Caitlin Medcalf, Journalist

With Splendour In The Grass just around the corner, we scoured through this year's lineup to put together our top picks for the festival.

Sampa The Great returns not only with a new single, but a clip to accompany it AND news of her forthcoming record, The Return, set to be out September 13.

Boiler Room & Sugar Mountain have today announced a collaborative event happening in Melbourne this October. Lineup is still to come.

Sound Strike launches today, an industry movement encouraging artists to protest climate change by not gigging on Friday, September 20.

Western Sydney's A.GIRL has today dropped her debut track in '2142', an ode to Sydney's West. She's also given us insight into her fave spots to visit.

Astral People have announced they're teaming up with [PIAS] Recordings & Inertia Music to form Astral People Recordings. Their first signee is Wave Racer.

Off the back of the news that Canberra's Ryan Fennis will be showcasing at this year's BIGSOUND, he's shared a new EP with us too, titled 'Detour'.

Gold Coast's San Mei has announced her signing to etcetc and is celebrating it with a new single and a national tour for later this year.

jayteehazard is a veteran on the scene, with years of experience DJing around town under his belt. We put it to him to narrow down 5 of his favourite shows.