Roots star Xavier Rudd kicks off a mixed bag of albums this week with Usher, Hot Chip, The Hives, Diesel and more.

Former Fleetwood Mac guitarist and solo hitmaker (Sentimental Lady, Ebony Eyes) Bob Welch is dead at the age of 66.

Bob Welch, the former guitarist for Fleetwood Mac, has been found dead in Nashville of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Recently The Flaming Lips leaked an "unapproved" video of their cover of Roberta Flack's The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face  and Erykah Badu is not impressed.

Fifty years in and the Beach Boys may be heading for the biggest debut of their career.

Let's give Ram its due.

‘The Sapphires’ looks like being Australia’s next big hit movie.

Washington sludge legends the Melvins go ‘Lite’ with Bungle/Fantomas bassist for new album Freak Puke.

Apparently we’re going to see Hologram Elvis in the near future, as well as a celebrity duets album.

Indie chanteuse Emma Louise’s debut EP has sold Gold, and she adds another Melbourne show following a sell-out.

The 2012 Art of Music dinner held in Sydney last Saturday raised $270,000 for the Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy.

Muse have released a trailer for their next album ‘The 2nd Law”.

Rihanna has reportedly scrapped her plans to move to the UK for the summer due to 'sickness.'

More than $200,000 in jewelry was stolen from Axl Rose on Tuesday night after a Paris show.

Roger Waters participated in an almost four-hour interview recently on Sirius/XM's Deep Tracks channel and spoke about future release plans.

Sydney synth stylists Van She return with their second album and a national tour.

A previously unreleased Michael Jackson song has been unearthed from the vaults for the Bad 25 release.

The anime-themed Animetal, featuring players from Blue Oyster Cult, Ozzy Osbourne, Slayer, Testament and more, debut in the US.

The Black Keys’ first Sydney date has sold out, so they’ve added another.

Madonna may be selling out venues around the world, but her latest album, MDNA, is severely struggling.

With the release of their fourth studio album in June 2011, Canadian Pop-Rock band, Simple Plan has toured the world on their ‘Get Your Heart On Tour!’ Simple Plan came out to Australia last year in support of their album. Now they have come back to rock Aussie shores with a second tour covering more cities than their last tour.

John Mellencamp has been selected to win the John Steinbeck Award which goes to an individual who has contributed to society in the spirit of author Steinbeck.

Shock launches their new Halfcut label with heavyweight releases from Gallows, Heroes For Hire and While She Sleeps.

John Mayer says that he was “really humiliated" by Taylor Swift’s bitter ‘Dear John’ song.

Canberra’s electronic music band The Aston Shuffle have signed a publishing deal with Universal Music Publishing.

Australia has a new Cock Rock band and the name of the band is Jackson Firebird.

Rockers Children Collide deliver a video for 'Sphere Of Influence' and the supports for the Monument Tour.

Alt-country heroes Calexico release their next album, Algiers, on the Anti label and debut a new song.

Fiona Apple is ramping up for her fourth album and the third taster has come in the form of ‘Anything We Want’.

Louisiana supergroup Lil’ Band O’ Gold are the band everyone wants to jam with when they are in the same town.