50 Greatest Australian Artists of All Time – #15: The Avalanches
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Dan Whitford of Cut Copy reflects on the band that helped put Australian electronic music on the world stage, The Avalanches.
50 Greatest Australian Artists of All Time – #17: Cold Chisel
Posted in: Music FeaturesKirin J Callinan reflects on Australia's most iconic pub-rock band as he looks at the majesty of Adelaide's Cold Chisel.
Chasteness, Soda Pop, and Show Tunes: The Lost Story of the Young Americans and the Choircore Movement
Posted in: Music FeaturesIn the Sixties, some young performers pioneered bizarro alternative to sex, drugs and rock & roll. Inside the choir-pop scene — and the U.S. government’s attempt to co-opt it
‘Love Story (Taylor’s Version)’ Is a Brilliantly Bittersweet Update on a Classic
Posted in: Music FeaturesTaylor Swift sings her breakthrough 2008 hit with the subtle emotional wisdom she’s accrued in the decade-plus since
50 Greatest Australian Artists of All Time – #18: Divinyls
Posted in: Music FeaturesElla Hooper of Killing Heidi and Tim Rogers of You Am I take a look at one of Australia's most powerful rock outfits, the Divinyls.
50 Greatest Australian Artists of All Time – #19: John Farnham
Posted in: Music FeaturesBec Sandridge looks back on the legacy of one of Australia's best-selling artists of all time, the inimitable John Farnham.
50 Greatest Australian Artists of All Time – #20: Olivia Newton-John
Posted in: Music FeaturesDaryl Braithwaite reflects on the music and legacy of world-renowned icon (and former classmate) Olivia Newton-John.
Black Sabbath on the Making of ‘Vol. 4’: ‘It Was Absolute Pandemonium’
Posted in: Music FeaturesWith a new box set offering insights into one of the band’s most pivotal albums, Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, and Bill Ward look back on how they made a drug-fueled masterpiece
For ‘Supalonely’ Star Benee, Pop Music Is Therapy
Posted in: Music FeaturesKiwi singer-songwriter confronts fears and makes them danceable
Lady Gaga’s ‘Born This Way’: Much Better Than ‘Express Yourself’
Posted in: Music FeaturesRob Sheffield digs into why Lady Gaga’s 2011 single summed up everything gaudy and glorious about the pop star
