Melbourne five-piece Floodlights go deep on their new album Underneath.

Cathartic rock and eshay rap at its finest:The best new Aussie music to hear

A monthly spotlight on our favourite new albums,singles and videos from local musicians.

  • Nick Buckley,Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen,Robert Moran andJules LeFevre

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Enigmatic and inscrutable:Playboi Carti at Rolling Loud Festival in Los Angeles this week.

Even Kendrick knows this star is the real rap icon of a generation

A 30-track monster featuring Kanye and Kendrick Lamar,Playboi Carti’s new album (and ARIA #1) is the culmination of years of hype.

  • Robert Moran
“There’s this new pressure… it’s not just fun and games any more,” says Michelle Zauner.

Her memoir was a literary sensation. It also sucked the joy out of her day job

After the success of Crying in H Mart,Michelle Zauner is back to making music as Japanese Breakfast.

  • Robert Moran
Lady Gaga performs at the Grammy Awards in February.

Lady Gaga imitating Lady Gaga is still better than most things in this sad world

After five-odd years of Joker-induced nonsense,Lady Gaga – the pop icon – is back with a new album.

  • Robert Moran
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A local DJ’s exciting new mix and indie pop’s best-kept secret:Aussie music to try this month

A monthly spotlight on our favourite new albums,EPs,singles and videos from local musicians.

  • Nick Buckley,Jules LeFevre,Robert Moran andGiselle Au-Nhien Nguyen
Jesse Eisenberg,meet my vengeance (served extra cold).

Jesse Eisenberg made fun of me,but I’ll have the last laugh

Have you ever been mocked by a Hollywood A-lister over your loyalty to a sports team? I have.

  • Robert Moran
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“Sharing music and seeing people’s reactions to it made me realise that it gives me purpose”:Mallrat re-emerges with new album Light Hit My Face Like a Straight Right.

Last year,music felt ‘impossible’. Now she’s touring with Kylie

After personal grief,the 26-year-old star steps back into the light with her adventurous second album.

  • Robert Moran
The 34-year-old superstar has suggested Hurry Up Tomorrow is the swansong to his Weeknd persona.

Bloated face,bloated album:No one does pop excess like the Weeknd

Hurry Up Tomorrow,the singer’s supposed swansong,is a lot – even,at times,completely captivating.

  • Robert Moran
Beyonce accepts the award for album of the year with daughter Blue Ivy.

Beyonce gets her white whale as the Grammys inch into the future

After years of controversy,the singer finally won album of the year with her country album,Cowboy Carter.

  • Robert Moran
Beyonce accepts the award for album of the year with daughter Blue Ivy.

Grammys 2025 as it happened:Beyoncé finally wins album of the year;Not Like Us named song of the year

Beyoncé made history at the 67th Grammy Awards,while Kendrick Lamar took home five trophies and Chappell Roan was named best new artist.

  • Robert Moran,Thomas Mitchell,Nell Geraets andDamien Woolnough