Anwen Crawford

Two Netflix documentary series only manage to skim the surface of pop music history

The deadpan spoken-word vocals of British post-punk band Dry Cleaning are the mesmeric expression of online consciousness

Legendary saxophonist Pharoah Sanders joins electronic musician Floating Points and the London Symphony Orchestra for a compositionally minimalist album

Two young musicians spark the old double standard of judging female artists who demonstrate their pain

The debut from the latest British Art School Band delivers perfect pop with arch lyrics that owe a debt to Jarvis Cocker

Elegiac installations from Megan Cope and Rachel O’Reilly at UNSW Galleries call for an understanding of the land as a living entity under threat

Despite appearances, this queer romcom is straighter than it seems

The soundtrack to documentary ‘Brazen Hussies’ shows a breadth of feeling about women’s liberation in Australia

The passing of its figureheads underscores pop music’s waning influence on personal identity

Eliza Hittman’s abortion drama is marked by the emotional solidarity of its teen protagonists

With a confusing plot and a reliance on clichés, the French thriller fails to excite

‘First Take’, released 50 years ago, still echoes through the present

A tangle of red tape is robbing us of music podcasts in Australia

Kelly Reichardt’s restrained frontier film considers the uneasy problems of money and resources

A debut hip-hop album that calls for a reckoning with Indigenous sovereignty and invites the listener to respond