Cyclone Wehner, Contributor

Superstar DJ and producer Sonny Fodera is one of Australia's biggest music exports. But his international success hasn't happened overnight.

Australian DJ/producers are at the forefront of a global electronic dance music movement with the likes of Dom Dolla taking his Melbourne sound to global stages. But who are the buzziest – and most credible – Aussies in 2026?

From meeting Greta Thunberg in Belfast to touring Europe, Miss Kaninna opens up about her mixtape 'BLACKPRINT' and blazing her own trail.

Dance-pop DJ, producer and singer horsegiirL – "half-horse, half-human" – is promoting 'horse music'. After airing 2022's viral My Barn My Rules, the German icon is promising an Australian tour. And she has an Aussie connection, having befriended and remixed Ninajirachi.

The Presets are staging their own touring festival, Foreverafter, with other acts from the fabled Modular Recordings fold – the name a "nod" to Daft Punk's mythic 2007 NEVEREVERLAND spectacular, where they were the principal support. But the big question is whether the duo's renewed live activity means album five is coming.

Hip-hop queens Salt-N-Pepa are joining R&B headliners Boyz II Men and Australian first-timers Bell Biv DeVoe on a supernova triple t(h)reat Australian tour. And, almost 30 years after their last album, they're tantalising day-one fans with a late-career studio comeback.

Three's the charm for Baby Rose as she presents 'YEARNALISM' – the same day the Southern neo-soul sensation joins Olivia Dean as "special guest" on The Art Of Loving Live tour in North America, playing several nights at Madison Square Garden come August.

A sequel to 2005's lauded Confessions On A Dance Floor, Madonna's new album CONFESSIONS II celebrates her Detroit roots – and positions her as a leader of today's inter-generational electronic dance music movement.

The Aussie punk rock phenom Ecca Vandal went off radar – and offline – to recalibrate after her 2017 debut. Now, having toured with Limp Bizkit and Deftones and played Coachella, she's returned with a follow-up, 'LOOKING FOR PEOPLE TO UNFOLLOW', on a new international label.

A staple of the Australian hip hop scene as a member of Funkoards and A.B. Original, Daniel "trials" Rankine has gone solo with an album which is deeply personal as it is accomplished.

Ahead of Lily Allen's long-awaited return to Australia, The Music examines the singer's cultural resurgence with the viral 'West End Girl'.

As Faithless prepare for their long-awaited return to Australia, Sister Bliss reflects on the EDM scene, working with Bebe Rexha, and Maxi Jazz's legacy.