An absolute math-rock juggernaut, FOALS will arrive in Australia in the middle of a creative frenzy that has produced not one, but two new records. Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost (Part 1) was released in March, with Part 2 to follow later this year, signalling a return to the spasmodic angles of their debut Antidotes.

SZA has confirmed three massive headline shows during her upcoming visit for this year’s Splendour In The Grass starting in Perth, Sydney, Melbourne and Auckalnd. Sign up to access pre-sale tickets from 1pm Tue 16 April. General sales begin 2pm Thu 18 Apr.

Returning to Australia for the annual Splendour In The Grass festival, Catfish And The Bottlemen have announced they will play headline shows in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth. The tour comes in support of the band’s forthcoming new album, The Balance, due for release on Friday 26 April 2019 through Island Records/Caroline Australia.

A voice as recognisable for sonorous quality as it is for frequent reinvention, JAMES BLAKE returns to the Southern Hemisphere on the back of the strongest record of his career in Assume Form. Appearing in Melbourne and Sydney, Blake has hit his straps musically and personally, allowing his devoted fanbase a glimpse into his innermost thoughts.

After retiring The Streets in 2011 following 6 classic studio albums and countless unforgettable singles (see: ‘Dry Your Eyes’, ‘Fit but You Know It’, ‘Don’t Mug Yourself’... the list goes on), the man with the golden voice spent 2018 dusting off those old skills and selling out shows all over the UK and Europe.

A maelstrom of unstoppable energy and gloriously familiar sounds, English indie legends FRIENDLY FIRES return to Australia for the first time in 6 years. Touring on the back of their anthemic crossover anthem Heaven Let Me In, Ed Macfarlane, Edd Gibson and Jack Savidge will arrive in Australia at the peak of a career renaissance few saw coming, but none would deny.

Rolling up for shows in Fremantle, Adelaide, Melbourne, Newcastle and Sydney will be LA skate-punk heroes FIDLAR. In town for the first time in a long time, these rabble-rousers are celebrating the release of their third album, Almost Free. Merrily lead by vocalist Zac Carper.

For two special sideshows in Melbourne and Sydney, English MC LITTLE SIMZ will be showing audiences exactly what all the fuss is about. Her third studio record GREY Area was released last year and has whipped up raves worldwide, with Pitchfork calling it “wondrous” and the NME proclaiming it the best rap record of 2018.

One of the most daring artists in dance music today, London-based duo MARIBOU STATE will hop off the Splendour tour bus for two huge shows at Melbourne’s Forum and Sydney’s iconic Opera House.

A scintillating slow burn, TYCHO has spent the last 15 years perfecting an intoxicating vein of rich, vocal based electronica, which he will bestow on Melbourne and Sydney audiences this July.

If you distilled California into soundwaves and vibrations, it might resemble the sonic and spiritual interplay of Los Angeles quintet LOCAL NATIVES. Having progressed their sound over the course of four full-length albums, Gorilla Manor, Hummingbird, Sunlit Youth and most recently their forthcoming album Violet Street.

Returning after leaving us all in his wake last year, English boy-genius SAM FENDER will take in sideshows in Sydney and Melbourne on the eve of the release of his much- anticipated debut record. Winner of a 2019 BRIT Award, Sam takes his lyrical cues from the likes of Billy Bragg and Paul Weller.

A warm blend of addictive electronica and lush harmony, English duo HONNE are one of the most talked about acts on the planet right now. Their first two records Warm on a Cold Night and Love Me / Love Me Not have made them festival favourites around the UK and Europe and frequent collaborations with K-Pop King RM.

A whole mess of fun in the vein of The Velvet Underground, Bob Dylan and The Strokes, North Carolina natives THE NUDE PARTY will bring their effortless guitar pop to intimate venues in Melbourne and Sydney.

A power-pop explosion of melody and youthful urgency, Brooklyn’s CHARLY BLISS continue the New York migration as they take in some choice Splendour side-shows. Breaking things wide open with 2017’s Guppy (a record labelled by The Onion’s AV Club as “an instant classic”), this sparkling 4-piece are on the verge of releasing their hotly anticipated second record 'Young Enough'.

Brooklyn’s PHONY PPL offer a round-the-world adventure on a multi-genre flight. Children of musicians with a world of sound at their fingertips from birth, this 5-piece hydra take all they’ve learned, pop it in a blender and rejoice in what is produced.

Sometimes dark, sometimes sunny, a synth and sax-heavy experience with one foot in the glory days of nostalgia and one in some post-apocalyptic future, THE MIDNIGHT are coming to Australia for the first time for Splendour and branching out for some tasty sideshows in Sydney and Melbourne.