They have released three studio albums, Since I Left You (2000), Wildflower (2016), and We Will Always Love You (2020), and perform live and recorded DJ sets.

Three future Avalanches members formed Alarm 115 in Melbourne in 1994 as a noise punk outfit inspired by Drive Like Jehu, The Fall, and Ultra Bide.

[1][5] In 1997 a new group consisting of Chater, Di Blasi, Seltmann, and Gordon McQuilten on keyboards was assembled to play the tracks live.

[6] Starting in July, their first four shows were played under different names: Swinging Monkey Cocks, Quentin's Brittle Bones, and Whoops Downs Syndrome.

[1][3] After playing the support slot for Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, they rose to prominence quickly.

[1][2] Based on El Producto's success, Pavlovic signed the Avalanches to his new Modular Recordings label in May 1998.

[7] Leo Silvermann signed them to his label, Rex Records, for the exclusive United Kingdom four-track EP Undersea Community, which released in March 1999.

[5] The group's profile grew with support slots on tours by the Beastie Boys, Public Enemy, Stereolab, and Beck.

[1] James Dela Cruz was added to the live line-up on turntables and keyboards, and made his debut with the band at The Palace, St Kilda, supporting Public Enemy.

In September 1999 Modular Recordings issued a four-track EP Electricity in Australia (12") and a two-track UK (7") version.

In November 2000, Since I Left You was launched in Melbourne with a boat cruise party aboard the Victoria Star, through Port Phillip Bay, with The Face and other UK media flying to Australia to cover the event.

[14] The video for "Frontier Psychiatrist" was later awarded the runner-up prize at Soho Shorts Film Festival in the UK.

[4] In 2011, American hip hop artist Questlove named Since I Left You in his top ten albums list.

[23][24][25][26] In February 2014 Modular Recordings confirmed Seltmann had left, stating "officially the band is Robbie Chater and Tony Di Blasi right now.

[28] In April 2016 the Avalanches added new images of a gold butterfly on black cloth to their social media accounts and official website.

[29] On 24 May, the group posted a video poking fun at their long hiatus since their last album and the continued speculation of a follow-up release.

[30][31] On 2 June 2016 the lead single, "Frankie Sinatra", from their second album, was premiered on Australian radio station Triple J.

On 14 February, the website was updated with a second video containing another morse code message, this time spelling "20 FEB".

[39] On 18 March, they released another single, "Running Red Lights" featuring Pink Siifu and Rivers Cuomo from Weezer.

[40] The album, entitled We Will Always Love You was released on 11 December 2020 and features contributions from Denzel Curry, Tricky and Jamie xx.

[53][54] Since I Left You has appeared on various top examples of the Plunderhouse genre,[55][56] and has also been described as one of the three pivotal plunderphonics albums, along with DJ Shadow’s Endtroducing in 1996,[57][58] and J Dilla's Donuts in 2006.

[59] A number of music critics, including Volksgeist, Amar Edirwira writing for VinylFactory and others regard Since I Left You as the best plunderphonics album of all time.

[48] The Avalanches, initially, played live using samplers, analogue keyboards, bass guitar, drum kit, and theremin.

Seltmann broke his ankle during the band's Electric Ballroom show in London, while Dela Cruz suffered a concussion on-stage at the V2001 festival.

Their live setup feature Chater on bass and Di Blasi on turntables, alongside guest musicians Paris Jeffree on drums, Spank Rock as MC, and Eliza Wolfgramm on vocals.