Opinion

Last week, after my band Shag Rock and I supported The Rubens at a gig in Ipswich, we loaded our van - that we’ve been playing gigs with for four years. After, we went home and locked the van,…

It's hard to believe, but there was a time where printing the lyrics on the sleeve or in the booklet of an album represented a substantial loss of income. Back in the '60s, print music was a big deal…

What makes Melbourne's music scene so productive and alive is the combination of musicians, live music venues, and community radio. For the twelve years I have been broadcasting on community radio in…

The Australian Greens party are taking NSW Police to court today, after this week's bullshit announcement that they are planning to refuse entry to tomorrow's Above and Beyond music festival to…

I'm going to start with the assumption that we've all seen those dramatic "You Wouldn't Steal A Car" anti-piracy commercials at the start of DVDs, with the watery nu-metal riffs and a man committing…

In 2018, it doesn't make sense to watch a half-hour television program - with actual ads - as a means to discover new artists.

"Regardless of whether drugs are located". That's the most troubling bullshit section of what was a profoundly troubling, bullshit message sent out on social media by NSW Police yesterday, regarding…

Facebook announced over the weekend that it is removing the Trending News section of its site "to make way for future news experiences on Facebook". They will be ditching it this week, replacing it…

On Friday, Kanye West released his new album Ye, a record which had the most bonkers pre-release roll out since... well, since The Life Of Pablo in February, 2016. Most striking about the album,…

“Playlist promotion = increased popularity and income. Abusers don't deserve promotion and celebration, period.”