Five stars for first (and last) recording of a psychedelic folk guy
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Five stars for first (and last) recording of a psychedelic folk guy

Neil Richards’ Ancient Loyalties,Christopher Cerrone’s The Arching Path,Mister Ott’s In the Flow and Elsen Price’s The Life Long Daydreamer.

  • byJessie Cunniffe,John Shand,Barnaby Smith andEugene Ulman

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She talks in beauty:Faithfull lends husky tone to Byron,Keats,Wordsworth
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She talks in beauty:Faithfull lends husky tone to Byron,Keats,Wordsworth

Marianne Faithfull’s collaboration with Warren Ellis delivers a brilliant new take on Romantic poems,while Australian Art Orchestra plays personal perspectives of war.

  • byJessie Cunniffe,Barry Divola,Bruce Elder andJohn Shand
Kings of Leon returned for new album,then ‘all of the madness happened’

Kings of Leon returned for new album,then ‘all of the madness happened’

There’s been homeschooling,cooking and lots of waiting since their plans for When You See Yourself were laid to waste.

  • byMartin Boulton
Music reviews:Kings of Leon,Jane Weaver,Genesis Owusu and more

Music reviews:Kings of Leon,Jane Weaver,Genesis Owusu and more

Jane Weaver’s Flock,Adam Simmons/Jean Poole’s Zatoczka,Kings of Leon’s When You See Yourself and Genesis Owusu’s Smiling with No Teeth.

  • byBarry Divola,John Shand,Barnaby Smith andSimone Ziaziaris
Nick Cave and Warren Ellis create Carnage together
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Nick Cave and Warren Ellis create Carnage together

The album is proof of the creative force that’s possible when the pair end up in the studio together.

  • byMartin Boulton
Made in Auckland,mixed in Stockholm:the Datsuns are back

Made in Auckland,mixed in Stockholm:the Datsuns are back

Six years since their last album,the Datsuns have a new LP in which they play with layers,harmonies and effects.

  • byMartin Boulton
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Tornado and COVID changed everything for Gillian Welch (in a good way)

Tornado and COVID changed everything for Gillian Welch (in a good way)

The famously perfectionist bluegrass queen is about to release two albums.

  • byMichael Dwyer
‘I will explode’:Tash Sultana more ready than ever to hit the stage

‘I will explode’:Tash Sultana more ready than ever to hit the stage

Tash Sultana has new music and can’t wait to bring the fireworks when it’s time to play live.

  • byMartin Boulton
Third time's the charm from old charmer Sir Paul

Third time's the charm from old charmer Sir Paul

Paul McCartney's latest album is a gleeful mix of fatalism and spontaneity.

  • byMichael Dwyer
These are the musicological reasons Taylor Swift's new album sounds dull
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These are the musicological reasons Taylor Swift's new album sounds dull

A reasonable,unbiased listener with no axe to grind might describe the singer's new music as boring.

  • byAlyssa Barna
Taylor Swift is back,stronger than ever before

Taylor Swift is back,stronger than ever before

The singer's surprise new album,Evermore,is a personal tour de force.

  • byBrodie Lancaster