Courtney Barnett

Pure bliss, horny electro and an anti-ableism tirade: Meredith music festival celebrates 30 years of its big, weird family

Caribou, Courtney Barnett and Tasman Keith were among the highlights of the beloved BYO camping festival, which continues to bring out the best

Nick Buckley

12, Dec, 2022 @1:50 AM

Anonymous Club review – bruisingly candid portrait of singer Courtney Barnett

Creative crises and the exhaustion of touring take their toll on the feted Australian indie artist in Danny Cohen’s revealing documentary

Wendy Ide

11, Dec, 2022 @1:00 PM

Aria awards 2022: Rüfüs Du Sol and Amyl and the Sniffers among top nominees

Dance group leads with seven nominations, with Flume, the Kid Laroi, Baker Boy and Vance Joy also winning multiple nods

Kelly Burke

11, Oct, 2022 @11:25 PM

Courtney Barnett’s Anonymous Club review – a deeply intimate portrait of creativity and anxiety

This documentary is so intensely personal that it borders on claustrophobic, touching on imposter syndrome, privacy and Barnett’s relationship with her art

Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen

16, Mar, 2022 @4:30 PM

Genesis Owusu, Banoffee, Nick Cave and more: the best Australian albums of 2021

Guardian Australia’s music critics and staff choose their favourite albums of the year

Brodie Lancaster, Shaad D'Souza, Andrew Stafford, Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen, Michael Sun, Nick Buckley, Brigid Delaney, Janine Israel and Nathan Jolly

19, Dec, 2021 @4:30 PM

On my radar: Courtney Barnett’s cultural highlights

The singer-songwriter’s current obsessions include Californian burgers, a horticultural app and this year’s Mercury prize winner

Kathryn Bromwich

13, Nov, 2021 @3:00 PM

Courtney Barnett on being forced to stop: ‘I felt myself opening up in a different way’

A breakup, a pandemic and a homecoming left the singer with time to sit and think. Her new album radiates the calmness and kindness she sought

Andrew Stafford

05, Nov, 2021 @7:00 PM

Courtney Barnett, Tropical Fuck Storm, Georgia Maq and more: Australia’s best new music for August

Each month we add 20 new songs to our Spotify playlist. Read about 10 of our favourites here – and subscribe on Spotify, which updates with the full list at the start of each month

Nathan Jolly and Guardian Australia

05, Aug, 2021 @12:00 AM

10 of the best Christmas songs (that aren’t by Mariah Carey)

The classics are back in the charts even earlier than usual – alongside the perennial row about the Pogues. So why not discover these lesser-known festive bangers?

Ben Beaumont-Thomas

19, Nov, 2020 @3:00 PM

Music From the Home Front concert shows vitality and sensitivity can coexist

Some performers cracked through the downcast mood in Australian all-star broadcast described as an ‘Anzac Day concert for the fight against Covid-19’

Brodie Lancaster

26, Apr, 2020 @12:40 AM

End of the Road festival review – potent bacchanalia and mysticism

‘See you in the twilight zone’ says one musician; EOTR has enough weirdness, charm and shaggy charisma to weather our end-of-days era

Jazz Monroe

02, Sep, 2019 @11:01 AM

Courtney Barnett, Yothu Yindi and Jack River: 20 best Australian tracks for May

Each month, we feature 20 of the top new Australian songs. Read about 10 of our favourites