This Month
The 10 best albums of 2024 (if Taylor Swift isn’t your jam)
Soulful singer songwriters, rising indie superstars, Australian up-and-comers and a floor-filling techno god. Welcome to the year’s best sounds.
October
‘I didn’t know who Angus was’: Paul Kelly on ‘How To Make Gravy’ film
‘Give my love to Angus, and to Frank and Dolly’ goes the refrain from Australia’s best-known Christmas song – but until recently its author had no idea who any of those people were.
September
- Exclusive
- New music
Why Missy Higgins stopped therapy to make an album
Two decades on from the multi-platinum The Sound Of White, Missy Higgins is looking inward again – only this time it’s to cope with being a newly single mother of two.
August
Victoria’s budget woes put ABBA plans on ice
However, despite the state’s debt pressures, the Victorian Chamber of Commerce says ABBA Voyage would generate hundreds of millions in revenue for Melbourne.
- Opinion
- Performing arts
Oz rock legends unite - but expect to be surprised
Australian songwriters Bernard Fanning and Paul Dempsey have joined forces and released a collection of bombastic, synth-laden sideways pop tunes. The arrangements are scintillating and the interwoven vocals charm.
December 2023
- Opinion
- Review
Here are 11 of the best albums of 2023
This year’s best music features songs to make you think, laugh and dance, plus something special from one of our own.
December 2022
- Opinion
- Review
Here are 10 of the best albums of 2022
While the world celebrated music’s return to the stage, post-pandemic classics kept coming out of the studio.