Guardian Music — Moving south or abroad was once the first step for a Brisbane band. But these days, some of the best stay put – despite occasional setbacksSongs of Brisbane poll: vote for the city’s ultimate song Guardian readers tell the stories behin... more info

Stereogum — The Australian singer and songwriter Paul Kelly became a sort of under-the-radar critical favorite in the '80s, writing shimmering and jangling pop songs that continue to hold up today. (The songs hold up a lot better than Kelly's old band name: Paul... more info

Nialler9 — Dublin-based Nina Knezevik and Paul Kelly or Deadbots have released the first single from their forthcoming debut album Love Unlimited. You may already be familiar with their tracks like ‘Heartbreaker’ from 2012 and last year’s release â... more info

Guardian Music — Melbourne three-piece’s songs have an unrestrained gusto that will empower more women to tell their own storiesIn his “mongrel memoir” How to Make Gravy, Paul Kelly has a chapter on circle songs – songs that are built on a c... more info

KEXP Seattle — Welcome to another installment in the occasional Review Revue sub-series, “Australian bands that you really should have heard of before now.” (And by “you” I mean “I.”) Previous installments include The Hummingbirds, Beasts of Bourbon, Pa... more info

KEXP Seattle — Where would we be without Wikipedia? And by we I mean both the human race and people who write blog posts as quickly as possible about esoteric subjects. If I were trying to write this series without Wikipedia, most of my information would come from ... more info

Stereogum — Courtney Barnett has been performing a lot of covers lately; just last month we heard her Jack White-produced rendition of the Boys Next Door’s “Shivers,” and a week or so later she and Paul Kelly released their version of Archie Roach’s “C... more info

Stereogum — Indigenous Australian singer/songwriter Archie Roach released his debut solo album, Charcoal Lane, in 1990. Next month, as The Guardian points out, Warner Music Australia is reissuing a remastered 25th anniversary edition of the album, which will als... more info

Nialler9 — Deadbots are a Dublin-based dance duo Nina Knezevik and Paul Kelly that are probably more well-known outside of the country but tunes like ‘Heartbreaker’ from 2012, remixes for Phantasy Sound and Designer Drugs and now ‘UFRST’, their latest ... more info

Guardian Music — When the pop group Saint Etienne made a film in 2005 about London's Lower Lea Valley, they knew the Olympic bid would change its desolate air for ever. But they never imagined quite how muchOn a wet day in March 2005, I took a walk up the Lower Lea V... more info