Culture
Music
Lil Nas X facing serious jail time after walking naked down Los Angeles street
The charges were far more serious than initial reports that the Old Town Road singer was under investigation for a misdemeanour.
- by Andrew Dalton
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They set a man on fire and scrambled the RAF ... the mad stories of Pink Floyd’s album covers
The albums released by Pink Floyd during the 1970s propelled the group into superstar status – and the cover art has become iconic.
- by Ed Power
The day Richard Tognetti shouted back at an audience member
Audiences have come a long way since the violinist took up the top job at the Australian Chamber Orchestra.
- by Nick Galvin
His album was finished. Then he scrapped it and made a new one in 12 days
Mac DeMarco, once indie-rock’s rascal prince, settles into a sober new rhythm on Guitar.
- by Robert Moran
Sick of Taylor Swift’s pure pop? This is the artist you should know
She brought jazz and classical music to the TikTok crowd. Now Gen Z phenom Laufey enters her ‘f— you’ era.
- by Robert Moran
Bret McKenzie’s new songs aren’t comedy, but ‘it’s in my DNA to be funny’
As half of Flight Of The Conchords and songwriter for The Simpsons, Spongebob Squarepants and more, Bret McKenzie has always been the funny guy. But now he’s getting serious … sort of.
- by Barry Divola
These images have one thing in common. Can you guess what it is?
What began as a hobby is now a full-time career for Charles Brooks – and his work has been reproduced millions of times across the globe.
- by Michael Lallo
Aussie musicians flee Spotify as ARIA shores up awards partnership
The music streaming giant’s awards partnership sounded alarm bells. Then its CEO’s investment in a defence technology company was revealed.
- by Michael Dwyer
‘How has that happened?’ Labor challenged over $1m funding to global music festival giant
The Greens are calling for $1 million paid out to the Listen Out and Field Day festivals be returned to taxpayers.
- by Linda Morris
What if the song of the year is a Ben Folds ballad from a Snoopy musical?
Because it just might be.
- by Robert Moran
Opinion
Pop music
I’ve thought about Taylor Swift every day for almost 20 years. I still have no idea who she really is
The billionaire’s empire was built on singing her deepest, darkest desires and distresses. But the mastermind’s appearance on Travis Kelce’s podcast proves we’re being fed contradictions. And that’s by design.
- by Bronte Gossling