Nathan Jolly

Since the '80s I can remember the same classic songs being placed on iterations of the same stations: NEW FM, which was (is?) the Newcastle equivalent of Triple M, and KO-FM which was our WS-FM.…

This weekend, Childish Gambino's 'This Is America' looks likely to take the #1 spot on the ARIA Singles Chart. The song is currently sitting at #7, which is a remarkable first week placement when you…

Next week marks Merlin's tenth birthday, and because we are good, dutiful friends, we wanted to get our happy birthdays in nice and early -- and give props to Charles Caldas, the Aussie who has…

There was no major music format quite as fleeting as the cassingle. Introduced on a small scale in 1980 in the UK, it took until 1987 for the major U.S. record labels to begin widely manufacturing…

Donald Glover is in the middle of a run that will go down in show business history as one of the finest ever. Based on mid-week sales/streaming projections, his incisive, frightening 'This Is…

15-year-old Australian singer/songwriter Ruel has upgraded his June 16 hometown show to the Metro Theatre, in order to meet overwhelming demand. His two Northcote Social Club shows (a daytime and an…

This past week has seen the systematic scrubbing of Spotify playlists of any traces of R Kelly, remixes to Ignition or otherwise. While I tend to believe that music censorship of any type creates…

Any new piece of technology often reveals its benefits far before the downsides become apparent. A recent Gallup poll showed that 22% of Americans use devices such as Amazon Echo or Google Assistant…

With the Post Malones and Ed Sheerans of the world smashing long-standing chart records, rendering such things largely redundant in the process, it was pleasing to discover a pair of records that…

Stored A R executive and music manager Scott Maclachlan has joined Warner Music Australasia as SVP of A R. Maclachlan spent two decades working in the UK music industry before relocating to New…

In what is being touted as "a massive step forward for songwriters", the Music Modernization Act was introduced in the United States Senate a few hours ago, on what they insist was Thursday, May 10…

A friend of mine is both a teacher at a Catholic Girls high school and a wedding DJ, meaning he gets a constantly updated insight into which songs are popular at both high school dances, and…