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How Absolution took Muse to epic new heights

Where most bands aim for cool, UK trio Muse were always about nailing the colossal.

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Published: MonMon 5 Feb 2024 at 7:00am

The Hottest 100 of 2003 — the full list!

Was this one of the best Hottest 100s of all time?

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Published: FriFri 2 Feb 2024 at 11:00pm

How to listen to Double J

You can tune in to Double J in your car, at work, in your home, while commuting, at the gym – anywhere in the world!

Illustration by Evie Hilliar

Published: FriFri 2 Feb 2024 at 9:00pm

How Dookie made Green Day the biggest (and most hated) punk band on earth

Their DIY punk scene back home disowned them but Dookie made Green Day the biggest band on the planet.

Green Day's Mike Dirnt, Billie Joe Armstrong and Tre Cool walk down a New York City street

Published: 31 Jan 2024Wed 31 Jan 2024 at 6:00pm

Music News

Tenacious D to return to Australia for the first time in over a decade

Jack Black and Kyle Gass return for The Spicy Meatball Tour this July

Jack Black and Kyle Gass of Tenacious D play guitars. Black holds up the devil horns sign with his fingers.

Published: 9h agoTue 6 Feb 2024 at 10:00pm

How to listen back to the Hottest 100 of 2003

On Saturday 3 February, we revisit one of the biggest Hottest 100s of all time.

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Published: SunSun 4 Feb 2024 at 11:00pm

Radio Birdman announce live shows to celebrate their 50th anniversary

The rock'n'roll icons will play seven shows this winter.

Six men stand side-by-side in an outdoor industrial area

Published: 29 Jan 2024Mon 29 Jan 2024 at 1:00am

Nick Cave adds six more solo shows to his 2024 Australian tour

He'll play theatres with Radiohead's Colin Greenwood on bass.

Australian musician Nick Cave looks over his shoulder to his left

Published: 29 Jan 2024Mon 29 Jan 2024 at 12:00am

Quizzes

Close out NAIDOC Week with this big music quiz!

Celebrating just a few of the many great First Nations artists to come form this country

composite image featuring Kev Carmody, Becca Hatch, A.B. Original, Thelma Plum, Miiesha

Published: 7 Jul 2022Thu 7 Jul 2022 at 7:00pm

10 trivia questions to warm up your music brain

From Kate Bush to Kevin Parker, these questions will test your knowledge

Collage of Andre 3000, Kev Carmody, Lana Del Rey, Kate Bush and Kevin Parker of Tame Impala

Published: 2 Jun 2022Thu 2 Jun 2022 at 7:00pm

Have you kept up with music news this month? Take this quiz!

We're asking all the tough but important questions.

Collage of Alex Turner, Angus Stone, Lizzo, Lil Nas X and Kylie Minogue

Published: 5 May 2022Thu 5 May 2022 at 7:00pm

How will you score in our latest music quiz?

Geography, show business, King Gizzard... this quiz has it all

A colourful collage image featuring musicians Brittany Howards, Khruangbin, Leon Bridges, Beyonce and Chris Cheney

Published: 31 Mar 2022Thu 31 Mar 2022 at 6:00pm

Lists

Six of the biggest pop culture moments of 1997

A film broke records, a little book took off, and a princess was mourned

Published: 22 Jan 2018Mon 22 Jan 2018 at 2:47am

A history of Australian music in 6 objects

Australian music has a new home.

Published: 19 Dec 2017Tue 19 Dec 2017 at 1:35am

8 Seattle acts the city's favourite DJ thinks you should know

The legendary KEXP radio DJ Cheryl Waters, a Seattle stalwart, shares her current local favourites.

Published: 30 Nov 2017Thu 30 Nov 2017 at 5:49am

5 things you might not have known about Paul Kelly

He loves hip hop and footy, but took a while to come round to Radiohead

Published: 16 Nov 2017Thu 16 Nov 2017 at 12:02am

New Music

Brittany Howard's 'What Now' is an agitated funk cut from her new solo album

'What Now' is the title track to the former Alabama Shakes frontwoman's second solo album.

Black and white photo of Brittany Howard wearing kaleidoscopic goggles with a mirror image

Published: 2 Nov 2023Thu 2 Nov 2023 at 3:00am

Holy Holy's 'This Time' ft. Tasman Keith is unlike anything either artist has done before

A genre-warping highlight from Holy Holy's latest creative leap, aka LP#5 Cellophane, with help from Bowraville's own Tasman Keith.

A collage of Holy Holy's Tim Carroll and Oscar Dawson and Tasman Keith

Published: 20 Oct 2023Fri 20 Oct 2023 at 5:45am

Middle Kids' 'Highlands' further proves they are soaring indie rock experts

It often feels like Middle Kids are incapable of writing a bad tune. And this "yearncore" anthem won't sully that reputation.

Three members of Middle Kids sit and pose in a wrecked car with foliage poking in through the windows

Published: 7 Sep 2023Thu 7 Sep 2023 at 10:45pm

Angie McMahon is 'Letting Go' of anxiety and letting nature take over

'Letting Go' is a quietly surging taste of the singer-songwriter's second album Light, Dark, Light Again.

Angie McMahon stands against a dusk skyline, bathed in red light and holding her left hand arched over her head

Published: 1 Sep 2023Fri 1 Sep 2023 at 6:00am

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