Mikey Young is known for such hard-edged Australian bands as Eddy Current Suppression Ring and Total Control, but he’s got a softer side. He’s curated a new compilation, Follow the Sun, that unearths ...

Two international acts have pulled out of Australia's Good Things music festival days before it was slated to kick off in ...

While INXS rarely made their own Australian roots a big part of their image, their frontman had a knack for identifying a fellow countryman in the music biz.

“King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard: 24 studio albums since 2010. Red Hot Chili Peppers: 13 albums since 1982,” the user wrote, to which Flea responded with a swift, “All due respect, since ’83.” Flea ...

We at the AP office have been enamored with Australian quartet Violent Soho’s new album, Hungry Ghost, out now on SideOneDummy. It’s an awesome slab of ’90s-throwback rock, with plenty of grunge ...

Dave Pehling is website managing editor for CBS Bay Area. He started his journalism career doing freelance writing about music in the late 1990s, eventually working as a web writer, editor and ...

National music writer Cameron Adams asked the biggest names in Australian music for their picks to come up with the definitive list. 150 musicians - everyone from Judith Durham to Kylie Minogue, ...

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The Vax the Nation initiative includes a striking television commercial that aims to remind all Australians of the life-affirming pleasure of shared live events. Singer Marcia Hines is among those to ...

Right now, there’s a whole lot of great punk and hardcore coming out of Australia; bands like Geld, Speed, Primitive Blast, and Jalang have been making some truly excellent music. The Chain, from ...

A new wave of Australian acts is gathering momentum – and there were five bands in particular on this year’s St Jerome’s Laneway Festival bill, including Vance Joy (pictured above). who’ll be washing ...