Music

At 71, alternative rock and riot grrrl pioneer Kim Gordon is still making experimental music and visual art – and still refusing to please.

For their 15th album, Nonetheless, British synth duo Pet Shop Boys return to the epic glamour of their early hits – and they sound as relevant as ever.

The new collaborative album from cult Swedish rappers Bladee and Yung Lean, Psykos, is bleak but endlessly fascinating.

Tasmania’s Mona Foma – the Museum of Old and New Art’s summer festival – offers a glimpse of what Australia could be.

MGMT may be distinctive for their ability to constantly move on, but Loss of Life is their most palpably emotional record yet.

Rock duo Sleater-Kinney’s new album, Little Rope, explores feelings of loss in songs layered with contradictions, complexity and wildness.

In a life haunted by the shadow of death, Naomi Saalfield – best known as Nai Palm, lead singer of Grammy-nominated Melbourne band Hiatus Kaiyote – has learnt what she values most.

The scaling back of revered music review site Pitchfork reflects a dwindling critical culture that is catastrophic for the future of artistic diversity.

The music of Grammy-winning singer and composer Arooj Aftab, who’s on the eve of her first Australian tour, has always broken convention.

Crunching the numbers on Australia’s top music festivals shows that making the ARIA charts is no longer the major mark of popular success.