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Tkay Maidza’s breakthrough is gathering momentum in the U.K., where she snags a brace of nominations for the 2021 AIM Independent Music Awards. The Zimbabwe-born, Australia-based singer, songwriter…

Michael Gudinski finally got his U.S. No. 1. The late Mushroom Group Chairman and founder is tops on Billboard Magazine’s newly-published International Power Players List for 2021, in recognition of…

A touch over four years after changing hands, indie label stronghold Inertia Music is rebranded to [PIAS] Australia. Through this reset, the Inertia Music group’s record company activities in…

SoundCloud is breaking ranks and switching to an artist-friendly payments model. From April 1, the streaming platform will switch to what it describes as a “user-centric” system, where its royalty…

Disclaimer: For the sake of transparency, it’s worth mentioning that about half of those streams came from the two singles released in the weeks leading up to the album release date, but for the sake…

In a year that’s had everything, in seemingly endless supply, Alex Cameron hit upon the perfect name for his new record label. Earlier this month, the Bad//Dreems guitarist and chief lyricist…

Punk rockers Amyl And The Sniffers have signed with Mushroom Music Publishing. Led by dynamite frontwoman Amy Taylor, the four-piece has gone from the Melbourne underground to the world’s biggest,…

Few things fit neater than rock music and alcohol, especially during a lockdown. UNIFIED Music Group and Crowbar are partnering on just the thing. The independent music group is working with Crowbar,…

By their very nature, the independents are agile, nimble and so often able to spot developments before the big guys. So, scrapping next month’s AIR Awards and 2020 Indie-Con was never going to…

Apple Music has quietly established a $50 million advance fund to help out independent labels and distributors in these tough times. The funds will be available through a one-time advanced payment on…