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It’s 2020, and you shouldn’t feel guilty about your ‘guilty pleasure’ music

Fun fact, you’re allowed to like both DIY Melbourne punk-rock and Dua Lipa, and no-one’s going to look down at you for doing so.

Glass Animals’ Dave Bayley is ready to break down his walls

On their third album Dreamland, Glass Animals frontman Dave Bayley steps out from the shadows and brings us into his world.

Happy. lead vocalist Tate Logan shares a message to trans musicians in the punk scene

In a new letter, the musician - who is trans themselves - encourage people to keep pushing, even when it seems like odds are stacked against them.

July in WA Music: SLUMBERJACK, Jaycee, Big Orange + more

As we recap a big month full of homegrown releases, new tracks by HAIRCARE and No Nomad also get a shout.

Triple One's time has come: "We always wanted to do an album."

In October, the Sydney hip-hop group will share their debut album, Panic Force. It’s been a long time coming.

How E^ST turned heartbreak into her spotlight moment

On her debut album I’m Doing It, the Australian musician finds power in processing heartbreak through sincere pop music.

The Buoys are done talking, and ready to amplify women in punk

All This Talking Gets Us Nowhere, the Sydney group’s second EP, is short but sweet, managing to punch in all the right places.

Reaching Full Noise with Willaris. K: “I felt a little lost for a while.”

After the success of his debut EP, Willaris. K didn’t know what to do next. A trip to Rick Rubin’s Shangri-La soon fixed things.

Kanye West’s recent actions are concerning, not comedy

The rapper’s complex relationship with mental health is deteriorating, and yet people just want to pull up a seat and laugh.

The artists of WA Unlocked tell us their iso wins, share their hype for the first show back

Crooked Colours, Slumberjack, Shockone and Tina Says will perform at WA Unlocked - WA's first major concert post-corona - this weekend.

Men in the music industry, we need to talk about abusive behaviour

Across the span of just a few days, over a hundred people have shared stories of harassment and abuse in Australian music. It is unfortunately just the start.

How can we get international headliners at our festivals? Hotel quarantine reality TV.

Think Big Brother meets The Circle, but with Tyler The Creator, Gorillaz and The Strokes?

Band Beef & Vegan Dinners: Great Gable interviews Lime Cordiale

The earthy intimacy of e4444e: “I knew exactly what I wanted to do.”

On his debut album Coldstream Road, the Newcastle musician creates potent intimacy through earth-y sounds.

Never forget The Spice Girls harassing a homeless man in the ‘Wannabe’ video

‘I’ll tell you what I want, what I really, really want? That homeless guy’s hat!’ - Baby Spice, probably.

The downfall of Tyson Vacher, from GT Fridays to psychology scams

In five years, finding a rush through a club night catering to high-income Perth suburbs turned into fully-fledged scamming.

Ranking every verse in Snoop Dogg’s new Menulog song from tasty to terrible

The food platform’s new advert, a major “how do you do fellow kids?” moment, will make you roll your eyes and bop along at the same time.

Stan culture is pivoting to politics, and bringing chaos as they come

We’ve seen the worst of internet-spread stan culture within the last few years. Now, we’re starting to see the best.

Phoebe Bridgers, and the whimsical melancholy of Punisher

On her second solo album, Phoebe Bridgers navigates yearning through songs that feel plucked from a fantasy lullaby.

Shut up and play the hits: The myth of non-political music

For some fans of rock acts, Blackout Tuesday dredged up some undesirable politics – the exact kind they’d been indulging for decades.

Coronavirus is killing music festivals – will they ever recover?

In the last few months, it’s become clear that 2020 will be grim for live music. Music festivals, however, may never recover.

Striving for boldness (and avoiding boredom) with The 1975

On The 1975’s genre-fleeting new record Notes On A Conditional Form, the UK band attempts to make sense of the madness.

The magic of Isol-Aid, a source of musical hope in trying times

After a runaway first event, the online festival has blossomed into a pioneer of live music in a COVID-19 world.

Returning to Puerto Rico with Buscabulla: “This is our journey.”

Years since leaving their home in search of fame, Buscabulla didn’t feel like themselves - and that needed to change.