Culture
Music
Girl, so revealing: Lorde lets it all out
A viral verse on a Brat remix forced Lorde to get vulnerable. On her new album Virgin, she gets even rawer.
- by Jules LeFevre
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It’s the Everest of music and Mark Isaacs has scaled it twice
The Sydney composer has just recorded his second symphony.
- by Matthew Westwood
Opinion
AI
By robots, for robots: The new soundtrack to our lives is giving me nightmares
It has already created millions of songs. Now it has emerged that AI music’s growth will come largely at the expense of human musicians.
- by Lionel Laurent
Rock legends AC/DC reveal Australian tour details
The Aussie royalty will paint the town black for the first time in nearly 10 years.
- by Nell Geraets
‘We have no choice’: Bar owners drive a levy to make sure the music won’t die
It’s not sexy, but the cost of insurance is one of the greatest challenges facing live music operators and festivals. Now one bar owner is taking a bold step to tackle it.
- by Karl Quinn
Concert tickets prices are skyrocketing. Fans have come up with a worrying solution
The flurry of international superstars touring Australia is prompting hundreds of thousands of music fans to find alternative ways to pay to avoid missing out.
- by Nick Newling
A pop-rock lightning rod returns, as polarising as ever
Yungblud’s new album is a Tarantino-esque pastiche of ’80s metal, ‘90s Britpop and ’00s emo. It works … sometimes.
- by Tom W. Clarke
Thirty-something and newly single? Haim know exactly how you feel
On new album I Quit, the sister-trio embrace single life and sound positively dizzy about it.
- by Barry Divola
Fans feared K-pop’s biggest stars were gone forever. Now, they’re set to return
K-pop titans BTS split in 2022 to pursue solo projects and complete military service but this week, their fans got some good news.
- by Nell Geraets
New shows added to TikTok superstar Addison Rae’s Australian tour
The 24-year–old is storming the charts with her critically acclaimed debut album and heading out on a world tour.
- by Nell Geraets
R. Kelly hospitalised after prison overdose, lawyers claim ‘assassination plot’
The disgraced star is serving a 30-year sentence after being convicted of sex trafficking.
- by Thomas Mitchell
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