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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Marlon Williams’ Te Whare Tīwekaweka is the singer’s first album in Te Reo Māori.

‘To be Maori is to be political’:Marlon Williams returns to his ancestral tongue

The singer-songwriter’s new album wasn’t intended to be political,but it arrives at a tense moment for Aotearoa politics.

  • Nick Buckley
“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
Dolly Parton features on The Wiggles new country album.

Dolly Parton and a new LGBTQ anthem:A parent reviews the new Wiggles album

My tyrannical toddlers might not respect the queen of country music,but,weirdly,there’s something for everyone on this wild album.

  • Meg Watson
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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
“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
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Jazz composer and performer Shabaka Hutchings

Jazz legend Shabaka Hutchings swaps his trademark sax for the flute

Higher powers have slipped a new tool into the jazz prodigy’s hands.

  • Michael Dwyer
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Can pop’s new stars smash the Grammys?

The typically conservative Recording Academy has put a foot in the present while the other’s perpetually in the past. It makes for the most intriguing Grammys in years.

  • Robert Moran
Charli XCX’s Brat might’ve ruled,but these other artists also created our favourite listening this year.

The 10 best albums of 2024

It was a Brat summer,but it was also a Short n’ Sweet winter.

  • Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen,Annabel Ross,Jules LeFevre,Nick Buckley andRobert Moran
Lola Young:“When I’m manic,I can write a song in like,five minutes,” says the 23-year-old.

Only one singer could convince Amy Winehouse’s manager to get back in the game. Meet Lola Young

The rising British star is attracting high-profile fans with her raw and real presence and her viral Gen-Z anthem,Messy.

  • Annabel Ross