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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 21, 2026.

Australia is debating who owns yesterday’s songs while ignoring who can afford to make tomorrow’s, writes UNIFIED Music Group Artist Manager Matt Walters.

"We have always loved it down under, which is why it’s been The Dandy Warhols’ second home for almost 3 decades," said singer Courtney Taylor-Taylor.

"This has been the most gut-wrenching decision I have ever had to make," said Mundi Mundi Bash founder and organiser, Greg Donovan.

Holly Humberstone returns to Australia in early 2027 with homegrown rising star Holly Hebe.

"Lexus Melbourne Cup Day will be my first stop before the BRITPOP Australian Tour, and I’m ready to make it unforgettable,” Williams said.

DICE hit the Brisbane leg of their tour, and their chart-topping album award is in sight the entire time, literally.

After enjoying breakout success with their self-produced 2022 debut, the Sydney psych quartet hit a wall while recording the follow-up. The solution? To strip everything away to the bare essentials.

Australian metal heavyweights Alpha Wolf cancel remaining 2026 shows following the departure of vocalist Lochie Keogh.