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Proving yet again that New Zealand are light-years ahead of the rest of the world, licensing agencies APRA and PPNZ Music Licensing have introduced the Single Music License, which is a catch-all…

As part of its inaugural sponsorship of the awards, Carlton Dry is offering a $50,000 grant to an emerging act to boost its profile overseas. The money is only to help tour, showcase, record, or…

Madison Beer is a typical 14-year-old New Yorker, she likes hanging out with friends, going to the mall and singing. On Sundays she goes to the movies with friends and Instagrams selfies. Why are we…

Ninety nine musicians, managers and organisations got over $1.3 million in grants from the Australia Council for the Arts. This latest round of grants will help musicians create new work, perform…

The Potbelleez Ft. B.O.B. Magic Number HUS/UMA Hearing this for the first time in the office the other day made me sit up and pay attention. When I found out it was the Potbelleez new single, Magic…

From all accounts, former Death Row Records head Suge Knight is a fucking thug. While Tupac Shakur might have been the one touting the thug life publicly, Knight made his adherence to this lifestyle…

In 1995, Gangsta’s Paradise was the crossover rap single: a moody, Pfeiffer-laden video clip, strong social message and misogyny-free, well-enunciated rap verses made the single palatable enough to…

Sia Furler has had a slow and steady rise to pop stardom, including many detours and forays into different genres, and a frustratingly slow reaction from her homeland. Never one to equate commercial…

Well, it was bound to happen. The two perennial radio favourites tied the knot after all, despite the collective willpower of the Internet, so it was only a matter of time before they teamed up on a…

The lead single from Robbie Williams’ second swing record – the provocatively-titled Swings Both Ways: sequel to his most successful record Swing When You’re Winning – won’t cause any revolutions,…

While One Direction play their final Australian date tonight in Melbourne (Wed Oct 30), co-promoters Nine Live and Sony Music revealed that the British act sold close to 300,000 tickets in Australia…

Music association West Australian Music (WAM) is inducting venue promoter Ken ‘Squasha’ Knight into its Hall of Fame tomorrow night (November 8) as part of the WA Music Awards. Knight first emerged…