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THE AMITY AFFLICTION Pittsburgh (UNFD) Undeniably one of the loudest bands to ever emerge from Gympie QLD, The Amity Affliction dropped a bombshell on Tuesday when they announced the imminent arrival…

Nominations open today for the 2014 NIMAs, which will be held August 15 at the Darwin Amphitheatre. Dan Sultan will be headlining the awards ceremony, which will also feature a hip hop showcase…

Foxtel has appointed Rebecca Batties as General Manager – Foxtel Music Channels and Head of Digital. Batties will oversee the operation of Channel [V], [V] Hits, MAX, CMC, and the recently-launched…

Applications for two Australia Council music grants – Presentation Promotion and New Works – close on Monday, May 5. Presentation Promotion provides up to $30,000 to support one-off projects that…

Six deaths at Future Music’s Malaysian leg has caused organisers to cancel the final day of Future Music Festival Asia. Kuala Lumpur Police confirmed media reports that six local festival-goers, aged…

Just two weeks out from DZ Deathrays’ sophomore LP release, the Brisbane duo have signed to UK’s well-respected independent label Infectious Music. The duo (Shane Parsons and Simon Ridley) will…

In a candid interview with the New Zealand Herald, Damon Albarn has said organisers at Big Day Out festival were the reason Blur pulled out of this year’s tour. "They [the organisers] weren’t being…

After launching their services in twenty new territories last December, Rdio are now preparing to enter the Indian market, acquiring popular streaming service Dhingana with plans to rebrand and…

A biography of Rolling Stone publisher and co-founder, Jann Wenner, is in the works. The book will be penned by Joe Hagan, a contributing editor for New York magazine who has written long-form pieces…

Powderfinger have brought their publishing in-house by signing a worldwide administration deal with their manager Paul Piticco’s Dew Process Publishing. The catalogue deal includes their first five…