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Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett recorded the new Gorillaz album while travelling In India.

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 performs on stage at The O2 Arena on September 29, 2025 in London, England.

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
Norwegian trumpeter Nils Petter Molvaer’s Khmer fused jazz with trip-hop, drum and bass, ambient, electronic dance music, and beyond.

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
Addison Rae performs The Addison Tour at Forum Melbourne, November 11, 2025

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
CAOS, Miguel’s first album in eight years, is his darkest yet.

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
Almost eight years after her Grammy-winning debut, Cardi B is finally back.

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
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Wednesday features former couple, guitarist MJ Lenderman (top right) and singer-songwriter Karly Hartzman (front).

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
Sydney supergroup Believe includes alto saxophonist Peter Farrar, pianist Novak Manojlovic, bassist Clayton Thomas, drummer Laurence Pike.

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
The 24-year-old was in rehab for a cocaine addiction when her smash Messy was blowing up on TikTok. On her new album, she explores her ongoing struggles with drugs, sex and mental health.

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
Robin Fox, co-founder of MESS, with a 1979 Fairlight CMI.

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