Listen Carefully with Nathan Jolly

Kristin Hersh is the singer, songwriter, and creative force behind Throwing Muses, and 50 Foot Wave. Her solo tour of Australia and New Zealand begins in less than two weeks -- grab tickets from kristinhersh.com/tour -- and the new Throwing Muses album Moonlight Concessions will be out March 14. Listen to the first two single 'Summer Of Love' and 'Libretto' now.

Danny McDonald is an Australian power pop songwriter, guitarist, and singer, whose new single Tired Town is out now. Go to dannymcdonald.com.au for more.

Sharon Van Etten releases her seventh album on Friday -- Sharon Van Etten and the Attachment Theory -- and its the first record she's written and recorded with a band. Visit listencarefully.com.au to find out more.

Dom Mariani is the singer, songwriter, guitarist, and driving force behind The Stems, Someloves, DM3, and now is one half of The James Baker Beat, a new duo with James Baker of The Scientists and The Beasts of Bourbon. Visit dommariani.com for more.

Jim White is the drummer for legendary Australian instrumental band Dirty Three, as well as new group The Hard Quartet, with Stephen Malkmus, Matt Sweeney, and Emmett Kelly. The Hard Quartet is currently touring Australia - get tickets from feelpresents.com.

Ben Salter is one of the most prolific artists working in Australia today. Visit bensaltermusic.bandcamp.com to dive into his vast discography, and sign up to patreon.com/ben_salter_music for updates, even more music, and exclusives.

Andy Bull is a singer, songwriter, and producer whose new album Collapse In Bliss is out now. Visit andybullmusic.squarespace.com for more.

Sarah Blasko's seventh album I Just Need To Conquer This Mountain is out now, and she's just announced a 26-date regional tour in support of it. Visit sarahblasko.com for tickets and to buy the record.

Jeff Lang is a singer, songwriter, and guitarist, whose new album More Life sees him write and perform songs with a variety of artists, including Don Walker, Liz Stringer, and John Butler. Find out more at jefflang.com.au.

Elana Stone is a singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, whose new album Married To The Sound is out now. She plays a handful of shows in February - for details and tickets, go to elanastone.com.au. Elana is also one quarter of folk group All Our Exes Live In Texas, who landed in the ARIA top ten in 2017 with their wonderful debut album When We Fall.

Joe Camilleri is the frontman of The Black Sorrows, and scored numerous hit singles with Jo Jo Zep and The Falcons in the '70s and '80s. The Black Sorrows have a new record out, The Way We Do Business - visit theblacksorrows.com.au for music and gig dates.

Wayne Coyne is the frontman for The Flaming Lips, one of the best American bands of all time. They are touring Australia in celebration of their 2002 masterpiece Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots - get tickets from flaminglips.com .

Geoffrey O'Connor new album I Love What We Do comes out on Valentine's Day, and yesterday he released the second single from it: Let's Make Love Feel Good Again. He is also the singer, songwriter, and creative force beyond the beloved band The Crayon Fields. Visit geoffreyoconnor.bandcamp.com

Bob Mould was the frontman for legendary hardcore band Hüsker Dü in the 1980s, and power pop band Sugar during the 90s. Bob is touring Australia this month, solo and electric - get tickets from bobmould.com/tour .

Dave McCormack is the frontman of Custard, whose new double album 'Suburban Curtains' is out now, as well as the Polaroids, who released the album 'Get Old' earlier in the year. Custard are currently touring Australia with The Fauves - visit consume.com.au for dates and tickets.

Hayley Mary is the lead vocalist of The Jezabels, and has just released her debut solo album: Roman XS. She's currently touring the record - get the album, tickets, and tour dates at hayleymary.com .

Marty Willson-Piper was the guitarist and a songwriter in Australia's most prolific band The Church for 33 years, and is owner of the In Deep Music Archive, a recording studio and collection of over 65,000 records. Visit martywillson-piper.com for more information.

Tim Steward is the singer, guitarist and principal songwriter of Brisbane band Screamfeeder, as well for as the excellent outfit We All Want To. Screamfeeder has shows with The Superjesus and Bluebottle Kiss this November. Go to screamfeeder.com for more.

Jon Toogood is the frontman and songwriter from New Zealand band Shihad - and he has just released his first solo album, the very personal and tender Last of the Lonely Gods. Jon is on tour now, with shows in NZ, Australia, and the UK. Visit jontoogood.com for more.

Kasey Chambers released her thirteenth studio album Backbone yesterday, and also has a new memoir out: Just Don't Be A Dickhead. Kasey is playing a bunch of shows over the next few months, including some author-in-conversation appearances, a number of festivals, a Sydney Opera House gig with Vika & Linda, as well as her own national album tour. For all this and more, visit kaseychambers.com

Rebecca Barnard is a solo artist, and was the lead singer of Rebecca's Empire, who landed songs in four consecutive triple j Hottest 100 charts in the 1990s. Visit rebeccabarnard.com for music and shows.

Rob Snarski is the frontman of The Blackeyed Susans, SnarskiCircusLindyBand, and new project Snarski vs Snarski, whose album Waiting For The Bell is out October 17 on CD and vinyl. Visit robsnarski.com to pre-order the record.

Lo Carmen is an Australian singer, songwriter, author, artist, and actor. Her seventh solo album Transatlantic Light comes out this coming Friday, September 20th, and you can pre-order it on ⁠locarmen.bandcamp.com⁠ now.

Ray Ahn is the bass player and co-founder of Australian punk legends The Hard-Ons, whose 15th studio album I Like You A Lot Getting Older is out October 4, before the band embark on a 40th anniversary tour across Australia and Europe. Visit cheersquad.com.au for more details.

Dan Kelly releases his fifth album Gold Feels this coming Friday, and will be setting out on a tour this November in support of it. For more information, visit dankelly.live.