Michael Dwyer
Michael Dwyer is an arts and music writer.
Lady Macbeth deserves a better fate. Does this play offer that chance?
Horrors both supernatural and human abound in this creative and provocative re-working of The Scottish Play.
- by Cameron Woodhead, Barney Zwartz, Andrew Fuhrmann, Vyshnavee Wijekumar, Michael Dwyer, Jessica Nicholas and Tony Way
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Empire of the Sun’s new album is four years late. Blame the spirit
Luke Steele and Nick Littlemore had to wait for the cosmic delivery of their latest album.
- by Michael Dwyer
And you thought the Taylor Swift tour was bonkers...
A new book celebrating 60 years since the Beatles toured Australia is the deepest dive into the Fab Four you could imagine.
- by Michael Dwyer
This rock memoir has everything: sex, drugs, stardom and Andy Warhol
Chris Stein’s memoir of growing up in New York and finding fame – and love – in pop-art band Blondie is a compelling portrait of music, fame and 1970s and ’80s New York.
- by Michael Dwyer
Tears, relief and a room full of love greet Beth Gibbons’ stage return
The Portishead singer’s first solo album has been years in the making. At its first live outing in Paris, she shares the rapture.
- by Michael Dwyer
Cold Chisel to reunite and tour Australia
Australia’s most distinguished rock’n’roll band has announced a 50th anniversary tour.
- by Michael Dwyer
How a new generation embraced the complex sounds of the ’70s
Fifty years since peak prog, streaming has resurrected what punks tried to bury.
- by Michael Dwyer
An ‘alien vibe’ and no fear of death: this singer is full of surprises
Kazu Makino thought her days with Blonde Redhead were behind her. But Covid changed all that.
- by Michael Dwyer
How pop music met its Waterloo in ABBA
What is it about ABBA’s songs that generate so much ardour? English music writer Giles Smith tries to find out.
- by Michael Dwyer
His mum and dad were treated differently. He wanted to understand why
Ziggy Ramo’s raw hip-hop made a lot of Australians uncomfortable. He expects his book to do the same.
- by Michael Dwyer
Punk icon Carrie Brownstein happy to see next-gen riot grrrls
The musician, actor, author and comedian is heartened to see young women adopting and reconfiguring the tenets of the movement she helped pioneer with punk trio Sleater-Kinney.
- by Michael Dwyer
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