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This band changed Australian music. Now they’re going out with a bang
The Herd are one of Australia’s best-known political acts. Befitting their activist origins, the band’s final song will be an anthem for Gaza.
- by Helen Pitt
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Charli XCX’s late-night masterpiece Brat is her best album yet
Texturally brash and genuinely affecting, the pop iconoclast’s new album is a must-hear.
- by Jules LeFevre
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Unseen for 60 years: Lost Beatles tape unearthed at secondhand market
Sydney filmmaker and former musician Greg Perano bought an old 8mm film that contained live footage from the legendary Sydney Stadium gigs for $11.
- by Michael Dwyer
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Settle down, Swifties – the Beatles are still the biggest thing to hit Australia
Looking beyond the headlines and focusing on the Eras Tour’s Australian leg in isolation, it’s worth noting a few sober facts now that we’ve all, ahem, shaken off the excitement.
- by Tom Compagnoni
This wildly popular music is a source of pride and sadness
Nearly 25 years on, Karl Jenkins’ The Armed Man remains as relevant as ever.
- by Nick Galvin
This superstar DJ looks to go supernova with her strategic but edgy debut
Chart hits, festival slots, a fashion line, and finally a debut album – South Korean DJ Peggy Gou is a phenomenon.
- by Annabel Ross
Rapper at centre of ‘white devil’ school song controversy addresses furore
A song from Indigenous rapper Birdz was banned from a Sydney primary school this week. But he says it’s been taught inside classrooms for years.
- by Meg Watson
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‘What is it, 1991?’: Prominent rapper slams move to ban controversial song
One of Australia’s biggest hip-hop artists has slammed comments from the NSW government, after a Birdz song was withdrawn from rotation at a Sydney school.
- by Meg Watson
The best gigs to check out this June
Here’s our pick of the gigs to catch in a packed month of music
- by James Jennings
Please stop forcing me to sing Sweet Caroline - you’re ruining sport
Some kid named Caroline gets born in Boston, and 27 years later I can’t have a civilised half-time without being forcibly drafted into a mass singalong.
- by David Free
If the Yarra could make music, this is what it would sound like
An ethereal soundscape in Melbourne’s CBD begins the moment the sun grazes the horizon – and no two listeners will hear the same work.
- by John Bailey