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The record that changed my life was Propagandhi’s Today’s Empires, Tomorrow’s Ashes. I can still remember the first time I heard Back to the Motor League; they released this song as an album teaser…

South Australia’s 3am lockout kicked in on October 1 following an unsuccessful attempt to stop it by two Adelaide late night venues, The Woolshed and The Palace Gallery, which launched a Supreme…

With festivals going bust or downsizing and tour promoters going out of business, you’d imagine that the festival bubble has burst in Australia. But prospects are good for the next 15 months,…

The 33rd annual CMJ Music Marathon has gotten off to a rocky start this week, as a suit filed in New York State Supreme Court claims CMJ owes a concert promoter $1m. The case stems from an attempt at…

The WAM Festival Music Conference (November 6 to 9) in Perth has added 30 more speakers from all aspects of the Australian music industry. The 14 sessions cover management, direct-to-fan marketing…

Pitbull and Ke$ha have cancelled their 2013 Australian tour. The pair, along with Australia’s own Justice Crew, were due to play shows in all capital cities, starting later this month. However today…

MTV Australia is moving most of its broadcasting operations to London, as the global channel centralises most roles in the UK. These include programming, production, creative, production management,…

The Music Network, in association with Sydney TAFE Music, has launched Australia’s first music industry charts course, designed specifically for industry professionals and music students: to learn…

“You can’t change sentiment with advertising” in the festival market, according to Paul Sloan from Billions Australia, speaking at the What The Festival panel this morning. Social media is killing…

Today, Havana Brown’s latest single Warrior is officially serviced to commercial radio, and this track should mark the end of DJ Havana Brown, and the birth of International Pop Star Havana Brown -…