Touring can look glamorous from the audience, but the working reality is often relentless. A performance may last 60 minutes while the artist’s day stretches…
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Sound baths have moved from wellness studios into short-form video. A few resonant bowls, a low drone, or a softly layered vocal track can give a TikTok clip…
Dancehall fashion has moved from Jamaican streets, sound-system parties and music videos into the visual language of luxury fashion. Its influence can be seen…
Vinyl has returned to the centre of music culture, but the comeback is more complicated than a nostalgic rush for turntables and gatefold sleeves. Every record…
Across charts, backstage at festivals, and inside boardrooms from Los Angeles to Atlanta, a new kind of power move is taking shape. Women in hip-hop are no…
Creatives across Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane are increasingly courted by lifestyle brands eager to borrow cultural cachet. Yet too many artists walk into…
The history of drum machines in gospel music is often hidden behind the better-known stories of funk, hip-hop, pop and electronic dance music. Yet churches and…
For years, the role has meant listening, dissecting and writing. The pen, the notebook, the deadline. Then something curious happens: the person who once…
For decades, the merch table at a small or mid-sized gig looked much the same: a black tee with the band name screen-printed across the chest, a hoodie if the…
A great underground music festival is built from more than a lineup. It needs the right setting, a crowd willing to discover something unfamiliar, and enough…