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He’s still got it: Robbie Williams on New Year’s Eve in Sydney.

Robbie Williams rocks Sydney for Aunty’s New Year’s Eve show

This is the tale of how Robbie Williams set fire to Sydney Harbour for a good 40 minutes before the bridge exploded at midnight.

  • Neil McMahon

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 Best of 25 years series

The 10 best albums from the last 25 years

We surveyed critics, editors and writers to determine the best (or at least their best) albums since 2000. Let the debates begin.

Fire and funk: Kendrick Lamar’s on his victory lap on GNX.

He already won the war. Now Kendrick Lamar flips the bird in the rearview

On the Pulitzer-winning rapper’s surprise new album GNX, Drake doesn’t even rate a mention.

  • Nick Buckley
Amyl and the Sniffers’ know their main weapon is the thrilling way their frontwoman skates and spits above the riffage.

Amyl and the Sniffers are back with fighting words and fist-pumping energy

New album Cartoon Darkness starts with a vicious smackdown of critics – and things only get better from there.

  • Michael Dwyer
Jerkin’ is first release of the band’s new album Cartoon Darkness.

Amyl and the Sniffers release uncensored version of nude music video

The Australian punk rock band’s music video has been lauded as powerful by body positivity advocates.

  • Angus Delaney
Lara Trump, co-chair of the Republican National Committee, speaks during the Republican National Convention (RNC) in July.

Lara Trump’s new Hero song met with derision

Here’s an artist whose music Donald Trump may be able to use in his rallies after several big names forbade the use of their tracks.

  • Tony Diver
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Katy Perry Woman’s World.

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
The 25-year-old has had a year for the ages with breakout hits Espresso and Please Please Please.

The new album from this superstar is pop at its most fun, fizzy and sex-forward

On Short n’ Sweet, Sabrina Carpenter leans all the way into her bawdy brand of frothy pop.

  • Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen
Nick Cave.

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
Katy Perry channels sexy Rosie the Riveter in the Woman’s World music video.

Katy Perry is back with a ‘feminist’ anthem. It’s a train wreck

Katy Perry’s much-anticipated new single begins with the lyrics “sexy, confident, so intelligent”. Unfortunately, it is none of those things.

  • Meg Watson

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