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Justin Edwards

RIP Scul Hazzards

RIP Scul Hazzards

I spend far more time than is necessarily healthy thinking about the…

A 2013 review of The Rubens, winners of Triple J’s Hottest 100 in 2016

A 2013 review of The Rubens, winners of Triple J’s Hottest 100 in 2016

So The Rubens won this year’s Hottest 100 with another slice of…

The Collapse Board Guide to Writing About Dead Rock Stars

The Collapse Board Guide to Writing About Dead Rock Stars

Welcome to Collapse Board’s handy ‘To Write About Dead Rock Stars’ cut-out-and-keep…

Jessica Hopper’s BIGSOUND Keynote Speech, Ten Weeks After

Jessica Hopper’s BIGSOUND Keynote Speech, Ten Weeks After

Ten weeks ago I sat in a darkened auditorium, with several hundred…

RIP Toxic Lipstick

RIP Toxic Lipstick

Australian music is a much less colourful place with the news that…

A Week in the Life of NME.COM – The Edited Highlights

A Week in the Life of NME.COM – The Edited Highlights

NME.COM takes churnalism to new depths while Pitchfork's Cover Story shows how to do web publishing…

Collapse Board: The First Year

Collapse Board: The First Year

We're the Millwall of the Australian music media; no one likes us and we don't care.…

Throughout The Universe, In Perpetuity: Why I Don’t Sign Copyright-Grabbing Photo Contracts

Throughout The Universe, In Perpetuity: Why I Don’t Sign Copyright-Grabbing Photo Contracts

Once there was no “three songs, no flash” rule, now it’s industry standard in all but the small, local shows. Once there were no releases. Once there were no copyright-grabbing contracts.…

That Was The Year That Was 2010

That Was The Year That Was 2010

Photographer Justin Edwards looks back over the Brisbane live scene in 2010.…

Triple J Hottest 100: Am I Hot Or Not?

Triple J Hottest 100: Am I Hot Or Not?

Why does Australia need a tax-funded radio station that plays the same songs and bands as a commercial radio station?…

The 100 Best Australian Albums – All Your Bands Are Belong To Us

The 100 Best Australian Albums – All Your Bands Are Belong To Us

A few weeks ago the list of the 100 Best Australia Albums,…

Triple J Week – the week in numbers

Triple J Week – the week in numbers

In terms of listeners, Triple J is way down the list; figures released this week put it in seventh place in Brisbane. And yet its influence is massive.…