Girls don’t cry: Arlo Parks and Phoebe Bridgers
Two young musicians spark the old double standard of judging female artists who demonstrate their pain
The composition of emotion: Rose Riebl
The pianist and contemporary classical composer bringing a virtuosic touch to minimalism
Stopped back in time: Kylie Minogue’s ‘Disco’
The showbiz trouper delivers another album of spare, efficient pleasure
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