Australia’s Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says the federal government will establish a National Office for Live Music with high-profile musicians appointed as ambassadors for each state.
July 28, 2013
2013 is shaping up to be the best year for No.1 albums by Australian acts this decade, as the eighth local act to hit the top are Karnivool, who take their third album “Asymmetry” straight in at No.1 on the ARIA Albums chart this week.
July 27, 2013
Avicii holds on for a fourth week to the No.1 spot in Australia with “Wake Me Up”, whilst OneRepublic are also in a holding pattern of No.2 with “Counting Stars”, the track now achieving Platinum (▲) in sales.
July 27, 2013
Ian Kenny, lead singer for both Karnivool and Birds of Tokyo, has become the first person ever to debut at number one in two different bands in the same year on the Australian chart.
July 27, 2013
Nick Cave will deliver a keynote address at the Bigsound music industry conference in Brisbane in September.
July 26, 2013
Avicii could be headed for a fourth a week at No.1 with his track “Wake Me Up”, but there are a bunch of British boys who are challenging him for the top spot in Australia this week, One Direction and their new track “Best Song Ever”.
July 24, 2013
Stereophonic's Melbourne concert tonight has been cancelled because lead singer Kelly Jones has fallen ill. (July 23, 2013).
July 23, 2013
Legendary songwriter Diane Warren will be awarded International Music Person of the Year at Musexpo 2014 in Los Angeles next April.
July 22, 2013
Russell Morris received his gold record award for ‘Sharkmouth’ at The Today Show on Friday.
July 21, 2013
Pink reclaims her No.1 crown in Australia as her current album “The Truth About Love” jumps up three places to the top of the ARIA Albums Chart this week, helped no doubt by her current massive Australian tour.
July 20, 2013 Avicii and Aloe Blacc stay atop the ARIA Singles chart for a third consecutive week with “Wake Me Up”.
July 20, 2013
Australia’s Tame Impala have the 5th biggest selling album on vinyl in the USA so far this year.
July 20, 2013
Justin Timberlake’s ‘The 20/20 Experience’ is the biggest selling album of the year so far in the USA.
July 19, 2013
Radiohead/Atoms For Peace singer Thom Yorke has partnered with the new live music platform soundhalo.
July 19, 2013
The Queencliff Music Festival is offering a grant of up to $10,000 for emerging artists.
July 19, 2013
Former Magic Dirt singer Adalita will perform with Power Monkeys at the Hemensley Cup this Sunday in Melbourne.
July 19, 2013
The album chart could be a battle between Pink and Jay-Z this week.
July 17, 2013
APRA will hold the 3rd Art Music Awards in Sydney in August.
July 17, 2013
Amar Gopel Bose, the engineer, inventor and founder of the Bose Corporation, has died at his home in Massachusetts at the age of 83.
July 14, 2013
A song by Australian supergroup The Dead Daisies has been picked up by a radio station in Arizona before being noticed by Australian radio stations.
July 14, 2013
Not since the first chart of the year (7-Jan-13) has an album climbed back to the top of the charts, as this week Harrison Craig reclaims the ARIA Albums crown for a second week with his collection of ‘The Voice’ performances (and a few new songs) on “More Than a Dream”.
July 13, 2013 Avicii cements his place at the top of the ARIA Singles chart for a second week with his track “Wake Me Up”.
July 13, 2013
Dates for Big Day Out were revealed today after a giant billboard was put up on Punt Rd, Melbourne under Richmond railway station today.
July 12, 2013
Pink will film her Melbourne shows on Wednesday and Thursday (July 10 and 11) for her next live DVD.
July 10, 2013 After taking only three weeks to bullet to the top of the Australian charts last week, Avicii and Aloe Blacc seem set to maintain the No.1 position in the country with “Wake Me Up” this coming week, whilst former chart-toppers OneRepublic could sneak up to No.2 with “Counting Stars”, and Robin Thicke is still hanging around the top three with “Blurred Lines”.
July 10, 2013
Miley Cyrus is the youngest album ARIA chart-topper of the last 30 years, Bob Dylan is the oldest.
July 9, 2013
Artists wishing to attend the SXSW Music Conference and Festival in 2014 may now apply.
July 9, 2013
Local hip-hop act Bliss N’ Eso debut at No.1 with their fifth album entitled “Circus in the Sky”, also becoming their second consecutive chart-topping album, as their fourth set “Running on Air” debuted at the top back on 9-Aug-2010.
July 6, 2013 Avicii moves up to No.1 in Australia this week with his first chart-topping single here “Wake Me Up” featuring Aloe Blacc as guest vocalist, the track also achieves Gold (●) sales status this week too.
July 6, 2013
Wale ‘The Gifted’ will easily top the US chart this week.
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