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Brisbane conference and showcase event BIGSOUND has just upped its game with the announcement of a $100,000 annual prize pool. Dubbed the largest music prize in Australian music history, the prize…

When it became apparent that The Smith Street Band had outgrown their Melbourne indie label Poison City Record, they took steps to form their own label on which to release their albums. The band's…

The inaugural winners of triple j’s Unearthed competition will reunite for a 20th-anniversary edition of debut LP Guide To Better Living and a 27-date national tour. Grinspoon, who formed in a pub in…

Breaking Biz A new dawn, or just a ray of light It’s too early to celebrate, but the recorded music industry does appear to be finally climbing out of the darkness. ARIA last week reported the…

Grinspoon are heading back on the road in mid-winter, playing 27 arena and theatre shows to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their debut album Guide To Better Living. They ll play the album from…

BIGSOUND, the southern hemisphere s biggest celebration of new music, will take things to the next level in 2017, courtesy of the Levi s Music Prize - a $100,000 annual prize pool announced today for…

If webcasters such as Pandora and iHeartRadio pay statutory royalties to the music industry, why not AM and FM radio? This is the mindset of six bipartisan members of US Congress. They ve put the…

It s accepted that Spotify is the largest music streaming service in the world, with 50 million subscribers and well over 100 million users. Apple Music has over 20 million subscribers and does not…

South Australia s venues are facing a number of new and lingering issues after the state government introduced SA s first real modernising of liquor licensing in 20 years. The update of the Liquor…

Ed Sheeran is an absolutely unstoppable juggernaut in the charts by this point. Last week, we noted how he was set to equal a record held by Eminem if he kept up his success, and this week, he’s…