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In the lead-up to South By Southwest, TMN is profiling four Aussies heading to Austin for their first crack at the sprawling festival, starting last week with muso-run Melbourne startup Everywhere…

Image: Boomerang (Kirra Pendergrast) Two Australian festivals aimed at redefining experiences announced their first round of acts this morning. The indigenous festival for all Australians ,…

When Reclaim Australia by Victorian Indigenous hip hop act A.B. Original was last night announced as the recipient of the 2016 Australian Music Prize, the duo accepted the win with humility. Rapper…

Image: Nas (villunderlondon / Flickr Creative Commons) NAS, CHAMBERS ADDED TO BLUESFEST Five weeks out, and Bluesfest Byron Bay keeps adding more names. US hip hop icon Nas and New Orleans-based…

The ACT Greens party has launched a petition to lobby Labor to trial pill testing at music festivals. The party s Shane Rattenbury says that the Australian Capital Territory could, and should, take…

After past squabbles with Spotify and Apple Music, Taylor Swift might have found a way to conquer the music industry after all. Reports overnight claim that the singer is about to launch a streaming…

Image: Blues On Broadbeach MORE ACTS FOR BLUES ON BROADBEACH Blues On Broadbeach, which draws 160,000 over four days, has added 35 more acts. Now in its 16th year, the three major additions for the…

A multi-million dollar class action has been filed by 65 people against the promoters of Falls Festival Lorneover the crush at the event on December 30, triple j s Hack current affairs show reported.…

A class-action lawsuit has just been filed against the organisers of Falls Festival today, following the horrific crowd crush that took place at the Lorne leg of the 2016/17 event, which left…

The 2017 edition of national music conference Australian Music Week has just opened the doors for applications from musos who wish to be a part of it, and announced the conference dates too. Now in…