Music Network

Ever wanted to know what that ear-worm song was? Well, yes, there’s an app for that. And it’s called Shazam. Chances are, you’ve used it – more than 350 million people have used it. Shazam’s charm is…

Much like the nation’s libraries and universities, the Australian Music Centre is evolving with the times. It’s digitising, becoming street-smart. And it’s selling stuff. The AMC is the national…

While Karl Schubach’s howling narrative unravels like a snake, spreading long and vulnerable over loose gravel, his band, Wisconsin outfit Misery Signals beckon you toward the frenzied pit of…

Cut Copy explains the spirit behind Free Your Mind Cut Copy’s fourth album Free Your Mind, out on November 1 through Modular Recordings, was recorded in its hometown of Melbourne. The follow up to…

Queensland nightclub owners have slammed a proposal by the Queensland state government to close licensed venues by 3 am and scrap the 3 am lockout policy introduced seven years ago. Such a move,…

The City of Melbourne has unveiled the 12 members of the music industry who will make up its new Advisory Committee to help develop and implement its Music Strategy 2013-17. They are live music…

Gotye, Eskimo Joe, Jet, The Vines and The Grates are just some of the Aussies who’ve played in Korea. Now there’s a push to get a Korean presence at Big Sound 2014. Discussions have begun with Big…

Crooked Smile sees TLC brought out of hiding and onto vocal duties following a string of recent festival performances. J Cole’s second album Born Sinner, from which Crooked Smile is the second…

Having your album placed on the same pedestal as Kanye’s Yeezus and Jay-Z’s Magna Carta Holy Grail is no small feat. It’s a testament to the crazy hype and anticipation behind Drake’s latest, which…

There’s an oft-told story about how Van Halen had it written into their rider that they required a bowl of M Ms in their dressing room with the brown ones removed. Well, thanks to The Rider…

Tex Perkins has blamed ABC digital radio station DIG for leaking details of Homebake, via information he revealed in an interview not due to air until October. Perkins mentioned that the Beasts of…

Boy Bear have travelled a long way since Dave Hosking hopefully strummed out the first few recordings for the project four years ago and posted them on the Unearthed website. He expanded his solo…