Steven Drozd

Eight of Bush's 14 songs at Melbourne's John Cain Arena came from albums released between 2020 and 2025, revealing a set built less around nostalgia than the emotional territory Gavin Rossdale is writing about now.

Evan Dando rebuilt The Lemonheads with the rhythm section of Descendents for the band's first album in nine years, bringing together a cast that also included J Mascis and Garth Hudson.

Deux Visages will release their debut album Call It Goodbye in November, with new single Automatic revealing how the pressure of their first record deal shaped the record.

Weezer's second album, Pinkerton, turns 30 on September 24, 2026, marking three decades since the record that initially divided listeners became one of the band's most influential and reassessed releases.

Oversize have opened a new chapter with "Separate", their first single featuring new vocalist Nick Nowak and a song the British alternative band finished only a week before entering the studio.

Throwing Muses marked the 40th anniversary of their influential debut album in 2026, a record that established Kristin Hersh, Tanya Donelly and the band as distinctive voices in the emerging alternative rock landscape.

Cake's second album Fashion Nugget turns 30, marking three decades since The Distance and I Will Survive established the Sacramento band as a distinctive force in 1990s alternative rock.