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FRONTMAN OF HER LIFE
Adelaide’s pride and joy, chameleonic artist, ambitious visual auteur, eclectic outsider – Tkay Maidza is all these things and more
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MAY-A
Maya Cumming on going from viral YouTube shenanigans to making indie pop confessionals about a life-changing relationship
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THE BALLAD OF AMY SHARK
The Gold Coast singer-songwriter navigated murky waters and a “mountain of issues” for new album ‘Cry Forever’
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NOTHING TO LOSE
After a decade of grinding out small victories, Queen & Slim star Jodie Turner-Smith stepped up her game. We hear what’s at the next level
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GREED IS GOOD
Oddworld‘s Lorne Lanning and Sherry McKenna tackle crunch in the video games industry
Also In This Issue:
- Seven reasons why Jimmy Barnes is the David Bowie of Australia
- The Underground Railroad: hard to watch, but impossible to forget
- Fiendish roguelike Returnal is an unmissable next-gen experience
This issue will begin shipping the week of 7 June 2021.