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All the key pieces you need to know from Zach Bryan's two-hour interview.

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, 16 October 2026.

Almost six years since their third album, Melbourne electronic icons The Avalanches have returned with 'No Bad Memories', an album borne out of nostalgia, memory, and the ways which advertising speaks to us decades after the fact.

Spawned from Tom Iansek’s lockdown “piano renaissance”, 'Every Little Fire' – album number four for his solo project, #1 Dads – embraces calm, helps regulate the nervous system and contains a tribute song for his partner of many years.

Khalid opens up about freedom, new music, playing at the Sydney Opera House, and why coming out as gay transformed his world tour.

The Australian Conservation Foundation is replacing preachy lectures with live music and comedy to protect endangered marine life at Scott Reef. Here's what you need to know about the Sydney event.

One of the country's greatest bands, Adelaide stalwarts The Mark Of Cain are readying their return to the live stage this month, all while celebrating 25 years of 'This Is This...' and looking ahead to album No. 6.

Susan Ann Sulley breaks down the history of synth-pop and thrift-store style and explains why TikTok & Spotify are bringing a new generation to The Human League.

A longstanding outsider of Australian music has been embraced by an A-list power couple, turning Spike Fuck into an overnight sensation ten years into his career.

From Chumbawamba to A-ha, here are 10 classic one-hit wonders that became anthemic cultural staples in Australia.

With Powderfinger's impending reunion tour announcement the talk of the town, we've ranked their greatest hits and top album tracks that any new or old fan should know.