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Long-running European label Cooking Vinyl has opened its own office in Australia, headed by label veterans Leigh Gruppetta and Stu Harvey. Gruppetta was former GM at Shock Records and Harvey its…

After the end of Pink’s The Truth About Love Australian tour last Sunday, Live Nation Australasia released some figures about Pink’s achievements. 46 sell out shows to over 600,000 fans. A record 18…

When we chatted to Samantha Jade a few months back, she was disarmingly honest when detailing the painful process of attempting to make it in America, and having her album endlessly shelved and…

Shock Entertainment imprint Halfcut Records have announced a new addition to the family. Sydney post-hardcore band Caulfield have signed to the recently reformed Shock family for upcoming debut album…

Ticket scalping has become a hot issue as major concerts and sports finals arrive, and tickets are exchanging hands at exorbitant mark-ups. One Direction’s, for instance, are going for four times…

Another year, another amazing Laneway Festival lineup. VISA presale starts at noon on September 30, and will run to October 1. General tickets go on sale October 3; dates and lineup below. Oh, and…

Sleeping With Sirens seem to have it all. Heart-on-sleeve lyrics over imminent percussion and low end, saturated guitars, an excess of 260,000 records sold to date, an effeminate-sounding frontman…

The Jungle Giants appeared on our radar two years ago with their cute-as-a-button take on catchy indie pop. Their self-titled EP won over the country’s ears and saw the band take off on whirlwind…

When a 20-year-old Azealia Banks released 212, the foul-mouthed Harlem rapper preempted her multiple Twitter beefs and ensuing diss-tracks with young female rappers vying for the crown. And when an…

Bring Me The Horizon are a reliable bunch, never straying too far from their well-defined aesthetic. Since bursting into emergence with 2006’s Count Your Blessings, the British quintet have shifted…