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Video premiere: Raechel Whitchurch frees herself of anxiety with the country-tinged 'Don't Be Afraid'
Genesis Owusu, Hiatus Kaiyote and loads more announced for third season of ABC's 'The Set'
Your home of Melbourne International Comedy Festival reviews - we cast our critical eye
Review: If you support Liberal, Tom Ballard’s ‘We Are All in This’ is not the show for you
COMEDY
Beat’s guide to Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2021
After a less-than-funny 2020, the Melbourne International Comedy Festival is back and boasting a huge program of the some of the world’s funniest.
On 'Smiling with No Teeth', Genesis Owusu has delivered one of the albums of the year
Odette's new album ‘Herald' is an ambitious project executed so flawlessly it seems effortless
Chutney's new Elton John-inspired single 'Invisible' is beautifully bittersweet
Shame's new album 'Drunk Tank Pink' is one of the best post-punk records in recent memory
Sleaford Mods' 11th album 'Spare Ribs' is a bruising appraisal of Britain's current cataclysm
Something For Kate make a spirited return with their first album in eight years, 'The Modern Medieval'
Melbourne-based electronic touring company Thick As Thieves has launched its own record label
Review: Adam Rozenbachs is lockdown’s everyman in ‘The UnWellness Guru’
Review: A Tom Gleeson gig is one hour of uncompromising, feel-good laughs
Introducing Good Times, the new festival from the team behind Strawberry Fields
Review: Lano & Woodley are still the grand masters of comedy
