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‘First Take’, released 50 years ago, still echoes through the present
The life of a great Australian songwriter
The shifting interior: Chris Smith’s ‘Second Hand Smoke’
The home-recording Melbourne guitarist’s first album in more than a decade is free-ranging yet ruminative
Hello, Nasty: Janet Jackson’s sound of rebellion
A new analysis of ‘The Velvet Rope’ shows the controversial artist in transition
In the midst of a pandemic, people are reverting to the music they loved – and found solace in – as teenagers
The ripple effect: Cable Ties’ ‘Far Enough’
A big year turned on its head for the Melbourne band
The acoustic ecologists documenting our quieted world
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
The king in exile: Gordon Koang
The music of the South Sudanese star and former refugee offers solace and a plea for unity