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The passing of its figureheads underscores pop music’s waning influence on personal identity
The last days of disco: ‘Róisín Machine’
Róisín Murphy’s latest album is unusually mature pop driven by restlessness
‘First Take’, released 50 years ago, still echoes through the present
A tangle of red tape is robbing us of music podcasts in Australia
The trenches of Mount Druitt: OneFour
Australia’s most infamous hip-hop act is an all-Pasifika group born of Western Sydney’s violent postcode wars
The heat of a moment: Ziggy Ramo’s ‘Black Thoughts’
A debut hip-hop album that calls for a reckoning with Indigenous sovereignty and invites the listener to respond
Snap-back: Dua Lipa’s ‘Future Nostalgia’
The British singer’s serendipitous album delivers shining pop with a reigning attitude of fortitude
The ripple effect: Cable Ties’ ‘Far Enough’
A big year turned on its head for the Melbourne band
The rapper and MC’s second album ‘Heavy Is the Head’ is another triumphant step bringing black British culture forward
The future was foreclosed: Post-punk and Use No Hooks’ ‘The Job’
Energetic cross-genre experiments power a scant retrospective from members of Melbourne’s ‘little band’ scene