Review
Fifty shades of Rose Gray as pop singer turns up the heat
The Londoner may seem to have come out of nowhere, but she’s been trying to find her place in pop for more than a decade now.
- Annabel Ross
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This would be the most explicit song to ever win the Hottest 100
The Australian song doesn’t just ruffle feathers – it sets them on fire.
- Tom W Clarke
The new album from this local jazz trio is a soul-enriching experience
Vazesh – featuring saxophonist Jeremy Rose, tar player Hamed Sadeghi, and bassist Lloyd Swanton – cast a spell on Tapestry.
- Barry Divola, Annabel Ross and John Shand
From making gravy to making love, Paul Kelly on his ‘toey’ record
Australia’s greatest songwriter on life, love, lust and learning from Taylor Swift.
- Thomas Mitchell
Contentment sounds dull on Gwen Stefani’s first album in eight years
A whole album about being in love with Blake Shelton? Enter at your own risk.
- Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen and Annabel Ross
A remix album that’s better than the original? That’s definitely Brat
Charli XCX’s follow-up is a stunning in-the-moment reappraisal of her wild Brat summer.
- Robert Moran
What does it feel like to lose a parent? This album gets to the devastating truth
With nods to the ’90s school of Liz Phair and Juliana Hatfield, Soccer Mommy’s latest is a raw record of grief.
- Annabel Ross and Barry Divola
Derivative and dated, Katy Perry’s new album is worse than we feared
In distancing herself from the doe-eyed goofball of her Teenage Dream days, 143 is a colossal misstep from which Perry’s career may never recover.
- Robert Moran and Annabel Ross
Acclaimed festival darlings Khruangbin on how mistakes can be cool
Houston’s groove masters are returning to Australia for three headline shows.
- Martin Boulton
The ghosts haunting Nick Cave’s biblical new album
On their 18th album together, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds go searching for the light.
- John Shand, Robert Moran and Barry Divola
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