TIO

15-year-old Australian singer/songwriter Ruel has upgraded his June 16 hometown show to the Metro Theatre, in order to meet overwhelming demand. His two Northcote Social Club shows (a daytime and an…

This past week has seen the systematic scrubbing of Spotify playlists of any traces of R Kelly, remixes to Ignition or otherwise. While I tend to believe that music censorship of any type creates…

When Canberra lost its iconic ANU Bar last year as part of the multi-million dollar redevelopment of the Australian National University, the music industry lost another entertainment venue, and…

Arguably one of the most historic moments in recent musical history would be the US court case of Metallica v. Napster, Inc. The case, which changed the way that digital music would be consumed from…

For a brief moment, Lostprophets were a big thing. If you were a teenager in Britain in the 2000s, and angsty, emo rock blew-back your dyed hair, you had an opinion on Lostprophets. Many had a…

On May 25 2018 the European Union’s new law governing the use of its citizens' private data comes into effect. The General Data Protection Regulation to give it its full name gives people living in…

Any new piece of technology often reveals its benefits far before the downsides become apparent. A recent Gallup poll showed that 22% of Americans use devices such as Amazon Echo or Google Assistant…

With the Post Malones and Ed Sheerans of the world smashing long-standing chart records, rendering such things largely redundant in the process, it was pleasing to discover a pair of records that…

Stored A R executive and music manager Scott Maclachlan has joined Warner Music Australasia as SVP of A R. Maclachlan spent two decades working in the UK music industry before relocating to New…

Following the removal of R. Kelly’s music from Spotify’s “editorial or algorithmic playlists on its service” under a new policy, two more streaming services have decided to stop promoting his works.…