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Festival booker Richard Moffat retires from sexist industry panels
Richard Moffat has ran successful record labels, booked national festivals, and hosted radio shows since he was seventeen, so it's safe to say he has spent the better part of his life in and around…

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Festival booker Richard Moffat retires from sexist industry panels
Richard Moffat has ran successful record labels, booked national festivals, and hosted radio shows since he was seventeen, so it's safe to say he has spent the better part of his life in and around…

The ARIA charts are beginning to look a lot like Christmas
It's beginning to look -- and sound -- a lot like Christmas if the ARIA charts are anything to go by, which of course they are. This weekend's charts look set to be bombarded by carollers if mid-week…

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The ARIA charts are beginning to look a lot like Christmas
It's beginning to look -- and sound -- a lot like Christmas if the ARIA charts are anything to go by, which of course they are. This weekend's charts look set to be bombarded by carollers if mid-week…

Streaming brought in 3X more money than CDs in Australia this year
ARIA's most recent report confirms what many of us clinging to stacks of cracked jewel cases cannot bear ourselves to accept: that streaming is how people absorb music these days. But what about the…

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Streaming brought in 3X more money than CDs in Australia this year
ARIA's most recent report confirms what many of us clinging to stacks of cracked jewel cases cannot bear ourselves to accept: that streaming is how people absorb music these days. But what about the…

It's official: Beyonce is the highest-paid woman in music
Beyonce is officially the highest-paid woman in music in 2017, according to Forbes' annual list. Beyonce earned $US105 million ($A147 million) throughout 2017 (actually from June 2016 to '17),…

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It's official: Beyonce is the highest-paid woman in music
Beyonce is officially the highest-paid woman in music in 2017, according to Forbes' annual list. Beyonce earned $US105 million ($A147 million) throughout 2017 (actually from June 2016 to '17),…

A tribute to Malcolm Young: 1953-2017
If you were born in Australia after 1975, you were born into a world where AC/DC existed as a monument: like the Harbour Bridge, the Commonwealth Bank or the ABC. We knew they were Australian, but we…

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A tribute to Malcolm Young: 1953-2017
If you were born in Australia after 1975, you were born into a world where AC/DC existed as a monument: like the Harbour Bridge, the Commonwealth Bank or the ABC. We knew they were Australian, but we…

Twitter is beginning a blue-tick massacre
As the old adage goes: Verified today, blue-tick gone tomorrow. Twitter have announced they will be cracking down on the previously-liberal verification process that decides which Twitter users get…

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Twitter is beginning a blue-tick massacre
As the old adage goes: Verified today, blue-tick gone tomorrow. Twitter have announced they will be cracking down on the previously-liberal verification process that decides which Twitter users get…

The power of music: a song becomes a 'watershed moment' in suicide prevention
Logic's hit single '1-800-273-8255' is a thoughtful and important treatise about how suicide is, as the slogan goes, a permanent solution to a temporary problem. It hit #3 on the Billboard Hot 100,…

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The power of music: a song becomes a 'watershed moment' in suicide prevention
Logic's hit single '1-800-273-8255' is a thoughtful and important treatise about how suicide is, as the slogan goes, a permanent solution to a temporary problem. It hit #3 on the Billboard Hot 100,…

Neil Young is releasing his entire archive of recordings for free
Neil Young is weeks away from launching one of the most complete archival services in musical history. The Neil Young Archives launches on December 1, offering up an exhaustive trove of Young's music…

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Neil Young is releasing his entire archive of recordings for free
Neil Young is weeks away from launching one of the most complete archival services in musical history. The Neil Young Archives launches on December 1, offering up an exhaustive trove of Young's music…

Jack White's unlikely, unwise leap into the headphones game
Jack White loves Record Store Day. Every year, his label Third Man Records releases an assortment of rarities: re-pressings, one-off singles, novelty curios, and other odd things to delight…

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Jack White's unlikely, unwise leap into the headphones game
Jack White loves Record Store Day. Every year, his label Third Man Records releases an assortment of rarities: re-pressings, one-off singles, novelty curios, and other odd things to delight…

King Gizz are releasing a copyright-free album that anyone can press and sell
The type of band that puts out four full-length albums in a calendar year doesn't care too much for traditional release schedules. But while on the surface it may appear that King Gizzard and the…

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King Gizz are releasing a copyright-free album that anyone can press and sell
The type of band that puts out four full-length albums in a calendar year doesn't care too much for traditional release schedules. But while on the surface it may appear that King Gizzard and the…

The music industry celebrates the marriage equality vote
Well, enough Australians voted morally and intelligently, and so it looks like marriage equality will be in full effect by Christmas (unless, of course, you don't trust our PM). Here's how the…

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The music industry celebrates the marriage equality vote
Well, enough Australians voted morally and intelligently, and so it looks like marriage equality will be in full effect by Christmas (unless, of course, you don't trust our PM). Here's how the…

UK trials provide new evidence that pill testing reduces harm at festivals
The APSAD Scientific Alcohol and other Drugs Conference is happening in Melbourne this week, which happens to be the southern hemisphere’s largest summit on alcohol and drugs, for those keeping track…

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UK trials provide new evidence that pill testing reduces harm at festivals
The APSAD Scientific Alcohol and other Drugs Conference is happening in Melbourne this week, which happens to be the southern hemisphere’s largest summit on alcohol and drugs, for those keeping track…
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