Features

Yet again, we polled The Music team and contributors to pick out the best of the year 2019. The TV Show Of The Year picks were dominated by streaming services.

Joel Burrows talks to Eamon Flack from Belvoir St Theatre, Todd MacDonald from La Boite, and Matthew Lutton from Malthouse Theatre, about the theatre trends that defined the decade, and what comes next.

Our resident film columnist Anthony Carew believes he has watched over 3,000 films this past decade. And you know what? We believe him. Here we asked him to dive deep into the grey matter to whittle the list down to the top 20. Someone grab the popcorn.

For urban music – R&B, soul and hip hop – the 2010s were about flux and innovation. The decade ushered in new artists, game-changers, subgenres, formats, marketing paradigms and trends. That the culture has myriad contenders for 'Act Of The Decade' (Beyoncé? Kanye West? Frank Ocean?) demonstrates its vitality, writes Cyclone.

Liz Giuffre examines how the Australian festival circuit has evolved since 2010, from the mega-festival like Big Day Out to more boutique offerings, in the face of changing oversight from the government.

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