Indie Focus

Silverchair drummer Ben Gillies announced the debut album of his new outfit, Bento, fresh with his new single Diamond Days.

The Amity Affliction has a chance to beat The Presents and The xx to the top spot of the ARIA charts this week – plus we have a stream of their new record Chasing Ghosts right here.

We premiered The Beards' latest clip for their new endearing song Got Me A Beard.

The Preatures (previously The Preachers) dropped a bunch of cool information including details of a new single, an upcoming EP and a tour for next month.

Parkway Drive announced the release date for the new record Atlas.

It was also a huge week for The Rubens, scoring the feature album and announcing deal to bring their record to life through installation at Sydney's Oxford Art Factory.

Former Little Red member Adrian Beltrame spoke to us about his new project New Gods.

Jack Ladder will be releasing his original soundtrack for the Australian sketch horror show Watch With Mother this month.

We gave you a listen to the new TZU album Millions Of Moments – check it out!

You can stream Regular John's new album Strange Flowers before its release on Friday.

The Paper Kites announced a tour to celebrate the release of the brand new EP Young North.

Melbourne rockers Scaramouche also announced a tour of the east coast.

As for signings:

Alpine have scored a sweet deal with American record label Votiv Records.

FOUR | FOUR signed indie pop group The Tiger & Me for the release of their second album.

I OH YOU announced the signing of live electronic act City Calm Down for the release of their new EP.

Rapper come singer come producer Jimblah signed with Elefant Traks for a new record in 2013.

Dew Process signed Brisbane's Art of Sleeping, with an EP expected later this year.