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Nathan Jolly

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Nathan Jolly is a Sydney-based writer and zen master, who also led the Chicago Bulls to six championships in the '90s.

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Festival booker Richard Moffat retires from sexist industry panels

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…

By Nathan Jolly - Nov 23, 2017
Festival booker Richard Moffat retires from sexist industry panels

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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…

By Nathan Jolly - Nov 23, 2017
The ARIA charts are beginning to look a lot like Christmas

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…

By Nathan Jolly - Nov 22, 2017
The ARIA charts are beginning to look a lot like Christmas

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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…

By Nathan Jolly - Nov 22, 2017
Streaming brought in 3X more money than CDs in Australia this year

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…

By Nathan Jolly - Nov 22, 2017
Streaming brought in 3X more money than CDs in Australia this year

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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…

By Nathan Jolly - Nov 22, 2017
It's official: Beyonce is the highest-paid woman in music

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),…

By Nathan Jolly - Nov 21, 2017
It's official: Beyonce is the highest-paid woman in music

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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),…

By Nathan Jolly - Nov 21, 2017
A tribute to Malcolm Young: 1953-2017

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…

By Nathan Jolly - Nov 20, 2017
A tribute to Malcolm Young: 1953-2017

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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…

By Nathan Jolly - Nov 20, 2017
Twitter is beginning a blue-tick massacre

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…

By Nathan Jolly - Nov 17, 2017
Twitter is beginning a blue-tick massacre

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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…

By Nathan Jolly - Nov 17, 2017
The power of music: a song becomes a 'watershed moment' in suicide prevention

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,…

By Nathan Jolly - Nov 17, 2017
The power of music: a song becomes a 'watershed moment' in suicide prevention

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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,…

By Nathan Jolly - Nov 17, 2017
Neil Young is releasing his entire archive of recordings for free

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…

By Nathan Jolly - Nov 17, 2017
Neil Young is releasing his entire archive of recordings for free

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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…

By Nathan Jolly - Nov 17, 2017
Jack White's unlikely, unwise leap into the headphones game

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…

By Nathan Jolly - Nov 17, 2017
Jack White's unlikely, unwise leap into the headphones game

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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…

By Nathan Jolly - Nov 17, 2017
King Gizz are releasing a copyright-free album that anyone can press and sell

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…

By Nathan Jolly - Nov 16, 2017
King Gizz are releasing a copyright-free album that anyone can press and sell

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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…

By Nathan Jolly - Nov 16, 2017
The music industry celebrates the marriage equality vote

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…

By Nathan Jolly - Nov 15, 2017
The music industry celebrates the marriage equality vote

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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…

By Nathan Jolly - Nov 15, 2017
UK trials provide new evidence that pill testing reduces harm at festivals

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…

By Nathan Jolly - Nov 14, 2017
UK trials provide new evidence that pill testing reduces harm at festivals

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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…

By Nathan Jolly - Nov 14, 2017
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