The latest Word Up From Down Under feature at Grammy.com is with New York band fun.

Guy Sebastian has just landed his second No.1 album in Australia with his seventh album “Armageddon”, two weeks shy of nine years since he first hit the top of the ARIA Albums chart with his Australian Idol packed debut album “Just as I Am”. 

I’ll be honest straight up-I didn’t watch the ARIA’s this week. Furthermore it wasn’t until I saw some mention of it somewhere that I even knew they were on. I feel bad saying that, but from the reports and comments I’ve seen since then I’m not alone.

Photographer Ken Regan, who earned the trust and respect of people like Bob Dylan and The Rolling Stones, has lost his battle with cancer.

Guy Sebastian earns his second No.1 album in Australia with his seventh studio album “Armageddon”, which climbs three places to the top of the ARIA Albums chart this week. It’s exactly nine years since he first topped the ARIA Charts with his debut single “Angels Brought Me Here” landing at the top this week in 2003 (1-Dec-2003).

Macklemore moves up to the No.1 spot in Australia with his first track to chart here, “Thrift Shop”, replacing X-Factor winner Samantha Jade after just one week at the top of the ARIA Singles Chart, she’s down to No.2 this week.

After 28 years Metallica have taken ownership of their original masters and have launched their own label Blackened Recordings.

Noise11.com brings you the 2012 Aria Award Winners as they are announced and here is the complete winners list.

Gallin’s Musician’s Pro Shop has thrown Allans Billy Hyde a lifeline.

Adele’s ‘21’ album has sold over 10 million units, meaning it now qualifies for a Diamond certification.

Led Zeppelin has claimed the highest debut album of the week this week on Australia’s ARIA chart.

One Direction stay atop the ARIA Albums Chart this week with their second album “Take Me Home”, achieving 2xPlatinum, doubling itself from last weeks debut. But with her 42nd (and counting) show for her 2013 Australian tour announced last week, Pink rises back up to No.2 with “The Truth About Love”, racking up its tenth week inside the Top 4 (and Top 10).

X-Factor 2012 winner Samantha Jade debuts at No.1 on the ARIA Singles chart this week with the pop-dance track “What You’ve Done to Me”, selling/downloading gold in its first three days of release (released 9:30pm Tuesday 20th November).

If you are in Melbourne, Collarts, The Australian College of the Arts, will present its At World’s End showcase on Monday and Tuesday in Collingwood.

Eskimo Joe will put on a BBQ for investors of their next studio album.

There's a really weird anniversary about to happen next month, on December 17. A 30 year anniversary. It was designed to save lives which it obviously, and thankfully has done, and that's a great, great thing. There was a side effect though. One which wouldn't have been part of the calculation, but in effect killed the Aussie pub scene.

The Temper Trap and Oh Mercy were just two of the winners at the 7th annual EG Awards held in Melbourne last night (November 20).

Composer Antony Partos was the big winner at the 2012 Screen Music Awards in Melbourne last night and Dead Can Dance’s Lisa Gerrard also took home an award.

With the likes of AJ Maddah, Kimbra, Dom Alessio, Clare Bowditch, Chet Faker, Johann Ponniah, Weddings Parties Anything, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard and key note speaker Martin Atkins gracing the stages of Face The Music it is not surprising that Melbourne’s premier music conference is now completely sold out, with over 800 delegates in attendance.

With One Direction debuting at No.1 with their second album “Take Me Home”, following on from their first No.1 set “Up All Night”, let’s take a look at other artists who have scored a No.1 album with their first two (or even more) albums.

One Direction’s second album “Take Me Home” debuts at the top of the ARIA Albums chart to give them two No.1 albums in the same year, plus the new set enters the chart with a Platinum accreditation.

The Swedish House Mafia featuring John Martin and their track “Don’t You Worry Child” hold onto the ARIA No.1 Singles position for a second week, whilst PSY is still knocking at the door of the top spot with his “Gangnam Style”, which holds at No.2 for another week and picks up a sixth Platinum accreditation.

Jordie Lane, Seun Kuti & Egypt 80, Breabach and Yasmin Levy are just some of the acts scheduled to perform live tonight in Melbourne for the final night of Australasian Worldwide Music Expo showcases.

The Australasian Worldwide Music Expo (AWME) has had its most successful year ever with organisers declaring this year's event a sell-out.

Little Hurricane were the buzz band of 2012 and the one to watch in 2013. At Grammy.com, Little Hurricane is The Word Up From Down Under feature from Noise11.

Brian Ritchie, Violent Femmes and The Break bass player, will address the Australasian Worldwide Music Expo in Melbourne today about "his other job"m the curator of MONA FOMA in Hobart.

Dave Grohl has been announced as the keynote speaker for the SXSW Music Conference in Austin, Texas next March.

Soundwave boss and self-confessed Twitter addict, AJ Maddah, made a rare appearance on stage at Melbourne's Face The Music conference on Friday, offering his thoughts on his festivals, his love-hate relationship with social media and how he's driven by a need to create the perfect festival.

The Australasian Worldwide Music Expo (AWME) starts in Melbourne this morning with an opening seminar on social networking, smart phones and digital music platforms.

So, the new Zeppelin cd/dvd arrived instore today. It’s called “Celebration Day” and is the recording made of Led Zeppelin’s last (at this time) gig at London’s O2 Arena from 2007. It’s a great show and one where they nailed it live. The few previous attempts went down like a..…well, you know what I mean.