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Triple J Hottest 100 Australian Songs countdown. Missy Higgins, Jimmy Barnes and Paul Kelly made the list. Christine Anu missed out.

Forget the debates, the Hottest 100 revealed a truth about Australians

The plan was not to spend Saturday listening to a music countdown, but I found myself making orange cake to These Days and hanging washing to Under the Milky Way.

  • Kate Halfpenny

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“Apparently, I skipped across the car park like, ‘I can’t wait ’til my funeral!’”

‘Say it out loud’: Singer Josh Pyke on tackling vulnerability

The Australian singer-songwriter, author and award-winning film composer on handling anxiety, staring down a panic attack – and the cathartic power of music.

  • Benjamin Law
The Hilltop Hoods have a new album out.

How being ‘a reflection of the average life’ keeps the Hilltop Hoods on top

Days after coming in at No.2 on the Hottest 100 Australian Songs countdown, the hip-hop legends are back with their ninth album.

  • Michael Dwyer
Ninajirachi

This electronic star failed high school music. But it didn’t stop her

Ninajirachi, Australia’s best underground DJ, releases her most personal statement yet.

  • Robert Moran
Pop duo The Veronicas’ ranked third in yesterday’s Hottest 100 Australian Songs countdown.

Think Untouched shouldn’t have been in the Hottest 100? You may just be out of touch

It will fill a wedding dance floor or a gay club, and its inclusion shows there’s more to Aussie music than pub rock.

  • Mary Ward
Kirk Pengilly from INXS.

‘Don’t stress if you don’t know’: A rock star’s guide to the HSC

Kirk Pengilly knew he wanted to be a musician from an early age. He went on to become a member of one of Australia’s most successful rock bands.

  • Emily Kowal
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Record producers Ernie Rose (left) and Roger Savage, with researcher and author John Olson (right) outside the former Armstrong Studios site in South Melbourne.

Australia’s ‘Abbey Road’ produced a generation of musical genius. It’ll never happen again

Armstrong Studios – later AAV and Metropolis – produced countless hits and a generation of producers and audio engineers. Roger Savage doubts Australia will have anything like it again.

  • Cassandra Morgan
Singer, songwriter, podcaster Ben Lee.

‘It’s easy to get complacent’: Ben Lee’s bold plan to save Aussie music

The singer believes the youth radio station should be doing more to promote local music, and it begins with overhauling the Hottest 100.

  • Thomas Mitchell
Sulinna Ong, who grew up in Australia, is now Spotify’s global head of editorial

How the Philippines helps make or break Aussie pop stars overseas

Australian music is booming internationally – with the Philippines, Brazil and Germany among our fastest-growing markets.

  • Michael Lallo
LUNCH WITH Brothers Pete O’Doherty and Reg Mombasa from Mental as Anything at The Malaya in Sydney

‘Don’t be fooled by our positive sound’: Why Mental as Anything are afraid of everything

Brothers Reg Mombassa and Peter O’Doherty are full of existential angst, but they’re still determined to make happy music about sad subjects.

  • Thomas Mitchell

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