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Radio Birdman storm into Melbourne with Died Pretty, and it's Sydney's turn for the Community Cup.

Nicholas Milton will lead the CSO and singers in a broad program.

Ten years on, Canadian duo Japandroids are ready to roll with their next phase of making music.

From Hicksville to Hollywood with Lemon Twigs siblings Brian and Michael D'Addario.

The 'sophomore slump' may have claimed its share of budding popstars, but Lorde has officially sidestepped the second album curse spectacularly.

After an amiable first movement, the players whaled through the more dramatic second movement variations, belting out their lines with a fortissimo attack where none was necessary.

The SSO's Pelleas et Melisande unfolds with the naturalness of breath and the fatefulness of destiny.

Thom Yorke? Ed Sheeran? Make way for Jezza.

St Mary's Cathedral is mostly deserted on this Thursday morning. But as the 22 boy choristers of the cathedral choir begin singing, the few tourists wandering around grabbing iPhone snaps are suddenly transfixed.

Daniel Muller-Schott gave a generous, soaring account of the solo part of Don Quixote.

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A pervasive sweetness and warmth of instrument tone defined the performance.

After checking her latest bank balance, Taylor Swift might be regretting her lengthy tiff with Spotify.

From teenaged busker to sell-out tours at 22, Tash Sultana has firmly remained the architect of her own design.

Jonathan Sequeira's film Descent into the Maelstrom reveals the true story of Radio Birdman.

The Godfather of Shock Rock, Alice Cooper is touring Australia 40 years on from his first trip in 1977 when he encountered some musical Scandinavian neighbours.

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Get along to Sunday's Community Cup for dodgy footy and great music.

Pop stars including Robbie Williams, Rita Ora and members of One Direction have teamed up for a charity single to raise funds for victims of London's Grenfell Tower fire.

Latest releases from Lorde, Buckingham/McVie, Laurel Halo, My Friend the Chocolate Cake and Jason Isbell.

It was only back in March when the Sydney electronic music festival Days Like This was slammed for its lack of female artists on the bill. A month later, Brisbane rockers Regurgitator dropped off an Australian National University line-up for its lack of women and non-binary talent alongside them. Coupled with the significant male bias in those who head labels, those earning the biggest chunk of APRA royalties, and end-of-year song and album lists, it's no surprise female and female-identifying artists feel it needs to be addressed straight up.

It's the Australian tour we've been waiting nearly 25 years for. Although one city will be waiting a good while longer.

Prodigy of iconic '90s New York rap duo Mobb Deep has died, aged 42.

After a decade toiling on their sound, two Melbourne siblings have turned the Teskey Brothers into the name on everyone's lips.

The singer describes a big change she has seen in music since the '80s.