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NEWS Gadigal Land/Sydney's final lockout laws repealed, framed as policy milestone The 2014 lockout laws have seen total repeal to mixed reactions from both Sydneysiders & the press.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.