Wolfmother - Cosmic Egg

Cosmic Egg is the second studio album by Australian hard rock band Wolfmother, released on 23 October 2009. It is the first album by the second lineup of the band featuring Ian Peres (bass, keyboards), Aidan Nemeth (guitar) and Dave Atkins (drums), formed in 2009 after original members Chris Ross and Myles Heskett left in August 2008. Upon its release, Cosmic Egg charted at number three on the Australian ARIA Albums Chart, the same position as the band's first album.

The album was recorded between April and May 2009 at Sound City Studios and Sunset Sound Studios in Los Angeles, California. The title of the album comes from a position in yoga described by vocalist and guitarist Andrew Stockdale as "like the fetal pose. The album's release is being promoted by a series of tours beginning in September. The first song released from the album was the promotional  digital download single "Back Round" on 2 June 2009; "New Moon Rising" was the first full single release from Cosmic Egg, on 25 August 2009.

Billy Talent III

Billy Talent III is the fourth studio album by Canadian rock band Billy Talent (the third under the name Billy Talent). It was released on July 10in Europe, July 13 in the United Kingdom, July 14 in Canada, and September 22 in the US. A demo version of one of the album's songs, "Turn Your Back", was released as a single in September 2008 and featured the band members of Anti-Flag, with the first legitimate single spawned by Billy Talent III is "Rusted from the Rain", which premiered May 17, 2009 on Triple J. The album version of "Turn Your Back" doesn't includeAnti-Flag's vocals, as the single version does.

The second single from the album, "Devil on My Shoulder" was released on August 26, 2009.

A promotional website located at billytalent3.com has been launched to showcase the making of the album. Part of the promotion also included the Billy Talent Widget which allowed listeners to become the "Ultimate Billy Talent Fan". The widget rewarded users with rare tracks, videos, pictures and interviews as fans "level up" their widgets.

On June 8, 2009, the band announced on their website, the release of a special deluxe edition of the album, entitled Billy Talent III: Guitar Villain Edition. The special edition will include a second disc of the album, with the guitar tracks removed so fans can play along. This edition will include also 4 additional demo songs, as well as guitar tabs for the whole album transcribed on 2 full size posters.

The band embarked on a supporting tour in February 21, 2009, starting with an Australian first leg.

Tokio Hotel - Humanoid

Eyeliner-heavy, German teen pop quartet Tokio Hotel's third (and second English language) full-length album is a significantly louder and considerably darker affair than their previous outings. While there's little doubt that screaming teenage girls will still stand front and center at the foot of the stage, the band has set its sights on the "First Person Shooter" male demographic this time around, baiting the hook with enough generic sci-fi imagery and Depeche Mode-meets-Fall Out Boy melodrama to fuel one hundred angry bike rides home from work. That's not to say that the results aren't effective, as Humanoid, though predictable and generally harmless, is immaculately crafted, thanks in part to longtime producer David Jost and a handful of A-list engineers. Between the Auto-Tune heavy first single "Automatic" and the Arcade Fire-lite stadium anthem "World Behind My Wall," one can almost envision the elaborate stage show being planned for the next MTV video music awards, and while Tokio Hotel may not have matured enough to hang with the big boys yet, they are most certainly the dark horses pacing up and down the Disney fringe.