Listen Carefully with Nathan Jolly

Josh Pyke is a singer/songwriter who released his eighth studio album Kingdom Within yesterday.

Hugh Cornwell was the lead singer, lead guitarist, and main songwriter for The Stranglers, whose classic single Golden Brown has sold millions of copies. He is touring Australia in December. Tickets and tour dates at troubadourpresents.com

Dave Portner is better known as Avey Tare from Animal Collective, one of the greatest bands of modern times. He has teamed up with Geologist (Brain Weitz) from Animal Collective to make the beautiful Croz Boyce album, which is out now. crozboyce.com

Steve Mason is the singer and guitarist from Scottish experimental group The Beta Band, who will be touring Australia from next Saturday. Tour dates and tickets at thebetaband.com.

Lydia Lunch is touring Australia in June, playing the music of Suicide and Alan Vega, as well as performing some spoken word shows with Tex Perkins, hosting a collaborative spoken word workshop in Sydney, and introducing a screening of her documentary in Melbourne. Visit lydia-lunch.net and lydialunch.bandcamp.com for music and art, and pressplaypresents.com for tour info.

Janet English is one third of Spiderbait, who are going on tour this July to celebrate 30 years of Ivy and the Big Apples. They'll be playing the album in full at 12 shows around the country. Visit spiderbait.net.au for tour dates and tickets.

Katy Steele has a new record out, Undressed, featuring stripped down version of six of her songs, and four great covers. She's also currently on tour. katysteele.com for show details, tickets, and vinyl.