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Birds of Tokyo’s Lanterns is being picked up by US radio, bulleting at No.29 on the Adult Alternative Songs chart and No.37 on Alternative Songs. The song was most played on Australian radio in 2013,…

The City of Sydney Council’s Cultural and Community Committee meets next Monday (March 31) to consider adopting the Live Music Matters action plan. The plan’s list of recommendations came from the…

Sony/ATV hires new Communications VP Music Week head of business analysis Paul Williams is to join Sony/ATV Music Publishing as its new Global VP of Communications, including Australia. Williams, who…

Queensland hip hop artist Tom Daley, aka I AM D, is the recipient of the 2014 Hilltop Hoods Initiative, netting $10,000 plus prizes from APRA AMCOS and the Hilltop Hoods. MC Suffa of Hilltop Hoods…

While Gotye, Lorde and Tame Impala have been feted in their homeland(s) for their recent international success, Havana Brown has been quietly ticking over millions of US sales, topping the Billboard…

A fourth victim of the horrific car crash at Austin’s SXSW earlier this month has passed away. 18-year-old DeAndre Tatum died in hospital from injuries sustained during the crash. The news was…

As we’ve long known, Kanye West runs entirely on his own time and when he has an album to finish, all else fades into insignificance, including, unfortunately, his upcoming Australian tour which has…

Sydney Opera House and the Australian Youth Orchestra have put a call out for Australians aged between 12 and 21 to rewrite the Sydney Opera House’s fanfare: the short 30-second blast of music that…

Following a recent report by US watchdog group Digital Citizens Alliance which revealed the top piracy websites make $227 million in advertising per year, an Infringing Websites List has been…

If you thought Pharrell Williams’ ubiquity might have been fading with Happy finally knocked off the top of the Hot 100 and the ARIA Singles chart this week, well, you were wrong. The star is set to…

Sydney dance duo Pnau are back in the European charts. The remix of their 2008 single Baby, retitled Changes by French producers Faul and Wad Ad, has gone #1 in Germany and Top 10 in France, Italy,…

New Zealand’s digital sales exceeded those on physical formats for the first time in 2013, figures by Recorded Music NZ show. Digital sales increased 3% to 51% of sales, amounting to NZ$27.9 million.…