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TMN Hot 100 of 2013: the most heard songs at Australian radio

The year has almost drawn to a close and what a crazy one it’s been. We’ve seen some huge songs come and go, a number of wildly varying genres dominate the charts, and now that commercial radio have…

TMN MEGA ULTRA XMAS PLAYLIST

To get you in the spirit of Christmas, we’ve knocked together this festival playlist, spanning all tastes, genres and... well, levels of quality. They are Xmas songs after all... Merry Christmas!

Camp A Low Hum folds; ASTRA music finalists; Blues and BBQ Festival to launch

Camp A Low Hum folds Underground NZ music festival Camp A Low Hum have announced that next February’s event will be the final one. A statement on their website reads: "I have been agonising on…

Surprise versus anticipation: how Beyonce blindsided the industry, and beat Gaga, Miley, and Katy

While most of America slept, and Australia counted down to the end of the working week, Beyoncé quietly and calmly uploaded her eponymous fifth record to iTunes, and walked away - as the Internet…

Kyle and Jackie O’s replacements announced

Southern Cross Austereo this morning confirmed one of the biggest rumors in commercial radio history. Announced this morning, the new 2Day FM breakfast team set to replace Kyle and Jackie O are as…

NZ industry pulls back on piracy chase; Vance Joy out “for the foreseeable future”; Nick Cave doco premiering at Sundance

Three inaugural festivals get set for a stronger 2014 Three festivals which launched this year look set for a stronger showing in 2014 after impressive debuts. Yarra Council has voted to increase its…

NZ recording industry pulls back on piracy chase

The New Zealand recording industry is pulling back its pursuit of pirates, peak music Recorded Music New Zealand general counsel Kristin Bowman told Stuff co.nz. It is because despite the high cost…

Kathleen Hanna: girls to the front

Kathleen Hanna is one of the most influential and important figures in music: she spearheaded the riot grrrl feminist movement, fronted Bikini Kill and the less-serrated Le Tigre, unwittingly named…

Music journalist Ed Nimmervoll recovering; Vale Martin Sharp; Phil Collins wants to reunite Genesis

Launching Pad #1: Moshtix’s mobile ticket scanning app Ticketing provider Moshtix’s new mobile ticket scanning app, smartScan, uses the camera on smartphones to scan tickets. Multiple mobile devices…

ARIA AWARD PREDICTIONS: JANE GAZZO, MAZ COMPTON, TOM BALLARD + MORE

Kylie Minogue and will.i.am joining The Voice; Pandora introducing ads to Aussie users

Kylie Minogue, will.i.am, joining The Voice Kylie Minogue and will.i.am will join the coaching panel of The Voice Australia in 2014, Nine Network revealed yesterday afternoon. They have the same role…

Hot Seat: Benji Rogers - CEO, Co-Founder, PledgeMusic

Record, release, promote. That’s the old way, reckons Benji Rogers. The future as he sees it is all about a deep engagement between musicians and their fans, where the recording process is part of…