Amid Gen Z’s shoegaze revival,Total Tommy is the local scene’s shining light

Amid Gen Z’s shoegaze revival,Total Tommy is the local scene’s shining light

The Sydney artist’s alt-rock debut is one of the most anticipated releases of the year. But a lot had to happen to get here.

  • byJules LeFevre

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Beyond death and drugs,Bobby Gillespie and Primal Scream return

Beyond death and drugs,Bobby Gillespie and Primal Scream return

At 63,the acid-rave legend talks up Primal Scream’s politically charged new album and their upcoming Australia tour.

  • byRobert Moran
‘I’m pretty boring and sort of straight-laced’ – how sobriety improved a musician’s work

‘I’m pretty boring and sort of straight-laced’ – how sobriety improved a musician’s work

Indie darling turned bona fide star Waxahatchee returns to Australia later this month.

  • byBrodie Lancaster
‘If you don’t have haters,you ain’t doing it’:How Amyl and the Sniffers became our biggest and brashest export

‘If you don’t have haters,you ain’t doing it’:How Amyl and the Sniffers became our biggest and brashest export

The band’s last two albums won them ARIA awards and global acclaim. Now they’re battling naysayers and the pitfalls of success.

  • byBrodie Lancaster
Amyl and the Sniffers are back with fighting words and fist-pumping energy

Amyl and the Sniffers are back with fighting words and fist-pumping energy

New album Cartoon Darkness starts with a vicious smackdown of critics – and things only get better from there.

  • byMichael Dwyer
Amyl and the Sniffers release uncensored version of nude music video

Amyl and the Sniffers release uncensored version of nude music video

The Australian punk rock band’s music video has been lauded as powerful by body positivity advocates.

  • byAngus Delaney
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‘I play a chord and she says,play a better one’:Finneas on making hits with Billie Eilish

‘I play a chord and she says,play a better one’:Finneas on making hits with Billie Eilish

He’s won Grammys and Oscars with his famous younger sister. But for Finneas O’Connell,going solo is a necessary “coping mechanism”,he says.

  • byAnnabel Ross
The incel era finally has its first classic album

The incel era finally has its first classic album

Black Midi frontman Geordie Greep dives into toxic masculinity on his mad solo debut.

  • byRobert Moran
A remix album that’s better than the original? That’s definitely Brat

A remix album that’s better than the original? That’s definitely Brat

Charli XCX’s follow-up is a stunning in-the-moment reappraisal of her wild Brat summer.

  • byRobert Moran
‘We are pretty awesome’:Meet indie rock’s new supergroup

‘We are pretty awesome’:Meet indie rock’s new supergroup

The Hard Quartet,featuring Pavement’s Stephen Malkmus and Dirty Three’s Jim White,are coming to Australia.

  • byBarry Divola
‘We’re still working out if we’re joking’:Behind the deadpan glory of Australia’s best pop band

‘We’re still working out if we’re joking’:Behind the deadpan glory of Australia’s best pop band

With their new album 3am (La La La),Confidence Man – goofy exponents of rave excess – look to go legit (sort of).

  • byRobert Moran