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Who is Marshmello? While you may have noticed his emblematic oversized mask splashed over in-vogue festival posters and popular streaming playlists, our collective radars have all been turbulently…

Last week, an Open Letter was released to demand zero tolerance for sexual harassment, violence, objectification and sexist behaviour in the local music industry. The accompanying hashtag, #meNOmore,…

As the industry winds down after another hectic year, Peter Noble and his team at Bluesfest crank the gears for another big push. The 29th annual Bluesfest is taking shape with a stacked lineup…

CHRIS CORNELL May 18, age 52 An architect of the 1990s grunge scene, Chris Cornell was also one of its poster boys, with good looks, a near four-octave vocal range voice that matched Soundgarden s…

Some of the industry s big names handpick the singers and songwriters they think will make it big in 2018. Billie Eilish She s only 16, but she performs like she s been doing it forever. Massive…

TIO's Top Industry Tweet, affectionately known as the TIT, is arguably one of the most prestigious accolades a music industry professional could receive. With tweets covering the idiosyncratic to the…

Female rock royalty Suze DeMarchi has been an icon of the local scene for close to 30 years. After a short-lived pop music career in London, the singer-songwriter returned to Australia and formed the…

Now, considering our sister magazine The BRAG ran two quite divisive anti-racing pieces around the time of the Melbourne Cup, (one of which I wrote) you may feel it quite hypocritical for us to be…

Let's say you own a fruit and veg store. One of those family-ran, stock-still-in-boxes stores that are being blotted out as the years trundle on. You're manning the counter, there's a few people in…

Engineers and mixers rarely get the recognition in this industry that they deserve, nevermind the interview opportunities. Yet that s exactly the situation Englishman Adrian Breakspear finds himself…