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'Many years from now': Sgt Pepper's is not the album you remember
Charlie LewisJun 2, 20173 Comments
The primary appeal of Sgt Pepper has, from the very beginning, been as much about nostalgia as music.
Funky see, funky do: the story behind the most sampled drummer break in history
Charlie LewisApr 7, 20175 Comments
The complicated legacy of a modestly remunerated session musician who changed pop music forever.
Guy Rundle's Christmas carols to fill you with yuletide cheer
Guy RundleDec 23, 20165 Comments
A very Crikey Christmas.
Do pill-testing kits encourage illegal drug use?
Nov 29, 20168 Comments
With summer music season upon us, the debate around pill testing has been revived. Should drug users be able to tell if they are consuming what they think they are, or does pill testing encourage drug use? Crikey intern Tamsin Rose reports.
Rundle: without arrogance, or even temper, Leonard Cohen summoned transcendence
Guy RundleNov 14, 201611 Comments
His voice was not suited to the times, at first; soon, the times remade themselves for his voice.
Bob Dylan should not have won a Nobel Prize for literature
W H ChongOct 20, 20166 Comments
If the Nobel committee wants to give out a prize for music, they need to create a category for music. Dylan's lyrics alone do not deserve a literature prize.
Music industry seeks to block non-existent KickAss piracy site
Josh TaylorJul 22, 2016
Popular torrents website Kick Ass is dead. But the Australian music industry is suing anyway.
What went wrong at Mess + Noise?
Aug 3, 2015
Mess + Noise covered all the music that the rest wouldn’t touch. Along the way, it provided an important early platform for some of Australia’s best music writers, writes former Mess + Noise contributor Annie Toller .
Barnesy working hard to make a living, but Reclaim Australia have done the right thing
Helen RazerJul 23, 20155 Comments
Jimmy Barnes has not said he is suing Reclaim Australia for promoting an anti-tolerance message he abhors. But he still could.
Apple leaves musicians up shit stream without a paddle
CrikeyJul 9, 20154 Comments
Will Apple Music be a game-changer for recording artists? Perhaps, but not in a good way, writes freelance journalist Gram Morris.