Bright, confident indie rock colours King Stingray’s second album
The Arnhem Land band’s celebration of Yolngu Matha language feels right at home with its evolved sound, which ties its rollicking rock energy with new synth-leading influences.
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Jack White gives an emphatic lesson in textbook rock ‘n’ roll
Anyone grumbling that rock ‘n’ roll is dead ‘n’ buried needs to park themselves in front of this man and his exceptional band.
Spotify Wrapped reveals top songs and podcasts in Australia in 2024
For the second consecutive year, Taylor Swift is the most-streamed artist on the planet.
Forty-four years after heartbreak hotel, Iva seeks his long-lost axe
For 44 years, Icehouse frontman Iva Davies has been mourning the loss of a dear friend. All these years later, he’s hoping to be reunited – and you may be able to help him.
Waxahatchee live review: a gifted songwriter at the peak of her powers
It’s not too great a stretch of the imagination to picture an alternate universe where Katie Crutchfield’s Americana project is as big a deal as Taylor Swift.
Elton John unable to watch own musical due to ‘lost eyesight’
The 77-year-old revealed he was fighting an eye infection that has caused him to lose his vision.
Kelly applauds film ‘mutation’ of his song How to Make Gravy
On Sunday, Paul Kelly’s 1996 Christmas song — now a treasured Australian classic — will cross creative disciplines when a film adaptation begins streaming on Binge.
Trying on try-hard as an insult? Try again, say these try-hards
In an irresistibly catchy single from his collaborative album with Lance Ferguson, You Am I frontman Tim Rogers offers this rejoinder: ‘Hell yeah, I’m a try-hard / I try harder than you.’
World in the Moog for a fresh sound
From Donna Summer to Doctor Who, the world would sound very different without the groovy synthesiser that was invented 60 years ago.
Drummers helped define Bee Gees’ signature sounds
Dennis Byron’s distinctive playing on Night Fever, You Should Be Dancin’ and the delicate minimalism of Too Much Heaven are works of rock art.
When Billy Corgan met The Delta Riggs
When the Smashing Pumpkins frontman touches down next month, he’ll be playing six shows backed by an Australian band he’s never played with before. Crazy brave, or just plain crazy?
Peter Garrett on the ‘high-risk’, ‘cruel joke’ of nuclear energy
The Midnight Oil frontman, former politician and environmentalist says the idea that Australia needs a more expensive and riskier technology when it has an abundance of sun, wind and flowing water is ‘a cruel joke’.
One Direction stars attend Liam Payne’s funeral in UK
Family and friends of One Direction star Liam Payne, who died last month after falling from a Buenos Aires hotel room, have gathered for his funeral.
Royel Otis, Troye and Missy triumph at ARIAs
The crowning of Sydney indie pop duo Royel Otis was confirmed by the Australian music industry on Wednesday night, when it walked away with four ARIA Awards for its debut album | FULL WINNERS LIST
Wicked Review: Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande are perfect in this Oz prequel that dazzles
Crazy Rich Asians director John M. Chu’s adaptation of the long-running Broadway musical is a visually stunning spectacle, brimming with star power and extravagance, but its sluggish pacing may leave some viewers gasping for restraint.
Teen Jesus blessed with Pearl of an intro
For this Canberra-born rock band, it’s been a whirlwind week: being introduced to stage by Eddie Vedder in Melbourne, then rehearsing for a debut ARIA Awards performance | WATCH
After 16-year break, rock’s dark lords return with a five-star effort
The British band’s 14th album finds The Cure in high romantic gear, with Robert Smith’s distinctive sob of a voice again proving itself one of the finest instruments in modern music.
Joe Camilleri: ‘I didn’t even know what racism was’
Confessional Q+A: The ARIA Hall of Fame-inducted frontman of The Black Sorrows on joy, vegetarianism, money and good luck charms.
Brothers in harmony with the Kimberley
The seven Pigram brothers have been performing together since they were teenagers.
Vital as ever, Pearl Jam prove they’re not yesterday’s men
The ‘90s rockers stormed the stage at a Gold Coast stadium on Wednesday night 75 minutes later than scheduled – but any sense of crowd frustration quickly evaporated.
Murder case: tragically, this Elvis has left the building
Bernie Peri was last seen at a night of karaoke in NSW’s central west; the next day the Elvis impersonator was found dead.
City music fans revel in heyday of The Triffid
Its opening was greeted with arched eyebrows. But 10 years and many epic gigs later, the Brisbane venue has cemented its reputation as having the best onstage sound around.
Bob Dylan on X – is he messing with us?
The music legend appeared out of nowhere when he started tweeting back in September. Now fans are trying to figure out what he’s trying to say.
Countdown was the great awakening for my generation
Molly Meldrum and Countdown single-handedly skyrocketed the local music scene and irrevocably influenced the lives of Australia’s youth … including me.
My world had never been touched by anti-Semitism — now my friends aren’t talking to me
Hamas invaded Israel days after the release of singer and Jewish woman Deborah Conway’s autobiography. Instead of attending writers festivals and literary conversations, she was cancelled.
Three detained in connection with Liam Payne’s death
The One Direction singer, 31, had cocaine, alcohol and prescribed antidepressants in system when he died.
Death threats, toilet tapes: how Countdown changed Molly’s life
When Countdown began screening on November 8, 1974 – 50 years ago today – its host could not have known how the weekly music program would change his life.
Rudd happy to learn the ‘rock star’ ropes from dad
With his rock band Calypso Cora, Finojet Rudd is at the start of what he hopes is a long career in music – but when it comes to studying persistence, the roots of his inspiration began at home.
Coldplay frontman falls through trap door at Melbourne concert
The British rocker was reading signs held by fans in the crowd while walking backward when he accidentally stepped into a hole | WATCH
How a little-known Arnhem Land act took Yolngu surf rock to the world
Four years ago, before King Stingray’s live debut, none of them knew where this music might take them; the prospect of playing at venues filled with up to 15,000 Americans would have felt like a pipe dream. But now they’re here.
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