The Wallflowers' breakthrough album Bringing Down The Horse turns 30 this week, marking three decades since Jakob Dylan's band moved from cult status to mainstream rock success with hits including ‘One Headlight' and ‘6th Avenue Heartache'.

David Bowie's landmark 1976 compilation Changesonebowie reaches its 50th anniversary, marking the release that helped cement Bowie's transformation from cult innovator to mainstream global star during one of the most prolific periods of his career.

Fifty years after Blue Öyster Cult released Agents Of Fortune, the album remains the band's commercial breakthrough and the record that delivered one of rock radio's most enduring songs, '(Don't Fear) The Reaper'.

Sparks frontman Ron Mael has reflected on two of the band's most unlikely celebrity connections, an unexpected friendship with Cate Blanchett and the time Paul McCartney paid tribute by impersonating him in a music video.

Vika & Linda have spent more than four decades singing other people's stories. On their new album Where Do You Come From, due on 5 June 2026, they have turned the spotlight inward and delivered what may be the most revealing work of their career.

The Hu have confirmed their third studio album, Hun, will be released on July 24, while unveiling the new single Lost Soul, a collaboration with Jonny Hawkins of Nothing More that signals the next phase of the Mongolian band's evolving Hunnu Rock sound.

156/Silence have announced their sixth studio album From A Distance, arriving September 4 through Pure Noise Records, with the Pittsburgh metalcore band introducing the record through the new single and video for No Arms.

The Jungle Giants have expanded their national tour in support of Experiencing Feelings Of Joy, adding a broad run of regional Australian shows following the album's chart debut and major city theatre dates.

The Meanies are expanding their live schedule through 2026 with interstate dates, a new split release with Dad Fight and a return to Western Australia for the first time in three years.

Don McLean has confirmed that his 2024 album American Boys will be the final studio album of his career as the songwriter prepares to return to Australia for his American Pie 55th anniversary tour.

Jim Manzie built his reputation writing songs for Ol' 55 and The Breakers before unexpectedly forging a second career in Hollywood composing scores for horror films including From A Whisper To A Scream starring Vincent Price.

Tash Sultana has signed the first global label partnership of their career, entering an exclusive worldwide recording agreement with BMG after nearly a decade of building an international audience independently.

Chip Z’Nuff says Enuff Z’Nuff’s breakthrough with ‘New Thing’ on MTV changed the band’s trajectory overnight, taking the Chicago group from club stages to national television and arena tours during the late 1980s rock boom.

Karnivool guitarist and songwriter Drew Goddard will headline WAMCon 2026 in Fremantle, bringing more than 25 years of experience in performance, production and artist development to Western Australia's flagship music industry conference.

TSIM, the rebranded touring incarnation of Australian provocateurs TISM, will undertake their first national tour in more than three decades following recent headline performances at the Sydney Opera House and Melbourne's PICA.

Kevin Morby will return to Australia in November 2026 for a run of headline and festival dates behind his eighth studio album Little Wide Open, recorded with producer Aaron Dessner and released this month through Dead Oceans.

Canadian alt-pop artist Mico will tour Australia for the first time in November 2026, with headline dates confirmed for Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne as the Toronto musician prepares to release his major label debut album When The Lights Turn On.

Town Folk Festival will return to Djaara / Castlemaine in November 2026 with a line-up led by New Zealand songwriter Aldous Harding, American folk artist Kevin Morby and Melbourne trio Folk Bitch Trio.

Peter Gabriel's 1986 album So remains one of the defining records of the decade, bridging experimental art rock and mainstream pop while delivering some of the biggest songs of Gabriel's career.

Billy Joel's fourth studio album ‘Turnstiles' reaches its 50th anniversary this week, marking the record that reconnected the singer-songwriter with New York and laid the groundwork for the commercial breakthrough that followed with ‘The Stranger'.

Crow guitarist and songwriter Peter Archer has died aged 61, just days before the release of the Sydney band's first new music in more than 15 years. Archer's death was confirmed by the band in a statement posted to social media on Sunday night.

Beartooth will return to Australia in January 2027 for their biggest local headline run to date, alongside the announcement of sixth studio album Pure Ecstasy, due in August via Fearless Records.

Rat Scabies says cover versions of The Damned songs by Guns N' Roses and The Offspring delivered some of the biggest royalty cheques the band members had ever received, decades after the original recordings helped define British punk.

Paul McCartney returned to Saturday Night Live for the ninth time this weekend, performing new music from forthcoming album The Boys Of Dungeon Lane alongside classic Wings and solo material in the Season 51 finale.

Killswitch Engage will return to Australia and New Zealand in late 2026 for their first headline tour of the region since releasing their 2025 album This Consequence, with British metal band Sylosis joining as special guests.

Dennis Locorriere, the longtime voice of Dr. Hook and one of the defining singers of 1970s soft rock and country rock radio, has died at the age of 76 after complications from kidney disease.

Fifty years after the release of Warren Zevon's breakthrough self-titled album, the 1976 record remains one of the defining singer-songwriter statements of the decade, powered by a remarkable cast of musicians and songs later transformed into hits by Linda Ronstadt.

The Runaways, the groundbreaking 1976 debut from The Runaways, reached its 50th anniversary this week, marking half a century since the Los Angeles teenagers delivered one of the most influential hard rock records of the era.

Fifty years after its release, Rainbow's second album Rising remains one of the defining records of hard rock and early heavy metal, with “Stargazer” continuing to influence generations of metal musicians and fans.

Sixty years after its release, The Beach Boys' Pet Sounds remains one of the most studied and influential albums in modern music, a record that reshaped studio production, elevated pop music's artistic ambitions and changed the trajectory of rock albums forever.