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Six Australian acts were announced this morning among the first 200 artists to play South By Southwest in Austin, Texas, next year: Vance Joy (Melbourne), The Swiss (Sydney), The Chevelles (Perth),…

Kate Miller-Heidke indie career off to strong start Over a week ago, Kate Miller-Heidke announced that after three studio albums, a live album and a side project through Sony Music, her next album O…

A list like the AMID Power 50 is always going to breed controversy, especially considering the sensitive nature of ranking the players in such an ever-changing industry. Omissions will be made, and…

THE WOMBATS Your Body Is A Weapon Much loved Liverpool trio The Wombats debuted the first taste of their forthcoming third album on triple j with Tom Alex this week, and as you’d expect, they have…

The Australian Music Industry Network (AMIN) has selected 15 independent label owners to participate in its Release program. Set to run for six months, the program was set up to provide indie label…

James Blake ft. Chance The Rapper Life Round Here POL/UMA British post Dubstep phenomenon James Blake’s Overgrown album impacted earlier this year and throughout the bass music community it was one…

Paul Piticco’s Create/Control has signed label partnerships with three influential American indie labels: Arts Crafts, Vagrant and Innovative Leisure. Arts Crafts, based in Toronto, Canada,…

Singer Jenny Morris was elected the first new Chair of the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) in 20 years. This followed the resignation of composer Mike Perjanik, who held the post for…

One of the biggest hits of 2013 also spawned one of the biggest legal messes, with Blurred Lines artist Robin Thicke bringing pre-emptive litigation against the Marvin Gaye estate in response to…

Moshcam, creators of the world’s largest online catalogue of originally-produced live music videos, have launched a new look website, and have joined the ranks of the top 3% of music channels…