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Mac’s back: “I like the idea of having an album just in the vault. Prince-style, you know?”

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.

  • Robert Moran

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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.

  • Robert Moran
Taylor Swift’s new album The Life of a Showgirl is coming in October.

What can we expect from Taylor Swift’s new album, The Life of a Showgirl?

Travis Kelce love songs? Blake Lively-inspired fury? Max Martin bangers? Let’s get excited.

  • Robert Moran
“I don’t know how this all happened. I just know that for eight months last year, I wrote viciously, and here we are.”

She watched her roommate become a pop star. Now it’s her turn

Audrey Hobert, until now best known as Gracie Abrams’ secret weapon, is ready for her close-up.

  • Robert Moran
Ethel Cain, aka Hayden Anhedonia: The 27-year-old delivers another cult classic.

The new album from pop’s most unlikely breakout star will floor you

Ethel Cain’s Preacher’s Daughter set the bar sky-high. Her new album transcends it.

  • Annabel Ross
(From left) Kesha in 2009, Lady Gaga rocks out the meat suit in 2010 and Beyonce during a recent Cowboy Carter show.

Why we are heading into a new era of recession pop

In a world beset by crisis, we’re turning back to music that takes us away from the vulnerability of our everyday lives.

  • Cory Alpert
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Jon Batiste: “I was your favourite band’s favourite band. Then, all of a sudden, I’m on television every night.”

‘You can’t cancel the soul’: Jon Batiste on Stephen Colbert and the end of The Late Show

The Grammy winner and former leader of The Late Show band gets back to his roots on new album, Big Money.

  • Robert Moran
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
Billy Woods’ Golliwog.

The best album of 2025 tackles a racist local staple

American artist Billy Woods’ latest rap masterpiece has an added layer of uncomfortable resonance in Australia.

  • Nick Buckley