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Two streaming services have announced major global expansion plans within the past 24 hours. Streaming music provider Rdio this morning (Australian time) launched its services in 20 new countries.…

Their debut single hits commercial radio tomorrow, so we invited the pop duo into our office this morning to perform a version of the hooky single ’Love Drunk’.

JMC Academy has joined the Berklee College of Music’s International Network, becoming the only Australia institutional partner school. Berklee is widely considered the world’s premier contemporary…

More good news for Sydney, the country, and culture in general, with the announcement that the City of Sydney are making Council-owned properties available as rehearsal spaces, and gig venues, as…

Three inaugural festivals get set for a stronger 2014 Three festivals which launched this year look set for a stronger showing in 2014 after impressive debuts. Yarra Council has voted to increase its…

New York-based company Verse Music Group has found a new way to use PledgeMusic. It is using the crowd-funding site for fans to pre-order the re-release of four classic jazz albums and pay for their…

The New Zealand recording industry is pulling back its pursuit of pirates, peak music Recorded Music New Zealand general counsel Kristin Bowman told Stuff co.nz. It is because despite the high cost…

The chorus of Melbourne rapper 360’s new track Impossible, at radio and retail this week, features a familiar voice – that of Silverchair’s Daniel Johns. The two artists were introduced to each other…

Kathleen Hanna is one of the most influential and important figures in music: she spearheaded the riot grrrl feminist movement, fronted Bikini Kill and the less-serrated Le Tigre, unwittingly named…

The Community Broadcasting Association of Australia (CBAA)’s General Manager Jon Bisset labelled an announcement by the Federal Government to scrap $2.5 million worth of funding ear-marked for…