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New Zealand superstar Lorde announces a November tour of outdoor shows while Harry Styles adds arena shows in 2018.

Good Lorde it's Harry Styles too

The one-time One Direction star backs up November shows with more next year while the Kiwi superstar comes out in November to play under the stars.

Brad Baloo: 20 years of genre-hopping genius

The genre-hopping Nextmen are keen tourers of Australia and New Zealand.

British production duo the Nextmen have made a name for themselves as one of the most in-demand pair in music for nearly 20 years. So it comes as some surprise that Brad Ellis and Dominic Betmead don't at all see eye-to-eye when they sit down to work together.

Sticky Carpet

My Friend the Chocolate Cake have a new album.

Sticky Carpet: Supersense returns to Arts Centre Melbourne, My Friend the Chocolate Cake, a triple treat at the Old Bar and more.

Album reviews

Big Thief

Album reviews: Chain & the Gang, Alt-J, Big Thief, Roger Waters and Phoenix.

Bravura bravado to burn

Dapper Kirin J. Callinan, never knowingly unglamorous.

If you've got some flamboyance and some front, anything is possible, even getting the most famous scream in Australian music on your album.