This week on the 100% Independent Albums Chart The Black Sorrows debut #10 with Faithful Satellite (Head Records), Foxblood debut #14 with The Devil, the Dark & the Rain and debuting #15 is Jordie Lane & the Sleepers with Glassellland (Blood Thinner Records). ... Remi debuts #2 on the Independent Album Charts with Divas and Demons (House of Beige) and coming in #3 is Harts... Read More →
Harts is a ‘One man music making machine”. 25 year old Darren Hart’s latest release Smoke Fire Hope Desire has 14 tracks of genre hopping from rock to funk, jazz to electronica. He is a creative genius. The album was remarkably self-recorded and produced in his home studio. ... In 2015 his EP Breakthrough caught the attention of some of the... Read More →
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds hit the top spot on both the 100% Independent and the Independent Album Charts this week with Skeleton Tree (Bad Seed). Northeast Party House also debut on both charts with Dare (SSM) #3 on the 100% Independent Album Chart and #8 on the Independent Album Chart. British India also debut on two charts this week, debuting #19 on the 100% Independent... Read More →
AIR recently engaged Deloitte Access Economics to conduct a detailed survey of the Australian independent recording sector. This will lead to a fair and accurate measure of the Australian independent sector’s market share that will enable AIR to make adequate representations on behalf of the sector to both government and commercial stakeholders to garner strategic support to... Read More →
The board of the Australian Independent Record Labels Association is pleased to announce the appointment of Maria Amato as General Manager at AIR. ... Chairman David Vodicka said: “We are thrilled that Maria has accepted our offer to take on the role of General Manager, her experience and foresight is greatly valued by the board and we look forward to the next chapter as we enter... Read More →
The Australian delegation found the Indie Week conference to be a very valuable experience. They made some great connections and received a wealth of information from the workshops and panels which gave them insights into the latest developments being offered from industry service providers. ... The conference closed with the 5th annual A2im Libera awards which saw Courtney Barnett... Read More →
Winner of the 2015 Carlton Dry Independent Label of the Year Award, Milk! Records, was started by Courtney Barnett in 2012 to release her debut EP I've Got A Friend Called Emily Ferris.(Jen Cloher and Courtney Barnett) ... ... Since then it's become home to six more Melbourne based bands/artists. The label is artist run and happy to stay boutique and sustainable. Jen Cloher... Read More →
