Lauren Baxter, Journalist

"I can’t help but think the sky’s the limit."

Ahead of their exclusive headline set at Bluesfest next month.

February will have an extra day in 2020. Resident time-waster Lauren Baxter has come up with five ways you should spend it.

"Growth and change are possible." So says Best Coast's Bethany Cosentino ahead of the release of the band's fifth album, 'Always Tomorrow'. Here she talks to Lauren Baxter about learning to feel compassion for yourself.

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“Marianne is an extraordinary woman who rebelled against the male-dominated music industry."

2020 is going to be huge... here's some of the albums we're most jazzed for.

Choosing an album of the decade was a deeply personal decision for Lauren Baxter. In this series where The Music's staff put forward their choices for the title, she argues for The National's 'Trouble Will Find Me'.

Yet again, we polled 'The Music' team and contributors to pick out the best of the year 2019. When it came to international gigs, there was no question Childish Gambino took us to church.

Yet again, we polled 'The Music' team and contributors to pick out the best of the year 2019. The Album Of The Year picks saw a changing of the guard, with the list dominated by women in pop.