Author: Amanda Collins

SideFest has announced it will run for the first time in over two years this November, returning to its Perth home in late November 2025. Festival curators Sly Withers, who co-present the festival with their management SideQuest Music and their booking agency Select Music, will headline on Saturday. Either side of them as marquee performers are Sydney pop-punks Stand Atlantic and Perth’s own Stella Donnelly, who will headline on the Friday and Sunday respectively. The full day-by-day line-up, as well as pre-sale and ticketing information for the festival, can be found below. The festival originally announced its return back in…

Jack Ladder has shared details of his eighth album, entitled Separation Rock. The follow-up to 2023’s Tall Pop Syndrome is set for release on Friday, October 10th via Worse Records – which marks his first release on the independent label run by longtime friend and Dreamlanders bandmate Kirin J Callinan. The Sydney-born singer-songwriter has also shared a new single, ‘Everything Belongs 2 U’, as well as two intimate launch dates for November – all of which can be found below. The new single, whose title references Sinead O’Connor’s 1990 hit ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’, follows on from the release of…

Music Feeds’ Love Letter To A Record series asks artists to reflect on their relationship with the music they love and share stories about how it has influenced their lives. Here, Tim McIlrath– the leader of Chigago punk icons Rise Against – has penned an incredible ode Fugazi‘s 1989 compilation album ’13 Songs’ and its lasting impact on him as a musician, songwriter and activist. It comes as Rise Against return after four years with their new LP ‘Ricochet’ – a massive, unifying rock record that’s as thought-provoking as it is anthemic. Produced by GRAMMY winner Catherine Marks and mixed by Alan Moulder, its…

Pete Murray has officially announced his seventh studio album, Longing. The follow-up to 2017’s Camacho is set for release on Friday, October 3rd via Community Music – marking his first album released independently since his debut, 2001’s The Game. To coincide with the new album’s announcement, the veteran Australian singer-songwriter has shared a new single entitled ‘Amy’, as well as three full-band shows on the New South Wales coast on the weekend of the album’s release. Details for those, as well as Murray’s remaining solo acoustic tour dates, can be found below. ‘Amy’ is the fourth single to be lifted…

Teenage Joans have announced a run of shows for October and November 2025, marking their first solo headlining tour in two years. The shows come in support of the Adelaide pop-punk duo’s recently-released single ‘My Heart’s Dead!’, which came out last Friday (August 8th). The full list of the band’s upcoming tour dates, as well as ticketing information, can be found below. Fellow Adelaide duo Towns are set to serve as main support for all shows, while opening duties will be handled by Melbourne emo band Bukowski for all dates except Brisbane; there, they will be replaced on the bill…

Press release – Montreal-based Cree pop artist Siibii (pronounced See Bee) recently released their moving new single, “Stars,” via Ishkōdé Records (distributed by Universal Music Canada). A reflective track rooted in longing, identity, and cultural reconnection, “Stars” is written from the perspective of an urban Indigenous person navigating life between two worlds. The single follows their recent release, “User,” a track that draws its strength from calling out a dangerous power imbalance, naming it, and ultimately breaking free. “User” is currently climbing the Indigenous Music Countdown, where it sits at number 17, is featured on SiriusXM “Indigiverse,” and has been added to over 42 stations across North America, spanning 36 cities. Both of the…

Lizzo recorded a breakup anthem for Love Island USA season 6 alum JaNa Craig, following her recent split with co-star Kenny Rodriguez — and Craig absolutely loves it. The Grammy-winning star took to TikTok on Tuesday to share her two cents on the matter, singing, “Hol’ on, walk with me/ When it come to my people, I don’t play, I don’t play/ Like why would Kenny play like that with JaNa?/ Type sh–, know what I’m sayin’, know what I’m sayin’.” The couple broke up last month after almost a year of dating. In a July 29-dated Instagram Story, Craig…

Daniel Dae Kim and Reina Hardesty lead Amazon’s spy thriller Butterfly. Based on the graphic novels by Arash Amel, the series follows David Jung, a former US intelligence officer living in South Korea whose past comes back to haunt him. Other cast members in the show include Piper Perabo, Kim Tae-hee, Park Hae-soo, Nayoon Kim, Kim Ji-hoon, Charles Parnell, Sean Dulake and Sung Dong-il. Butterfly is co-created by Steph Cha and Ken Woodruff, who also serves as showrunner. All six episodes were released August 13, 2025 on Amazon. Who composed the soundtrack to Butterfly? The show’s score is by Curtis Green…

Shaking up the Billboard Latin charts, two artists storm into the top 10 on multiple charts with their new albums on the Aug. 16-dated charts. Genre-bending pop singer-songwriter Danny Ocean and breakout Mexican artist Chino Pacas claim their third and second top 10s on the Top Latin Pop Albums and Top Regional Mexican Albums charts, respectively. Meanwhile, early Latin trap wave-rider Bryant Myers, scores a No. 15 entrance on Latin Rhythm Albums. Explore See latest videos, charts and news Danny Ocean’s Third Chapter: Venezuelan Ocean earns his third straight top 10 on the Top Latin Pop Albums chart, as his…

Lil Yachty manifested his working relationship with Drake. Yachty and his Concrete Boys collective stopped by PlaqueBoyMax‘s stream recently and was asked by the popular streamer how his and Drake’s working relationship came about. “I manifested it, bro,” he answered after he included the Toronto rapper on a list of some of the most talented people he’s worked with, alongside Tyler, The Creator and Juice WRLD. “I was doing acid one night and I was like, ‘Man, I would really love to work with Drake. That’s one of my favorite rappers.’ I was just talking to the abyss. I was…