Melbourne will honour AC/DC’s iconic It’s A Long Way To The Top video with The Great Melbourne Bagpipe Bash at Fed Square, aiming to set a new world record for the largest bagpipe ensemble.
The Gnomes have unveiled their debut video Flippin’ Stomp ahead of their self-titled album, due 7 November on Dog Meat Records. The Melbourne garage-beat newcomers will celebrate with a Brunswick Ballroom launch on 14 November.
After a powerful Melbourne show celebrating 35 years of Black Milk, The Beasts will bring their swamp rock fury to Sydney’s Factory Theatre for a one-night-only performance on 12 December 2025.
Jon Stevens returns with his first solo album in seven years, Shimmer, and announces the Summer of Love Rockfest with Wolfmother and The Screaming Jets for 2026.
Perth’s Benny J Ward, best known for Rinehearts, releases his debut solo album Super! — a bright and melodic garage-pop gem through Cheersquad Records & Tapes and Kool Kat Musik.
Skyhooks guitarist Bob ‘Bongo’ Starkie has cancelled his 50th anniversary Skyhooks Show celebrating Ego Is Not A Dirty Word due to ongoing health issues. Shows are expected to be rescheduled in 2026.
James Reyne will hit the road in 2026 for the Fall of Crawl Tour, revisiting Australian Crawl’s legacy with Boom Crash Opera at every show and Models, 1927 and Nick Barker on select dates.
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.
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.
Thornlie’s finest, The Southern River Band, are back swinging with their latest single ‘All Over Town’, the next taste of the upcoming record Easier Said Than Done, dropping 17 October through Civilians.
For Jon Stevens’ new album Shimmer, he turned to members of the Rod Stewart band — producer and songwriter Kevin Savigar and guitarist Emerson Swinford — to help craft a record that is as much about live energy as studio polish.
Harry Vanda, one of the most important figures in Australian music history, has released his first ever single under his own name. ‘Devil Loose’, written with Mark McEntee of the Divinyls, arrives September 29 via Flashpoint/Impressed.
Australia’s loudest beer ambassadors, Cosmic Psychos, are cracking another tinny and throwing it straight in your face. The band has premiered their brand-new single I Like Beer, the first taste of their upcoming twelfth studio album I Really Like Beer, out November 7.
The Hoodoo Gurus are gearing up to celebrate one of the defining moments of their career. This October, the band will mark the 40th anniversary of their landmark second album Mars Needs Guitars! with a deluxe double-vinyl reissue that captures the essence of 1985 while opening the vaults on long-lost demos and a previously unheard outtake.
Brisbane’s loudest export, DZ Deathrays, have unleashed a brand-new video ahead of the release of their sixth studio album, Easing Out of Control, due Friday 16 January. Directed by filmmaker Rhys Bennett, the clip offers a blistering visual companion to the record’s title track, encapsulating the chaos, humour, and unrelenting energy that has defined the band for more than a decade.
When Mondo Rock released Baby Wants To Rock in 1984, they were riding high on a string of Australian hits but still searching for a global breakthrough. The single became a staple on Australian radio, helped cement the group’s reputation as one of the most consistent hitmakers of the 80s, and decades later, found an unlikely new audience with its appearance in the 2025 film The Naked Gun.
One of Australia’s most enduring and celebrated bands, The Black Sorrows, are set to release their new single, For Your Love, this Friday, 24th October. The track is the first taste from their upcoming double album, The Quintessential Black Sorrows, a carefully curated collection celebrating decades of genre-defying songwriting.
It’s hard to believe it’s been 24 years since Australia lost one of its most iconic musical sons—Graeme “Shirley” Strachan, the charismatic lead singer of Skyhooks. Today, on 29 August 2025, fans, friends, and fellow musicians remember the voice that defined a generation, the performer whose presence lit up stages, and the personality who made Australian rock both fun and unforgettable.
