.

Donald ‘Duck’ Dunn was on tour in Japan with his long-term muso mate Steve Cropper when he died suddenly in the early hours of Sunday morning.

‘Ya Know?’, the posthumous second solo album for Joey Ramone is set for a release in the USA next week.

Johnny Mackay of Children Collide is relocating from Melbourne to New York next week but it isn’t permanent.

An upcoming documentary on The Black Keys will primarily focus on the relationship of members Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney.

After 10 seasons David Caruso is hanging up his shades. CSI Miami has been axed.

The music world has been reeling from the sudden death of bass legend Donald "Duck" Dunn. While Dunn wasn't a household name for those outside the music community, his influence and greatness can easily be seen by the comments from his peers.

The Berklee School of Music has honoured Don Henley, Glenn Frey, Timothy B. Schmit and Joe Walsh along with Alison Krauss and Ethiopian musician Mulatu Astatke with honorary doctor of music degrees.

The songs and albums Donald 'Duck' Dunn played on read read like the history of music.

Stax music legend Donald ‘Duck’ Dunn has passed away in his sleep in Toyko after finishing two shows in Japan.

Details are sketchy at this time but, according to a Facebook post by Steve Cropper, legendary sessions bassist Donald "Duck" Dunn passed away Sunday morning in Tokyo.

Seal and Public Enemy’s Flava Flave joined Prince on stage for his after show show at Sydney’s Ivy Club in the wee small hours of Sunday morning.

Jessie J is reportedly 'getting far too big for her boots.'

Lily Allen reportedly wants to work on getting her "edge" back after becoming a mother for the first time.

2012 is going to be yet another a huge year for Graham Coxon.

Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, Bill Ward,' four names that resonate throughout Rock's recorded history as clear and sublime as the bell that tolls the opening to the bands eponymous debut album from 1970.

Coldplay will be in Australia in November with The Temper Trap and Alabama’s The Pierces but only on the East Coast.

Prince really shook the setlist around for the second night of his Australian tour with a completely different setlist from the night before.

The Eagles, along with Alison Krauss and Ethiopian musician Mulatu Astatke, will be awarded honorary doctorates at the Berklee College Of Music this weekend. On Friday night the students performed a concert for the honorees at Boston University.

Meet the Houstons. Less than three months after the death of Whitney Houston her family has signed a deal to appear in a reality TV show.

Prince has opened his Welcome2Australia tour with full coverage of his career dating back 1981’s ‘Controversy’ album.

Prince will keep with tradition and play an after show show at Sydney’s Ivy tomorrow night (Saturday, May 12).

Britney Spears, who doesn’t even sing live in her own shows, is going the judge those who do.