May 29, 2019
An obscure celebration of ‘Disintegration’
Culture
The Cure at the Sydney Opera House, Vivid LIVE, May 27, 2019
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May 1, 2019
Starstruck: Reckoning with Michael Jackson’s legacy
Culture
What do we do with the music after ‘Leaving Neverland’?
June 2, 2019
Seoul trained: K-pop and Blackpink
Culture
Trying to find meaning in the carefully formulated culture of K-pop
March 28, 2019
The Monthly music wrap: March 2019
Culture
Koffee’s debut EP brings a jolt of youthful energy, and new releases from local projects with global sensibilities
April 1, 2019
A black woman in space: Solange’s ‘When I Get Home’
Culture
Songs distilled from the quiet expanses of high art and black culture
February 28, 2019
The Monthly music wrap: February 2019
Culture
On the precarious state of live music in NSW and the impact of proposed festival-licensing laws
March 1, 2019
Clicks, plinks, hoots and thuds: Matmos’s ‘Plastic Anniversary’
Culture
The American experimental duo embrace the ‘sounds’ of a ubiquitous material
December 1, 2018
Female fandom and Jessica Leski’s ‘I Used to be Normal’
Culture
They’ve been dismissed and patronised, but Beatlemaniacs, Directioners and other fangirls are very self-aware about their boy band ‘affliction’
November 8, 2018
Twisted sisters: Luca Guadagnino’s ‘Suspiria’
Culture
Sentimentality ruins the magic of this otherwise unsettling and actively cruel film
September 5, 2018
‘McQueen’: a vivid portrayal of a galvanising personality
Culture
The first feature documentary on fashion designer Alexander McQueen is unlikely to be the last
September 1, 2018
Low’s ‘Double Negative’: studies in slow transformation
Culture
Twelve albums in, the Minnesota three-piece can still surprise in their unique way
August 24, 2018
Remembering Aretha Franklin
Culture
The Queen is dead; long live the Queen
July 31, 2018
Tragedy eclipses talent in ‘Whitney’
Culture
Kevin Macdonald’s documentary inadvertently downplays Houston’s impact on pop music history