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Universal Music Australia has set up Australian operations for America’s country and roots label Lost Highway Records – with NSW-based singer songwriter Catherine Britt as its first local signing.…

After eight years of operating in Australia, NSW-based booking agency Select Music has expanded into New Zealand. It’s opened an office at Rhythmmethod HQ, alongside Rhythmethod Distribution…

Magic! are a fun, up-beat, reggae-tinged band based in California; their debut single Rude is out through SME on our fair shores and was serviced to Australian radio this week. The video is on…

UK festival promoter Martin Elbourne’s long awaited Future of Live Music in South Australia report will be released today (Nov 12). Elbourne was appointed Thinker In Residence last September by the…

Justin Bieber’s manager Scooter Braun is putting together a $120 million music business investment fund venture with high profile musicians and managers, The New York Times revealed overnight.…

ARIA launched its own charts app on music streaming service Spotify this morning. The app will feature each week’s ARIA charts, such as Albums and Singles, as well as all of ARIA’s specialty charts…

Pharrell signs solo deals Following his chart success with single Happy from the Despicable Me 2 soundtrack, Pharrell Williams signed with Columbia for the US (released here via Sony Music…

Hilltop Hoods’ annual initiative has opened for 2014, and will offer $10,000 to a hip hop or soul artist who has not yet released an album professionally. The initiative is about softening the…

Seven Australian festivals were among the 43 international events which received gongs in this year’s A Greener Festival Award. To score a win, each festival had to pass a checklist of environmental…

Colin Daniels, Managing Director of Inertia, was voted on the 15-seat board of Merlin, London-based global rights agency for the independent label sector. Daniels is the second Australian on the…

Bob Sinclar Summer Moonlight (MOS/UMA) I can’t help but be disappointed by this song, not because it’s a bad song particularly, not because it’s not going to sell and move people in the club and on…

Vance Joy Play With Fire LIB/UMA Riptide has been a huge first blast for Vance Joy, reaching #3 on the TMN Hot 100, and still sitting at #5. Play With Fire mines similar territory, which should…