Of Monsters And Men

"Tell us a story" ...That’s how Paul Kelly begins his forthcoming album SEVENTY, an invitation as old as childhood, whispered from the back seat of a family car or around a glowing campfire. Who better to ask than Australia's master storyteller himself? For more than 45 years, Paul Kelly has chronicled lives, characters and contradictions with matchless insight and heart.

One album that slipped through the cracks in July was Dave Stewart’s ‘Dave Does Dylan’, an album for Dylan covers from the Eurythmics co-founder.

The Lumineers have been performing the Billy Joel classic ‘New York State of Mind’ as part of their Automatic World Tour.

Over the course of nearly six decades, Jethro Tull has journeyed through an ever-shifting soundscape, thanks largely to the creative restlessness of frontman Ian Anderson. According to the recent Noise11.com interview (recorded July 24, 2025), Tull has been remarkably prolific in recent years, releasing three studio albums—The Zealot Gene (2022), RökFlöte(2023), and Curious Ruminant (2025)—alongside the expansive box-set Still Living In The Past.

Michael Kiwanuka has cancelled all his forthcoming shows due to “continued illness”.

In a bold reinterpretation of a classic 80s anthem, The Lumineers have delivered a hauntingly stripped-back cover of Tears for Fears’ “Shout” being used as the theme for psychological Stephen King thriller series 'The Institute'.

'How Many Roads: Bob Dylan and his Changing Times, 1961- 1964’ will open at New York University in 25 August.