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APRA AMCOS is “deeply concerned” with the federal government’s decision to scrap content quotas across drama, kids shows and documentaries for free-to-air and subscription TV for rest of the year, a…

Another month, another Drake chart record. The Canadian hip-hop giant enters a class of just two as his new single ‘Toosie Slide’ opens at the top of the Billboard Hot 100. With that piece of…

With Bluesfest wiped from the calendar and life shuffling on in lockdown, Easter 2020 was more subdued than a gardening session with your grandma. But if you tapped out of Netflix for a time on…

Today’s emergency funding package for the arts didn’t hit the right note with commercial radio. Soon after the federal government announced a lump of cash for Support Act and for regional and First…

Australia’s network of community radio stations are about to receive a regular injection of the good, local stuff. From Friday, a new half-hour programme dubbed "Australian Music Is Bloody Great"…

Apple Music has quietly established a $50 million advance fund to help out independent labels and distributors in these tough times. The funds will be available through a one-time advanced payment on…

Daniel Ricciardo maybe isn’t your ordinary music fan. But strip away his profile and wealth and the fact he races cars at more than 300kph for a living, he really is just like every music fan. The…

With four nominations, Tones And I is looking likely to dominate next month’s APRA Music Awards, while The Teskey Brothers and Guy Sebastian are close behind with three nods each. Tones (real name…

5 Seconds of Summer enjoy a hot start with CALM, which tops the U.K. and Australian album charts on debut and just misses out on No. 1 in the U.S. CALM (Interscope) beats Dua Lipa’s Future Nostalgia…

Julia Jacklin, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, Courtney Barnett, and Amyl and The Sniffers are flying the flag with nominations for the 2020 A2IM Libera Awards, the U.S. indie music community’s…

Kirsty Rivers is the new Head of Music at the Australia Council for the Arts, the federal government's arts funding and advisory body. Rivers, who joins from Creative Victoria after a distinguished…

The Gold Coast Music Awards return later this month, but without the flamethrowers, beachfront shenanigans and all the backslapping. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the annual gala will take the form…