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Courtney Barnett might have been one of the darlings of SXSW with everyone from Billboard to Esquire hailing her album as a stand-out of the year. Among those also causing interest were Angus Julia…

Pierce Bros. sign with Warner Music, UK booking agency Melbourne folk-pop duo Pierce Brothers move their career up another gear by signing with Warner Music in Australia/NZ. They re touring Australia…

The ABC has refused to release documents on why Taylor Swift s Shake It Off was disqualified from triple j s Hottest 100. The #Tay4Hottest100 campaign, spearheaded by BuzzFeed Australia in January,…

Duran Duran test their re-flex at Warner Music Australia Duran Duran s 14th album will be released by Warner Music Australia, after the British act signed an international deal with Warner Bros…

Tkay Maidza lands UK, European, agency deal Fast rising Australian rapper Tkay Maidza, who made waves at last month s SXSW, inked with Coda Music Agency for the UK and Europe. She has just been added…

Cloud over another major Australian festival A question mark hangs over the future of another major Australian festival. The board of the 17-year-old Easterfest in Toowoomba, Queensland, revealed…

Almost 130 independent and chain music stores are participating in Record Store Day Australia this Saturday. There are 44 from Victoria, 38 from NSW, 17 from Queensland, 15 from WA, 13 from SA and…

Live Nation among final three in race to run Palais Theatre Live Nation is one of the three finalists in the bid to run Melbourne s Palais Theatre in St. Kilda. It is part of the company s expansion…

New global publishing deal for Counting Crows Counting Crows, who ve just finished off an Australian visit, have signed a global publishing deal with Atlas Music Publishing. The agreement covers…

MTV s new streaming service MTV Trax launches tomorrow (March 3) in the UK and will be introduced in New Zealand later in the year in partnership with a leading network operator. However, MTV s…

Long running ABC-TV show Rage has officially unveiled its first major set of changes in 30 years. In the wake of its bringing back The Chart last month after it was dropped in 2006, it s given itself…

Powerful American agency WME (William Morris Endeavour) has entered the Australian market by buying out Artist Voice. The Australian company, set up in 2010 by Matt Gudinski and Brett Murrihy as part…