Culture
Music
Live
Music awards
VMAs 2024 LIVE updates: Taylor Swift makes VMAs history, wins seven awards
Follow our live coverage of the MTV Video Music Awards as Taylor Swift looks toward a record-breaking evening.
- by Robert Moran, Lauren Ironmonger, Thomas Mitchell and Meg Watson
Latest
The Kid Laroi is heading home, where a footy grand final is a big deal
He zigged when many thought he should zag, but through hits and misses, the Kid’s all right still.
- by Robert Moran
Listen to the sounds of the suburbs as you’ve never heard before
Multicultural music producer Richard Petkovic is embarking on his most ambitious project yet.
- by Nick Galvin
The most unbearable sound in the world? It’s silence
Forget peace and quiet. Give me peace and loud.
- by Robert Moran
Taylor Swift, childless cat lady, endorses Kamala Harris
The world’s most powerful pop star has made her decision ahead of the US presidential election.
- by Thomas Mitchell
Did Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter get snubbed? Well, duh
The Country Music Association has seemingly decided Cowboy Carter isn’t a country album. So what do the Grammys do now?
- by Robert Moran
The greatest year in Australian music? No question, it was 2008
It was the year local music pivoted away from pub anthems and alt-rock. So why have 2008’s best breakouts been forgotten?
- by Tom W. Clarke
Calamity grounded these US folk icons, but now they’re heading our way
Gillian Welch and David Rawlings were feeling doubly cursed, but a new album is taking them back on the road.
- by Michael Dwyer
Opinion
Religion
Does Nick Cave now believe in an ‘interventionist God’? It’s not beyond belief
Nick Cave has spoken of moving towards a “religious life”. His new album with The Bad Seeds, Wild God, gives credence to his divine captivation.
- by Danielle Terceiro
Exclusive
Performing arts
MSO’s dark past of secret payouts, gag orders, buried complaints
A $200,000-plus payout to a senior staff member who made bullying allegations is said to be part of a troubling pattern of management and governance practices at Australia’s oldest professional orchestra.
- by Chip Le Grand
Rapper Barkaa wants ‘white men to be very scared of me’. This is her victory lap
From a troubled teenager to artist of the year, Barkaa is now living her best life, but she still has no interest in making people feel comfortable.
- by Meg Watson