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Nominations for National Indigenous Music Awards open
Nominations open today for the 2014 NIMAs, which will be held August 15 at the Darwin Amphitheatre. Dan Sultan will be headlining the awards ceremony, which will also feature a hip hop showcase…

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Nominations for National Indigenous Music Awards open
Nominations open today for the 2014 NIMAs, which will be held August 15 at the Darwin Amphitheatre. Dan Sultan will be headlining the awards ceremony, which will also feature a hip hop showcase…

Cooking Vinyl signs Kate Miller-Heidke, Calling All Cars
Cooking Vinyl Australia has signed singer songwriter Kate Miller-Heidke and Melbourne trio Calling All Cars. Kate Miller-Heidke inked a worldwide services deal (except for the United States) for her…

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Cooking Vinyl signs Kate Miller-Heidke, Calling All Cars
Cooking Vinyl Australia has signed singer songwriter Kate Miller-Heidke and Melbourne trio Calling All Cars. Kate Miller-Heidke inked a worldwide services deal (except for the United States) for her…

Last.fm partners with Spotify
Spotify’s catalogue of over 20 million songs will now be available to Last.fm’s 55 million registered users, as the two companies strengthen their relationship. From today, Last.fm users will be able…

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Last.fm partners with Spotify
Spotify’s catalogue of over 20 million songs will now be available to Last.fm’s 55 million registered users, as the two companies strengthen their relationship. From today, Last.fm users will be able…

Melbourne’s Palace Theatre saved ... but battle not over, warns lobby group
A proposal to knock down Melbourne live music venue The Palace Theatre’s building and turn it into high rise apartments and a five-star hotel has been rejected by the Department of Transport,…

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Melbourne’s Palace Theatre saved ... but battle not over, warns lobby group
A proposal to knock down Melbourne live music venue The Palace Theatre’s building and turn it into high rise apartments and a five-star hotel has been rejected by the Department of Transport,…

Stream Sydney Big Day Out performances, powered by Rdio
You know how you tried to record songs from your favourite BDO act onto your smartphone? Well, chances are that recording will be mostly white noise and crowd din, but luckily for you, music…

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Stream Sydney Big Day Out performances, powered by Rdio
You know how you tried to record songs from your favourite BDO act onto your smartphone? Well, chances are that recording will be mostly white noise and crowd din, but luckily for you, music…

Fourth person dies as a result of SXSW car crash
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…

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Fourth person dies as a result of SXSW car crash
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…

Kanye West postpones Australian tour to finish new record
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…

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Kanye West postpones Australian tour to finish new record
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 calls for young composers to write new audience cue
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…

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Sydney Opera House calls for young composers to write new audience cue
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…

Bart Willoughby, Dave Arden receive Australia Council fellowships
Drummer Bart Willoughby and singer/ guitarist Dave Arden have received fellowships as part of the Australia Council’s National Indigenous Arts Awards, held at the Sydney Opera House this week.…

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Bart Willoughby, Dave Arden receive Australia Council fellowships
Drummer Bart Willoughby and singer/ guitarist Dave Arden have received fellowships as part of the Australia Council’s National Indigenous Arts Awards, held at the Sydney Opera House this week.…

London Police launch Infringing Websites List to deter advertisers
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…

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London Police launch Infringing Websites List to deter advertisers
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…

Pharrell Williams to join The Voice
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…

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Pharrell Williams to join The Voice
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…

Australian success abroad: Pnau, 5 Seconds and Guy Sebastian
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,…

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Australian success abroad: Pnau, 5 Seconds and Guy Sebastian
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,…
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