MUSIC MUSICA VIVA: SITKOVETSKY​ TRIO ★★★★ Melbourne Recital Centre Until July 18

Amid a maze of wires and gadgetry, this has become Mike Nock's finest Australian band.

"Welcome to Melodrama live...". Projected in acid green on the sandstone cliffs of Cockatoo Island, this was what fans of pop's self-proclaimed witch were greeted with when they stepped off the boat and into the church of Lorde on Thursday.

Kesha has released her first solo song in four years, with a brand new album on the horizon.

He is hip-hop royalty, a cultural icon and legendary party boy, but now Puff wants to make the world a better place.

A Swedish women's-only festival is on the cards after the country's biggest music festival was scrapped following rape allegations and reports of dozens of sexual assaults.

In beautifully thoughtful playing, Orli Shaham created her own wordless context for this music.

Animal rights activists slammed a line where Perry tells her dog to "go chase some koalas".

Melvins and Redd Kross bring a double dose of rock 'n' roll to Australia in November.

Owners of a Brunswick live music venue fear noise complaints from a proposed next door apartment block.

Arts news and events in Canberra.

It's like something out of a Paul McCartney song – the most bitter of enemies coming together over the power of music (and a potential chart hit).

Ainslie Wills returns from successful UK tour to play first local headline shows since 2015.

Jack Ladder tells why he feels "very close" to Leonard Cohen.

Jay-Z bares his soul; Calvin Harris starts to look beyond 4/4; Haim play to their strengths; Eloquence re-releases the "beautiful" voice of Heinz Rehfuss.

An "arcane form" is brought back to life and made to resonate with modern audiences by Simon Tedeschi and John Bell.

Organisers of Sweden's biggest music festival Bravalla have cancelled next year's dates after a spate of sexual assaults at this year's event.

The Undertones' song Teenage Kicks keeps on kicking after four decades.

Broken Social Scene's seven-year hiatus ends with a welcome Hug of Thunder.

Kardajala Kirridarra's electronic Indigenous soundscape is the music of dreams.

Paul McCartney has announced new shows for his Australian tour before general tickets have even gone on sale.

The brewing feud between the world's two biggest rappers has taken another hit, with Kanye West departing Jay-Z's Tidal music streaming service.

One of the most personal revelations in the album appeared in the third track, Smile, in which Gloria Carter comes out publicly as lesbian.

In healthy shape, the orchestra worked through the score's six wide-ranging landscapes.