New Signings

Photo: UPMG’s Arwen Curson, Ruel, Nora Wever Andrew Jenkins UNIVERSAL PUBLISHING GOES GLOBAL WITH SYDNEY S RUEL Universal Music Publishing has signed emerging Sydney-based Ruel to a global deal. Ruel…

Native Tongue has signed Melbourne singer-songwriter, artist rights activist and Milk! Records co-founder Jen Cloher. It will represent Cloher s catalogue in Australia and New Zealand, including her…

TEG BUYS MALAYSIAN TICKETING FIRM Australian ticketing and data analytics firm TEG has acquired Malaysian ticketing company TicketCharge. TEG will set up an Asian division to focus on the growth of…

MANAGEMENT, AGENCY DEALS FOR WEST THEBARTON Adelaide band West Thebarton (the artists previously known as West Thebarton Brothel Party) have upped the ante with new management and UK booking agent.…

DAFT PUNK TAP BYRON BAY DUO FOR SURPRISE COLLAB Byron Bay electro duo Parcels, who released an EP last year through iconic French label Kitsun , found themselves holed up in a secret location in…

TFS RAISE A STORM WITH AGENCY DEAL Tropical Fuck Storm (also to be known as TFS) is the new band put together by The Drones Gareth Liddiard and Fiona Kitschin, with Lauren Hammel (High Tension) on…

Photo: Morgan Evans with Warner Music Nashville Chairman/CEO John Esposito NATIVE TONGUE PAIRS WITH NT SONG OF YEAR Independent music publisher Native Tongue is partnering with MusicNT s NT Song of…

PERFECT PITCH SIGNS CAIROS’ ALISTAR RICHARDSON Sydney-based Perfect Pitch Publishing has formally announced it has signed former frontman ofBrisbane outfit Cairos Alistar Richardson (pictured above)…

UMPA TALKS IT OUT WITH SASSY OLYMPIA For Melbourne based singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Olivia Bartley, aka Olympia, 2017 has been building: being shortlisted for the Australian Music…

UNIVERSAL MUSIC PUBL GROUP SIGNS JACK WHITE Universal Music Publishing Group signed Jack White to his first single global publishing deal. The agreement covers the 12-time Grammy winner s entire…