THE SOUNDMERCH AUSTRALIAN MUSIC PRIZE CROWNS THE AVALANCHES' 'WE WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU’ AS 2020's ALBUM OF THE YEAR

Breaking - Today the highly-coveted SoundMerch Australian Music Prize has been awarded to The Avalanches for their acclaimed album We Will Always Love You for the most outstanding creative Australian record of the last year. Not only do they take out the prestigious award but land $20,000 in prize money thanks to SoundMerch. 

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MUSIC VICTORIA WELCOMES ALICE SKYE, ELIZABETH, ROLLING BLACKOUTS COASTAL FEVER AND SIMONA CASTRICUM TO PERFORM AT THE 2020 MUSIC VICTORIA AWARDS

Ahead of the 16th annual Music Victoria Awards this year, Music Victoria are pleased to reveal a killer lineup of acts set to grace our screens this December for the unique live-streamed event, which forms part of the Melbourne Music Week program, taking place on opening night.

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BIGSOUND KICKS OFF TOMORROW - HERE’S WHAT YOU CANNOT MISS

Moving to 100% virtual and 100% free this year, BIGSOUND 2020 gets ready to go live in your living rooms, laptop screens, and office spaces from tomorrow on Wednesday October 21st and Thursday 22nd, bringing together a stacked conference program of keynote presentations, panels, workshops, performances and parties covering a wide range of topics and discussions aiming to re-future a challenged industry with positivity, connection and reality.

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BIGSOUND ANNOUNCES 2020 KEYNOTES: TOM MORELLO, KEV CARMODY, TONES AND I, AMY SHARK, NAT’S WHAT I RECKON + MORE!

BIGSOUND 2020 has dropped the mic on its first (and hopefully last) ever 100% virtual program on October 21 and 22, bringing together a stacked first announcement of keynote presenters to lead a program to re-future a challenged industry with positivity, connection and reality.

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BIGSOUND POWERS FORWARD WITH ESSENTIAL 2020 MUSIC GATHERING

BIGSOUND is pleased to announce that it will proceed in 2020 with a revised program of conference, live music and parties, ensuring that its long-standing role of providing forward thinking, listening, learning, discovering and most importantly industry connection for the music community, is not lost due to COVID-19.

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