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Chords for Causes: Breast Cancer Unplugged

Last year approximately 14, 000 Australian women were diagnosed with breast cancer. 29 year old local newlywed Yvette Luciano was amongst the women diagnosed after detecting a lump on her honeymoon. After almost a year, Yvette is celebrating the end of her treatment by putting already putting back into the community. Yvette is organising a

SOUND SUMMIT ANNOUNCES SECOND LINEUP

Sound Summit is pleased to announce the second lineup announcement for the forthcoming 2011 festival. Having already announced a massive international lineup featuring Moon Duo (USA), Wet Hair (USA) and Mono (JPN), we are pleased to unveil a huge Australian lineup, making this year’s Sound Summit the biggest yet. Featuring incredible local bands from across

FLOATING ME

Australian rock supergroup Floating Me is comprised of vocalist Andrew Gillespie, guitarist Antony Brown and keys player Tobias Messiter of ground-breaking ’90s Sydney band Scarymother, Jon Stockman of Triple J favourites Karnivool on bass, and drummer Lucius Borich of influential hard-rock trio Cog who took a moment to chat with us…

THE PAPER SCISSORS

The Paper Scissors are an Australian garage-punk rock band consisting of Jai Pyne, Xavier Naughton and Ivan Lisyak. They’ve played some big festivals such as Falls Festival, Playground Weekender and Parklife. In 2008 the trio embarked on a co-headline tour with Bluejuice. We were lucky enough to be able to catch up with them before they

Live Music fuels Australian economy to the tune of $1.2 billion

The first ever national study of the value of Australian live music has discovered that in 2009/10 the Australian live music industry has boosted our national economy with $1.21 billion, with total profits and wages of $652 million and supporting almost 15, 000 full time jobs. The study was commissioned by APRA/AMCOS in conjunction with

Third Round Announced for Breakthrough Program

Australia’s Minister for the Arts, the Hon Simon Crean MP has announced today that a third round of the Breakthrough: Emerging Indigenous Contemporary Musicians Recording Initiative is now open for applications. The third round will enable two aspiring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander musicians or bands to increase their audience exposure further their music careers. The Australian

The 7th Australian Music Prize Announces Judging Panel

The 7th Australian Music Prize has announced it’s judging panel for this year, a panel which will incorporate several more industry professionals. 42 judges of industry, music and musicians coming from all over the music globe will preside over the prize. The judges will be determining the shortlist of 9 outstanding Australian albums.

triple j Launch iPhone App

Triple J have finally released an app, joining the likes of Southern Cross Austereo, DMG and ARN in providing a hand-held extension of on-air broadcast. The free Triple J app for smartphones includes a swathe of features designed to complement on-air programs and extend user accessibility to Triple J content.