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Camp A Low Hum folds Underground NZ music festival Camp A Low Hum have announced that next February’s event will be the final one. A statement on their website reads: "I have been agonising on…

While most of America slept, and Australia counted down to the end of the working week, Beyoncé quietly and calmly uploaded her eponymous fifth record to iTunes, and walked away - as the Internet…

Southern Cross Austereo this morning confirmed one of the biggest rumors in commercial radio history. Announced this morning, the new 2Day FM breakfast team set to replace Kyle and Jackie O are as…

Three inaugural festivals get set for a stronger 2014 Three festivals which launched this year look set for a stronger showing in 2014 after impressive debuts. Yarra Council has voted to increase its…

The New Zealand recording industry is pulling back its pursuit of pirates, peak music Recorded Music New Zealand general counsel Kristin Bowman told Stuff co.nz. It is because despite the high cost…

Kathleen Hanna is one of the most influential and important figures in music: she spearheaded the riot grrrl feminist movement, fronted Bikini Kill and the less-serrated Le Tigre, unwittingly named…

Jesse Teinaki, 21 from Somerset, Tasmania, knows his life is about to change. At last night’s Telstra Road To Discovery final, held at the Forum in Melbourne, Teinaki and songwriter Angie McMahon, 19…

While wrapping up her promo visit, Melbourne-born, LA-based Havana Brown has just seen her single Flashing Lights hit #1 on the Billboard Dance Chart, her third single to do so. Following 2011…

KIIS 1065 full lineup revealed Further to yesterday’s confirmation that Mix 106.5 are to become KIIS 1065 in 2014, they have now released their full lineup. Sami Yumi are no longer part of the…

A few weeks ago I considered the concept of “fair use” as a defence against allegations of copyright infringement. The context of that article was the matter that had arisen between Australian music…