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Why video game music is the future of orchestral concerts
2+ hour, 28+ min ago (702+ words) July 22, 2026 — 7:50pm Leonard Weiss would like people to consider the theme to Super Mario Bros, that slinky eight-bit bop composed in 1985 by Japanese sound designer and Nintendo executive Koji Kondo. “This was composed essentially for two electronic sounds at once. Going…...
Video games go digital as Sony kills off PlayStation discs
2+ week, 6+ day ago (406+ words) July 2, 2026 — 10:20am Sony has announced that it will end support for new games on disc from January 2028, effectively killing off the market for physical format video games as a mainstream concern. In a blog post announcing the change, PlayStation’s US communications…...
Microsoft Flight Simulator’s new collaboration with NSW Rural Fire Service
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (23+ words) Brisbane Times Updated May 24, 2026 — 3:39pm,first published 3:36pm...
How this Brisbane band remains strangely relevant, 30 years on
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (1349+ words) In retrospect, Regurgitator’s music saw big tech coming. With AI, have indie rock’s futurists met their match? It’s a bit like naming a bridge after the Go-Betweens. The opening gala of QPAC’s new Glasshouse Theatre in March was a highbrow…...
The new Gorillaz album is about death – but they are not the first pop stars to tackle mortality
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (1111+ words) March 8, 2026 — 4:00am Death touches everyone, sooner or later. Even cartoon characters. “You know the hardest thing/ is to say goodbye/ to someone you love,” is lead singer 2D’s recurring refrain on the new Gorillaz album, The Mountain. He may be an…...
Kylie Minogue, Michael Gudinski and my ‘betrayal’ to the dark side
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (777+ words) March 5, 2026 — 4:00am Music executive Amanda Pelman is best known for helping discover a number of Australian music acts, including Kylie Minogue. Here, the 64-year-old talks about her experience working for two “titans” of the industry, her three marriages, and finding love…...
Nate Amos: Your favourite songwriter’s favourite songwriter is just getting started
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (950+ words) Between This Is Lorelei and Water From Your Eyes, Nate Amos is indie rock’s reigning MVP. Indie-rock is everywhere again: on Apple ads, Saturday Night Live, even the ARIA charts. But amid the generational boom in which genius status has…...
PlayStation, Xbox wars out, Netflix, Amazon in: the state of blockbuster games in 2026
6+ mon, 4+ day ago (640+ words) January 18, 2026 — 12:00pm Video games are a unique, converged art form that has evolved over the past 50 years to take in a huge diversity of visual, audio, technical and design disciplines. Today games of all sizes – from multimillion-dollar productions made by thousands,…...
Why Meg Washington is singing about superannuation on her new album
8+ mon, 4+ week ago (771+ words) Only singer-songwriter Meg Washington could make an examination of capitalism into a sublimely haunting ditty. The multiple ARIA Award winner’s latest record, Gem, is a lilting, swirling album that sees her contemplating why she continues to make music and sing,…...