It was like I’d been holding my breath since 2020. When the pandemic began, live music was one of...

Last month, an old photo made the rounds of the more music-obsessed bit of Facebook – a picture...

Twenty years ago Australian guitar music exploded on the world stage in a way that hadn’t been seen...

Honestly, who’d want to be in the Australian live music biz these days? While the predicted tsunami...

In September, ARIA announced its return for 2021 – and a landmark change, namely replacing the Best...

David McComb should be as familiar a name as Paul Kelly or Nick Cave to even the most casual of...

During the last days of August 2021 an innocuous meme was floating around Twitter, in which people...

At the risk of stating the blindingly and depressingly obvious, this pandemic has been absolutely...

If you were to choose one song that most summed up the might and majesty of Bon Scott – who would...

“I think that in music there is no history any longer: everything is present. This is one of the...

You know Jimmy Barnes, right? ‘Working Class Man’. ‘Khe Sanh’. Yelling sweaty rock guy. Does what...

Turning 21 is a symbolically big deal. Sure, you’ve been able to drink and vote and be conscripted...

Many a legendary record label boss has gone down in history as the protagonist of a particular type...

The Go-Betweens. Sarah Blasko. Cut Copy. Tame Impala. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. What do they...

There are certain simmering debates which inevitably flare back into life at this time of year. The...

Let’s not beat around the bush: music’s done better than we’d have guessed it would this year, and...

For most of us, time ceased to have all meaning in 2020. Our old routines have vanished and our...

Some Australian acts are just too big to easily replace. Multi-platinum worldwide superstars The...

Midnight Oil have released their first song in two decades – the jubilant ‘Gadigal Land’ – and you...

As you read this, the US re-election campaign for Donald Trump is probably using the Rolling...