Gangsters' Ball

Gangsters' Ball

Put your glad rags on, Sydney: the Gangsters' Ball is back for 2010.

4 Sep
First Aid Kit

First Aid Kit

A YouTube clip turned a pair of Swedish sisters into an international alt-folk sensation.

9 Sep
Washington

Washington

Love! Jazz! Confusion! Conjoined twins! Megan Washington opens up.

10 & 12 Sep
Tex Perkins on Johnny Cash

Tex Perkins on Johnny Cash

The star of The Man in Black gives us his three key Cash songs, and why.

10-11 Sep
Time Out Live with Washington

Time Out Live with Washington

The first ever Time Out Live event was a Washington-launching triumph.

20 Jul
Emilie Simon

Emilie Simon

Emilie Simon swaps France for NYC and a new life in The Big Machine.

30 Sep
Book now - the upcoming gigs you should know about

Book now - the upcoming gigs you should know about

Dates for U2 & Jay-Z, The Fall, Jamie Kilstein, Rhys Darby, New Young Pony Club, Rob Schneider, Fat Freddy's Drop, A Taste of Lilith, No Sleep Til Sydney, Robin Williams and many, many more.

Sydney's Top 10 Music Venues

Sydney's Top 10 Music Venues

Brooke Salisbury samples ten of the finest temples of Rock found in Sin City. One-two-three-four!

Gig Reviews

Klaxons

Klaxons

The kids went nuts, and the band deserved it.

2 Sep
Chris Botti

Chris Botti

An intimate Basement show that could have easily been somewhere rather larger.

23-24 Aug
A Tribe Called Quest

A Tribe Called Quest

A Tribe Called Quest prove that they still have the goods at their first-ever Sydney show.

11 Aug
Splendour in the Grass 2010

Splendour in the Grass 2010

Three days of exciting sounds, sights and smells in surprisingly sunny Queensland.

30 Jul-1 Aug
LCD Soundsystem and Hot Chip

LCD Soundsystem and Hot Chip

Gig of the year? Yeah, we're going there.

26 Jul
James Holden

James Holden

Holden served Sydney the techno treat they'd been waiting for.

24 Jul

Classical & Jazz

Misinterprotato Q'n'A

Misinterprotato Q'n'A

Pianist Sean Foran answers the big questions on behalf of the Necks-influenced jazz trio.

27 Sep
Sydney Youth Orchestra: Dark, Splendour and Dawn

Sydney Youth Orchestra: Dark, Splendour and Dawn

Sydney Youth Orchestras' forthcoming concert combines the fervour of young musicians with repertoire from Berlioz, Weber, Khachaturian and Stravinsky.

11 Sep
Montreux Jazz Café

Montreux Jazz Café

A little bit of Switzerland comes to Sydney (Airport).

Lunchtime classical concerts

Lunchtime classical concerts

Sydney offers plenty of opportunities for a midday dose of classical goodness.

Sydney jazzes up

Sydney jazzes up

Emerald City's gettin' kind of blue with the local jazz scene enjoying a revival.

Album reviews

Grinderman - Grinderman 2

Grinderman - Grinderman 2

Nick Cave's rock-oriented side project make the best Bad Seeds album in a decade.

CD out now
Washington - I Believe You Liar

Washington - I Believe You Liar

A new Australian artist lives up to impossible expectations with a confident, accomplished debut.

CD out now
Arcade Fire - The Suburbs

Arcade Fire - The Suburbs

Hey, Arcade Fire fans: Arcade Fire hate you. They've made a whole album about it too!

CD out now
Chemical Brothers - Further

Chemical Brothers - Further

Old glories are touched, but all too briefly.

CD out now

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REM - Mumur/Reckoning/Fables of the Reconstruction deluxe editions

REM - Mumur/Reckoning/Fables of the Reconstruction deluxe editions

R.E.M.'s first three albums are given the repackage treatment, and it's well worth the revisit.

CDs out now
Devo - Something for Everybody

Devo - Something for Everybody

Duty now for the... er, present: the smart patrol return with their first album in 20 years.

CD out now
Kylie - Aphrodite

Kylie - Aphrodite

It's top-notch pop music, sure, but does a cipher still work when it signifies nothing?

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Twittereviews

Twittereviews

New albums by Klaxons, Clare Bowditch, Wavves, Iron Maiden, Mogwai, Rose Elinor Dougall, Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan, Kelis and more, summed up by Andrew P Street in 140 characters each.

CDs out now

Festivals

Changing Lanes Festival

Changing Lanes Festival

Tame Impala, Bridezilla, Cabins and more take over Newtown for FBi.

19 Sep
Coaster 2010

Coaster 2010

Cypress Hill, BIrds of Tokyo, Art vs Science, Silversun Pickups and more hit Gosford

25 Sept
Bellingen Global Carnival

Bellingen Global Carnival

The Bamboos, Ash Grunwald and gypsy guitarist Lulo Reinhardt are among those heading to the sleepy seaside town of Bellingen.

1-3 Oct
Parklife

Parklife

Missy Elliott, Groove Armada, Cut Copy, Dandy Warhols and Soulwax are merely some of the amazing action hitting Moore Park.

3 Oct
Open Arms Festival

Open Arms Festival

Coffs Harbour brings the Living End, Birds of Tokyo and Horrorshow to the seaside.

20 Nov
Stereosonic

Stereosonic

Tiesto, Calvin Harris, Robyn and more hit the Showgrounds.

27 Nov
Festival of the Sun

Festival of the Sun

Xavier Rudd, Sharon Jones and the 'Gurge all hit Port Macquarie.

10-11 Dec
No Sleep Til Sydney

No Sleep Til Sydney

Megadeth headline the first ever rock/metal fest No Sleep Til Sydney, with NOFX, Dropkick Murphys and many more.

18 Dec
Peats Ridge 2010

Peats Ridge 2010

Angus & Julia Stone, Built To Spill, Shout Out Louds and Trentmoller are but some of the highlights of the first announcement.

29 Dec-1 Jan
Field Day

Field Day

Klaxons, Public Enemy, Justice, The Rapture, A-Trak and Peaches are among those set to start 2011 with a bang.

1 Jan
Soundwave 2011

Soundwave 2011

Iron Maiden, QOTSA, Primus and Gang of Four are some of the big surprises of Soundwave 2011

27 Feb

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