Toby Creswell
ABBA’s long-awaited return takes us on a voyage back to a simpler time
It was 1982 when ABBA put their career on hold. That was a year when Ronald Regan was US president, Malcolm Fraser...
Michael Gudinski: More than the music man
Michael Solomon Gudinski AM (August, 22, 1952 – March 1, 2021) There’s no people like show people, the song says. There’s also...
Coronavirus music: Vale Kraftwerk’s Florian Schneider one of the fathers of electronic dance
Florian Schneider, the co-founder of Kraftwerk who changed music forever died of cancer on May 6 at the age of 73. The...
Coronavirus music: Three great new releases from some of Australia’s finest
Try three new releases from Australia’s finest songwriters, hailing from mainstreet to way out there. Great South Road Dog Trumpet Being originally...
Coronavirus music: How to construct the perfect Top 10
With half the country isolated and in lockdown, and nothing on TV except news about Covid or Trump, we have taken to...
Coronavirus music: Cranky country singers and other songs
Lucinda Williams, Wil Wagner and Steve Earle have had a gutful, but Casey Barnes brings the sunshine Good Souls, Better Angels Lucinda...
Coronavirus music: The forgotten classics of punk rock and power pop
The SBS documentary Punk is better than expected and sent me back to the forgotten classics of punk rock and power pop....
Coronavirus music: The perfect albums for your self-isolation house party
These three massive pop releases will define this time as strongly as the virus. Fetch the bolt cutters Fiona Apple I don’t...
Coronavirus music: A reminder of the live performances we’re looking forward to
The coronavirus has done Oliver Cromwell’s work for him and shut the theatres. Performance arts need an audience and we need performers,...
Coronavirus music: Some new releases of pop and punk rock
Take a trip with some new releases of pop and punk rock. The New Abnormal The Strokes The opening notes of The...