Ninajirachi: Chronically online, critically acclaimed Producer, DJ, and now eight-time ARIA Award nominee for her debut album 'I Love My Computer', is Mixmag ANZ's Cover Artist for October 2025.
NEWS Casey Wasserman to sell talent agency due to Epstein files fallout In a memo sent to staff, the Wasserman Group CEO wrote: "I have become a distraction ... That is why I have begun the process of selling the company".
NEWS Anyma announces return to Gadigal Land/Sydney in 2026 One of global EDM's largest names returns to tour his brand new "immersive live concept", ÆDEN.
NEWS Jyoty, HAAi and Jaguar sign open letter calling for gender equality in club and festival line-ups Launched by Not Bad For A Girl, the letter points to examples of gender disparity — including one UK festival with a line-up featuring "80% men".
FEATURES Coding, collapse & clarity on r hunter's 'Yield' The LP, released via Naarm/Melbourne label Absorb, finds new life in the form of an accompanying work by artist Eek.
NEWS Suspected mass overdose at Sydney music festival leaves one dead Six people were also hospitalised after attending trance and techno festival Dreamstate over the weekend.
MUSIC PREMIERE: DJ PGZ & Yikes mark 1 year of 'Ouss Ouss' with DJ Plead remix One of 2025's most iconic releases sees a fitting commemorative rework by one of Gadigal Land's most respected.
NEWS Global alcohol market plummets by $1.18 trllion AUD as Gen Z drinking declines Bloomberg data shows US$830 billion loss in market value, while the Night Time Industries Association reports young adults moving away from traditional nightlife.
NEWS Pure Space launches cross-continental sub-label, Open Phase One of Australia's most forward-thinking labels launches a brand-new transmission, in the form of sub-label, Open Phase.
ARTISTS Life between languages: Takeo.K's dreamlike debut album ‘Home Is Everywhere and Nowhere at Once’ is Naarm/ Melbourne based artist Takeo.K’s debut album, a multidimensional collage piecing together home through a decade of experimentation.
NEWS Fela Kuti becomes first African artist to receive GRAMMY Lifetime Achievement Award Fela Kuti becomes first African artist to receive GRAMMY Lifetime Achievement Award.
NEWS Deezer says it has demonetised 85% of all AI-generated music due to fraud The French streaming service is now making its AI-detection tool “commercially available”.
NEWS Spotify and "big three" major labels are suing Anna's Archive for $13 trillion A court filing claims that the internet activist group has engaged in the "brazen theft" of 86 million audio files from the platform.
LISTS Machine Beats - exploring the sounds of ‘80s club music in Aotearoa Writer Martyn Pepperell dives into a generation of club music defined by hairstyles and fashion changing more rapidly than ever before.
NEWS fbi radio's Dance Class returns for 2026, applications now open The FLINTA-focused program is designed to uncover, train and mentor a brand new crop of electronic music talent on Gadigal Land.
NEWS Gadigal Land/Sydney's final lockout laws repealed, framed as policy milestone The 2014 lockout laws have seen total repeal to mixed reactions from both Sydneysiders & the press.
NEWS OK EG marks a decade by launching their own label, GEKO The Naarm/Melbourne-based duo arrive with their own imprint to celebrate the project's 10th year.
NEWS UGENIUS celebrates 100th release milestone with two-part compilation series The Naarm/Melbourne-based label, having worked with 144 artists over 13 years, is ready to celebrate.
NEWS Music streams grew by almost 10% to 5.1 trillion in 2025 Entertainment data specialist Luminate's study also revealed that over 120 million tracks had 10 streams or under last year.
NEWS Butter Sessions announces 3-disc compilation to celebrate its milestone 15th birthday The Naarm/Melbourne label shares yet another extensive release to celebrate a milestone, filled to the brim with collaborators new and old.
NEWS Bandcamp bans AI-generated music: "We’re putting human creativity first" Any music found to have been generated "wholly or in a substantial part" by AI tools will no longer be permitted on the music distribution platform.
NEWS SXSW Sydney announces cancellation despite $276 million "economic impact" claim Originally boasted as the first-ever global edition of the revered Austin-born festival, SXSW Sydney has announced its end, three years into a five year licensing deal.
NEWS WOMADelaide backs Sama' Abdulhadi booking amid Pro-Israel cancellation campaign The Palestinian DJ is the latest target of a campaign reminiscent of Adelaide Festival's recent choice to remove Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah from its Adelaide Writers' Week programming.
NEWS 69% of Gen Z use drugs "daily or weekly" to cope with work stress In a survey of 1,000 US workers, 34% of respondents said they use drugs on the job.
NEWS Musicians Boycott Adelaide Festival in Pro-Palestine Stand as Festival Plunges Into Crisis 180 members of the festival's program have withdrawn following its board's decision to remove Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah from its lineup.
FEATURES Our most anticipated sets for Wildlands Festival Ahead of this coming year's Wildlands instalments in Boorloo/Perth & Meanjin/Brisbane, we put a list together on who we're most excited to hear from.
FEATURES Pirapus can see the 'F U T U R E' of drum & bass The Aotearoa/New Zealand duo sit down with us ahead of the debut of their brand new live show at this year's Rhythm & Vines festival.
NEWS Activist group claims to have scraped 86 million songs from Spotify The group, named Anna’s Archive, says it now plans to release that music online.
LISTS ANZ's locals share their favourite tracks of 2025 What makes a 'track' the best of the year? We leaned on some of our favourite locals across Australia & Aotearoa/New Zealand to find out.
