Sarah Smith
7 unlikely Aussie Christmas songs to chuck on your festive playlist
Get in your feelings this season with these tunes by Cold Chisel, King Stingray and Dick Diver. Hear us out…
Music festivals are back – I’m ready for the magic and mischief
We welcome the return of music festivals to Australia and all the marvelous, multifaceted memories they’ll help us make
Nostalgia is not (always) a dirty word
From pop-punk revival to TISM to ‘Spicks and Specks’, it looks like everything old is new again – again! That’s not a completely bad thing
How Baz Luhrmann and ‘Strictly Ballroom’ ignited Australia’s enduring crush on ‘Love Is In The Air’
Before ‘Elvis’ and Doja Cat, ‘Romeo + Juliet’ and Radiohead – there was ‘Strictly Ballroom’ and John Paul Young's ‘Love Is In The Air’.
The regional rejuvenation of live music in Australia
It’s not just the Foo Fighters in Geelong – from big names to imaginative events, the future of regional live music feels bright
Romero: Melbourne rockers ready to ‘Turn It On!’ with their ebullient debut
NME 100 alumni Romero are the Melbourne five-piece making peppy yet personal power-pop