Listen Carefully with Nathan Jolly

Phil Jamieson is the frontman of Grinspoon. He releases his second solo album 10Charlie on August 14, and is currently in the middle of the massive 44-date PJ Air national tour. Visit philjamieson.com.au for tickets, dates, and to pre-order 10Charlie on CD or vinyl.

Nick Allbrook is the frontman for Perth psychedelic band Pond, and was formerly in Tame Impala. Pond's eleventh studio album Terrestrials is out now. The band is also touring the US over the next three month. Visit pond.band for the record, tickets, and tour dates.

Everlast, also known as Erik Schrody or Whitey Ford, is releasing his eighth solo record this August, his first in eight years. Check out the first three singles: My Hollywood, Stones, and Losing Man's Game.

When Joel Silbersher was 15, he wrote My Pal, an Australian classic - and he's been writing Australian classics ever since. He has a new band, Fancy Weapon, whose self-titled debut album came out yesterday. Fancy Weapon is Joel, plus Mick Turner from Dirty Three, Guy Maddison from Mudhoney, and Claire Birchall from Paper Planes and Smoked Salmon.

Josh Pyke is a singer/songwriter who released his eighth studio album Kingdom Within yesterday.

Hugh Cornwell was the lead singer, lead guitarist, and main songwriter for The Stranglers, whose classic single Golden Brown has sold millions of copies. He is touring Australia in December. Tickets and tour dates at troubadourpresents.com

Dave Portner is better known as Avey Tare from Animal Collective, one of the greatest bands of modern times. He has teamed up with Geologist (Brain Weitz) from Animal Collective to make the beautiful Croz Boyce album, which is out now. crozboyce.com

Steve Mason is the singer and guitarist from Scottish experimental group The Beta Band, who will be touring Australia from next Saturday. Tour dates and tickets at thebetaband.com.

Lydia Lunch is touring Australia in June, playing the music of Suicide and Alan Vega, as well as performing some spoken word shows with Tex Perkins, hosting a collaborative spoken word workshop in Sydney, and introducing a screening of her documentary in Melbourne. Visit lydia-lunch.net and lydialunch.bandcamp.com for music and art, and pressplaypresents.com for tour info.

Janet English is one third of Spiderbait, who are going on tour this July to celebrate 30 years of Ivy and the Big Apples. They'll be playing the album in full at 12 shows around the country. Visit spiderbait.net.au for tour dates and tickets.

Katy Steele has a new record out, Undressed, featuring stripped down version of six of her songs, and four great covers. She's also currently on tour. katysteele.com for show details, tickets, and vinyl.

Helen Cattanach (or Helcat) is the lead vocalist and bass player for Moler, who recently released their second album, 69. It comes 29 years after their debut album, 1997's Golden Duck. Helen also played in Spencer P Jones' band the Escape Committee for 15 years and on numerous records. Visit moler1.bandcamp.com to buy 69 on vinyl.

Page Hamilton is the singer, songwriter, and guitarist from Helmet, who are touring Australia right now. Tickets and tour dates from helmetmusic.com .

Kutcha Edwards is celebrating 60 cycles around the sun with a special show next Friday April 17 at the Melbourne Recital Hall. Tickets at melbournerecitalhall.com.au

T.V. Smith. helped invent UK punk rock with his band The Adverts. He is currently in Australia playing a bunch of shows.

Kim Salmon and a bunch of great musicians are playing three show in April under the Surreal Science banner, performing songs from both the Scientists and Surrealists. A vinyl reissue of the 1988 Kim Salmon and the Surrealists album Hit Me With The Surreal Feel and a new live Scientists album The Definite Article will be out soon. Visit kimsalmon.bandcamp.com for records, tour dates, and ticket inf...

Nick Craft is the lead guitar and vocalist from '90s band Sidewinder, whose debut album Atlantis has been reissued on vinyl.

Singer-songwriter William Crighton releases his fourth solo album Colonial Drift this coming Friday, the follow-up to his acclaimed ARIA-winning record Water and Dust. Visit williamcrightonmusic.com.au to pre-order the album, or to buy tickets to his upcoming Australian/NZ tour.

Jay Watson is a member of Tame Impala and Pond, and also puts out solo records under the name Gum. Yesterday he released his seventh solo album, Blue Gum Way, which you can buy or stream now.

Jamie Hutchings is the singer, songwriter, and guitarist for Bluebottle Kiss, who just reissued their 2002 album Revenge Is Slow on double vinyl. They are also touring through April and May, grab tickets and check dates at bluebottlekiss.com and buy the vinyl at bluebottlekiss.bandcamp.com.

Greg Arnold is the singer, songwriter, and guitarist from Things of Stone and Wood. Yesterday, they released their first new music in 23 years, the moving double A-side You'd Gone Before You Went / The Windmills Turn, and they are touring throughout March, April, and May. Get tickets and check out tour dates at thingsofstoneandwood.com

Roddy Bottum is the keyboardist and songwriter for Faith No More. He has written his memoir The Royal We, which is out now. Visit linktr.ee/roddybottum for more.

Ben Ely sings, plays bass, and writes songs in Australian art pop band Regurgitator, who just started a massive national tour where they will be playing most of their singles to date. Check out the tour dates and buy tickets from regurgitator.net

Jeff Martin is the singer, songwriter, guitarist, and producer for Canadian three-piece The Tea Party. The band is playing five shows in Australia, kicking off this coming Friday, including shows with 50-piece orchestras in Sydney and Melbourne. Get tickets from teaparty.com.

Bic Runga's new album Red Sunset is out on February 13, and it will be her first collection of original material in 15 years. She's touring New Zealand in March and Australia in April. Pre-order the album at bicrunga.com, and check out her new single 'Ghost In Your Bed' wherever you check out new music.