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On September 20, Give A Home, the global concert series presented by Sofar Sounds, Vice and Amnesty International, will see acts like The National, Jessie Ware, Kate Tempest and Jack Garratt perform…

The rise and rise of Australia s longest running dance label Central Station Records and its founders Jo Palumbo and Morgan Williams is intertwined with the growth of Australia s dance music scene,…

REBORN LANSDOWNE OFF TO STRONG START The return of Sydney s Lansdowne Hotel last Thursday has been met with outstanding excitement, says Matt Rule, who books the room. The first week was packed out…

You may not have realised it, but there is no escaping the work of 23-year-old Melbourne songwriter Sarah Aarons. Her name might not be familiar to you - unless you still buy CDs and read all the…

Vivid Ideas is back as part of this year's Vivid Sydney festivities, filled with panels and workshops that aim to broaden your mind, and fill you with the inspiration and ideas needed to reach those…

Ben Tillman, the Yours Owls co-founder and music industry veteran, speaks in an affable drawl, his voice full of the softness and warmness that makes you think he’d be good in an emergency; like he’s…

From her incredible backlog of hits, including the 10x times platinum 'Don’t Ask' (1994) and the multi-platinum 'In Deep' (1997), to her recent collaborations with acts like The Veronicas and Danni…

Geoff Trio has a pretty sweet job. Every year the music industry titan and founder of Australian Music Week sits back, straps on a pair of headphones, and listens to hundreds of hours of music…

From its inception as a tiny Melbourne store in the 1970's, to becoming the linchpin that paved the way for electronic dance music in Australia and New Zealand, Central Station Records' status as an…

The story’s notorious now: in early 2016, Sydney songwriter Starley Hope was about to give up on trying to make it as a songwriter, having tried to make a go of it in London, Sydney and LA, when she…