Opinion

This morning while heading to work, we were listening to Notorious B.I.G's Greatest Hits and laughing at one of his less-than-successful boasts, which you'll read about below. This started a…

I only have empirical evidence to back this up, but Bluetooth is a heap of fucking shite. The technology has never worked successfully - whether or not it pairs with a device seems based on the…

This week XXXTentacion's second album ? will leap back into the ARIA Albums charts, most likely in the Top 3, possibly to #1. The perhaps-fittingly-titled 'Sad' will do likewise in the Singles chart,…

In 2008, the lockout laws was introduced in Newcastle in a shortsighted bid to curb violence, drunkenness and general loutish behaviour. What it did instead was to simply spread this behaviour into…

Most people assume that the most offensive thing linked to Pizza Hut is those hot dog stuffed crusts. In actuality it is an offensive jingle commissioned by an ad agency working for Pizza Hut, and…

Music industry workers have a very specific set of mental health concerns. Jeff Crabtree breaks them down.

This week WA Senator Glenn Sterle spoke in parliament about what he deemed "the general decline of interest and support for new Australian music in this great country." He spoke of his shock at…

"Try, but you can't bring me down": H20: Everready 1994 was a hell of a year for punk. Offspring's Smash and Green Day's Dookie both came out and sold over 10 million copies each. Bad Religion…

The key to navigating a conflicting artist XXXTentacion is acknowledgement - of both his contributions and his subtractions to the music industry at large.

What's pushing their heavyweight execs to head for the exit?