Cure marathon holds the crowd
English veterans The Cure succeeded with a goth-pop marathon and set a Splendour in the Grass record for longest performance.
Music
Wildflower worth the wait
The Avalanches’ second album, released after a 16-year gap, is full of the weird, wonderful songs that fans expect.
Seduced by Spain and verse
Classical guitar music meets the poetry of Byron in an unusual theatrical union.
From me to you
Daniel Johns and fellow Novocastrian Josh Wakely are bringing the Beatles’ hits to a children’s animated TV garden.
Splendour to get extended Cure
Robert Smith and his goth-pop band have lately been entertaining crowds with set lists encompassing the Cure’s career.
Splendour without the nerves
A lot has happened in the careers of Liz Drummond, Annie Hamilton and Hannah Field since their Splendour debut.
The good old and the new
The Strokes’ set headlining Splendour in the Grass displayed skill and the dynamics that set the band apart.
Small but perfectly performed
Victoria doesn’t do too badly when it comes to small and interesting festivals dedicated to contemporary classical music.
Fine forecast of eclectic talent
Flume and the Cure are part of a broad line-up at this weekend’s festival.
Dark side to the fore
Cosi fan tutte is the final instalment of David McVicar’s trilogy of productions of the three Mozart-Da Ponte operas.
ENO’s Berry off to the Bolshoi
The former artistic director of the English Nation Opera is expected to get a job at Russia’s most prestigious theatre.
The riotous punk provocateur
Alan Vega stalked the stage menacingly while delivering lyrics about mayhem in a series of bloodcurdling screams.
Songs from a crowded lifetime
Adventurer, barrister, human rights lawyer, surfer, scriptwriter: Pat Burgess has crammed a lot into his 60 years.
Choir of note united in totality
It’s the separation between the singers that you notice when the Choir of Trinity College Cambridge takes the stage.
Contemporary contenders
The Art Music Awards reflect a range of contemporary music including vocal, chamber, instrumental and experimental.
Discord for four pianos
There have been some off-key notes at the Sydney International Piano Competition of Australia.
Fired up and in fine voice
With his Powderfinger days long gone, Bernard Fanning is once again refining his already successful solo career.
The same yet very different
Nostalgia tours are all the rage: does it matter if a band doesn’t boast many original members?
Friends come out to back Baez
Last January, weeks after Joan Baez turned 75, her friends turned up in New York to help her celebrate.
Band of last resort for teen
Music and young love lie at the heart of Sing Street, but there are more serious subtexts too.
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