Special new bands in Australia? (5,7)
I believe the answer is:
alice springs
'australia?' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?
'special new bands' is the wordplay.
'new' is an anagram indicator.
'bands' becomes 'rings' ('ring' can be a synonym of 'band').
'special' anagrammed gives 'alicesp'.
'alicesp'+'rings'='ALICE SPRINGS'
'in' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for alice springs that I've seen before include "somewhere in the outback" , "Aussie town" , "Town of Northern Territory, Australia" , "desert town" , "Town in central Australia" .)