The Beautiful Monument discuss their first new album in seven years, the real life grief behind the album, and leaving Evanescence vocalist Amy Lee on read.

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, August 7, 2026.

August is the final month of operation, and one last party to farewell The Bendi is happening in a few weeks.

The EP also finds Arena putting her own spin on songs by Frank Ocean, Depeche Mode, and Duran Duran.

Massive Attack were not simply planting the idea of corruption, greed and carnage; they were downright beating it into us.

Vera Blue aimed to perform a “very haunting version” of Creep that still nods to the original.

Massive Attack's first Australian tour in 16 years began in Brisbane last night and will soon continue in Sydney and Melbourne.

After tickets were snapped up so quickly, the general sale has been cancelled.

With the dates and venues confirmed, it seems the highly anticipated line-up announcement for Good Things 2026 is imminent. So, while we wait, The Music rounded up who could perform - and who's ruled out - at this year's festival.

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.

Fans who leave a complaint are reportedly told that “Someone in our team will respond as soon as we give a fuck.”

James Reyne opens up about Australian Crawl's history and why the band’s 2026 reunion tour is a one-off tribute to their legacy.