NEWS Gadigal Land/Sydney's final lockout laws repealed, framed as policy milestone The 2014 lockout laws have seen total repeal to mixed reactions from both Sydneysiders & the press.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Adelaide Festival in Pro-Palestine Stand as Festival Plunges Into Crisis 180 members of the festival's program have withdrawn following its board's decision to remove Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah from its lineup.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.
NEWS YouTube streams will no longer count towards US Billboard chart position The streaming giant will no longer supply data to the music charting body in opposition to its policy of weighing paid-for streams over those that are ad-supported.