This documentary is so intensely personal that it borders on claustrophobic, touching on imposter syndrome, privacy and Barnett’s relationship with her art

Guardian Australia’s music critics and staff choose their favourite albums of the year

Each month we add 20 new songs to our Spotify playlist. Read about 10 of our favourites here – and subscribe on Spotify, which updates with the full list at the start of each month

The classics are back in the charts even earlier than usual – alongside the perennial row about the Pogues. So why not discover these lesser-known festive bangers?

Some performers cracked through the downcast mood in Australian all-star broadcast described as an ‘Anzac Day concert for the fight against Covid-19’

‘See you in the twilight zone’ says one musician; EOTR has enough weirdness, charm and shaggy charisma to weather our end-of-days era

When women have to put in twice the work to get half the recognition, the alt-rock archetype loses its appeal