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In the run-up to the Federal elections, Australia s artists and arts worker are holding a Day of Action tomorrow (Friday June 17). It is part of a campaign to reaffirm to politicians and the broader…

22-year-old Sophie Payten aka Gordi (pictured), Fascinator aka Johnny Mackay (from Children Collide) and Sean Congues with his five-piece band Northeast Party House are among six local artists who…

Image: Gooch Palms at Sounds Australia’s Aussie BBQ at SXSW. Photo Credit: Bianca O’Neill Cian Davis Export development body Sounds Australia will be given $300,000 in funding from the Australia…

FEATURE ALBUM Broods - Conscious[Universal] Conscious is the second album for New Zealand brother-sister duo, Broods. After dropping their breakthrough debut album when they were barely out of…

Image: Brisbane artist Conrad Sewell The Queensland Budget is allocating an additional $41.8 million investment in Queensland s arts sector over the next four years. The money is aimed at generating…

Sony/ATV Music Publishing has promoted Johnny Tennander to the role of Managing Director of the Scandinavian company. In his new position Tennander will oversee all the operations of Sony/ATV…

Apple Music now has 15 million subscribers, the tech giant s Senior Vice President Eddie Cue announced during its Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) keynote in San Francisco. The year-old app hit…

Private equity baron Guy Hands has dropped his 1.5bn lawsuit against US bank Citigroup over his ruinous deal to purchase EMI. Hands, who claimed he and his buyout business Terra Firma were tricked…

The freshly-formed BMG Australia has announced its first global signings, Chris Ross and Myles Heskett of Wolfmother and Chris Cheney of The Living End. The Berlin-based BMG, the fifth largest music…

PRESS RELEASE: When asking Melbourne psyche rock legends PRETTY CITY, Why? in the era of digital downloads, streaming and CD s,they wanted to pursue the costly exercise of putting their debut album…