Fair pay for artists: Second Press, an indie music streaming app paying 85%, built by a working musician, launches on iOS across Australia and New Zealand.
After five years as a working musician, Nic Munnelly built the alternative she couldn’t find. Second Press launches 19 June with 60 founding artists, no ads, no AI music, and 5–9× the per-stream rate of the major platforms.
Read MoreMagandjin (Brisbane), Queensland - BIGSOUND has debuted their expertly programmed showcase via the BIGSOUND 100: a thoughtful curation of the best export-ready talent shaping the sound of Australia.
From September 1-4 2026, Fortitude Valley will play host to incredible talent from Australia and beyond, with the entire precinct becoming a playground for local and visiting music industry professionals looking to amplify and unearth music’s next wave of stars, curated and programmed in an exciting, choose-your-own-adventure style festival.
Read MoreFlipping the script on a regular live music show, Cavaleri explains, “Reliving these experiences on stage is like nothing else. It’s a scary thing putting your heart out there and revisiting some of life’s most sensitive moments in front of a crowd, but when we’re all crying, laughing and blissing out together, it reminds me that beneath it all, we have so much in common. That’s what makes this show feel so profound and cathartic for all.”
Read MoreDeadshowws, one of Australia's most compelling new voices in alternative emo, have just released their debut album, ‘You in colour.’, alongside a 5-date headline tour. Raw, intimate and honest, ‘You in colour.’ is a portrait of feeling too much and not knowing what to do with it, rendered in noise, melody and quiet devastation.
Read MoreIn 2026, the Oddworld returns to home soil, with OCEAN GROVE today announcing their Oddworld Underground Australian Tour this August, joined by special guests CANE HILL (USA), who will return to Australia for the first time in a decade this year, as well as DEFICIT and BLINDER.
Read MoreSydney’s Maia Toakley has delivered a poetic ode to gaining power through perspective on latest single ‘Space Song’ - providing a vast world to dissolve into, tenderly embracing vulnerability and emotion.
Read MoreSydney’s POLYBIUS return with more hook-laden indie pop-rock on their evocative new single, ‘Sun Song’ - a track, that, on its surface is a bright feel-good song driven by uplifting melodies, but underneath lies a bittersweet story of losing yourself in love.
Read MoreAustralia’s largest touring country festival Strummingbird returns with another crackin’ lineup for 2026, and Grammy-nominated, genre-defying megastar Post Malone is leading the charge. Rolling into Victoria Park Ballarat, Newcastle Foreshore and Sunshine Coast's Kawana Sports Precinct this October, the stacked lineup spans international heavyweights, alt-country stars, country legends and homegrown favourites worth road-tripping for.
Read MoreSydney and Wollongong’s Sarah Jane & The Noise deliver a grunge-y gut punch with their debut EP, ‘happiness in review’. Heavy on the late 90s alt rock nostalgia, the release shows off a band that speaks for the over-thinkers and the outsiders who feel too much.
Read MoreGold Coast (Yugambeh/Kombumerri)’s multi-award winning misfits, SELVE - led by proud Jabirr Jabirr man Loki Liddle - have dropped another fierce alt gem in their latest track, ‘Desire’, while also announcing their next EP, ‘Breaking Outta Heaven’.
Read MoreMornington Peninsula’s Maxon has delivered her debut album, ‘Talking With Strangers’ - a release that encapsulates her warm signature sound, blending nostalgic folk/rock and modern pop into a stunning collection of tracks, filled with love, healing and honesty.
Read MoreAmassing over ten million streams and counting, Sydney’s JAZZY K is fast emerging as one of Australia’s most exciting new pop voices, and she owns it all with the release of her latest EP, ‘PULSE’, along with brand new single, ‘BORED!’.
Read MoreThe entrancing vocal tones of Naarm/Melbourne artist, Tilly Vickers Willis (TVW) returns with the brand new single, ‘Aching Never Leaves’, which comes from her upcoming debut album, ‘Silver Halide Film’, which lands on Friday, April 17.
Read MoreSydney’s POLYBIUS blur the lines between indie pop-rock and alt rock, leaning hard into the latter on their powerful new single, ‘Get Even’ - a track that transforms anger, heartbreak, and frustration into something louder, sharper, and ultimately liberating.
Read MoreFresh off the back of a sold-out national tour supporting Paris Paloma, Australian artist, producer and multi-instrumentalist EMEREE unveils her soulful new single ‘Prominence’. The song arrives just ahead of her debut London show — a full-circle moment for a song written and produced in the city last year with Simon Byrt.
Read MoreAustralian Alternative royalty, Ella Hooper returns, but takes a left turn into full country swagger with this bold, barroom banger, ‘I Got Eyes (On You)’ - an upbeat finger-wagging, foot-stomping anthem that swaps heartbreak for hard-won clarity.
Read MoreNorth Queensland-based Alt/Rock outfit, Slippery Gypsy, hot on the heals of their previous release, ‘Stranger’, are back with their hard-hitting new single, ‘Poison Love’, which is premiering on The Point right now ahead of its March 13 release.
Read MoreSydney’s bass and drum punk duo, smallways. return with a confrontational new single in ‘Know Where?’ - a track that challenges the illusion of progress in modern civilisation.
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