Review
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
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Lady Gaga returns to Melbourne – and her pop glory – with gothic, melodramatic opera
After emerging atop a giant birdcage, the megastar writhes in a sandpit filled with skeletons, is brought back to life by demonic nurses and plunges the stage into smoke and emerald green.
- Vyshnavee Wijekumar
It disrupted the jazz world almost 30 years ago. Now this classic’s been revisited to astonishing results
Trumpeter Nils Petter Molvaer has given his famed Khmer album a new lease of life.
- John Shand
No one took her seriously, but this superstar continues to prove her critics wrong
Despite having no support act, no encore, and not a single instrumentalist or DJ on stage, Addison Rae’s show was a phenomenon.
- Katy Hall
Like your R&B dark and angsty? This album’s for you
On his first album in eight years, R&B heartthrob Miguel gets caught in the chaos.
- Annabel Ross
Fuelled by hostility and subtweets, Cardi B is back to reclaim her throne
The rapper is vicious, almost to the point of overkill, on the follow-up to her Grammy-winning debut.
- Tom W. Clarke
They broke up before their new album was finished. But this isn’t an indie Fleetwood Mac
Karly Hartzman and MJ Lenderman let the music do the talking on Wednesday’s new album.
- Barry Divola
Homegrown hits: The best new Australian music to hear this month
Including a supergroup of some of the best improvisers around, and blistering Sri Lankan-Australian hardcore.
- John Shand, Jules LeFevre and Nick Buckley
Messy made her pop’s next big thing. Her new album charts the chaotic aftermath
Lola Young, raw as ever, explores her ongoing struggles with drugs, sex and mental health.
- Annabel Ross
The museum where visitors are invited to touch the priceless artefacts
Ever wanted to play a theremin? At the Melbourne Electronic Sound Studio you can (as long as the thing turns on).
- Karl Quinn