Music
Parquet Courts: As good as gold
Are Parquet Courts dorks, pot-heads, slackers or the new saviours of indie rock? Barry Divola tries to find out after seeing the band play in their home town of Brooklyn.
Clutch: Finding the right gear
BERNARD ZUEL Clutch are not the kind of band for everybody - and that's just the way they like it.
Warpaint: True colours shine
Anthony Carew With a hit record behind them, Warpaint are now relishing their new freedom.
Misanthropic start for garage-rock duo
Anthony Carew Drenge set out to be merely provocative, but their real talent soon emerged.
PBS broadcaster David Heard's trifecta
STICKY CARPET Longtime PBS presenter David Heard named Citizen of the Year in Australia Day Awards.
A battle cry for a new era
Anthony Carew Warpaint are attracting hype despite their non-commercial attitude.
In tune with sexuality
John Bailey Composing songs for the Melbourne Theatre Company has been rewarding for Missy Higgins.
Rumours hit Big Day Out of major losses and potential closure
Bernard Zuel, Peter Vincent, Martin Boulton The Big Day Out is reeling mid-tour, plagued by detailed rumours that organisers have inflated attendance figures and that its owners, AJ Maddah and Texas-based company C3, are likely to face off in court as they face losses between $8 million and $15 million.
Melbourne Music Listings 31 January - 6 February 2014
11:59pm A guide to live music in Melbourne this week.
Grammys
Grammys defend Nine Inch Nails, same-sex kissing criticisms
Roger Ma 3:00pm The Grammys executive producer says CBS's broadcast did not exclude gay kissing.
360
Rapper 360: Eminem shows will be my first sober
PETER VINCENT 11:29am Australian rapper 360 has battled with drug and alcohol addiction because of a rare degenerative eye disease.
'Vicious'
Charlotte Dawson advises Lorde to leave 'vicious' New Zealand
10:27am Television personality Charlotte Dawson has advised Lorde to turn her back on New Zealand to escape the "vicious" media.
White House
Petition to deport Justin Bieber gets White House attention
9:07am As if Barack Obama didn't have enough problems to deal with already, his administration now is being asked to weigh in on the grave matter of Justin Bieber's bad behaviour.
Trademark
RUFUS forced to change name in US
Roger Ma 9:24am Sydney up-and-coming indie dance band RUFUS has been forced to change their name in the US to RUFUS DU SOL due to an existing US trademark on the name Rufus.
INXS
INXS: Never Tear Us Apart: Oz rock god brought to tears
Paul Kalina INXS band-member Tim Farriss welled up with tears at the sight of actor Luke Arnold, who plays Michael Hutchence in Never Tear Us Apart.
Soundwave Festival
Soundwave Festival: Headliners Stone Temple Pilots cancel tour
PETER VINCENT Stone Temple Pilots, one of the main headliners for the huge Soundwave Festival – the most popular of all Australian music festivals last year – has decided to cancel its tour less than a month out from the event.
Seeger: a voice of protest that never lost its purity
PETE SEEGER
Whatever the critics claimed, Pete Seeger's ideals were all-American in spirit.
Music
Finn aims at loftiest peaks with new release
New Zealand mountaineer Edmund Hilary provided some of the inspiration for Neil Finn's new album, appropriately titled Dizzy Heights.
End of era
Motley Crue announce retirement
Veteran US rockers Motley Crue have announced their retirement unveiling plans for one last tour before they thrash into the sunset next year.
Don't Hide
Tina Arena to headline after-party at Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras 2014
Roger Ma Australian-born pop icon Tina Arena has announced over social media that she'll be headlining Sydney's annual Mardi Gras official after-party.
Music
Lorde rocked by onslaught at Auckland Airport
NICK GALVIN Grammy-winning singer Lorde has let fly at media and some fans after an enthusiastic welcome home at Auckland Airport, which she has described as 'sad'.
Tour news
Groovin' the Moo line-up announced for 2014
BEN WESTCOTT The 2014 Groovin' the Moo festival line-up was announced on Wednesday morning to a glowing reception from music fans and social media.
Music
Dedicated to diversity
Janet Wilson Her repertoire covers all kinds of music, but there's no trace of the diva about American soprano Dawn Upshaw.
Virtuoso violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter continues her 'hot-blooded' love affair with Australian audiences
NICK GALVIN Anne-Sophie Mutter is searching for the right word to describe Australian audiences.
Music
Brits and a bit of Disclosure next on Lorde's parade
Teenage singer songwriter Lorde will follow her double win at the Grammy awards by joining forces with acclaimed electronic act Disclosure for a performance at the UK's BRIT Awards.
Obituary
Pete Seeger, songwriter and champion of folk music, dies at 94
Jon Pareles and Gerry Mullany Pete Seeger, the singer, folk-song collector and songwriter who spearheaded an American folk revival, died on Monday.
Grammy success
Grammy Awards success: Daft Punk mix marketing and talent
Abhik Chanda Helmeted French duo Daft Punk have become one of the most successful electronic music collaborations of all time, mixing talent with clever marketing that includes singing in English and hiding their faces from an adoring public.
Grammys
Grammy Awards 2014 highs and lows: Was Beyonce too risque?
BERNARD ZUEL At the Grammys, Beyonce, wearing not really much more than Miley Cyrus had at the MTV awards, gyrated suggestively on and against a chair, shook her buttocks at the camera and rubbed herself against a fully dressed man without much controversy.
Top 10 things to know about Hottest 100 winner Vance Joy
Melissa Jenkins and Roger Ma James Keogh (aka Vance Joy) is flattered to have beaten Grammy-winner Lorde to top spot on the Hottest 100, but it wasn't always this way he told Fairfax after his big win.
Photos
Grammy winners
All the action from inside Los Angeles' Staples Centre, where the Grammy Awards 2014 is being hosted.
Sydney's Big Day Out
Thousands of music fans turned out for Big Day Out Festival at Sydney Showgrounds, January 26, 2014.
Big Day Out Melbourne 2014
Music fans brave the rain and head to Big Day Out at Flemington Racecourse.
Elvis Express leaves Sydney
The annual pilgrimage of Elvis impersonators leaves Central Station in Sydney bound for Parkes. Each year hundreds of Elvis fans descend on the NSW country town for performances, parades and to celebrate the life of "the King". Like these photos? Go to www.fairfaxphotos.com. Follow us at twitter.com/photosSMH
Woodford Folk Festival 2013/2014
The colour and character of one of the southern hemisphere's biggest gatherings - the annual Woodford Folk Festival.
Video
Talk to the Birdy
At just 16, Birdy reflects on what is an already big career.
Psy gives Giles dance tips
Giles Hardie sits down with K-pop and internet sensation, Psy.
Aussie rapper against racism
Rapper 360, AKA Matt Colwell, has released a song against racism and is about to open for Eminem.
Cash Savage and the Last Drinks - Let Go
Watch the music clip for 'Let Go' by Cash Savage and the Last Drinks, exclusive to Fairfax.
Meet country singer Ashleigh Dallas
She started writing songs at the age of 12 and now Ashleigh Dallas is promoting her first album Dancing With a Ghost at the Tamworth Country Music Festival.
A moment with Beady Eye
While they know they're "not exactly 18 anymore," the musicians that make up British group Beady Eye found themselves right at home with the Big Day Out crowd.
A moment with the Hives
We catch up with Pelle and Niklas from the Swedish rock group The Hives during their Big Day Out tour around Australia.
