Jared Richards

1 week ago | abc.net.au | Jared Richards

Have you recovered from the election? Wondering how else to obsessively spend your time? How about diving into some new music. Here are five new releases worth investigating, ranging from Aussie rap and electronic royalty to a tender country collaboration and satirical Swedish post-punk. If you'd told the young Jonathan 'MC Bliss' Notley, Max 'Eso' MacKinnon, and Tarik 'DJ Izm' Ejjamai their teenage rap obsession would keep them employed into their mid-40s, chances are they'd scoff at you.

1 week ago | abc.net.au | Yasmin Jeffery |Jared Richards

There's never been a Met Gala like this one. The 2025 gala had a heightened sense of purpose, with the "Tailored for You" theme celebrating 300 years of Black self-expression across the diaspora, in recognition of the contributions Black people have made to high fashion. It was inspired by Monica L Miller's 2009 book, Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity, which is currently the focus of the Costume Institute's spring exhibition.

1 week ago | abc.net.au | Maddy Morwood |Jared Richards

We've looked camp in the eye, explored the heavenly bodies of the Catholic aesthetic, and visited the Garden of Time. Now, it's time to explore the history and influence of the Black dandy. The Met Gala is the biggest night on the fashion calendar; an exclusive and lavish haute couture fundraiser thrown by Vogue's editor-in-chief Anna Wintour at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. It's technically a Tuesday here, but I'm excited nonetheless.

1 week ago | abc.net.au | Jared Richards

After debuting in 2017 with the explosive single 'Headwreck', Press Club established themselves as one of Australia's most exciting punk acts, led by vocalist Natalie Foster — a powerful presence who holds her own against a wall of propulsive drums and glorious guitars. With their fourth album (the follow up to 2022's Endless Motion, a Double J Feature Album), the band marry those first fires of their early music with a more mature, textured sound.

1 week ago | abc.net.au | Jared Richards |Zan Rowe

Millions of Australians know Antony Green AO as "that election guy", "the number cruncher" or maybe even by his official title, ABC's chief election analyst. But after more than 30 years, Green is stepping down from his presenter role following tomorrow's federal election — his final of more than 100 state and federal elections he's covered for the national broadcaster since 1989.