Applications open for bands and filmmakers for "Captured: Australia"
The third incarnation of Captured has officially landed, with applications opening today for Captured Australia. With the films set to premiere in November as part of Australian Music Week, bands,...
View ArticleVMA Winners Wrap Up: Kanye to run for President, Taylor wins all the moonmen...
Pictured: 5 Seconds of Summer at the 2014 ARIAs. Photo by Nathan Atkins. The MTV VMAs have come and gone for another year, and as always they've left people with a lot to talk about. Most notably has...
View ArticleBIGSOUND industry and conference tickets sell out; live tickets still available.
It seems like everyone is keen to discuss, analyse, and celebrate all corners of Australian music because BIGSOUND industry and conference tickets have now completely sold out out. The annual event,...
View ArticleTinashe gets a workout in joint music video for "Bet" and "Feels Like Vegas"
As she continues making her undeniable mark on the mainstream music world Tinashe releases the final two singles off her incredible debut LP Aquarius with the Dev Hynes assisted (and one of our...
View ArticleThe State of Affairs: The Latest Music Industry News - 4th September 2015
In This Issue: we look at the 2015 Melbourne Music Bank; a new imprint from the team at Nuclear Blast Records with four international signings; the Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music at Monash University...
View ArticlePeter Garrett kicks off his BIGSOUND Opening Keynote with the ten things he's...
As we write and publish this, Midnight Oil's Peter Garrett is delivering his BIGSOUND opening keynote to a packed theatre in Brisbane. He kicked off his address with a 1 minute summary of his time in...
View ArticleFestival "Reclaim The Streets" is set to protest lockout laws in Sydney this...
Since the drastic lockout laws have been put in place by the State Government, thousands of Sydney sider's have felt the sting of the highly regulated and restricting night life. This Sunday September...
View ArticlePaul Kelly and Gurrumul release an incredible cover of "Amazing Grace"
Two Australian treasures coming together for a soulful cover of an iconic gospel song is definitely something that deserves attention. Especially when those two treasures are Gurrumul and Paul Kelly....
View ArticleSoulwax release nine minute remix of Tame Impala's "Let It Happen"
Soulwax have come out of the studio in a big way, stretching out Tame Impala's dominant "Let It Happen" into a prog-electronica jam completely in line with the inventive style we've come to expect from...
View ArticleLana Del Rey releases new single "Music to Watch Boys To" (2015)
Lana Del Rey is getting ready to release her third album, Honeymoon this month, and Beats 1 have premiered what she herself has said is her favourite song from the project, "Music to Watch Boys to"....
View ArticleFlight of the Conchords, Lorde, Kimbra, The Naked & Famous, and more team up...
A New Zealand supergroup of sorts has formed for a side-splitting charity single to support the All Blacks in the 2015 Rugby World Cup along with charity Cure Kids to raise awareness for Batten...
View ArticleJay Rock, Kendrick Lamar, ScHoolboy Q, and Ab-Soul release posse cut "Vice City"
Jay Rock is getting ready to unleash 90059 any day now, and to signal it's imminence a video has been released for "Vice City", a track hooking Rock up with his fellow Black Hippy emcees, Kendrick...
View ArticleCanadian group Stars preview new EP with "A Simple Song"
Diverse Canadian pop-rockers Stars are just about ready to unleash a new EP for their fans, a follow up to last year's brilliant No One Is Lost album. The EP will contain a few unreleased cuts, one of...
View ArticleFom Ngaiire to SAFIA, dozens of Australian artists on the first line-up for...
CMJ Music Marathon, New York’s annual music showcase, has announced its initial line-up for 2015, with a range of performances featuring some 300 artists from Australia and the around the world....
View ArticleThom Yorke premieres an eerie 8-minute song at New York Fashion Week with the...
Thom Yorke is messing with our heads again. The Radiohead frontman debuted a haunting new song, "Villain", at the recent runway show for Rag & Bone at New York Fashion Week. Closing in at just over...
View ArticleSoundwave 2016 adds Devil You Know as the eight act confirmed for the festival
As that drip-feed approach continues to test our patience, Soundwave have announced that the eight official band to be joining the 2016 line-up is Metal supergroup Devil You Know. Howard Jones, the...
View ArticleBritish producer Naughty Boy releases video for "Runnin' (Lost It All)" with...
British producer Naughty Boy has another guaranteed hit on his hands thanks to a megastar guest spot by Beyoncé, who appears on the hitmaker's latest track "Runnin' (Lost It All)" alongside vocalist...
View ArticleBat for Lashes' project 'Sexwitch' release their second single "Ha Howa Ha Howa"
New Natasha Khan is always a good thing; even better when it's coming from her brilliant new group with TOY and Dan Carney - the curiously named Sexwitch. We've already heard the first single from the...
View ArticleMassive 37 band lineup revealed for The Aussie BBQ at CMJ 2015
Pictured: Michelle XenThe Aussie BBQ has become a fixture of the international touring schedule of any emerging Australian band, hitting up events like The Great Escape, Canadian Music Week, SXSW and...
View ArticleSunbeam Sound Machine announces CMJ fundraiser show and Pozible campaign
Photo Credit: Lochlan FunstonFounded by Melbourne musician, Nick Sowerby, Sunbeam Sound Machine, now a full-fledged five piece band, and in the light of their musical successes, have been invited to...
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