Music

Feminist, activist, musician and Go-Betweens drummer Lindy Morrison was a tumultuous force in the Australian music industry from the very beginning.

Andrew Savage’s second solo album, Several Songs about Fire is an elegant collection that tackles existential questions with a sweeter tone than his earlier work.

Talking Heads’ iconic Stop Making Sense came at a critical juncture of a volatile career. The reissue of the film and album gives us a chance to be stopped in our tracks all over again.

Róisín Murphy’s Hit Parade is a masterclass in unfussy pop – her best record yet and maybe the album of the year.

At only 25, hip-hop artist Genesis Owusu is already an international phenomenon – but with his second album he’s transforming himself into something new.

Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Caroline Shaw has done it all, from film to television to opera to rap.

Drawing from her dialect verse novel, Orlam, PJ Harvey’s spellbinding new album, I Inside the Old Year Dying, bristles with sublimity.

Azealia Banks sparked a controversy about the lack of Australian acts in local music charts – but the American rapper has a point.

In My Back Was a Bridge for You to Cross, her first album with The Johnsons since 2010, the acclaimed singer, visual artist and activist ANOHNI sets her sights on biblical patriarchy.

Jada Alberts is a multi-talented artist whose work spans acting, writing, directing and visual art – and most recently a musical homage to Aretha Franklin.