Kaiit

Kaiit said she wanted the cover to be a “pure reflection” of herself, which has a lot to do with the jazz, hip-hop and soul elements of the performance.

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, 2 October 2026.

Olivia Dean's massive arena tour touches down in Australia in October - and has had a major venue upgrade in New Zealand.

Another 18 acts have been added to this year's Queenscliff Music Festival, joining Peter Garrett & The Alter Egos, Kate Miller-Heidke, Baker Boy and more.

"The artists we’ve selected reflect the incredible depth of talent in Australia," said BIGSOUND Co-Programmers Casey O’Shaughnessy and Katie Rynne.

Get ready to watch Paul Kelly's daughter, Maddy, play AFL in the Reclink Community Cup charity match and perform with Whistle & Trick.

The latest update to Purple Sneakers’ ‘Best New Music’ playlist also features fresh tunes from Dominic Fike, Kevin Abstract, Abbe May and FISHER – to name just a few.

The three-day celebration of music and community will take over the Lone Star Valley in North-East Tasmania/lutruwita on 8, 9 and 10 March 2024.

This is the tenth round of grants from the PPCA and the Australia Council for the Arts, which has provided $975k in creative grants to Australian musicians since partnering in 2013.

The two musicians - both specialising in their own, elite tiers of hip-hop and R&B's many sounds - find themselves come together..