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The Australian recorded music sector and commercial radio, who’ve been taking potshots at each other over streaming royalties, are heading to the Copyright Tribunal tomorrow (Thursday, February 13).…

Four acts have been left out of many news reports on the Australian artists given Grammy nods this year. While global outlets were gushing over Lorde’s nominations whilst dubbing her Australian, some…

PAPA VS PRETTY Smother Thomas Rawle first started Papa Vs Pretty as a solo project at the age of 15 and since then it’s gone through countless styles, sounds and incarnations. When the band released…

by Wayne Coyne I was very lucky that my older brothers all listened to The Beatles and stuff like that. The defining record that I can say still affects me now and affected me when I was eight years…

Warner Music Group posted a rise in revenue throughout 2013 to US$2.87 billion, compared to $.2.78 billion last year. But its losses widened from $112 million to $198 million. During 2013, recorded…

KE$ha | Artist Beastie Boys | License To Ill I remember very specifically hearing this for the first time. I love their irreverence, and they’re funny as fuck - they don’t give a fuck. It’s very much…

New York-based company Verse Music Group has found a new way to use PledgeMusic. It is using the crowd-funding site for fans to pre-order the re-release of four classic jazz albums and pay for their…

The chorus of Melbourne rapper 360’s new track Impossible, at radio and retail this week, features a familiar voice – that of Silverchair’s Daniel Johns. The two artists were introduced to each other…

The Bennies Highrider Apparently we’re in the midst of a ‘90s revival. Well, if there’s one thing that screams “THE NINETIES!” then it has to be ska-punk, and The Bennies do love their ska - and…

The Community Broadcasting Association of Australia (CBAA)’s General Manager Jon Bisset labelled an announcement by the Federal Government to scrap $2.5 million worth of funding ear-marked for…