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Australian music

August 2024

  • Australian pianist Jayson Gillham

    Melbourne Symphony Orchestra says cancelling pianist performance over Gaza statement an ‘error’

  • Femke den Haas and Warren Ellis in front of a sign for Ellis Park

    Ellis Park review – like its subject, Warren Ellis documentary moves to the beat of its own drum

  • Nick Cave in Milan, January 2023.

    ‘No longer in awe of my own genius’: Nick Cave talks about how he changed after sons’ deaths

  • Kate Ceberano

    Three things
    Three things with Kate Ceberano: ‘I’ve never seen one like it for sale … I should probably patent it’

  • National Indigenous Music awards 2024: Barkaa wins artist of the year

  • Bernard Fanning and Paul Dempsey on their new duo: ‘The party hasn’t started until the sax solo’

July 2024

  • ‘You’ll usually find me smoking a duck before a gig’: Ashton Irwin.

    10 Chaotic Questions
    5 Seconds of Summer’s Ashton Irwin: ‘Anywhere I have to pay to use the bathroom is inhumane’

  • Coldplay

    Australian arts in focus
    ‘Amazonification’ of Australian live music industry hurting artists and crew, inquiry told

  • Australian band The Church, Steve Kilbey at forefront

    The Church’s Steve Kilbey: ‘When you get old, you need to be polite. Being a cranky old geezer is not a good thing’

  • Missy Higgins plays the piano on stage

    Missy Higgins soundtracked my generation of queer teens. Seeing her live is euphoric

    Joseph Earp

June 2024

  • Tkay Maidza

    Three things
    Three things with Tkay Maidza: ‘My goal was to be the next Serena Williams’

    In Guardian Australia’s weekly interview about objects, the tennis hotshot turned rapper shows off her trophy collection – and sings the praises of Epsom salts
  • Spiderbait Press Shot 2 (credit Ian Laidlaw)

    10 Chaotic Questions
    Spiderbait’s Kram: ‘Which famous person would I fight? Anyone but Danny DeVito’

    The drummer-singer talks about his love for Alec Guinness, putting his foot in it with a Bad Seed and the ideal length of men’s shorts
    • Three things
      Three things with Ella Hooper: ‘The term “crushing it” has never been so fitting’

    • Indigenous singer Emma Donovan alleges entire taxi rank refused to serve her at Perth airport

    • The power and passion of Midnight Oil: the inside story of the band that changed Australia

May 2024

  • The band HTRK pictured in Temperance Hall, South Melbourne for Guardian Australia Headline Act

    Guardian Australia's headline act
    HTRK turn 21: ‘Whenever I met fans I could tell they were a bit shocked I wasn’t the gothic lord’

    In our new monthly series Headline Act, we spotlight the Australian artist we’re most excited about – and they make us a playlist
  • Tseba

    The funniest things on the internet
    Tseba: the 10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet)

    The musician and DJ spends his time either scrolling or laughing at drunk patrons. Both are well-represented in his list
    • Spunk Records goes out on a high: ‘Like a mixtape from your coolest friend’

    • ‘Like a moving stage’: Brisbane commuters surprised by impromptu ‘train rave’

    • Walk with ...
      John Butler: ‘For 25 years I ripped my heart out on stage … now I’m paying the piper’

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