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Hot Seat: Matt Gudinski - Executive Director, Mushroom Group

From wi-fi to ultrasound and the Fruit Ninja game, Australian tech developers have exported some smart ideas into the global mainstream. Matt Gudinski reckons he might have another. The…

Q ’n’ A: Japandroids

The Japandroids’ much-feted second album Celebration Rock set its own course with the mission statement inherent in its title. Eight anthemic songs, anchored by a simple drum/guitar setup, the album…

Lorde for ARIA Awards, secure a spot at MusicNSW’s production masterclass, and Jabba’s ARIAs playlist

Havana Brown: Warrior

Today, Havana Brown’s latest single Warrior is officially serviced to commercial radio, and this track should mark the end of DJ Havana Brown, and the birth of International Pop Star Havana Brown -…

Frontier Touring and AEG Live to bring the Rolling Stones to Australia in 2014

Frontier have announced that unbeatable icons The Rolling Stones will be heading to Australia in March next year. So far only one date has been announced, March 22 for the opening of Adelaide Oval,…

Inertia’s Colin Daniels joins international Merlin board

Colin Daniels, Managing Director of Inertia, was voted on the 15-seat board of Merlin, London-based global rights agency for the independent label sector. Daniels is the second Australian on the…

Paris Hilton ft. Lil Wayne: Good Time

There is a small pocket of people – myself included – that genuinely believe that Paris Hilton’s 2006 debut single Stars Are Blind is a great pop song. Sadly this is not. None of the aforementioned…

Hot Seat: Martin Goldschmidt - Founder, Cooking Vinyl

When Martin Goldschmidt established Cooking Vinyl back in 1986, his label had a distinct lean towards folk music. Not any more. Yes, Billy Bragg remains one of Cooking Vinyl’s most iconic artists,…

Kathleen Hanna: girls to the front

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…

This Record Changed My Life: Protest The Hero

The record that changed my life was Propagandhi’s Today’s Empires, Tomorrow’s Ashes. I can still remember the first time I heard Back to the Motor League; they released this song as an album teaser…