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Teether and Kuya Neil, sonic explorers from Melbourne’s underground.

The best new Australian music to listen to this month

A monthly spotlight on our favourite new albums, EPs, singles and videos from local musicians.

  • Nick Buckley, Jules LeFevre and Robert Moran

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The Aussie TikTok crooner with a ‘weapons-grade’ talent

Plus: Get ready for the weekend with these fresh diversions.

  • Jonathan Seidler, Frances Mocnik, Damien Woolnough, Barry Divola and Nicole Abadee
“There’s a therapeutic value I get from sitting back and listening to something that I’ve penned.”

Angus Stone: ‘I just wanted to have a beer and write music’

The award-winning singer-songwriter on his composing rule, his superpower and where he goes instead of church.

  • Benjamin Law
Australians are spending on big name stars like (clockwise from top left) Billie Eilish, Lady Gaga, Oasis, Taylor Swift and Paul McCartney – but not smaller local gigs.

Your superstar FOMO is hurting Australian music, report finds

A new report by Music Australia finds some fans are willing to “break the bank” to see a touring international act.

  • Linda Morris
The crowd on day one of the 2025 Bluesfest, which was said to have been its last ever.

‘It’s a clarion call’: Bluesfest boss delivers update on festival’s future

Things were looking grim for the much-loved music festival, with this year’s event set to be the last. But the fans responded.

  • Farid Farid
Ninety-seven-year old Noel Balfour has just recorded a new album in Andy Busuttil’s Blue Mountain Sound studio in Hazelbrook.

Meet Noel. He’s just recorded his second album at the age of 97

“I wake up with a song these days,” singer-songwriter Noel Balfour says.

  • John Shand
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Composer, conductor and critic Fritz Hart.

The former Age critic who helped the MSO bring music to the people

Largely unknown outside academic circles, Fritz Hart was a seminal figure in Melbourne music.

  • Barney Zwartz
Melbourne five-piece Floodlights go deep on their new album Underneath.

Cathartic rock and eshay rap at its finest: The best new Aussie music to hear

A monthly spotlight on our favourite new albums, singles and videos from local musicians.

  • Nick Buckley, Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen, Robert Moran and Jules LeFevre

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Yellow Wiggle Tsehay Hawkins with mum Robyn.

‘It was surreal’: Yellow Wiggle Tsehay Hawkins’ search for her birth parents

The Wiggles’ youngest member opens up about her return to her birthplace in Ethiopia for the first time ever last year.

  • Lauren Ironmonger

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