Critic’s pick: Haai, the DJ making euphoric electronica with Kylie, Fred Again and Jon Hopkins
Sia: Reasonable Woman review – pop reduced to motivational poster
May 2023
Pop singer and film-maker Sia announces she is on autism spectrum
Australian star who was widely criticised for 2021 film Music that depicted an autistic character says that in the years since ‘I have become fully myself’
March 2023
Miley Cyrus: Endless Summer Vacation review – gossip, grit and glorious pop
After years trying to reconcile chart success with her leftfield musical instincts, the singer has delivered a hazily atmospheric album that plays to her provocative strengths
June 2022
Alexis Petridis's album of the week
Neneh Cherry: The Versions review – all-star covers album can’t touch a true original
Sia, Robyn and Anohni are among those interpreting Cherry’s back catalogue, but it works best when it strays from the big hits
March 2022
Three things
Three things with Sarah Blasko: ‘I felt bad paying Sia nothing to stay at her place’
In our weekly interview about objects, the musician tells us about her disastrous NYC stay in Sia’s loft – and the guitar she found along the way
December 2021
Alexis Petridis's album of the week
Arca: Kick ii, iii, iiii, iiiii review – a wild ride to the dark, daring side of pop
Four new albums of extravagantly warped electronics offer listeners a lot to take in – and her most pop-focused music to date
April 2021
Ranked
Rihanna's 30 greatest singles – ranked!
With a rumoured ninth album on the way – the follow-up to 2016’s Anti – we examine Rihanna’s singles and pick the 30 best
February 2021
Sia: Music review – so-so soundtrack to her controversial film
The star-studded album from her film about autism should be safer ground for Sia, but even here there are pitfalls
Music review – Sia's tone-deaf treatment of autism
In the singer-songwriter’s simplistic directorial debut, a cartoonish portrayal of autism clashes with a tale of addiction
Sia apologises over autism depiction in her movie Music
Musician’s Golden Globe-nominated directorial debut, which stars Kate Hudson as guardian to an autistic sister, angered autism rights activists with scenes of restraint
January 2021
Sia's film Music misrepresents autistic people. It could also do us damage
Clem Bastow
Music review – Sia’s controversial film about autism lacks coherence and authenticity
November 2020
Aria awards 2020: Billie Eilish, Sia and Sam Smith gear up for Australian music's biggest night
Billie Eilish to headline Aria awards ceremony
July 2020
Lorde and Mick Jagger urge politicians to seek permission before using music
Letter, also signed by Keith Richards and Sia, suggests using songs without permission can ‘compromise an artist’s personal values’
November 2019
The decade in music
New rules: the destruction of the female pop role model
Somewhere between Britney and Billie Eilish, liberated by social media and their direct relationship with fans, millennial and Gen Z women claimed the right to be complicated pop auteurs
October 2019
Singer-songwriter Sia reveals she has chronic pain disease
Australian artist disclosed that she has Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, a pain disease affecting at least 1 in 5,000 people worldwide
April 2019
Amy Shark wins Apra music awards song of the year
Gold Coast singer takes coveted prize for her song I Said Hi as Melbourne songwriter Sarah Aarons scoops four awards
December 2018
Dumplin' review – Jennifer Aniston's Netflix comedy is more like trifle
Strong turns from Aniston and Danielle Macdonald can’t save this conventional pageant saga with music from Dolly Parton
