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Tori Amos | Little Earthquakes The album that changed my life was Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes. At a very young age I was inspired by the biggest performers such as Michael Jackson and Madonna, and…

Australia’s John Rash made global music producer for Bacardi Founder and director of Australian brand communications consultancy Brand New Sounds, John Rash, relocates to London to take over the…

Launching Pad #1: Victorian festivals, associations, get funded The Melbourne International Jazz Festival, Next Wave Festival, Wangaratta Festival of Jazz, the Wantok Music Foundation, The Black Arm…

NEWS The Brutal Truth – Part 1 Australia’s Leading Comedy Talent Tell All About Stand-up vs. Radio Frank insights from the most stellar line-up of on-air talent ever assembled in one place without…

Staging a festival is fraught with problems. Staging an international hip hop festival is another matter altogether. Just ask Dwayne Cross. The U.S.-born, Melbourne-based promoter is behind the…

Wanna build an empire from the ground up? VICE did just that, using as its foundation a cutting-edge magazine and a record label. Today, VICE is a vertically-integrated multi-media lifestyle brand,…

As impressive as James Blake’s self-titled debut album was, the 24-year-old Londoner has taken a massive leap forward with his follow-up. It inhabits the same aurally cavernous space but Overgrown…

UMPG signs music catalogue of Warner Bros Entertainment Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG) has signed the past and present music catalogues of Warner Bros Entertainment to a worldwide…

Tim Pittman is one of the unsung champions of Australia’s music industry. An artist manager, promoter and label chief, Pitmann has overseen Australian tours by the likes of Lou Reed, The Violent…

Machine Translations opens a new door Spunk will release Melbourne artist Machine Translations’ (aka J. Walker) new record The Bright Door on October 11 – his first in seven years. In that time, he…