Music Network

The City of Melbourne has unveiled the 12 members of the music industry who will make up its new Advisory Committee to help develop and implement its Music Strategy 2013-17. They are live music…

Gotye, Eskimo Joe, Jet, The Vines and The Grates are just some of the Aussies who’ve played in Korea. Now there’s a push to get a Korean presence at Big Sound 2014. Discussions have begun with Big…

Crooked Smile sees TLC brought out of hiding and onto vocal duties following a string of recent festival performances. J Cole’s second album Born Sinner, from which Crooked Smile is the second…

Having your album placed on the same pedestal as Kanye’s Yeezus and Jay-Z’s Magna Carta Holy Grail is no small feat. It’s a testament to the crazy hype and anticipation behind Drake’s latest, which…

There’s an oft-told story about how Van Halen had it written into their rider that they required a bowl of M Ms in their dressing room with the brown ones removed. Well, thanks to The Rider…

Tex Perkins has blamed ABC digital radio station DIG for leaking details of Homebake, via information he revealed in an interview not due to air until October. Perkins mentioned that the Beasts of…

Boy Bear have travelled a long way since Dave Hosking hopefully strummed out the first few recordings for the project four years ago and posted them on the Unearthed website. He expanded his solo…

Creative Partnerships Australia launched the country’s first Federally-supported matched funding program for the arts and creative industries, Plus1. Creative Partnerships was set up this year to…

Launching Pad #1: Victorian festivals, associations, get funded The Melbourne International Jazz Festival, Next Wave Festival, Wangaratta Festival of Jazz, the Wantok Music Foundation, The Black Arm…

Mark Yovich has an unbeatable view of the live music world. The Australian born-and-raised executive is based in London, where he oversees the international business for the American group that is…

We sat down with one of Australia’s finest songwriters to discuss his storied career, his new album, future Cold Chisel plans, and whether he’ll ever find a few spare hours a day to write his next…

Paul Hitchman has more than a touch of pioneering spirit. The British executive was behind Playlouder, one of the earliest entrants into the digital music marketplace. Hitchman fought those messy…