Barry Divola
Barry Divola is a journalist and author who specialises in music, popular culture, the arts, podcasts and travel.
Developers drove these artists out of their homes. This is how they fought back
A new documentary charts the extraordinary tale of a secret apartment that went unnoticed for four years.
- Barry Divola
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Why John Darnielle won’t pitch a musical to pal Lin-Manuel Miranda
He might be pen pals with the world’s most famous composer, but The Mountain Goats frontman won’t be heading to Broadway.
- Barry Divola
Bill Nighy didn’t want to make a podcast. But now it’s a surprise hit
He’s supposed to be dealing with listeners’ quandaries but on Ill-Advised by Bill Nighy we learn a lot about the English actor himself.
- Barry Divola
Their mythical story was wild enough to be a movie, and now it is
Over four decades since forming as kids in Los Angeles, Redd Kross reflect on their strange journey to cult status.
- Barry Divola
The 25 best new Aussie artists of 2025
These local musicians – some with long-awaited breakthroughs, others with stunning introductions – made us take notice this year.
- Robert Moran, Jules LeFevre, Tom W. Clarke, Nick Buckley and Barry Divola
The rise of bars where no one wants you to talk
Listening bars started in Japan. Now they’ve inspired Australian venues.
- Barry Divola
The rapidly evolving hipster neighbourhood that’s New York on steroids
Williamsburg once felt like an entirely different city to Manhattan. Now it is the epicentre of everything hot in New York.
- Barry Divola
He’s been called Gen Z’s Bob Dylan and praised by Nick Cave. But is Cameron Winter for real?
The frontman of fast-rising indie band Geese tells tall tales, both in his songs and in person. Some of them might even be true.
- Barry Divola
‘They sound really punk’: How The Beatles inspired these Gen Z rockers
Led by a 19-year-old 1960s music-obsessed wunderkind, rising Aussie band The Gnomes is ready for take-off.
- Barry Divola
They broke up before their new album was finished. But this isn’t an indie Fleetwood Mac
Karly Hartzman and MJ Lenderman let the music do the talking on Wednesday’s new album.
- Barry Divola