Usher has delivered a trippy, slow-burning new tune, with assistance from super-producer Diplo.

Counting Crows will take the show to the people with a free performance at Auditorium Shore for the public during SXSW.

Nineties trance rock heroes Def FX have announces three new dates for their reunion tour.

EMI Records Australia and New Zealand are looking for a national publicity manager to join their team.

Mumford and Sons fans can expect some new material in the near future if the band’s Ben Lovett is to be believed.

Brisbane rock animals DZ Deathrays book a national tour, reveal album details, and stream a new collaboration.

Fresh from his first trip to Australia in two decades, Daryl Hall is heading out on the road in the USA with Sharon Jones and Alan Stone.

UK rockers Band Of Skulls lead a very quiet week in new releases.

Whitney Houston’s ex-husband Bobby Brown has been officially invited to attend her funeral in New Jersey on Saturday.

Green Day have posted a short 21 second video featuring footage of their first day back in the studio to work on their next album.

Melbourne band Husky have become the first Australian band ever to sign with Seattle’s Sub Pop Records.

It looks like Rihanna is back with Chris Brown, the man who brutally attacked her three years ago.

Kevin Costner will speak at the funeral for Whitney Houston this Saturday.

Jason Coleman says his new record label Groove Pill Records is Australia’s Newest Independent Record Label. He is too modest. Groove Pill Records is the World’s Newest Independent Record Label.

Barry Adamson has rescheduled his appearances in Melbourne which were cancelled earlier this month due to a family emergency that required his presence.

A month after giving birth, Beyoncé is already planning two new musical projects for 2012.

UK post-punks Public Image Ltd have posted a new song from their first album in two decades.

27 Whitney Houston songs are expected to re-enter the UK chart this week following her death last Saturday.

Gorillaz, Andre 3000 of Outkast and James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem prepare a collaborative tune.

After two decades in Melbourne, the Community Cup has decided to expand into New South Wales, with a game set to take place in Sydney in March.

Three superstar producers lead the 35-member hip-hop collective Quakers, and deliver their first release.

Whitney Houston’s signature tune ‘I Will Always Love You’ is in the Top 10 again this week in America and her other songs are scattered across the Top 40 and all she had to do was get them there was die.

New Evanescence drummer Will Hunt tells Noise11 about the line-up changes and meeting their excitable fanbase.

German electro pioneers Kraftwerk have announced an eight night residency to take place at New York’s Museum of Modern Art.

The Temper Trap will officially start promotional duties for their second album with a showcase performance at SXSW in Austin next month.

Brit-rockers Kaiser Chiefs have announced their Groovin The Moo city headlining shows, with Deep Sea Arcade and Loon Lake.

Longtime Guns N Roses keyboardist Dizzy Reed says that all original members will attend their induction.

Clive Shakespeare, the original guitarist for Sherbet, has died at the age of 62 from cancer.

Avant-garde musician and artist Diamanda Galás rips into industry giant Clive Davis for pushing Whitney Houston to perform.

Adele has come out and acknowledged the cover story in Vogue saying she is quitting the music business as complete rubbish.