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Robert Moran

Robert Moran

Robert Moran is Spectrum deputy editor at The Sydney Morning Herald.

April Harper Grey, aka Underscores: “I think my version of pop stardom is different from, like, 2000s pop stardom.”

This album is the first pop masterpiece of the post-Brat age

April Harper Grey, better known as Underscores, is pop’s new avant-garde genius.

  • Robert Moran

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Flea as a bird: The Chili Pepper returns to his first love, jazz.

Flea on LeBron, Bondi Beach and his vulnerable new jazz album

The Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist has realised a childhood dream with his new trumpet album, Honora.

  • Robert Moran
Any of the best actor nominees has a chance of winning on Monday, except Ethan Hawke. This is fine.

Ethan Hawke will lose at the Oscars. But he will always win our hearts

Any of the best actor nominees has a chance of winning on Monday. Except Ethan Hawke.

  • Robert Moran
Kim Gordon:

Kim Gordon, a rage-rap icon at 72

The Sonic Youth star continues her late-life pivot as hip-hop’s most unexpected rager.

  • Robert Moran
MAY-A, aka Sydney artist Maya Cumming, assembled a team of rock whisperers for her new album, including Paramore producer Carlos de la Garza.

Homegrown hits: The best Australian music to hear this month

A monthly spotlight on our favourite new albums, EPs, singles and videos from local musicians.

  • Jules LeFevre, Robert Moran and Nick Buckley
Bad Bunny is playing shows in Australia for the first time, this weekend in Sydney.

Bad Bunny fever has taken over Australia. Here’s everything you need to know

One of the streaming era’s biggest stars performs in Sydney for the first time this week, amid unprecedented attention.

  • Robert Moran
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Nate Amos of This Is Lorelei and Water From Your Eyes: “Nothing began to happen for either project until years after I had totally given up.”

Meet your favourite songwriter’s favourite songwriter

Between This Is Lorelei and Water From Your Eyes, Nate Amos is indie-rock’s reigning MVP.

  • Robert Moran
I laugh at your cute little five-letter word puzzles, and I raise you Contexto.

Wordle is for dummies. Play this word game instead

I laugh at your cute little five-letter word puzzles, and I raise you Contexto.

  • Robert Moran
Still trying to get into The Rivoli: Matt Johnson and Jay McCarrol in Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie.

If you love cinema, you have to see this movie

Matt Johnson and Jay McCarrol return with Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie, an outlandish spin-off of their cult series.

  • Robert Moran
From San Juan to the Super Bowl and Sydney: Bad Bunny month is sweeping Australia.

El Conejo Bueno: We ranked Bad Bunny’s 30 greatest songs

Because it’s officially Bad Bunny month in Australia. Let the arguments begin.

  • Robert Moran