Nigel Yang News Today

Writer and filmmaker Chi Tran shares the collaborative process and vision behind her new short film, an intimate story of grief that gently traces encounters with strangers.

On a charming new solo album, the HTRK vocalist writes lighthearted folk music about loss and longing.

Summer in the City is Guardian Australia’s ultimate guide to the best arts, gigs and festivals happening around the country. Here, we’ve picked out some highlights for Melbourne in January; to view the full interactive list, click here

HTRK's “Fast Friend (Demo)” and Matt LaJoie's Trine

Guardian Australia’s music critics and staff choose their favourite albums of the year

The Australian duo find melody, structure and storytelling through folk and country. By Steph Kretowicz

HTRK continue to push, provoke and invite audiences into their dense, sprawling world. Dabbling, at different times, in dub meditations, sparse ambient sounds and more vocal heavy ventures, vocalist Jonnine Standish and guitarist Nigel Yang make music that is always unpredictable and gloriously incisive. They cater to the industrial aestheticians and neo-pop purveyors in equal measure, but at the core of their sound are universal ideas everyone can grab onto: love, loss, desire, intimacy and fe...