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In light of the recent ’50 Year’ celebrations, which seem to be focusing on the music, the hype, and the band’s invasion of the US, we decided to republish a May 2010 feature on the history of music…

Five Aussie acts were among the 100 announced early this morning to showcase at England’s The Great Escape Festival in May: Hermitude and Ginger and the Ghost from Sydney, Melbourne’s Courtney…

Music venue operators in three Australian states have had a terrible week, with taxation, legislation and lockouts among their woes. In Western Australia, the Liquor Control Act’s 270-page review…

Musicians who crowd fund through Pozible will have their albums, singles and merchandise distributed through independent powerhouse MGM’s subsidiary Waterfront Records from this week. This means that…

EMI Music Australia’s Scott Horscroft is the new owner of iconic The Grove Studios, an hour’s drive out of Sydney, in 25 acres of rural Somersby. The studio came on the market for the second time in…

Shazam may have a partnership deal in place with the Grammy Awards, but this hasn’t stopped the media engagement company from trying to spoil the excitement of the awards by offering up predictions…

After five years in the role, ABC Director of Radio, Kate Dundas, is leaving the broadcaster in July. She will take up a scholarship with the Vincent Fairfax Fellowship through the Centre for Ethical…

Forget Beats Music, today marks the soft launch of Kim Dotcom’s Baboom, the Internet mogul’s new music service, which he claims is a cross between Spotify and iTunes. Not one to shy away from a…

Telstra has this afternoon exclusively told TMN that despite Apple’s acquisition of MOG-owner Beats, it will continue to operate the service in Australia. A Telstra spokesperson told TMN, “MOG will…

After hosting 4,000 events to 26 million customers since 1983 in the Harbour City, the Sydney Entertainment Centre has undergone a name change. It is now known as Qantas Credit Union Arena. The move…

Smoothfm is currently celebrating its second birthday. The station, launched by NOVA Entertainment, has been something of a rapid success story, commanding a combined audience that has grown by 93%…

Melbourne-based dance music station Kiss FM is taking the Australian Radio Network (ARN) to the Federal Court, for adopting the name Kiis FM when it rebranded Sydney Mix late last year. Kiss FM Dance…