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Apple is reportedly in talks with big-name musicians including UK s Florence The Machine (pictured) to give it limited streaming rights to use on its forthcoming streaming service. Bloomberg reports…

PRESS RELEASE: Hailed as The best band in America by Tim Kasher (from Cursive), Beach Slang are a band who have garnered a lot of attention considering they ve only released two 7-inches, 2014 s…

Nova s Andy Sinn heads to Emotive One time Nova Entertainment music, commercial and partnerships exec Andy Sinn is now Commercial Director at APN News and Media s content marketing arm Emotive. Simon…

PRESS RELEASE: Peking Duk have had a massive start to 2015. They had the honour of having two singles in the top five of Triple J s Hottest 100, they completed a sold-out regional tour of Australia,…

PRESS RELEASE: Universal Music Group (UMG), on behalf of UMG Recordings Inc. and Capitol Records LLC, and plaintiffs attorneys representing clients in class action lawsuits regarding digital download…

In a landmark case that has implications for music fans who have download illegally, Australian ISPs have lost a bid to keep their customers names private. The case involved the Hollywood blockbuster…

PRESS RELEASE: Mona s midwinter festival, Dark Mofo, has announced a program highlight ahead of its full lineup announcement: two Australian exclusive performances of Antony and the Johnsons with the…

A leaked internal email shows that Spotify is expecting to pay Universal Music Group US$1 billion over the next two years to cover royalties, ad revenue and subscription fees. The claim raised…

Sony, Warner and Universal, along with independent representatives Merlin and The Orchard, have partnered with Toronto-based music messaging company Rithm to launch a social music service. Already…

FEATURE ALBUM Django Django - Born Under Saturn [Warner] With numbers such as the quivering bassline and layered vocals of lead single First Light, and the droning synth monster that is Reflections,…