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A look back on the life and legacy of Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto
The 71-year-old experimental Japanese composer leaves behind a pioneering career spanning six decades of music and cinema.
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12 of the best new music releases to arrive in March
Happy Lana Del Rey month to all who celebrate.
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Bridget Gao-Hollitt on cyborg anthropology and her music debut ‘how was that for you’
“I always used to say I would never want to write music and release it because it’s so sacred to me and I was scared that it would get sullied by that process.”
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Queen of self-love Lizzo is set to headline Splendour in the Grass 2023
It’s about damn time Lizzo hit up our sandy shores again.
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Fans believe Frank Ocean has released his old music under an alias
Here’s where to find it.
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Watch my moves – Kurt Vile is all about the simple life
Kurt Vile speaks to ‘RUSSH’ about bad haircuts, John Prine and taking it easy.
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Harnessed Hopes – Pavement at The Enmore
Music editor Alys Hale takes us along for an evening.
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Sticky Fingers exit Bluesfest 2023 lineup
After weeks of controversy, festival director, Peter Noble, announced the band’s exit from the lineup.
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16 of the best new tracks to land in February
RUSSH compiles a playlist that dances between genres, tugs at the heartstrings and makes you want to step up and shake your ass (often at the same time).
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Caroline Polachek is making a song for A24 and it’s more than we deserve
Welcome to my shutter island?
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All the best internet reactions to Rihanna at the 2023 Super Bowl
The only time ‘RUSSH’ perks up at the mention of sport.
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Everything you need to know about SXSW Sydney
Before they make it big in the arts, tech, music or gaming, chances are your creative favourites appeared at SXSW first.
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The faces of St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival
‘RUSSH’ went backstage at Sydney Olympic Park to capture the faces headlining Laneway Festival in 2023.
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“If anything I wish people knew less”: Phoebe Bridgers on boygenius, sad girl music and staying off her phone
“I think there’s this misconception that being dark is smart and being happy is stupid.”
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The 2023 Grammy Awards will pay tribute to 50 years of hip-hop
Expect performances from Missy Elliott, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Busta Rhymes, Queen Latifah and Public Enemy.
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12 music releases stuck in our heads this January
January has us deep in our feelings.
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A Spice Girls reunion may be on the cards thanks to King Charles III, of all people
Glad to see he’s putting his God-given powers to good use.
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In news directed solely at the gays, Kristen Stewart has joined forces with boygenius
“I’m able to hire my best friends to travel the world with me,” says Bridgers, “and I don’t have any shitty people around anymore”.
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Sinking into Sedona’s new single, ‘Quicksand’
Sedona is on her way up and her new single, ‘Quicksand’, is a sign of what’s to come.