With the dates and venues confirmed, it seems the highly anticipated line-up announcement for Good Things 2026 is imminent. So, while we wait, The Music rounded up who could perform - and who's ruled out - at this year's festival.

With the playlist, Friday Finds: This Week’s Best New Music, The Music’s team gathers the best new songs you need to hear every Friday. Here are our picks released this week, August 7, 2026.

Gang of Youths returned home with a reflective, playful and emotionally charged Opera House set, balancing stripped-back intimacy with the euphoric release of their biggest anthems.

"You complained, we listened."

The EP also finds Arena putting her own spin on songs by Frank Ocean, Depeche Mode, and Duran Duran.

Massive Attack were not simply planting the idea of corruption, greed and carnage; they were downright beating it into us.

Vera Blue aimed to perform a “very haunting version” of Creep that still nods to the original.

Massive Attack's first Australian tour in 16 years began in Brisbane last night and will soon continue in Sydney and Melbourne.

James Reyne opens up about Australian Crawl's history and why the band’s 2026 reunion tour is a one-off tribute to their legacy.

Babe Rainbow, The Pretty Littles, Merpire, and many others have been added to this year's already star-studded Queenscliff Music Festival line-up.

Returning to the Yarra Valley for its sixth edition, the River Folk Festival welcomes impressive folk acts from Australia and across the globe.

Adelaide and Brisbane will be the new homes of Middle-earth magic in October and November, when the Supanova Comic Con & Gaming Expo takes over both cities.