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Robert Moran is Spectrum Deputy Editor at The Sydney Morning Herald.

Troye Sivan, pop’s reigning It boy, cleans up at the ARIAs

Troye Sivan, pop’s reigning It boy, cleans up at the ARIAs

The 29-year-old won three trophies, including the top prize over Kylie Minogue.

  • by Robert Moran and Thomas Mitchell

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Beyond death and drugs, Bobby Gillespie and Primal Scream return

Beyond death and drugs, Bobby Gillespie and Primal Scream return

At 63, the acid-rave legend talks up Primal Scream’s politically charged new album and their upcoming Australia tour.

  • by Robert Moran
The Land of Oz and Ariana Grande land in Oz for Wicked premiere

The Land of Oz and Ariana Grande land in Oz for Wicked premiere

The stars were out for the blockbuster adaptation of the hit stage musical, which premiered at the State Theatre on Sunday.

  • by Robert Moran
Billy Crystal’s plodding, preposterous Before is everything wrong with TV right now
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Billy Crystal’s plodding, preposterous Before is everything wrong with TV right now

Why make an 88-minute movie when you can make a completely unnecessary 10-part limited series?

  • by Robert Moran
How a TV gig turned Black Thought and the Roots into hip-hop icons

How a TV gig turned Black Thought and the Roots into hip-hop icons

The rap giants and Jimmy Fallon’s late night house band return to Australia for their first tour in over a decade.

  • by Robert Moran
What to see (and what to skip) at Sculpture by the Sea

What to see (and what to skip) at Sculpture by the Sea

There’s 100 artworks from 103 artists on display – if you can get past the golden gorilla testicles.

  • by Robert Moran
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The incel era finally has its first classic album

The incel era finally has its first classic album

Black Midi frontman Geordie Greep dives into toxic masculinity on his mad solo debut.

  • by Robert Moran
How does Kylie Minogue’s new album stack up? We rank all her songs

How does Kylie Minogue’s new album stack up? We rank all her songs

Where do the songs from Kylie’s new Tension II rank among the rest of them?

  • by Robert Moran and Annabel Ross
If Shakespeare made an MTV reality show, it would’ve been this one

If Shakespeare made an MTV reality show, it would’ve been this one

This is it, the most underappreciated reality TV series of the modern era.

  • by Robert Moran
A remix album that’s better than the original? That’s definitely Brat

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.

  • by Robert Moran
‘We’re still working out if we’re joking’: Behind the deadpan glory of Australia’s best pop band

‘We’re still working out if we’re joking’: Behind the deadpan glory of Australia’s best pop band

With their new album 3am (La La La), Confidence Man – goofy exponents of rave excess – look to go legit (sort of).

  • by Robert Moran

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