Chris Stein’s memoir of growing up in New York and finding fame – and love – in pop-art band Blondie is a compelling portrait of music,fame and 1970s and ’80s New York.
The Portishead singer’s first solo album has been years in the making. At its first live outing in Paris,she shares the rapture.
Australia’s most distinguished rock’n’roll band has announced a 50th anniversary tour.
Fifty years since peak prog,streaming has resurrected what punks tried to bury.
Kazu Makino thought her days with Blonde Redhead were behind her. But Covid changed all that.
What is it about ABBA’s songs that generate so much ardour? English music writer Giles Smith tries to find out.
Ziggy Ramo’s raw hip-hop made a lot of Australians uncomfortable. He expects his book to do the same.
The musician,actor,author and comedian is heartened to see young women adopting and reconfiguring the tenets of the movement she helped pioneer with punk trio Sleater-Kinney.
The band’s keyboard and guitarist does all the hits,but with trademark introspection.
This wrap of shows around Melbourne includes Yentl at the Malthouse,a revival of The Sound of Music in St Kilda,the stage adaptation of The Hate Race,Sampha at Margaret Court Arena,Shonen Knife,and a fiery triple bill at the Melbourne Recital Centre.
The spoken word artist was only nine when she discovered her inner warrior.