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In This Issue: 360 retains top chart position, Foster the People dominate the ARIA Charts, HFN signs “Human Woman”, the AU review’s Australia’s Year in Music: 2011 Edition to be released in March, APRA announce Tropscore winner, 3wise sign The Smoking Hearts, Clint Boge leaves Butterfly Effect, Create/Control launches, Q Music Opportunities, National Slam Day is back, European Border Breakers Awards winners announces, Gotye signs worldwide publishing deal with Kobalt, Storm Corrosion signed to Roadrunner Records, Cloud Control hit Japan and the US, Vice launch Noisey Youtube channel, additional Song Summit 2012 performers/speakers announced, ABC Music’s new imprint label, Taio Cruz hits Australia, Triple J Unearthed Hilltop Hoods remix competition, Killswitch Engage announce new singer…
Welcome back to "The State Of Affairs", where we fill you in on what's been happening of late in the local and international music and arts industries. From break ups to make ups, from firings to hirings... you'll read it all here.
In This Issue: Strike Hard Bookings shuts shop, Hilltop Hoods sign to Fontana U.S, Nada Surfs sign with Stop Start,the ARIA Charts, James Vincent McMorrow joins Dew Process. Livescene launches App to promote live music, Adele holds her position at #1 in the ARIA charts, Inertia records introduces "Inertia Access" to help unsigned artists start out, Shock Records sign "While She Sleeps", Basick records partners with Prosthetic Records, Pressed And sign to Mush records, APRA AMCOS Song Summit announces key speakers, The Riff is back on Channel V!, The Holding Pattern helps launch undiscovered musicians. Katy Perry joins forces with The Sims, National Slam Day, Unsigned Only Music Competition, The 2011 Smac Awards, PBS 'Drive Alive 2012', Elefant Traks sign Sky'High, and Inpress organise a 'fun raiser' for Genny B.
They don’t call it Big for nothing. After what seemed a lifetime of waiting since the tickets went on sale (two hours earlier than they should have for some, thanks for the heads up Facebook!), Friday the 22nd of January was upon us. And boy, was it upon us.
Upon the arrival of the new decade,
patrons of the Lorne Falls Festival were left scalded by the sun’s
rays and soaked through and through by one of the most treacherous storms
the event has ever seen. Nonetheless, most of the 15,000 or so attendees
were delightfully content with the whole three days.
