This week,reviewers Barry Divola,John Shand and Cat Woods turned their attention to new music from Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga,Pond and Ministry. Here are their critiques.
The You Am I frontman recalls supporting Nirvana when they played in Australia after releasing the landmark album.
His debut album Montero reveals an artist capable of much more than controversy.
To say the result is more warm bath stasis than wild rapids adventure will neither surprise nor disappoint fans of the duo’s starry-eyed journey.
Solar Power is certainly a reinvention for the artist - but it lacks the power and passion of her past releases.
Good Weekend senior writer Amanda Hooton chats with The Sydney Morning Herald senior writer Nathanael Cooper about the life and career of global pop star Lorde.
Fans mostly gazed at a stream of a cinder brick cell where the hip-hop messiah had holed up to complete his long-awaited 10th studio album.
Welcome 2 America was made in 2010 but is only now being released.
The singer cheekily references the fact that Dance Monkey “went number one in thirty f---ing countries” on Welcome to the Madhouse.
It’s as thoroughgoing a rap album as Tyler has released — rarely has he been this keen to flaunt his bona fides.
It’s fair to say the state of the world circa 2021 has lured Neil Finn to a darker turn of mind. The future’s so bleak he needs Crowded House. Turns out so do we.