Review
Music reviews: Bob Dylan, Paul Weller, Jessie Ware and Dan Rosenboom
Bob Dylan's Rough and Rowdy Ways, Dan Rosenboom's Absurd in the Anthropocene, Jessie Ware's What's Your Pleasure? and Paul Weller's On Sunset.
- by Barry Divola, Craig Mathieson, Annabel Ross and John Shand
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Music
Music reviews: Braids, LA Priest, Hans Knappertsbusch and Jim Snidero
LA Priest's Gene, Hans Knappertsbusch's Bruckner Symphonies, Jim Snidero's Project-K and Braids' Shadow Offering.
- by Jessie Cunniffe, John Shand, Barnaby Smith and Barney Zwartz
Review
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan's new album will stand the test of time
Rough and Rowdy Ways continues the gravity-defying trajectory of the artist's music during the past two decades.
- by Michael Dwyer
Music
Music reviews: Jehnny Beth, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever and more
Qais Essar & Absolute Focus's Shakar Shack Vol. 1: Gulaab Jammin', Julien Wilson's Stock, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever's Sideways to New Italy and Jehnny Beth's To Love Is to Live.
- by Jessie Cunniffe, John Shand, Eugene Ulman and Simone Ziaziaris
South Africa
Maxed out quest for justice
Max Roach's 1960 masterpiece is again the soundtrack to our times.
- by John Shand
Opinion
Lady Gaga makes a satisfying return to the dancefloor amid strange times
This week, critics review Lady Gaga's Chromatica, Dog Trumpet's Great Southern Road and more new releases.
- by Craig Mathieson, John Shand, Bernard Zuel and Barney Zwartz
Music
Sophie Hutchings beguiles with spellbinding new album
The Sydney pianist and composer's Scattered on the Wind is as soothing as it is restless.
- by Jessie Cunniffe, Barry Divola, John Shand and Barnaby Smith
Music awards
Change of pitch as Australian music awards go virtual
"Song of the Year, that’s really huge," said Tones and I after claiming the gong for her hit Dance Monkey.
- by Martin Boulton
Music
A groove potent enough to draw blood
In 1971 Miles Davis made jazz-rock's most lacerating album, and the results were dangerous.
- by John Shand
Music
Charli XCX's isolation album is both a time capsule and a chance to escape
For those wondering how this period in time will be remembered, Britain's prevailing pop futurist Charli XCX has the answer.
- by Barry Divola, Kish Lal, John Shand and Barnaby Smith
Performing arts
Giving a song a long goodbye
Keith Jarrett's brilliant trio stretched standards beyond recognition.
- by John Shand