Mark Neilsen, Journalist

Some of Australia's biggest promoters say international acts won't tour the country this year due to the COVID pandemic... so now is the best time to bring back a festival that specifically celebrates Aussie music...

With their first original material in eight years, Something For Kate’s new song 'Situation Room' finds itself strangely relevant to the current climate.

The finish line looks like it's six months away, but boy, what a victory celebration it's going to be when we can emerge from our COVID-19 self isolation.

"The epitome of punk rock itself."

There have been a lot of figures and terms thrown around recently as the Government has introduced stimulus measures to keep the economy going in the face of COVID-19 related shutdowns. But for those of us in the music industry, how does it relate to us?

What a difference a decade makes. ARIA have released their end of decade charts and it makes for interesting reading. Here are a few takeaways Mark Neilsen garnered from exploring what we listened to in the decade just gone and the one previous.

"People have forgotten an important part of our musical past."