The 10 best albums of 2024
It was a Brat summer, but it was also a Short n’ Sweet winter.
- by Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen, Annabel Ross, Jules LeFevre, Nick Buckley and Robert Moran
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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.
- by Annabel Ross
The new album from this local jazz trio is a soul-enriching experience
Vazesh – featuring saxophonist Jeremy Rose, tar player Hamed Sadeghi, and bassist Lloyd Swanton – cast a spell on Tapestry.
- by Barry Divola, Annabel Ross and John Shand
Contentment sounds dull on Gwen Stefani’s first album in eight years
A whole album about being in love with Blake Shelton? Enter at your own risk.
- by Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen and Annabel Ross
‘I play a chord and she says, play a better one’: Finneas on making hits with Billie Eilish
He’s won Grammys and Oscars with his famous younger sister. But for Finneas O’Connell, going solo is a necessary “coping mechanism”, he says.
- by Annabel Ross
How does Kylie Minogue’s new album stack up? We rank all her songs
Where do the songs from Kylie’s new Tension II rank among the rest of them?
- by Robert Moran and Annabel Ross
What does it feel like to lose a parent? This album gets to the devastating truth
With nods to the ’90s school of Liz Phair and Juliana Hatfield, Soccer Mommy’s latest is a raw record of grief.
- by Annabel Ross and Barry Divola
Derivative and dated, Katy Perry’s new album is worse than we feared
In distancing herself from the doe-eyed goofball of her Teenage Dream days, 143 is a colossal misstep from which Perry’s career may never recover.
- by Robert Moran and Annabel Ross
This teen classic belongs in the canon of must-see Australian films
Hollywood had the films of John Hughes. But Australia had young Mendo in The Big Steal.
- by Annabel Ross
This album feels destined to become a seminal Gen Z breakup record
Gracie Abrams, nepo baby and Taylor Swift acolyte, has crafted one of the year’s best pop releases.
- by Annabel Ross and Tom W. Clarke
Better than the Beatles? Pop’s most precocious siblings make their case
On their naggingly catchy new album, the Lemon Twigs still sound like they’re living in an eternal 1968.
- by Annabel Ross and Barry Divola
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