Craig Mathieson - Playlisted

A collection of short essays, each nominally about a song, more broadly about the artist behind the song, and (usually) more broadly still about some aspect of Australian music or pop music generally (there's one exception, a slightly longer piece on possible de facto Australian national anthems). Nicely contemporary, and hits on most of the biggest and most prominent - and representative - acts going around, most of which I've heard a lot on the radio over the years. A pretty good read, though more as a diversion than for anything more substantial.