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ARIA Singles This week’s ARIA Singles chart sees an Australian act break a record. Que Sera by Justice Crew has stayed at #1 for nine weeks in a row, breaking the record for the longest time at #1…

Sydney trio Panama had only performed one live show in their current configuration before scoring recording and agent deals on both sides of the Atlantic ocean. Accruing more than 1.3 million…

Craig Bruce and Mike Fitzpatrick talk about tomorrow’s survey SCA Head of Content Craig Bruce, and Triple M Group Content Director Mike Fitzpatrick, have sat down for the now traditional…

Barry Bull, award-winning music retailer, ex-record company executive, author and compiler of the ARIA Gold-accredited Music for Cruizin’ CD series, has just released Part One of his two-part memoir.…

The Australian Independent Records Association (AIR) and Carlton Dry have teamed again this year for the $50,000 Carlton Dry Global Music Grant. Last year’s inaugural winner, Melbourne’s King Gizzard…

2GB axes Michael Smith over Islam comments Michael Smith has been dropped from 2GB over comments made this week on the Ben Fordham drive show. The comments were made during a discussion on the…

TMN celebrates two decades in this ever-shifting music industry by taking a look back at the key moments – both triumphant and tumultuous – in the Australian music business. 1995 ALTERNATIVE NATION…

Just over a week since IMPALA lodged an anti-trust complaint with the European Commission over YouTube’s strongarm approach to licensing independent labels, the UK indie trade body has confirmed…

Il-Anthawirriyarra a-Kurija (Saltwater People Song) by Shellie Morris and The Borroloola Songwomen took out two awards at the 2014 Northern Territory Song of the Year awards. It won the major NT Song…

Australian indie labels and acts are anxiously watching to see if their videos will get yanked from YouTube after all. Overseas reports this week suggested that after a global outcry, YouTube has…