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WAM appoints new CEO Western Australia’s peak music association WAM announced Mike Harris as its CEO. He’s expected to take over the role in late February. Most recently occupying a senior management…

Universal Music Australia has set up Australian operations for America’s country and roots label Lost Highway Records – with NSW-based singer songwriter Catherine Britt as its first local signing.…

Pharrell signs solo deals Following his chart success with single Happy from the Despicable Me 2 soundtrack, Pharrell Williams signed with Columbia for the US (released here via Sony Music…

Hilltop Hoods’ annual initiative has opened for 2014, and will offer $10,000 to a hip hop or soul artist who has not yet released an album professionally. The initiative is about softening the…

Another year, another amazing Laneway Festival lineup. VISA presale starts at noon on September 30, and will run to October 1. General tickets go on sale October 3; dates and lineup below. Oh, and…

Ticket scalping has become a hot issue as major concerts and sports finals arrive, and tickets are exchanging hands at exorbitant mark-ups. One Direction’s, for instance, are going for four times…

When we chatted to Samantha Jade a few months back, she was disarmingly honest when detailing the painful process of attempting to make it in America, and having her album endlessly shelved and…

Fun fact: over the course of the 41 weeks in the year, so far, only ten tracks have made the number 1 spot in our Hot 100, which means that a number one has an average lifespan of 4 weeks. EMI’s only…

Flume blitzed last night’s Carlton Dry Independent Music Awards with four wins. The Sydney-based beatmaker picked Best Independent Artist, while his self-titled platinum spinning #1 album took Best…

Pink Walk Of Shame SME There’s no way this track from Pink won’t be another in a long line of radio hits for the most successful artist in the Australian market. She certainly isn’t treading any new…

While Karl Schubach’s howling narrative unravels like a snake, spreading long and vulnerable over loose gravel, his band, Wisconsin outfit Misery Signals beckon you toward the frenzied pit of…

Queensland nightclub owners have slammed a proposal by the Queensland state government to close licensed venues by 3 am and scrap the 3 am lockout policy introduced seven years ago. Such a move,…