Stage names have long taken ordinary musicians and transformed into icons of the music world. Let's reflect on the moments in which many of these names were first adopted.

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.

Thankfully, bassist Tom Switlek is doing "well," and paramedics were on site to assist him.

Amy Shark led a tribute to rugby stars Jai Arrow and Nathan Charles, both of whom were diagnosed with motor neurone disease this year.

"After extensive research, clinical assessment and absolutely no musical rehearsal… Baby arriving February 2027," Donovan wrote.

"This is the first time in 15 years that I am an independent artist. Finally owning my own music & releasing it myself," Wonderland said.

After 13 long years, A Perfect Circle are returning to Australia, and with new music in their back pockets, founding guitarist Billy Howerdel checks in to share his excitement.

While fossicking through a stack of two-inch reels in the garage of his Melbourne studio, Tim Finn found a box containing long-lost recordings of songs he created alongside Chrissy Amphlett. The 'Some Times' EP comes out this week.   

With Morello set to perform alongside Bruce Springsteen, Foo Fighters, Dave Matthews, Public Enemy, and many others, your weekend viewing is sorted.

Turnstile, a band that delivered the first-ever stage dive on NPR's 'Tiny Desk' series, performs on 'Saturday Night Live' this weekend.

Discussing their Like a Version, The Temper Trap's Dougy Mandagi said he was “taken aback” by 'Sign of the Times' when he first heard it.