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The Kid LAROI is on the brink of a fully-grown up chart record. Aged just 17, the Sydney Kamilaroi singer and rapper would become the youngest Australian solo artist to have an ARIA No. 1 LP should…

Open your calendars. The 2021 APRA Awards will happen this autumn, rain, hail or COVID. Following a virtual edition held during the peak of the pandemic, the 2021 APRA Music Awards is tentatively set…

Australia’s own Grace Cummings has signed a worldwide deal with ATO Records, the venerated U.S. indie label that’s home to Alabama Shakes, Rodrigo y Gabriela, My Morning Jacket, King Gizzard and the…

Maria Amato, the chief executive officer of AIR, will represent Australia’s independent community on the board of the Worldwide Independent Network (WIN). Amato is Australia’s solo representative at…

Festicket, the U.K.’s end-to-end ticketing and event management platform, is making a concerted push into Australia’s live space with Lost Paradise and Untitled’s Wildlands and For The Love. The…

It’s business as usual for Nick Cave, Kevin Parker, Sia, Courtney Barnett and the phalanx of Australian acts and labels who rely on the services of AWAL and Kobalt Neighbouring Rights (KNR), which…

Star-in-waiting Ngaiire has signed with Dot Dash Recordings ahead of a “big year” of new releases. The Papau New Guinea-born, Sydney-based future-soul singer joins a roster at the indie label that…

Sony Music Australia chairman and CEO Denis Handlin is rewarding four staff with promotions across its A R, promotions, brand partnerships and sync/licensing activities, as the music major hunts for…

Australia’s music industry let out a collective sigh of relief last week when the most important job vacancy of them all was filled. A touch over two years after making diversity a mission statement,…

If you love Spotify and dig podcasts, but hate ads, best you take a take a comfy seat. Earlier this month, the music streaming service announced its roll out of Spotify Podcast Ads for all its U.K.…

These days turned out nothing like we’d planned. With Covid cratering the live music sector and grounding travel, artists turned to live streaming in 2020 to stay connected with their fans and --…

Mac DeMarco's love affair with Australia is burning bright with the signing of Tex Crick to his new label. Hailing from Coledale NSW, Crick has already collaborated with the likes of Iggy Pop, Weyes…