New Jersey folk punk upstarts The Gaslight Anthem release a video for the title track of their fourth album Handwritten.

Bold UK folkie Cosmo Jarvis previews his Think Bigger album during a whistlestop visit to Australia.

Adelaide band Exit is the first finalist announced for the phase two of the Red Bull Bedroom Jam.

The Village People will be back in Australia for their 35th anniversary tour in November.

R&B newcomer Frank Ocean's debut album ‘Channel Orange’ scores a surprise second spot on the US chart with 97% digital sales.

Lana Del Rey is the new global face for US fashion outlet H&M.

London Olympic tune ‘Theme For Velodrome’ by The Chemical Brothers has been captured from a radio airing.

Glen Campbell, who is in the midst of his farewell tour, has cancelled the Australian leg of the trek.

Rick Springfield treated diners at a restaurant in the Melbourne suburb of Boronia to a surprise performance on Sunday.

The original J. Geils members have put the old band back together. Peter Wolf, Seth Justman, Danny Klein and Magic Dick are once again the J. Geils Band but John Geils is not part of the line-up.

Atoms For Peace (Thom Yorke, Flea, Nigel Godrich) prepare their first proper release – a remix 12-inch.

Randy Blythe, frontman for metal act Lamb Of God, gives an interview to a Czech newspaper about his manslaughter charge.

The classic 1976 Kiss album ‘Destroyer’ is about to be reissued as ‘Destroyer: Resurrected’.

Troubled Brit rocker Pete Doherty has reportedly been told to leave a drug rehabilitation facility in Thailand.

Canada’s album of the year Polaris Music Prize shortlists Drake, Grimes, Feist, Japandroids and more.

Madonna will no longer bring her MDNA tour to Australia.

Reunited Swedish death metal innovators At The Gates will hit Australia for the first time ever.

Music legend Engelbert Humperdinck has made a flash visit to Australia to perform at a charity show for the St Vincent’s Hospital tonight (July 18, 2012).

Coachella is going to set sail. The S.S. Coachella will depart Fort Lauderdale, Florida for the Bahamas and then Jamaica with Pulp and Hot Chip on board.

Canadian electro artist Grimes and Sydney’s proto-grunge legends The Sunnyboys lead the Meredith line-up announcement for 2014.

Flea from Red Hot Chili Peppers will release a solo E.P. soon and Patti Smith has recorded the vocals.

Diplo’s hyperactive dub project Major Lazer remixes a new track from UK electro kids Hot Chip.

Actor Mark Wahlberg will produce a film adaptation of Coheed And Cambria frontman’s graphic novel.

Kiwi rock gods Shihad prepare their ‘meanest’ tunes and a career retrospective tour.

UK ambient techno heroes The Orb collaborate with dub pioneer Lee Scratch Perry on a new album.

Country music legend Kitty Wells has passed away at the age of 92. According to family members, she passed away from complications of a stroke.

Bob Dylan has christened his new studio album ‘Tempest’ and it will be released in September.

First Lady Michelle Obama has sent soul singer Sharon Jones a thank you note for a copy of one of Jones’ records.

That band who wrote ‘All Star’ announce a new album and an October visit to our shores.

Brit indie darlings The xx are in Australia and deliver the first taste of their new Coexist album, ‘Angels’.