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Paul Dempsey by Ashley Ludkin
Paul Dempsey Breathes New Life Into Don Henley’s Boys of Summer

Paul Dempsey has turned his hand to one of the most iconic songs of the 80s, offering a stripped-back acoustic take on Don Henley's Boys of Summer. The song arrives as the lead preview from his upcoming covers record, Shotgun Karaoke Vol. II, due out 24 October via EMI Music Australia.

September 23, 2025
Prince Around the World In A Day
Prince’s Around The World In A Day Celebrates 40 Years With Remaster, Deluxe Editions and Dolby Atmos Mix

Prince was never one to play by the rules. After conquering the world with Purple Rain, he stunned fans, critics and even his own record company by immediately pivoting into a bold psychedelic detour, Around The World In A Day. Now, four decades later, the landmark 1985 album is being celebrated with newly remastered editions, deluxe box sets and—for the first time—an immersive Dolby Atmos mix.

September 23, 2025
Neko Case by Ebru Yildiz
Neko Case Returns With New Album ‘Neon Grey Midnight Green’ This Week

Neko Case, one of the most distinctive voices in modern music, will release her ninth solo album Neon Grey Midnight Green this Friday, marking her first studio record in seven years.

September 23, 2025
The Pretty Wild
The Pretty Wild Announce Debut Album ‘zero.point.genesis’ for November Release

US metalcore sister duo The Pretty Wild are about to make their mark with the release of their debut full-length album zero.point.genesis, due out 21 November via Sumerian Records.

September 23, 2025
APRA Screen Music Awards
Adam Gock, Antony Partos, Cassie To, Dinesh Wicks, Jed Kurzel and Mitch Stewart Dominate 2025 Screen Music Award Nominations

The Australian screen composing community will turn its attention to Brisbane this October when the 2025 Screen Music Awards arrive at the Fortitude Music Hall for the very first time.

September 23, 2025
Bad Cop Bad Cop promo photo for Lighten Up album release.
Bad Cop/Bad Cop Fire Up With New Album Lighten Up And “Disbelief” Video

Southern California punk heroes Bad Cop Bad Cop have returned with a statement of purpose. Their new album Lighten Up is out now through Fat Wreck Chords and Hopeless Records, accompanied by the release of a full-length music video for the single “Disbelief.”

September 23, 2025
Genesis The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
Genesis Reunite To Celebrate 50 Years of ‘The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway’ With Dolby ATMOS Playback and Super Deluxe Edition

On Friday 19 September, London played host to a rare Genesis reunion when Tony Banks, Peter Gabriel, Steve Hackett and Mike Rutherford gathered at the Dolby Screening Rooms for an exclusive Dolby ATMOS playback of The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway. The four original members (with Phil Collins absent due to health reasons) reflected on the band's most ambitious work, which marks its 50th anniversary this year.

September 23, 2025
Noah Cyrus Press Photo
Noah Cyrus To Return To Australia With Living Room-Intimate Sonic Journey This November

American singer-songwriter Noah Cyrus will return to Australia this November for her first shows on local soil in more than five years. The tour will celebrate her latest album I Want My Loved Ones To Go With Me with a run of headline dates across Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane, alongside an appearance at the Changing Tides Festival in Kiama.

September 23, 2025
Chris Doheny has died at age 64 in a road accident in South Australia
Chris Doheny, Voice of Geisha and ‘More Than A Game’, Dies At Age 64

Chris Doheny, the Melbourne-born singer, songwriter and frontman best known for leading 80s pop-rock outfit Geisha and lending his voice to the AFL anthem More Than A Game, has died in a road accident on the Thiele Highway, near Kings Bridge Road, Kapunda.

September 22, 2025
Melbourne band The Gnomes pose together ahead of their debut album launch.
Meet The Gnomes Frankston’s New Beatles

Melbourne's next big garage-beat export, The Gnomes, from Frankston, will celebrate the arrival of their long-awaited debut album with a Brunswick Ballroom launch party on Friday 14 November.

September 22, 2025
Scotty McCreery with Hootie & The Blowfish in the official ‘Bottle Rockets’ music video, filmed on Isle of Palms, South Carolina.
Scotty McCreery Premieres ‘Bottle Rockets’ with Hootie & The Blowfish

Scotty McCreery is having one of the biggest years of his career, and now he's delivered the ultimate soundtrack to summer with the release of the official music video for his hit single Bottle Rockets, featuring Hootie & The Blowfish.

September 22, 2025
Swimming Bell (Katie Schottland) will make her Australian debut in October 2025 with an intimate national tour.
Swimming Bell To Make Her Australian Debut With East Coast Tour

Los Angeles psych-folk artist Swimming Bell (the performing name of Katie Schottland) will step onto Australian stages for the very first time next month, embarking on a run of intimate east coast shows before heading across to Western Australia.

September 22, 2025
d4vd Facebook pic
d4vd Removed From Spilt Milk After Teen’s Body Found in His Tesla

The organisers of Australia's Spilt Milk Festival have quietly removed US artist d4vd from their 2025 line-up following shocking developments in an ongoing case in Los Angeles.

September 22, 2025
Motion City Soundtrack 2025 band photo by Ben Pier
Motion City Soundtrack Return With First Album in Ten Years ‘The Same Old Wasted Wonderful World’

Motion City Soundtrack have officially ended their decade-long wait between records with the release of The Same Old Wasted Wonderful World, out now via Epitaph Records. It marks their first studio album since 2015's Panic Stations and captures ten years of growth, change, and reflection.

September 22, 2025
David Gedge and The Wedding Present announce new EP Maxi for December 2025.
The Wedding Present To Release First New Music In Three Decades

In 1996, The Wedding Present veered into new territory with the release of Mini, an EP of six songs, each linked thematically to the open road and the art of driving. Almost three decades later, frontman David Gedge has decided it's time to rev the engine again. On 5 December, the band will deliver Maxi, a brand-new six-track collection cut from the same conceptual cloth but with an altogether more expansive sound.

September 22, 2025
Travis Photographer Stefan Ruiz
Travis Announce 2026 Australian Tour Performing The Man Who In Full

Scottish alternative rock favourites Travis are set to return to Australia in January 2026 for the first time in almost a quarter of a century. The band will perform their landmark 1999 album The Man Who in its entirety, along with a selection of hits from across their 30-year career.

September 22, 2025
Hamish Stuart, Rick Grossman, Jim Moginie, Rob Hirst
Rob Hirst, Jim Moginie and Hamish Stuart Announce New EP A Hundred Years or More

Rob Hirst, Jim Moginie and Hamish Stuart are set to release their brand-new EP A Hundred Years or More on 14 November 2025.

September 22, 2025
Trinity Woodhouse Pills
Trinity Woodhouse Drops Her Most Honest Track Yet With “Pills”

Trinity Woodhouse gets that life isn’t a straight line. The Hunter Valley alt-country artist has just released her new single “Pills”, and it might be her most personal song yet.

September 22, 2025
Daniel Johns Brings Semi-Autobiographical Sci-Fi Film To Stage With What If The Future Never Happened?

Daniel Johns is stepping back into the spotlight this November with What If The Future Never Happened?, a semi-autobiographical short film that fuses reality and fantasy, wrapped in a live storytelling and music event series across Sydney, Newcastle, Brisbane and Melbourne.

September 22, 2025
Chuck Sics
Chuck Sics Emerges as One of Australia’s Most Exciting New Artists with Debut EP Slipstream

Sydney's Chuck Sics is staking his claim as one of Australia's must-watch emerging artists, dropping his latest single I've Been Thinking today ahead of the release of his debut EP Slipstream on September 23.

September 21, 2025
HARDY releases deluxe edition COUNTRY! COUNTRY! COUNTRY! featuring “Good Ole Boy”
Hardy Drops Long-Awaited “Dog Years” Ahead Of New Album Country! Country! And First-Ever Msg Headline

Hardy has fans buzzing once again, unveiling the highly anticipated track “Dog Years” ahead of his new album Country! Country!, out next Friday, September 26 via Big Loud. The song, written over a decade ago before Hardy even had a publishing deal, resurfaced last year after a standout performance at Miranda Lambert's MuttNation charity event, and fans have been clamouring for an official release ever since.  

September 21, 2025
The Saints Chris Bailey photo supplied
The Saints Deliver Final Testament With Chris Bailey On Long March Through The Jazz Age

The Saints are preparing to release what will stand as their final album with Chris Bailey, Long March Through The Jazz Age, due 28 November through Fire Records. The second single, Judas, has now been unveiled - a haunting, string-laden ballad where Bailey's unmistakeable voice is draped across the shimmer of a 12-string guitar.

September 21, 2025
The Washboard Union
The Washboard Union To Make Their Australian Live Debut This October

Canadian country heavyweights The Washboard Union will play their first ever Australian shows this October, lining up festival sets and headline gigs to mark the release of their brand-new single Somebody To Love.

September 21, 2025
Mei Semones Facebook photo
Mei Semones Wins Anchor Award at Reeperbahn Festival

Mei Semones has taken out the prestigious Anchor Award at the Reeperbahn Festival in Hamburg, marking a career-defining moment for the rising Japanese-American artist.

September 21, 2025
Joy Crookes
Joy Crookes Releases New Album Juniper Featuring “Forever” Live at Tate Modern

South London's own Joy Crookes has dropped her highly anticipated second album Juniper, marking the next chapter in one of the UK's most distinctive new voices. The release comes hot on the heels of Crookes being named War Child's newest ambassador and selling out a string of intimate in-store shows across the UK.

September 21, 2025
Elton John at A Day On The Green at Rochford Winery on Sunday 1 October 2017. Photo by Ros O'Gorman
Elton John’s The Devil Wears Prada Musical Cast Album Out Now

Elton John has taken his legendary songwriting into the world of high fashion with the Original West End Cast Recording of The Devil Wears Prada, now available on CD, digital and vinyl.

September 21, 2025
Paul Kelly and Dan Kelly at Red Hot Summer Mornington photo by Bron Robinson
Paul Kelly To Headline Red Hot Summer Tour 2026

The Red Hot Summer Tour is set to turn up the heat in 2026 with a scorching all-Australian line-up headlined by one of the nation's most iconic and enduring singer-songwriters, Paul Kelly.

September 21, 2025
Def Leppard Live from Sheffield
Def Leppard Announce ‘Diamond Star Heroes Live From Sheffield’ Out November 21

Def Leppard fans, get ready to relive the roar of Sheffield. The legendary rockers are releasing their hometown stadium show, captured during the 2023 European tour with Mötley Crüe, in multiple formats this November.

September 20, 2025
Colin Stough
Colin Stough Turns Heartache Into Southern Rock Anthem With New Single “20 Bucks”

Mississippi-born singer-songwriter Colin Stough is back, and he's cranking up the Southern rock-country vibe with his latest single, “20 Bucks,” out now.

September 20, 2025
Ray Charles Love Country Style
Ray Charles’ Classic Country Album “Love Country Style” Returns in Tangerine Master Series

Ray Charles' legendary 1970 album Love Country Style is set to return for the first time in more than 50 years as part of the ongoing Tangerine Master Series, a carefully curated collection of reissues celebrating the 17x GRAMMY® Award-winning singer, songwriter, pianist, and producer. The album will be released on Friday, October 24.

September 20, 2025