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The Hottest 100 Australian managers of 2019!
Another year, another Hottest 100 in the bag! While music fans and avid countdown-lovers bask in the afterglow of the huge day that was yesterday, we're throwing the spotlight back onto the people…

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The Hottest 100 Australian managers of 2019!
Another year, another Hottest 100 in the bag! While music fans and avid countdown-lovers bask in the afterglow of the huge day that was yesterday, we're throwing the spotlight back onto the people…

How the Australian music scene banded together in the bushfire crisis
How the Australian music scene banded together in a time of crisis, and how that solidarity impacted the world. In September 2019, a single ember sparked the premature beginning of bushfire season…

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How the Australian music scene banded together in the bushfire crisis
How the Australian music scene banded together in a time of crisis, and how that solidarity impacted the world. In September 2019, a single ember sparked the premature beginning of bushfire season…

Party In The Paddock: from humble beginnings to a global award nom
Party In The Paddock will return for one last time in February. Grown from humble beginnings, what was once just a few mates kicking on in the backyard is now in the running to be NME’s Best…

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Party In The Paddock: from humble beginnings to a global award nom
Party In The Paddock will return for one last time in February. Grown from humble beginnings, what was once just a few mates kicking on in the backyard is now in the running to be NME’s Best…

Match report: First weekend in Sydney, post-lockouts
Nathan Jolly on why it will take time to rebuild Sydney's formerly vibrant nightlife.

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Match report: First weekend in Sydney, post-lockouts
Nathan Jolly on why it will take time to rebuild Sydney's formerly vibrant nightlife.

Ones To Watch: 10 Aussie acts ready to break airplay charts in 2020
These are the acts we think are most likely to break through at commercial radio this year.

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Ones To Watch: 10 Aussie acts ready to break airplay charts in 2020
These are the acts we think are most likely to break through at commercial radio this year.

'The Veronicas are just so well matched with MTV': Simon Bates
Bates says the series got more publicity than another other locally-produced show by MTV Australia.

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'The Veronicas are just so well matched with MTV': Simon Bates
Bates says the series got more publicity than another other locally-produced show by MTV Australia.

Australian radio pulls back on bushfire sensitive songs
In the upsetting scenes of the bushfire catastrophe, Australian commercial radio networks are pulling back on songs that could potentially upset listeners. The Sydney Morning Herald report noted that…

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Australian radio pulls back on bushfire sensitive songs
In the upsetting scenes of the bushfire catastrophe, Australian commercial radio networks are pulling back on songs that could potentially upset listeners. The Sydney Morning Herald report noted that…

Could Blockstamp technology solve music's monolithic metadata problem?
Metadata is the most uncool, complicated, laborious necessity in music right now. Without the correct metadata to tell collecting societies which songwriters are owed what, artists can miss out on…

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Could Blockstamp technology solve music's monolithic metadata problem?
Metadata is the most uncool, complicated, laborious necessity in music right now. Without the correct metadata to tell collecting societies which songwriters are owed what, artists can miss out on…

Report: Aussies shifting from infringing copyrighted music
A new Australian consumer survey from the Department of Communications and the Arts (DCA) indicates that streaming has increased music consumption and anti-piracy moves by the entertainment industry…

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Report: Aussies shifting from infringing copyrighted music
A new Australian consumer survey from the Department of Communications and the Arts (DCA) indicates that streaming has increased music consumption and anti-piracy moves by the entertainment industry…

"Music is limitless": Karnivool’s Drew Goddard talks Barefoot Bands & learning through community
Busy times abound for Perth guitarist and songwriter, Drew Goddard. Balancing the ongoing process of completing a long-awaited new Karnivool record and his other creative pursuits, the musician is…

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"Music is limitless": Karnivool’s Drew Goddard talks Barefoot Bands & learning through community
Busy times abound for Perth guitarist and songwriter, Drew Goddard. Balancing the ongoing process of completing a long-awaited new Karnivool record and his other creative pursuits, the musician is…
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