MAY-A

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, 18 September 2026.

triple j's One Night Stand takes over Griffith, New South Wales, this Saturday (5 September).

BIGSOUND drops huge special event line-ups featuring MAY-A, Slowly Slowly, and a massive free live music program, all hitting Brisbane next week.

The location of this year’s festival will be announced this Wednesday, 15 July.

Vocally, MAY-A showcases tenderness and a rocker’s raspy edge in a fashion that’s sure to make Stevie Nicks proud.

Aussie solo acts are in fine form on the charts at the moment, with Tom Busby and Meg Mac making strong showings in this week's results.

The former Hottest 100 chart-topper went through the ringer, but has come out the other side stronger than ever on her fiery debut album.

"The AO LIVE line-up is locked, the nights are stacked, and THIS is what summer sounds like."

Clad in matching white leather, red-dotted coats, the Sydney singer-songwriter and 80s pop icon belted the lyrics to one of the most celebrated songs in music history.

Ahead of Valley Fiesta 2024 this Saturday (October 26), artists on the line-up are spilling who they’re keen to check out at Brisbane’s free all-ages festival.