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In a night dominated by sports and news, the first part of The Easybeats ABC-TV series Friday On My Mind yesterday drew 468,000 overnight metro viewers.It set the stage for next month s star-studded…

Feature album: Jess Locke - Universe [Pool House Records] - 5x albums ALBUM PACKET: HTMLflowers - Chrome Halo [Independent] - 5x albums ADDS: Camp Cope - The Opener [Poison City Records] Gengahr -…

Four Australian acts were among the first 50 international acts invited to showcase at The Great Escape conference in England.Held in Brighton between May 17 and 19, the event bills itself as the…

Do you stop going out to concerts as you get older because you ve been there, done that or is your desire for experiences something that stays with you? According to the findings based on a TEG…

Laneway Festival this morning announced more acts to the bill. Pond join the national lineup, Kirin J Callinan will perform in all cities excluding Fremantle. Joining the Melbourne show are Baker…

The 13th AMP (Australian Music Prize) holds a party on December 5 where the judges Longlist will be announced in full. The free event, in partnership with Mountain Goat Beer, is at Melbourne s…

The Australasian Music Publishers’ Association Limited (AMPAL) has held its annual general meeting in Sydney. At the AGM, Matthew Capper (Warner/Chappell Music Australia Pty Ltd), Jaime Gough (Native…

A grassroots movement has begun among music festival fans as authorities around the country dither over pill-testing. On Saturday, the Spilt Music in Canberra showed that of the 25,000 who attended,…

There is so much talk of charts and sales, schedules and projections in the music industry that it's sometimes pleasing to take a step back from what's happening right now, and to realise that the…

The NSW Upper House has launched an inquiry into the state’s music and arts economy. The development should open the channels of communication between the Parliament and the music industry, and drill…