Are music videos worthless?
By 4th Dec, 2012
Why is it that we want to watch 16 and Pregnant instead of current music videos?
Why booking fees are fair
By 15th Nov, 2012
Booking fees aren’t the mark of a dodgy operator, but the reality of an ever-evolving music business.
Postering wars: Who owns the streets?
By 5th Nov, 2012
Artists are waging a daily battle against council and major labels for control of the streets.
Where are the Gen Y protest singers?
By 26th Oct, 2012
Revolutionaries are rare, perhaps that’s what makes them special.
Poo, Patton and a bar called Pony
By Sarah Smith 24th Oct, 2012
Whether it be poo or Patton there has always been something wonderfully debauched about Melbourne’s famed dive bar Pony.
Urthboy: “Industry recognition is a bastard of a thing”
By 17th Oct, 2012
The importance of independent music will never be defined by album sales or an award.
Is the music industry really full of bollocks?
By 11th Oct, 2012
How has the simple process of writing and performing music turned into a complex web of rights, power, rules, regulations, bureaucracy, middlemen, charlatans and hustlers?
Reducing your sonic footprint
By 5th Oct, 2012
Modern music and energy go hand in hand, but there are ways in which artists can reduce their sonic footprint.
I paid $750 for an album
By David Swan 27th Sep, 2012
FL contributor David Swan dissects the new way bands are making money, and defends his decision to spend $750 on an album.
Why I played for Amanda Palmer for free
By Brendan Maclean 19th Sep, 2012
Pricing yourself as a musician is an exhausting but vital lesson.
Why Adelaide music can be saved
By Ryan Winter 18th Sep, 2012
From the ashes of the much-loved Jade Monkey, comes a renewed sense of optimism for South Australia’s live music scene.
Lana Del Rey: The naked truth
By 10th Sep, 2012
There’s no real purpose behind Lana Del Rey’s nude GQ spread, other than another opportunity for the American star to be gawked at, writes Caitlin Welsh.
Reality Check: Your digital collection is worthless
By Darren Levin 5th Sep, 2012
Here’s a reality check: Your collection of digital music isn’t worth the $100 Dick Smith hard drive its imprinted on
Jade MacRae: 99 problems, but bitch ain’t one
By 5th Sep, 2012
Is it ever appropriate for artists to use the word bitch? Melbourne singer Jade MacRae(aka Dune) weighs in.
Heathen Skulls: Sunn O))) have "created a shit storm of controversy"
By 4th Sep, 2012
Heathen Skulls promoter Robert MacManus explains how the cancellation of the Sunn O)) tour has created "a shit storm of controversy and backlash that will now and forever reflect badly on everyone concerned."
Have ads become another form of airplay?
By 24th Aug, 2012
In the wake of Beastie Boy Adam Yauch’s posthumous refusal to allow use of his music for ads, Justin Heazlewood asks whether the concept of selling out should be left in the ’90s?
Banned after six hours: Voltaire Twins defend NSFW clip
By Voltaire Twins 23rd Aug, 2012
Perth’s The Voltaire Twins voice their frustrations after clip for new single ‘Solaris’ was pulled from YouTube after just six hours