Michael Dwyer
Michael Dwyer is an arts and music writer.
Jeff Goldblum’s eccentric rhythm finds its groove at the piano
At 72, Goldblum seems less an actor or musician these days than a meme in the original sense: a kind of agreed cultural constant.
- Michael Dwyer
Latest
Chrissy Amphlett’s ‘third act’: New songs emerge as stage show returns
New songs and the reprise of a one-woman stage show realise the last creative risks of a rock legend.
- Michael Dwyer
How this ’90s grunge rocker survived the ‘chaos incarnate’ of Courtney Love and Hole
Melissa Auf der Maur played bass with Hole, dated Dave Grohl and was mentored by Billy Corgan – now she is telling her story.
- Michael Dwyer
When the performer herself says it’s almost too cold to sing, you have a problem
At Peach PRC’s gig, it’s freezing, and the light rain and cold wind blowing in from St Kilda beach make for harsh conditions to fully embrace the experience.
- Vyshnavee Wijekumar, Sonia Nair, Cameron Woodhead, Will Cox, Michael Dwyer and Tony Way
Meet rock’n’roll’s ‘greatest failure’: John Otway
Fans of the cult “microstar” buy T-shirts with slogans like “I can’t believe it’s not better” and “It’s nearly rock’n’roll but I like it”.
- Michael Dwyer
The new Gorillaz album is about death – but they are not the first pop stars to tackle mortality
When Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett’s fathers died within days of each other, it put the pair on a path well-worn by legends such as David Bowie, Lou Reed and many others.
- Michael Dwyer
This AbFab life: An insider spills the beans on men, music and Kylie
Amanda Pelman’s memoir recounts her loud and lively journey from Countdown dancer to music supremo.
- Michael Dwyer
‘Dispiriting and negative’: Why thinking about the future worries Bill Bryson
The prolific writer has returned with a sequel to his bestseller A Short History of Nearly Everything.
- Michael Dwyer
‘We are shattered’: Peter Garrett joins tributes as Midnight Oil’s Rob Hirst dies aged 70
Hirst, the co-founder of the Oils, had been battling cancer for several years, but he kept his energy and wit to the end, friends said.
- Alexander Darling, Debbie Cuthbertson and Michael Dwyer
‘Kind of social vertigo’: How The Police drummer Stewart Copeland copes with fame
The rock legend reflects on his old band, their legendary fights and his CIA spy father.
- Michael Dwyer