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Carly Rae Jepsen Knocks Gotye From Number One In America

Justin Bieber protégé Carly Rae Jepsen has knocked Gotye from the top of the Billboard Hot 100.

June 14, 2012
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Adele Ties With Saturday Night Fever And Purple Rain In USA

Adele ‘21’ has returned to the number one spot on the American chart this week equalling her weeks at number one with the Saturday Night Fever and Purple Rain soundtracks.

June 13, 2012
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Sydney’s Iconic Venue The Basement Is For Sale

One of Sydney's most loved music venues The Basement is for sale.

June 12, 2012
Mark Lanegan
Ding Dong Relaunches With Mark Lanegan And Stonefield

The Ding Dong Lounge has been renovated and will relaunch with exclusive Mark Lanegan and Stonefield shows.

June 12, 2012
Brett Cottle
APRA CEO Brett Cottle Awarded Queen’s Honour

Brett Cottle, the Chief Executive for the Australian Performing Rights Association, has been awarded the Member of the Order of Australia (AM) by Queen Elizabeth II in the Queen's Birthday Honours.

June 11, 2012
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Missy Higgins Debuts At One With 15k Sales

Missy Higgins has the number one album in Australia this week after 15,321 fans went out and bought her ‘The Ol’ Razzle Dazzle’ album in the past week.

June 10, 2012
Halfcut Records
Shock Launches New Heavy Music Label Halfcut Records

Shock launches their new Halfcut label with heavyweight releases from Gallows, Heroes For Hire and While She Sleeps.

June 6, 2012
The Aston Shuffle
Universal Music Publishing Signs The Aston Shuffle

Canberra’s electronic music band The Aston Shuffle have signed a publishing deal with Universal Music Publishing.

June 6, 2012
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Jackson Firebird Is Warner Music’s New Cock Rock Band

Australia has a new Cock Rock band and the name of the band is Jackson Firebird.

June 6, 2012
Zune
Microsoft Kill Off Zune, Announce Xbox Music

Microsoft have dumped touted iPod-killer Zune for a new Xbox Music service.

June 5, 2012
2ST turns 40
Happy 40th Radio 2ST

Radio station 2ST, based in the NSW city of Nowra, turns 40 years old today.

June 4, 2012
One Direction - image by Ros O'Gorman
One Direction’s DVD Goes Six Times Platinum In First Week

Pretty faces on screen help boy band sensation One Direction hit the top of the DVD charts and go six times platinum.

June 4, 2012
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John Mayer Tops This Week’s ARIA Chart

John Mayer leads a refreshed line-up on this week’s ARIA Chart wrap.

June 4, 2012
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Amanda Palmer’s Kickstarter Hits $1 Million

Former Dresden Doll Amanda Palmer has earned $1 million towards her next projects through Kickstarter.

May 30, 2012
Falls Festival
Falls Festival Gets Philanthropic Support

A leading Australian philanthropist has backed the annual New Year’s Falls Music And Arts Festival.

May 30, 2012
Gotye and Kimbra
Gotye Wins APRA Music Award, Complete Winners List

Gotye’s award winning year continues with his latest grab, the honors at the APRA Music Awards.

May 29, 2012
Seal - Photo By Ros O'Gorman
Why The Voice Is A Piece of Crap And Should Be Treated As Such

Why are people in the music industry even watching that piece of crap called The Voice? The Voice, like Australian Idol before it, is a shallow TV template that is designed to generate ratings for TV and revenue for production houses, not careers for artists.

May 28, 2012
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The Temper Trap Debut At Number One In Australia

The Temper Trap’s self-titled album has debuted at number one in Australia. Not only that, it was the only album in Australia to sell more than 10,000 units last week.

May 28, 2012
Paul Dainty - image by Ros O'Gorman
Paul Dainty Consortium Acquires Aztec Music

A consortium led by Paul Dainty has acquired the assets of Aztec Music. Aztec was placed into receivership in March, 2012.

May 26, 2012
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Break A Leg Named Winner 5 For Red Bull Bedroom Jam

Moruya, NSW band Break A Leg have become the 5th and final act to be named for the Red Bull Bedroom Jam.

May 25, 2012
Nicky Romero
UK Dance Label Cr2 Launches In Australia

British electronic music label Cr2 has set up shop in Australia.

May 23, 2012
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Spotify Launches In Australia

Music streaming giant Spotify has officially launched in Australia.

May 22, 2012
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Keith Urban Tops This Week’s ARIA Chart

The Voice pushes Keith Urban’s new compilation to the top (and contestants debut well) in this week’s chart wrap.

May 21, 2012
Robin Gibb - Photo By Ros O'Gorman
Bee Gees Star Robin Gibb Dies At Age 62

Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees has lost his battle with cancer at the age of 62.

May 21, 2012
Paul Kelly - Image By Damien Loverso, Noise11, Photo
Paul Kelly To Coach The Rockdogs Community Cup Team

Paul Kelly has been named coach of the Rockdogs football team for the third year running for the 2012 Reclink Community Cup. Dan Sultan will captain the team.

May 19, 2012
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Adele, Ed Sheeran, PJ Harvey Pick up Ivor Novello Awards

The 57th Ivor Novello Awards have been announced. Ed Sheeran got one, so did PJ Harvey and Adele got the big one for Songwriter of the Year.

May 18, 2012
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Michael Chugg and Peter Noble Wage War On Byron Bay Council

It appears the Byron Bay council in their wisdom have allocated a quota for the number of Festivals allowed in the town and that means shows meant for Byron Bay cannot go ahead because the quota has been filled.

May 17, 2012
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Michael Buble Is The Face Of Smooth FM

The DMG radio network has opened up the cheque-book and signed Michael Buble as the face of their Smooth FM stations.

May 17, 2012
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Adele Is Two Weeks Away From Dire Straits Record

Adele ‘21’ is number one again in Australia making it 32 weeks in total on top of the Australian chart.

May 14, 2012
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Bill Walsh Sells His Share of Cherry Bar

After 12 years, Bill Walsh of Cosmic Psychos fame has sold his share in Melbourne’s iconic Cherry Bar.

May 11, 2012