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For some years, music professionals have quietly grumbled about commercial radio’s failure to hit their content quotas. Those gripes got some serious volume at Bigsound last year. Behind closed…

SYDNEY GUITAR FESTIVAL OFFERS UNIQUE COMBINATIONS The Sydney Guitar Festival returns between Thursday August 9 and Sunday August 19, and will be staged across a number of well-known spaces. These…

“This isn’t a funding site, this isn’t like ‘please help me’. This is I’m here; let’s do this together.” Matt Sorum, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame drummer - formerly of Guns N’ Roses, Velvet Revolver,…

Working in a studio can be one of the most rewarding jobs in music, as you work closely with artists and help to turn their ideas into a brilliant record. That feeling is one that Chris Jackson knows…

Undoubtedly one of the most attended talks at SXSW so far, Lyor Cohen's keynote filled four meeting rooms at the Austin Convention Centre, with another two reserved for a live stream. The now Global…

PURE CHANGES BRISBANE VENUE, ADDS NATIONAL SUPPORTS Techno and house celebrating Pure 2018 has moved its Brisbane venue “for reasons relating to trading hours and liquor licensing”. Brisbane, which…

With the 20th Nordoff Robbins Music Quiz happening next week, and competitiveness at an all time high, we have compiled some sage advice from the 2017 winners on how to best survive and thrive during…

Austin's music community is thriving, and not just because the iconic conference and festival SXSW sets up camp here for over a week each year. The Texan city's music scene is marketed as America's…

Just over two months ago, the people behind the Time's Up movement in the US launched their Legal Defence Fund for all survivors of sexual assault and harassment in the workplace. Since then, more…

Daniel Johns, Skrillex, Toto (yes, you read that correctly)... the tracklist for the debut album from Sydney-born act What So Not reads more like a drunkenly curated playlist rather than a cohesive…