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Australian Music ‘Deserves To Be Taken Seriously’: ARIA Hall Of Fame 2026 Inductees Get Candid

by Mary Varvaris, Nick McDonald

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The Music’s Nick McDonald was on the ground, interviewing Spiderbait, Kate Ceberano, The Living End, and Vika & Linda, ahead of their inductions into the ARIA Hall of Fame. Here’s what they had to say about the milestone.

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Port Fairy Folk Festival Reveals First Artist Announcement For 50th Anniversary Event

Port Fairy Folk Festival celebrates its 50th anniversary with artists including John Butler, Alosa, Grace Petrie, Kutcha Edwards, and many more.

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Freddie Gibbs Announces 2026 Australian Tour

Accompanying his headline performances at the new festival, 'Move My Way.'

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Ahead of the release of their eleventh studio album, the Perth psych-rock band's frontman, Nick Allbrook, chats with The Music about art, Australian identity, and hope.

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Friday Finds: The Week’s Best New Music – 19 June

With The Music's weekly updated playlist 'Friday Finds: This Week’s Best New Music,' our team presents you with five fresh homegrown songs you need to hear. Here are our picks released this week, 19 June 2026.

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Live Review: Stereolab, Mick Harvey & Amanda Acevedo @ Forum Melbourne

There is a sense of soothing joy when a band like Stereolab recreates a studio recording so effectively in concert.

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Midnight Oil Confirm Rob Hirst's Final Book Release

In the soon-to-be-released book, Hirst opens up about his songwriting process with bandmates Peter Garrett and Jim Moginie for the first time.

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Christine Anu To Headline Free NAIDOC Event In Melbourne

Christine Anu headlines a phenomenal bill of First Nations talent as part of this year’s free NAIDOC in the City Festival.

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Gracie Abrams Unveils Track Listing For New Album 'Daughter From Hell'

Gracie Abrams' highly anticipated third album will be released next month.

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Faith No More Bassist Teases Return To Australia

Faith No More’s Bill Gould shared, “We’re definitely going to be in Europe. We’re definitely going to be in South America, and Australia, and the US...”

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Watch Post Malone Pay Tribute To 'Beautiful Man' Oliver Tree

"We love you, brother; we love you," Post Malone told the audience in Toronto this week, directly addressing Oliver Tree.

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Hoodoo Gurus Announce 45th Anniversary 2026 Australian Tour

Hoodoo Gurus are embarking on their "All Killer, No Filler" tour of Australia later this year, where they plan on playing "every one of our 42 singles at least once."

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Live Review: Dark Mofo 2026

From being blown away by clipping. and Dry Cleaning to meditating on a four-tiered ziggurat assembled from men and tables, Dark Mofo commanded our full attention.

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Faith No More Ink New Touring Deal As They Tease 2027 Reunion

Faith No More has signed a new global touring deal with Brazilian promoter 30e.

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Another 100 Artists Added To 2026 King Street Crawl

With the new acts announced, over 250 artists will perform for free across more than 45 venues in the Inner West on Sunday, 12 July.

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