Tag: alternative rock

Jesus Jones have released Bad Zoo Rescue, the third single from their forthcoming eighth studio album Twilight, due September 21, 2026.

Sixpence None The Richer will make their first Australian tour in March, with Ella Hooper joining Leigh Nash and Matt Slocum for dates across the country.

Death Valley Dreams have signed with Better Noise Music and marked the deal with a dark, synth-rock version of Chris Isaak’s Wicked Game.

Audioslave’s Revelations reaches its 20th anniversary on September 4, 2026, marking the final studio album recorded by Chris Cornell, Tom Morello, Tim Commerford and Brad Wilk.

Spanish Love Songs will release Future Nausea on 6 November via Pure Noise Records, with Good American introducing their politically charged fifth album.

Live, Stone Temple Pilots and 4 Non Blondes will headline Lookout 2027, with Magic Dirt supporting on a 10-date Australian tour in March.

Paris Jackson has released Happiest Day Of My Life, her second studio album and first full-length release since 2020’s Wilted.

The Dandy Warhols will return to Australia and New Zealand in November and December 2026 for the Pin Ups tour, including a special Hobart performance with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra.

Bush will celebrate the 15th anniversary of The Sea Of Memories with a 2026 remastered edition featuring nine bonus tracks, due September 25, 2026.

TV On The Radio’s “Wolf Like Me” has found a new life in Spider-Man: Brand New Day, 20 years after its release on Return To Cookie Mountain.

Collective Soul bring 1980s new wave influences into their established rock sound on Touch And Go, with Eye On You providing the album’s strongest connection to The Cars.

Eels’ Beautiful Freak turns 30 on 13 August 2026, marking three decades since the album introduced Mark Oliver Everett’s band to an international audience.

The Rubens have announced their sixth studio album Group Therapy and a national Australian tour beginning in October, led by new single Love Me America.

Caroline Rose has announced Gentling The Horse At The Walt Whitman Mall, the first release on their SUCK records label, with new single Chow Mein.

Split Chain have released two collaborative tracks featuring Postdrome and Commoner ahead of the September 11 release of motionblur [DELUXE] through Epitaph Records.

Dinosaur Jr. have unveiled ‘Blowin’ Up’, the second single from their forthcoming album There Near, with Lou Barlow contributing one of two songs he wrote for the record.

Thirty years after its release, Sublime’s self titled album remains one of the defining alternative albums of the 1990s, continuing to influence new generations of musicians and fans.

Jesus Jones have released ‘All Falls To Me’, the second single from their forthcoming album Twilight, introducing another unexpected musical direction ahead of the band’s first studio album in eight years.

Forty years after its release, R.E.M.’s Life’s Rich Pageant remains the album that reshaped the band’s sound, broadened its audience and paved the way for its commercial breakthrough.

System Of A Down will return to Australia for their first headline tour in over a decade, joined by Faith No More for three stadium concerts in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.

Jennifer Finch, the founding bassist and songwriter for L7, has died aged 59 after battling an aggressive form of brain cancer, only days after withdrawing from the band’s farewell tour.

Dexter and The Moonrocks have shared their new single ‘If You Could Talk’ as the Texas alternative rock band prepares for its first Australian performances this October.

Tonic’s debut album Lemon Parade turns 30, celebrating the platinum selling record that introduced If You Could Only See and launched careers that continue to shape music and television.

Del Amitri will return to Australia and New Zealand in 2027 with the Past to Present: Four Decades of Their Greatest Hits tour, celebrating more than 40 years of music while preparing to release a new studio album.

Queens Of The Stone Age have announced a seven date Australian and New Zealand tour for December 2026 with special guests Primus and Tropical Fuck Storm following the release of their new single Easy Street.

Released in July 1996, Frente!’s second album Shape marked a dramatic shift away from the band’s breakthrough folk-pop sound. Thirty years later, the album remains one of the most ambitious releases of Australian alternative music’s golden era.

L7 bassist Jennifer Finch has been diagnosed with aggressive brain cancer and will miss the band’s farewell tour while undergoing treatment. L7 will continue the tour at Finch’s request while supporting her recovery.

Boston Manor have shared an acoustic version of Drowned In Gold as the latest preview of the Be Nothing. 10th Anniversary edition, arriving on 14 August through Pure Noise Records.

Movements have unveiled Separate, the final track from their upcoming album Happier Now, which arrives September 4 via Fearless Records. The release continues the rollout for the California band’s fourth studio album.

Rivals have signed to Epitaph Records and debuted their first release for the label, “Bite The Bullet”, before heading out on tour with Nevertel across the United States.