RT @australian: Once based in Brisbane, this talented artist has issued a series of superlative singles from her new home in LA, and her lo…

Albums reviewed in The @Australian this week include Wafia (by @jonnoseidler), Casey Golden (by Eric Myers), Beth Hart (by @SamuelJFell), Peter Perrett (by @MarkMordue) and Robbie James + Bentley String Quartet (by Graham Strahle):

RT @australian: Ahead of an Australian tour, the Oscar-winning film score composer reflects on the value of hanging out, why he loves peopl…

@joecoscarelli Much respect for that Kendrick / Super Bowl primer you wrote post-Grammys - a lot of history and analysis packed in tightly and stylishly, in a relatively small space. Very well done! 👏👏

Q+A: ahead of an Australian tour in April, Oscar-winning film score composer Hans Zimmer reflects on the value of hanging out, why he loves people who say “yes”, and being bullied by celebrities into performing live. 8min read: @australian @HansZimmerLive

In January I travelled to Singapore to meet Taiwanese rock band 五月天 Mayday, which has worked its way up from empty pub gigs to headlining stadiums throughout Asia. Backstage interview for The @Australian after the band's January 11 show: @BINMUSIC_tw

RT @australian: British artist FKA Twigs has transmogrified into a Hollywood A-lister since her 2014 debut, and her third album Eusexua tak…

Cowboy hits and rap disses flesh out the Grammys: an incendiary hip-hop diss track by Kendrick Lamar and an unconventional artistic left turn into country music by Beyonce were the biggest winners at the awards on Monday, Australian time. @australian

Albums reviewed in The @Australian this week include FKA Twigs (by David James Young), Laura Marling (by Jules LeFevre), Hayley Mary (by @SamuelJFell), Emily Sun (by Vincent Plush) and The Necks (by Eric Myers):

RT @australian: They’re rock superstars in Asia. Here? Not so much. With its penchant for the spectacular and a world-beating live show, ca…

They’re rock superstars in Asia. Here? Not so much. With its penchant for the spectacular and a world-beating live show, can Taiwanese quintet 五月天 Mayday bring Australian audiences on board? ~13min read: @australian @BINMUSIC_tw #五月天Mayday #Mayday

@SamEBJones Extremely good read mate, thanks for such a brilliantly written and engaging piece! The Katter quotes alone!

In November, I travelled to Tokyo as a guest of @Fender to visit the company's flagship guitar store. My assignment was to report for The @Australian on the role of the electric guitar in 2025, as the Fender Stratocaster enters its eighth decade. Video:

RT @australian: This 11th album arrives with Mogwai seeming more and more like elder statesmen, with a reputation for voluminous live shows…

Albums reviewed in The @Australian this week include Mogwai (by Doug Wallen), Jerry Cantrell (by @al_belling), Jenna Cave Sextet (by Eric Myers), The Black Sorrows (by Phil Stafford) and Afro Celt Sound System (by Tony Hillier):

RT @australian: The raw emotionality and honesty of Troy Cassar-Daley’s 12th album saw the singer-songwriter once again lead the winners’ p…

RT @australian: In an extended Q+A, Dexter Holland — frontman of veteran US punk rock band The Offspring — speaks about touring with kids,…

Golden Guitars 2025: Troy Cassar-Daley now has 45 career awards in Tamworth. The raw emotionality and honesty of his 12th album saw the singer-songwriter once again lead the winners’ pack on Saturday night. @australian @TCMF_Official #goldenguitars

Confessional: Dexter Holland, 59, is the frontman of the chart-topping US punk rock band The @Offspring. In an extended Q+A, he speaks about touring with kids, the upsides of ageing, mad Brazilian fans, grief and hot sauce. ~13 min read: @australian

RT @australian: When Franz Ferdinand is firing, it’s like the 2000s-era electroclash heyday never ended, wherein the Scottish indie rock ba…