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Teenage Joans

Teenage Joans Return With Bandits As Punk Meets Country In A New Chapter

by Paul Cashmere

Teenage Joans kick off 2026 with Bandits, a new single that blends punk power with country influence as the Adelaide duo head into a major touring year.

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ARIA charts

ARIA Charts Under Fire As Radio Proves It Is Still Carrying Australian Artists

by Paul Cashmere

ARIA is blaming radio for the absence of Australian artists in the charts, but airplay data shows radio is doing far more for local music than ARIA’s streaming driven rankings.

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Great Southern Nights 2026 by Pat Stephenson

Great Southern Nights Returns In 2026 With Live Fest Events And Over 300 Gigs Across NSW

by Paul Cashmere

Great Southern Nights returns in 2026 with over 300 gigs across NSW and new Live Fest events in Dubbo and Tamworth

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Mia Wray Credit Claire Giuffre

Mia Wray Announces When We Were Young Tour East Coast AU Headline Dates For April 2026

by Paul Cashmere

Mia Wray will tour Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney this April in support of her new single When We Were Young.

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Mclean Stephenson DMAS

DMA’S Announce One-Off Sydney Show Celebrating Hills End 10th Anniversary

by Paul Cashmere

DMA’S announce a one-off Sydney hometown show at Metro Theatre to celebrate 10 years of their debut album Hills End, performed in full.

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Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds by Mary Boukouvalas

Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds Command Melbourne With Monumental Wild God Opening Night

by Paul Cashmere

Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds opened their three night Melbourne stand at Alexandra Gardens with a commanding Wild God tour performance beneath the city skyline.

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MSO Symphonic Gurus 2026 credit Mark Gambino

Hoodoo Gurus With Melbourne Symphony Orchestra At Sidney Myer Music Bowl Melbourne Review

by Paul Cashmere

Hoodoo Gurus teamed up with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra at Sidney Myer Music Bowl Melbourne, delivering orchestral rock highlights despite uneven setlist choices.

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MAY-A Credit RUBY BOLAND

MAY-A Goodbye (If You Call That Gone) Tour Announced For April 2026

by Paul Cashmere

MAY-A has announced a national Australian tour for April 2026 in support of her debut album Goodbye (If You Call That Gone).

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APRA 100

APRA Marks 100 Years of Australian and New Zealand Songwriting

by Paul Cashmere

APRA AMCOS marks 100 years of supporting songwriters in Australia and New Zealand with awards, anthology and a new digital timeline

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Karnivool photo by Courtney McAllister

Karnivool Announce New Single Animation And Acoustic Album Launch Parties

by Paul Cashmere

Karnivool have released new single Animation ahead of their long awaited album In Verses and announced a series of intimate acoustic launch parties around Australia.

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Sonny Fodera Somedays

ARIA’s Top 100 Singles For 2025 Revealed – And It’s Not Good News For Aussie Artists

by Jeff Jenkins

ARIA’s Top 100 singles chart for 2025 shows KPop dominating while Australian artists struggle, with only five local entries making the Top 100.

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Colin Hay performs at the Recital Centre in Melbourne on 11 February 2018. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Colin Hay Condemns Use Of Down Under At Anti-Immigration Rallies

by Paul Cashmere

Colin Hay has spoken out against the use of Men At Work’s Down Under at anti-immigration rallies, saying the song was written for unity, not division.

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Courtney Barnett by Lindsey Byrnes

Courtney Barnett Announces New Album Creature Of Habit

by Paul Cashmere

Courtney Barnett announces her fourth studio album Creature Of Habit, out March 27, and releases new single “Site Unseen” featuring Waxahatchee, marking a new creative chapter after relocating to Los Angeles and closing Milk! Records.

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Midnight Oil play the Bowl on their Great Circle Tour 2017 Monday 6 November 2017. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Rob Hirst 1955-2025: Midnight Oil Drummer And Australian Music Icon Dies Aged 70

by Paul Cashmere

The global music world is mourning the death of Midnight Oil co-founder Rob Hirst, a powerful drummer, songwriter and activist, aged 70.

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Dom Dolla

In 2025 Not A Single Australian Song Hit The Top 20

by Jeff Jenkins

Australian artists failed to crack the ARIA Top 20 singles in 2025 while Taylor Swift logged 10 Top 10 hits, marking a historic low point for local chart performance.

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Meg Mac photo by Maclay Heriot

Meg Mac Announces Fourth Album ‘It’s My Party’ And National Theatre Tour

by Paul Cashmere

Meg Mac announces her fourth studio album It’s My Party and a national theatre tour, marking a new chapter of creative freedom and collaboration.

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Dune Rats by Paul Grace

John Brewster Joins Dune Rats On Stage During Yungblud Tour In Adelaide

by Paul Cashmere

John Brewster of The Angels shared the stage with Dune Rats in Adelaide, performing an iconic pub rock anthem during Yungblud’s tour

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The Meanies photo by Jo Forster

The Meanies Hit The Road In March With New Single “Shutdown”

by Paul Cashmere

The Meanies return to the stage in March 2026, performing new single “Shutdown” alongside classic punk hits in Melbourne, Sydney and regional NSW

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Gordi photo Brianna da Silva

Gordi Shares New Single High Line And Announces Australian Headline Tour

by Paul Cashmere

Gordi launches 2026 with new single High Line and announces an 11-date Australian headline tour following her acclaimed album Like Plasticine.

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Peter Blackie Black of The Hard Ons

Peter Black Announces New Solo Single And Video Ahead Of Dual Album Release And East Coast Tour

by Paul Cashmere

Peter Black has released a new solo single and video and confirmed two new albums and an extensive East Coast tour for early 2026.

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Chet Faker supplied MG Live

Chet Faker Announces Brisbane And Sydney Headline Shows For March 2026

by Paul Cashmere

Chet Faker has announced Brisbane and Sydney headline shows for March 2026 as part of his A Love For Strangers global tour, with the new album arriving in February.

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The Kid Laroi Before I Forget

The Kid LAROI Returns With Full-Length Album Before I Forget

by Paul Cashmere

The Kid LAROI releases Before I Forget, his first full-length album in two years, ahead of his Australian performance at AO Live in January 2026.

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Joe Keery stars in Tame Impala’s “Loser” music video directed by KRISTOFSKI

Australians Shun New Local Music In 2025 As ARIA Fails Artists Once Again

by Paul Cashmere

Australians largely ignored new local music in 2025, with ARIA streaming charts dominated by classics, leaving contemporary artists sidelined

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Dreamkillers honour Skyhooks legend Shirley Strachan with tribute song Shirley

Dreamkillers Honour Skyhooks Icon Shirley Strachan On His 74th Birthday

by Paul Cashmere

Dreamkillers mark what would have been Shirley Strachan’s 74th birthday with Shirley, a powerful tribute to the Skyhooks frontman ahead of their new album Proiphys Cunninghamii.

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Melbourne band Private Function announce their break-up

Private Function Announce Break-Up After Nearly A Decade

by Paul Cashmere

Melbourne punk band Private Function have announced they will disband in 2026 after nearly a decade of provocative music and unforgettable live shows.

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DMA’S Hills End 10th Anniversary Limited Edition Vinyl

DMA’s Hills End Celebrates 10th Anniversary With Limited Edition Vinyl

by Paul Cashmere

DMA’S mark 10 years of their debut album Hills End with a limited edition double vinyl, featuring original demos and alternate artwork, out 6 February 2026.

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Vanda & Young Global Songwriting Competition 2025 Top 50 Announcement

Vanda & Young Global Song Comp Breaks Records As 2025 Top 50 Are Revealed

by Paul Cashmere

The Vanda & Young Global Songwriting Competition has announced its 2025 Top 50, marking a record year with more than 4,000 global entries and A$80,000 in prizes.

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Michael Paynter performing live acoustic guitar and vocals

Michael Paynter Returns To His Roots With Great Australian Songbook Tour 2026

by Paul Cashmere

Michael Paynter trades the theatrical spotlight for stripped-back guitar and piano in his 2026 Great Australian Songbook Tour.

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Bleak Squad by Felix Oliver

Bleak Squad Reveal New Single Black & White As National Tour Draws Near

by Paul Cashmere

Bleak Squad release their new single Black & White ahead of a February and March 2026 national tour, with a limited edition 7-inch arriving on 6 February.

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Crowd listening to triple j Hottest 100 countdown at a backyard listening party

Triple J Opens Voting for the 2025 Hottest 100 – A Look Back at Three Decades of Countdown History

by Paul Cashmere

Voting for triple j’s Hottest 100 of 2025 is now open. Explore the history of the world’s biggest music poll and revisit every number-one song from 1989 to 2024.

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