Al Newstead is Double J's music and pop culture reporter (and former triple j music news producer). An obsessively passionate music fanboy, full time vinyl addict, part time duffer.
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The debut album from Kankawa Nagarra — an80-year-old Walmatjarri elder, teacher, and blues artist from remote WA — has won this year's coveted Australian Music Prize.
Kendrick Lamar, King Stingray and masterclasses in soul and dream pop lead this week's new albums round-up.
How do you turn an iconic Aussie song into a movie? In the case of How To Make Gravy, the secret is in the source... material.
The surprise 12-track release features SZA, Jack Antonoff, Kamasi Washington and references to Lamar’s high-profile feud with Drake.
Kasey Chambers's new book is her most candid work yet, tracing her life and career from a kid in the outback to an Australian music household name. She tells us about the challenges of writing, parenting and self-producing her 13th studio album, Backbone.
Missy Higgins claimed her spot in the Hall of Fame before performing an emotional finale. Look back on Wednesday night's events as they unfolded.
Here are some of the releases that were nominated for this year's ARIA awards.
Posthumous albums are typically cynical, cash-grabbing affairs. Not so Banbirrngu - The Orchestra Sessions, a meditative reappraisal of Gurrumul's voice and musical legacy made by two of his closest collaborators.
On her first independent album, the multi-ARIA-winning musician scales difficult feelings about faith, friendship, and divorce. But it isn't all dark.
The Radiohead frontman's Australian solo tour is a career-spanning fan's dream. But a disruption by a pro-Palestine protester made for a surreal ending to a sublime concert, and raises questions about the responsibility of the artist.
He's the frontman of one of Australia's biggest bands, and the only singer to have topped triple j's Hottest 100 three times. But Powderfinger's Bernard Fanning has always had self doubt and, as he tells Zan Rowe on Take 5, almost gave up on a music career entirely.
The metal icons touch down in November, 2025 to headline stadium shows with support from Evanescene and Suicidal Tendencies.
In an exclusive interview, Thom Yorke tells us about Russian spy terms, his upcoming Australian tour, and how the success of Radiohead gives him artistic freedom with new band The Smile.
Ollie Olsen, a significant figure in Australia's post-punk scene and a pioneer in experimental electronic music, has died following a lengthy illness.
When Bernard Fanning and Paul Dempsey joined forces, repeating themselves was out. Subverting the expectations of Powderfinger and Something For Kate fans was in.
The latest from Coldplay leads this week's new albums, including releases from Australian country music legend Kasey Chambers and Radiohead side project The Smile.
The trailer features Hugo Weaving, a cameo from rapper Briggs, and a dollop of tomato sauce for sweetness and that extra tang.
How Talking Heads and a Nine Inch Nails cover help Bill Bailey laugh in the face of death
The British band announce Sydney and Melbourne dates, marking first Australian tour since 2005.
"I know what you're thinking. What's with the monkey?" Williams narrates in the teaser trailer to a big screen biopic where he's portrayed as a singing chimpanzee.
Luke Steele and Nick Littlemore unpack the trauma and tensions that reunited them for Ask That God, their first album since 2016 that shows the magic never fades.
Remember the late, great singer-songwriter via some of the best moments in his prolific recording catalogue, admired by everyone from Johnny Cash to Janis Joplin.
An ode to self-pleasure that became a breast cancer awareness anthem, the Divinyls’ chart-topping hit shows how songs about sex change over time.
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Indie rock duo Royel Otis lead the nominations pack over ARIA favourites Dom Dolla, Kylie Minogue, Troye Sivan and Amy Shark.