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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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Marlon Williams’ Te Whare Tīwekaweka is the singer’s first album in Te Reo Māori.

‘To be Maori is to be political’: Marlon Williams returns to his ancestral tongue

The singer-songwriter’s new album wasn’t intended to be political, but it arrives at a tense moment for Aotearoa politics.

  • Nick Buckley
“There’s this new pressure… it’s not just fun and games any more,” says Michelle Zauner.

Her memoir was a literary sensation. It also sucked the joy out of her day job

After the success of Crying in H Mart, Michelle Zauner is back to making music as Japanese Breakfast.

  • Robert Moran
Dolly Parton features on The Wiggles new country album.

Dolly Parton and a new LGBTQ anthem: A parent reviews the new Wiggles album

My tyrannical toddlers might not respect the queen of country music, but, weirdly, there’s something for everyone on this wild album.

  • Meg Watson
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A local DJ’s exciting new mix and indie pop’s best-kept secret: Aussie music to try this month

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

  • Nick Buckley, Jules LeFevre, Robert Moran and Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen
“Sharing music and seeing people’s reactions to it made me realise that it gives me purpose”: Mallrat re-emerges with new album Light Hit My Face Like a Straight Right.

Last year, music felt ‘impossible’. Now she’s touring with Kylie

After personal grief, the 26-year-old star steps back into the light with her adventurous second album.

  • Robert Moran
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Jazz composer and performer Shabaka Hutchings

Jazz legend Shabaka Hutchings swaps his trademark sax for the flute

Higher powers have slipped a new tool into the jazz prodigy’s hands.

  • Michael Dwyer
Grammys

Can pop’s new stars smash the Grammys?

The typically conservative Recording Academy has put a foot in the present while the other’s perpetually in the past. It makes for the most intriguing Grammys in years.

  • Robert Moran
Charli XCX’s Brat might’ve ruled, but these other artists also created our favourite listening this year.

The 10 best albums of 2024

It was a Brat summer, but it was also a Short n’ Sweet winter.

  • Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen, Annabel Ross, Jules LeFevre, Nick Buckley and Robert Moran
Lola Young: “When I’m manic, I can write a song in like, five minutes,” says the 23-year-old.

Only one singer could convince Amy Winehouse’s manager to get back in the game. Meet Lola Young

The rising British star is attracting high-profile fans with her raw and real presence and her viral Gen-Z anthem, Messy.

  • Annabel Ross

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