The soundtrack to the new Disney movie ‘Brave’ will feature a brand new song from Birdy with Mumford & Sons.

Jay-Z has named Pearl Jam, Passion Pit, Skrillex, Santigold, Janelle Monae and more for his Made In America festival.

Four new Franz Ferdinand songs, and a Donna Summer cover, have been captured by Irish concert-goers.

Music streaming giant Spotify has officially launched in Australia.

Brit electropop act Hot Chip release a trippy space-monk clip for ‘Night & Day’ starring Terence Stamp, Lara Stone and Reggie Watts.

The Reef Australian tour has been cancelled because of bereavement with a family member.

Indigenous star Gurrumul will perform a song penned by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Gary Barlow at the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Concert.

Former aspiring “punk rocker” Sandi Thom delivers album number four with help from Rich Robinson and other Black Crowes.

If Green Day was your favourite band you would probably have the DJ play a few Green Day songs at your wedding but when you are billionaire Mark Zuckerberg, you have the real thing. Well, almost.

Sony will mark the 25th anniversary of Michael Jackson’s ‘Bad’ album with the anniversary three CD and one DVD edition of the album in September.

A broad range of musicians have tweeted their condolences and memories of Bee Gee Robin Gibb, who died today.

On the verge of his new album Spirit Bird, roots hero Xavier Rudd books a continent-spanning tour.

Sydney tribal folk auteur Jonathan Boulet introduces his second album with a title, tracklist and release date.

Black Sabbath ‘Spinal Tap’ story just keeps on going. The latest episode in the band vs Bill Ward bickering comes after their first gig from Ward himself.

After postponing their US tour, David Lee Roth has let it slip that Van Halen’s next plans are for Japan and Australia.

Pitbull will tour Australia in August with Taio Cruz.

The Voice pushes Keith Urban’s new compilation to the top (and contestants debut well) in this week’s chart wrap.

John Butler has settled with USA advertising agency Poptent after the company ripped off one of his songs for a yoghurt commercial.

Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees has lost his battle with cancer at the age of 62.

It was simply amazing! I have to admit I had low expectations especially of Ozzy and his vocal abilities. But they were super tight and he nailed it, a great frontman even now in his 60s.

Fire-haired Florence Welch and her machine deliver an excitable 90 minutes of anthemic power pop.

Billy Gibbons has his own beer. Billy’s Ocho Suerte is a Tex Mex-Vienna style lager with Texas soul.

Check out the Black Sabbath photo gallery at Blacksabbath.com. Drummer Bill Ward has been erased from history.

Ella Hooper of The Verses/Killing Heidi introduces unsigned Sydney band Go Mason Go in the latest Red Bull Bedroom Jam.

‘Past Hits and Previews’ released in 1978 was Richard Clapton’s first compilation album.

Peter “Blackie” Black of legendary Sydney punk band The Hard-Ons is in hospital suffering a fractured skull and bruising of the brain after being attacked earlier this week.

And the winner of The Voice is … Keith Urban who has scored his first ever Australian number one debut off the back of a reality show.

Neil Young has released the third video from his ‘Americana’ album.

Prince did a really short show for a Prince show in Brisbane last night but again it was completely different to the previous four concerts in Australia so far.

One-time Crowded House drummer Peter Jones passed away on Friday, May 18 after a long battle with brain cancer.