Music

This year’s Brisbane Festival focuses on work that connects people across cultures and generations.

Indie musician Julia Jacklin’s third album rejects her ‘sad girl’ image to reveal a new self-confidence.

Maggie Rogers’ new album Surrender explores the spiritual seduction of giving in.

Amid the relentless individualism of pop music, Lizzo’s new album – for all its blithe tastelessness – comes as a breath of fresh air.

Harry Styles’ latest album demonstrates the tyranny of ‘good taste’.

The Australian National Academy of Music’s ambitious ANAM Set Festival offered a cross-section of contemporary classical music.

After a decade of shapeshifting, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard’s Omnium Gatherum opens new ground.

In representing Australia at this year’s Venice Biennale, musician and artist Marco Fusinato offers a rebuke to nationalism.

The latest album from Charli XCX sees the British pop sensation at her most volatile and poignant.

Melbourne punk trio Camp Cope bring a hard-won sense of perspective to their new album.