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Snow Patrol by Tom Beard

Snow Patrol Premiere Kylie Song With Global Recording Deal For BMG

by Paul Cashmere

Snow Patrol have signed a new global recording deal with BMG and launched the partnership with the release of their new collaboration with Kylie, These Alarms.

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Semisonic Release Hopeful New Single ‘Don’t Give Up Yet’ And Reveal First New Music In Three Years

by Paul Cashmere

Semisonic have released ‘Don’t Give Up Yet’, a deeply personal new single and video that marks the band’s first release in three years and begins a new cycle of recordings.

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Mudhoney Announce First Australian And New Zealand Tour In More Than A Decade

by Paul Cashmere

Foundational Seattle grunge band Mudhoney will return to Australia and New Zealand in October 2026 for their first extensive run of dates across both countries in more than a decade.

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James Announce 2026 Australian And New Zealand Tour Performing Laid In Full

by Paul Cashmere

James have announced their first Australian and New Zealand tour since 2018, featuring songs from Laid and a career-spanning set, with Razorlight joining the Australian dates.

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Deux Visages by Juliette Boulay

Deux Visages Sign To Pure Noise Records And Preview Debut Album With ‘Always You’

by Paul Cashmere

Deux Visages have announced a deal with Pure Noise Records and shared the new single ‘Always You’, the first preview of their debut album due in 2026.

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Kevin Parker Tame Impala by Julian Klincewicz

The Smashing Pumpkins Tribute Album To Feature Tame Impala, The Midnight And Nita Strauss

by Paul Cashmere

Tame Impala’s cover of Hummer launches Sending Hearts To All My Dearies, a new tribute album featuring artists from across rock, alternative and electronic music celebrating The Smashing Pumpkins.

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Fleshwater Announce Australian Tour For November 2026

by Paul Cashmere

Fleshwater will return to Australia in November 2026 for a five-date headline tour following the success of their album 2000: In Search Of The Endless Sky and appearances with Deftones, The Mars Volta and Coachella 2026.

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Justin Cary of Sixpence None The Richer

Sixpence None The Richer Bassist Justin Cary Dies At 50

by Paul Cashmere

Justin Cary, bassist with Sixpence None The Richer and a key contributor to the band’s biggest hits, has died aged 50 following complications from a stroke.

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Johnny Marr performs at the Forum in Melbourne on Wednesday 22 July 2015. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Johnny Marr Announces The Age Of Everything And Unveils New Single Spin

by Paul Cashmere

Johnny Marr has announced The Age Of Everything, his fifth solo album, arriving in October via BMG. The former Smiths guitarist has also released the first single, Spin, and confirmed major headline shows.

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Beck Odelay

Beck Odelay Turns 30: The Album That Redefined Alternative Music In The Late 1990s

by Paul Cashmere

Beck’s Odelay celebrates its 30th anniversary in 2026. The landmark album featuring Where It’s At, Devils Haircut and The New Pollution remains one of the defining releases of the 1990s.

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The Smiths The Queen The Dead

The Smiths’ The Queen Is Dead Turns 40, Four Decades After Defining An Era

by Paul Cashmere

The Smiths’ classic 1986 album The Queen Is Dead turns 40, four decades after establishing itself as one of the most influential records in alternative music history.

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Harrison Gordon Announce New Album Bliss And Release New Single ‘Not Working! Not Working!’

by Paul Cashmere

Harrison Gordon have announced their new album Bliss for September 4 and unveiled the latest single ‘Not Working! Not Working!’, a track examining work culture, economic pressures and modern anxiety.

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Movements

Movements Share ‘Everything Is Fine’ Ahead Of New Album Happier Now

by Paul Cashmere

Movements have released Everything Is Fine, the latest preview of their forthcoming album Happier Now, due September 4 through Fearless Records.

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Brian Fallon 2026

Brian Fallon Announces Not Bad For New Jersey, First Solo Album In More Than Five Years

by Paul Cashmere

Brian Fallon has announced Not Bad For New Jersey, his first solo album in more than five years, featuring guest appearances from Brandon Flowers, Phil Collen, Lori McKenna and Marc Ribot.

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unpeople photo by Bridie Cummings

unpeople Announce Debut Album We Are Unpeople And Release New Single ‘Friends’

by Paul Cashmere

UK alternative band unpeople have unveiled details of their debut album We Are Unpeople and released the new single Friends ahead of the October 9 release.

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Rivers Cuomo Weezer at Etihad Stadium on Tuesday 30 January 2018. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Weezer Announce Gold Album And Release New Single ‘We Might As Well Be Strangers’ Featuring Wednesday

by Paul Cashmere

Weezer have unveiled the Gold Album and released the new single We Might As Well Be Strangers featuring Wednesday’s Karly Hartzman ahead of the album’s August 21 release.

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Alex Lahey photo by Seannie Bryan

Alex Lahey Announces B-Grade University Reunion Tour To Mark 10 Years Of Breakthrough EP

by Paul Cashmere

Alex Lahey has announced a national Australian tour to celebrate the 10th anniversary of her breakthrough EP B-Grade University and the release of its expanded Reunion Edition.

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Violet Grohl by Bella Newman

Violet Grohl Releases Debut Album ‘Be Sweet To Me’

by Paul Cashmere

Violet Grohl has released her debut album Be Sweet To Me through Auroura Records and Republic Records, launching her first headline tour and setting a television debut on Jimmy Fallon.

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Sleeping With Sirens Unleash Heavy New Single ‘Paralyzed’ Ahead Of Eighth Album

by Paul Cashmere

Sleeping With Sirens have released surprise single ‘Paralyzed’ ahead of eighth album An Ending In Itself, due June 12 via Rise Records.

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Porno For Pyros Good Gods Urge

Porno For Pyros Good God’s Urge Turns 30 As The Band’s Final Studio Statement Reaches A Milestone

by Paul Cashmere

Thirty years after its release, Good God’s Urge remains Porno for Pyros’ final studio statement and a document of experimentation, instability and change.

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Bleachers

Bleachers Release Fifth Album Everyone For Ten Minutes

by Paul Cashmere

Bleachers have released Everyone For Ten Minutes, the fifth studio album from Jack Antonoff and the now fully established six member band.

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Peter Archer of Crow photo by Billy J Burke

Crow Founding Member Peter Archer Dies At Age 61

by Paul Cashmere

Crow have announced the death of founding member Peter Archer, days before the release of the band’s first new music in more than 15 years.

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Caligula photo by Emilie Wright

Caligula Return With First Full-Length Album In 25 Years

by Paul Cashmere

Australian alternative electro rock band Caligula return with Bloodlines, their first studio album since 1994’s Rubenesque.

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The Cure Wild Mood Swings

The Cure Wild Mood Swings Turns 30, A Divisive Chapter Reconsidered

by Paul Cashmere

The Cure’s Wild Mood Swings turns 30, revisiting a bold and divisive album that marked a turning point in the band’s career.

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Ash 1977 album cover 1996 debut

Ash 1977 30th Anniversary Celebrates A Defining Debut Of The Britpop Era

by Paul Cashmere

Ash’s debut album 1977 turns 30, marking three decades since the chart-topping 1996 release reshaped alternative rock

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Hollywood Undead

Hollywood Undead Drop All My Friends Featuring Jeris Johnson As New Era Accelerates

by Paul Cashmere

Hollywood Undead have released All My Friends featuring Jeris Johnson, continuing their current run of singles and reinforcing their position in the modern rap rock revival.

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Young The Giant Release Victory Garden Album And Evergreen Video

by Paul Cashmere

Young The Giant have released their sixth album Victory Garden alongside the Evergreen video, signalling a return to full-band collaboration and a focus on radical empathy.

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Dave Matthews Band Crash

Dave Matthews Band Crash Turns 30 As Landmark Album Defines Era Of Alternative Rock

by Paul Cashmere

Dave Matthews Band’s Crash celebrates 30 years as the group’s defining album and a landmark of 90s alternative rock.

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The Cranberries To The Faithful Departed album cover yellow room band photo 1996

The Cranberries To The Faithful Departed Marks 30 Years Of A Defining 90s Statement

by Paul Cashmere

Thirty years after release, To The Faithful Departed captures The Cranberries at their global peak, balancing commercial success with personal and creative pressures.

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Muse play Rod Laver Arena 2017. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Muse Release Cryogen As Third Preview Of The Wow! Signal Album

by Paul Cashmere

Muse have released Cryogen, the third single from their upcoming album The Wow! Signal, arriving June 26.

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