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Ariana Grande Right There ft. Big Sean REP/UMA This track is a throwback to that addictive ’90s R’n’B sound that seems to be permeating radio more and more these days - a good sign indeed, both…

Zan Rowe | Triple J Fugazi - Red Medicine As a teenager, a heap of my musical discoveries came from my best friend’s big sister. Her and her mates steadily built a collection of, up until then,…

Mark Holden | Songwriter Blue - Joni Mitchell Songs are like tattoos. These songs are etched into my soul. I stumbled on the blue cover art in a Canberra record store in 1970 on a house-swap vacation…

Darren Hayes | Artist Prince - Purple Rain The year was 1984 and the album that changed my life was Purple Rain by Prince and the Revolution. To put things into context, this is the year of FM stereo…

Alicia Keys is the first international act to be confirmed for the 27th ARIA awards, held Sunday December 1 at The Star Event Centre, Sydney. Her televised appearance, performing her hit Girl On Fire…

Universal Music Group’s revenue was up 21.9% between January and September this year, to €3.398 billion (Australian $4.893 billion), its Paris-based parent company Vivendi reported. The world’s…

Power pop band Fun Machine and Indie folk singer-songwriter Dylan Hekimian scored two wins each at the second MusicACT Annual Music Awards (MAMAs) on Saturday night. The event drew 700 to the…

As we expected, Michael Gudinski has been the highlight of a very impressive lineup of speakers at today’s Face The Music. Below is a series of our favourite quotes from our favourite impresario.…

The year has almost drawn to a close and what a crazy one it’s been. We’ve seen some huge songs come and go, a number of wildly varying genres dominate the charts, and now that commercial radio have…

To get you in the spirit of Christmas, we’ve knocked together this festival playlist, spanning all tastes, genres and... well, levels of quality. They are Xmas songs after all... Merry Christmas!