Pictured: Avalanche City.

Pictured: Tiny Ruins.

Pictured: Donovan Woods.

It's a shame we won't get to see any coverage of the Glastonbury Festival this year due to the preparation of the 2012 London Olympics (still exciting though!), however, there are plenty of other offerings over the coming months that are sure to please. Only if you're planning to travel overseas in the near future though... For the rest of us, we'll just have to live vicariously through our well-travelled friends.

It’s really been a huge year for Kimbra already. She had three entries into the Hottest 100 in her own right, and of course took out the number one spot with Gotye. More recently, she played a run of overseas shows with Gotye, and subsequently she was announced to be the first woman born in the 90s to top the US Billboard Chart. Finally, we have her back in the country to headline nationally – and let me tell you now, she did not disappoint.

Pictured: White Arrows.

Pictured: Francois & The Atlas Mountains.

Pictured: Maximo Park.

Anton Newcombe is on a mission. The enigmatic frontman from The Brian Jonestown Massacre wants to “Rip the lungs outta of pop culture and smoke ‘em”. At Sydney’s Metro show – the first on this tour – he did all this and then some. But then, this came after he’d passed the dutchie to the sole support of the evening, another fellow cult band.

Skating, surfing, smoking pot, screamed at by cute girls and openly discussing the new trends of the black market. These elements all encapsulate the lifestyle and performance of wryly stereotypical Wavves frontman, Nathan Daniel Williams.

KidsOf88 may have been relatively quiet since the release of their critcally lauded debut Sugarpills back in 2009. But now, they're back with a driving new single called 'Tucan' (with some help from the Naked And Famous' Alisa Xayalith), from their upcoming second release Modern Love. Check out the video; tour dates follow!

Kaiser Chiefs are responsible for some of the most lauded Britpop anthems of the past few years, dating all the way back to 2007 and their critically acclaimed debut Employment. So when the ever-growing Groovin’ the Moo festival rope the popular UK band into headlining their biggest line-up yet, you can be sure you can be sure excitement spread quickly.

Brimming with a genuine passion for independent Australian artists, MusicOZ Awards are moving from strength to strength. Held this year at the Sydney Opera House, the awards night played host to a wonderfully vast caliber of speakers and performers, rendering the night anything but predictable – and a far cry from being dull or overly formal.

It's weird. But cool. But really, really weird. In a cool way. Check out Kirin J Callinan's new video for his track 'W II W' from his upcoming self titled debut.

It's pretty indescribable outside of 'awesome by way of holy-what-the-fuck', but the extended version of the track is brilliant. Check it out, also: