Nathan Jolly

As laws pass this week to criminalise ticket bots, Australia is failing to keep up with international effort to fight this threat to the live music industry. Live Performance Australia has renewed…

Ed Sheeran's Divide appears immovable at the top of the Australian Albums chart, but as sales surely dwindle, and time keeps marching forward in measurable increments, another album will soon emerge…

There’s a new trend in town: a bunch of kids in a garage bashing out punk tunes inspired by slacking, skating, surfing, smoking, and the belief that anything remotely approaching authority is…

Ja Rule and tech entrepreneur Billy McFarland have been hit with a US$100 million lawsuit after their shambolic Fyre Festival disaster. TMZ are also reporting the Bahamas Ministry of Tourism has…

Jay-Z may have founded Roc Nation back in 2008, but that doesn't mean he can just slap the logo over anything he pleases. At least, that's according to Iconix Brand Group, who are alleging they…

In one of the best battles since the "halfway crooks" end rap battle from 8 Mile, Eminem is suing the New Zealand National Party over a 2014 ad which used a soundalike version of 'Lose Yourself'. The…

Every year, Sony releases a list of their best-selling albums to shareholders. But as the very concept of an album mutates to include visual elements, and with the way people imbibe music forever…

As Ed Sheeran's 'Shape Of You' sits at #1 on the singles chat for a fifteenth week, the album from which it was plucked, ÷, has likewise sat at pole position for far too long -- eight straight weeks…

Australian record labels have won a court case against a number of internet service providers which will require them to block popular torrent website KickAssTorrent. The rub is that the labels will…

Digital distributor TuneCore are one of those brilliant companies that level the playing field somewhat, allowing independent artists to distribute their music through Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal and…

Spotify has acquired the Brooklyn-based blockchain startup Mediachain in an arrangement that could help the streaming giant better track online works and help pay artists what they're owed. In a post…

Nine Australian composers will share in more than $110,000 of funding in order to create new works, thanks to the 2017 Art Music Fund - which returns after a successful inaugural year. This year's…