The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) has revealed when and where this year’s ARIA Awards are set to take place. Announced today, the 2025 ARIA…
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The 2025 National Indigenous Music Awards (NIMAs) have wrapped up in Darwin, celebrating the best in First Nations music with double wins for Emily Wurramara…
Hilltop Hoods climb the chart mountain, again. The Australian hip-hop trio sprint to No. 1 on the ARIA Albums Chart with Fall From The Light…
Frustrated with scattergun PR tactics, broadcaster Nic Kelly this week took to Instagram Stories and encouraged emerging artists to pitch direct to his inbox. Kelly,…
A New South Wales Greens MP has put the Minns government on blast for the allocation of its “financial lifeline” to a handful of music…
WEIRD FISHES L-R Rhett McLaren, Joe Miles, Aidan McLaren Australia’s newest artist management company is going swimmingly. Weird Fishes is the venture of experienced artist…
The first-ever winners of the APRA Diana Torossian Emerging Songwriter Award, a dedication to the late artist manager that was announced in May, have been…
Recording artists Josh Pyke and Leah Flanagan are fresh appointments to the Music Australia Council, while Mama Kin’s Danielle Caruana and Dr Sophie Payten (aka…
Dew Process is returning to its management origins. Paul Piticco’s independent music company snaffles Secret Sounds Artist Management, where it is rebranded as Dew Process…
APRA AMCOS and the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Music Office (NATSIMO) give a thumbs-down to the Productivity Commission’s interim report, which the organisations…
Lady Gaga dominates the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards nominations with 12 nod, her biggest haul in years. As per Rolling Stone, the pop icon’s…
Col Joye, the ARIA Hall of Fame-inducted artist and bandleader who flew to the top of the domestic charts before any of his Australian peers,…
Nabii is the winner of the inaugural Blueprint Project 2025, a nationwide hunt for the next standout in electronic music. An initiative of Amanda Blue’s…
ARIA and PPCA have opposed a proposed AI copyright law change, warning it could harm Australian creators. The proposed amendment, outlined in the Productivity Commission’s…
(L-R): Rachel Kelly, Francesca Caldara and Dan Nascimento If the 2025 Indie-Con is a good gauge, AI is both exhilarating and terrifying (and at the…
The Angels are the latest Australian act to earn a plum slice of Adelaide real estate, by way of a laneway in the city’s CBD.…
Ahead of the 2025 National Indigenous Music Awards ceremony, Jessica Mauboy is set to be honoured with a Hall of Fame induction. The ceremony will…
Jon Rose and Hollis Taylor Jon Rose and Hollis Taylor are this year’s recipients of the Richard Gill Award for Distinguished Services to Australian Music.…
KLP’s next project is vital. The Australian DJ, artist and industry figure today announces a new songwriter and mentorship program, VITAL, with support from the…
The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) has unveiled its inaugural ARIA Best Music Festival Award, supported by Tixel, which will celebrate the vital role of…