Music

The most disturbing Christmas performance ever

COMEDIAN Steve Kardynal is famous for his bizarre YouTube clips where he performs songs in front of unsuspecting Chatroulette users. This is his best.

Beyoncé flaunts it!

STAFF WRITERS SHE'S done it again ... wow'd everyone by looking super amazing.

Buble-licious Australians Bublé-licious since 2011

Cameron Adams National Music Writer AUSTRALIANS bought more Michael Bublé's 2011 Christmas albums than the brand new Beyoncé album which had only been available through iTunes.

Midnight Juggernauts Set To Slay St Kilda

Mikey Cahill Midnight Juggernauts will count in New Year's Eve in St Kilda while Rock City counts down 5 Siberia affilated jams

Soul Clap and Kode9 Pick Out 5 Tunes

Mikey Cahill Boston babyface selectors Soul Clap and dub don Kode9 Pick Out 5 Tunes including Cameo, Ludacris, Junior Murvin and more

The song that continues to break records

GRACE KOELMA THE song that made the "cup game" famous keeps on winning. Now one school set a world record by having 1500 perform 'Cups' in one room. The video is very cool.

How low will Miley go?

Network writer FIRST she twerked, then she went naked and writhed around on a wrecking ball, now Miley Cyrus has sunk even lower.... Check out what she has done now.

Music Beyonce 'terrified' about album surprise

SHE may be one of the biggest names in music, but Beyonce says she was "terrified" about the surprise release of her new album.

Why do so many rockers die at 27?

By Larry Getlen IT'S the ultimate club you don't want to join - the 27 Club, made up rockers who died when they were just 27.

Bittersweet song for hero troops

KRISTIN SHORTEN THEY put their lives on the line every day. Now as they come home for Christmas, they're getting the hero's welcome they deserve. This song will give you goosebumps.

Movies Timberlake in harmony with Coens

Justin Timberlake Oscar Isaac Inside Llewyn Davis

JUSTIN Timberlake, so often shuttling between movies and music, for once didn't have to choose in the Coen Brothers' folk movie Inside Llewyn Davis.

Sweet Beyonce plants kiss on Madonna's girl

A PROUD Madonna has posted a photo of her daughter Mercy getting a kiss from Beyonce onstage at a New York concert.

Advice Usher says don't count Bieber out

JUSTIN Bieber's mentor Usher has come to his defence, saying the pop star has had a wild year, people shouldn't count him out just yet.

Punters Make Meredith 23 a Winner

Mikey Cahill A mate of mine hates the term punter. It just rubs his beard the wrong way.

Me time Selena's bizarre cancellation excuse

by Cameron Adams National music writer US singer and actor Selena Gomez has cancelled her Australian tour. The reason? To 'spend some time on myself'.

Grammy Awards Daft Punk to play at Grammys

FRENCH electronic dance act Daft Punk will play at the 2014 Grammys show next month, confirming a rare performance by the elusive duo.

United Kingdom Adele awarded MBE for 'service to music'

ADELE has been honored at Buckingham Palace, being made a Member of the Order of the British Empire by Prince Charles.

Academy Awards 5 beats that should win the Oscar for Best Song

GREGORY E. MILLER THE Academy has released a list of 75 songs that are eligible for this year's Oscar for Best Song. Here are our choices for which original beat should get the golden man.

Fans Coldplay give pub punters a thrill

By Tiffany Bakker IF the rock star business all goes to pot, we now know that Chris Martin can pull a mean beer.

Justin Bieber Justin Bieber 'retiring' from music

Tiffany Bakker JUSTIN Bieber has declared he's "retiring" from music after his new album Journals is released next week.

Best and worst albums of 2013

Cameron Adams National music writer IN another big year for music, teenager Lorde emerged to rule the world and Beyonce changed everything - but who made the best and worst music?

MUSIC Mikey's best Oz albums of 2013

Mikey Cahill A FEW weeks after Madchester-resuscitating single The Throw came out, Jagwar Ma played their debut London show at Birthdays in Dalston.

TV Three minutes: Taylor Henderson

Kathy McCabe The X Factor runner-up, Taylor Henderson talks about his post-TV success and how having a second Irish TV judge in his corner finally changed his luck.

Beatles bust Let it be? Aussies in Beatles rip-off

by Cameron Adams National music writer IT'S enough to make you twist and shout. A Beatles bootleg album has hit iTunes but Aussies are being stung far more than the rest of the world.

Is this Katy Perry's most embarrassing moment?

STAFF WRITERS KATY Perry was cut-off halfway through her performance of Roar at a French awards show because she sounded so bad. Listen for yourself.

Honour Nirvana, Kiss to join Rock Hall

NIRVANA, Kiss and Peter Gabriel will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame next year, but rappers N.W.A. failed to make the cut.

Lanterns shines Radio's most played song in 2013

by Cameron Adams National Music Writer AN AUSTRALIAN band's song was the most played on local radio this year, heard more often than Passenger's Let Her Go. Do you know which one?

What were the best albums of 2013?

STAFF WRITERS, AP MILEY may have dominated the headlines but the artists who took out top spot on the hot list of albums this year may surprise you. Can you guess who?

Beyonce Beyonce's album sales hit record

BEYONCE'S fifth solo album has sold more than 600,000 units in its first three days, setting a record for first-week US digital sales.

Rock rules Bon Jovi the year's biggest world tour

Cameron Adams National music writer THIRTY years after they formed Bon Jovi have scored the most successful world tour of 2013. Who else made the top ten?

Buble v Beyonce Buble's album top of the Christmas tree

Cameron Adams National music writer MICHAEL Buble is Australia's choice of Christmas album for the third year in a row, but Beyonce could knock him off the top of the charts.