Tim Dunlop reckons Dennis Shannhan, the Newspoll entrails reader at The Australian, needs a soundtrack. Send him your suggestions and win some Crikey swag.
The infamous Facebook group 'Can this pickle get more fans than Nickleback?' has achieved its stated goal in fewer than three weeks -- reaching over 1.5 million Facebook fans and surpassing wuss-rock band Nickleback. The future of the media truly is in safe hands.
Ever wanted to now what your favourite band consumed backstage before a gig? Crikey's got the complete rider list for all the Laneway Festival artists.
Actors including Morgan Freeman, Julianne Moore and George Clooney talk about their pick for the most powerful acting film performance from the last decade.
There is a growing demand for the arts industry to 'prove' itself, with KPIs and profitability charts. We've proved ourselves. Now let's stop thinkings of arts as a business, when its power is far beyond that, writes actress Cate Blanchett.
From Cradle of Filth to Kajagoogoo, a band's name can make or break them. Tim Dunlop wants to hear your fantasy band's name (come on, you know you've got one). "Warriors of the New Green Morality" is taken, though.
A band's name can make or break its career, but thanks to the internet, an increasing number of acts are discovering their witty moniker isn't quite as original as they'd first thought.
The Vatican's official newspaper, L’Osservatore Romano, has named its Top 10 rock albums, including The Beatles' Revolver and Pink Floyd's Dark Side of The Moon. No Cradle of Filth?
The Crikey crew answers that classic music question: what was your first album and gig? Mick the sub's first gig was seeing the Rolling Stones support Roy Orbison. Beat that.
Seminal jam band The Grateful Dead didn't just develop their cult following through their fusion of psychedelic rock and hallucinogenic drugs (though that helped): they actually pioneered a range of marketing practices that have since been embraced by the corporate world.
