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Music News 

Australians tempted to get vaccinated with offer of free album

July 16, 2021July 16, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Australia, Covid, Free Albums, Golden Robot Records, Rock the Vax

Australian vaccination rates are much too low so a label called Golden Robot Records plans to give away free albums

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Random music news for Friday, May 28, 2021

May 28, 2021May 28, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Australia, BTS, Chi Pig, Concerts, Dave Ellefson, Grammys, KISS, Liam Gallagher, McDonald's, Megadeth, Milli Vanilli, Movie Trailers, SNFU, Travis Barker, Wayne Gretzky

A Canadian moon rover? Cool! We know something about dark and cold places. Here’s what you need for music news

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TikTok is opening a new terrestrial radio station in Australia

April 27, 2021April 27, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Australia, iHeart, Radio, TikTok

Yes, that TikTok. And as someone who has advocated a rethink of radio when it comes to appealing to people

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Music News 

Random music news for Tuesday, November 24, 2020

November 24, 2020November 24, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments AC/DC, Amazon, Apple, Australia, Guitars, Liam Gallagher, Live Music, Lobo, Melanie, R Kelly, Radio, Stream Ripping

The chorus of this song was stuck in my head for five days. It’s now been replaced by this. Think

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Music News 

Random music news for Saturday, June 13, 2020

June 13, 2020June 13, 2020 Alan Cross 1 Comment Australia, Concerts, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Dashboard Confessional, Festivals, Garth Brooks, HMV, Rage Against the Machine, Sunrise Records, TikTok

First, a message from Snoop Dogg: Snoop Dogg has a word for Donald Trump supporters pic.twitter.com/gjxfL9GDjf — XXL Magazine (@XXL)

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Music News 

Random music news for Wednesday, June 10, 2020

June 10, 2020June 9, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments AEG, Australia, Concerts, Happy Mondays, livestreaming, Richard Pryor, Shaun Ryder, Smashing Pumpkins, Urban Music

Can science please hurry up with research like this? The lockdown is not doing any favours to my waistline. Moving

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Music News 

Random music news for Saturday, December 1, 2018

December 1, 2018November 30, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Alexa, Amazon, Apple, Apple Music, Ariana Grande, Australia, iTunes, Jay Z, Kan ye West, Neuroscience, Ozzy Osbourne, Paul McCartney, Podcasts, Spotify, Tommy Lee, Travis Scott, Vinyl, VR, VUE, Wizard of Oz

Four more shopping weekends until Christmas. How’s your shopping going? Let’s move to music news for Saturday, December 1, 2018.

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Music News 

Australian prime minister doesn’t renew his domain, so a punk band grabbed it.

October 21, 2018October 21, 2018 Alan Cross 1 Comment Australia, Lustra, Scott Morrison

There’s been quite a bit of political turmoil in Australia this year when Scott Morrison became the country’s unelected prime

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WTF? 

“Mr. Brightside” As Done By A Sportscaster! Oh yes!

September 30, 2017September 28, 2017 Larry Lootsteen 0 Comments ABC, Australia, Gerard Whateley, Mr. Brightside, The Killers

The Killers classic “Mr. Brightside” is pretty ubiquitous as songs of the ages go. You really want to see this

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Music News 

Trying to Sneak Drugs into a Music Festival? Don’t Do This.

September 25, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Australia, Concerts, MDMA, Molly, Music Festivals, Vegemite

People will always attempt to sneak drugs into gigs, even when they know cops will be there with sniffer dogs.

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Tech 

Today’s Neat Music App: An A.I. DJ Brain That Builds Playlists On The Fly

June 2, 2017June 1, 2017 Mathew Kahansky 1 Comment A.I., Algorithm, Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Australia, DJ, Muru, Playlists, Streaming

What are your biggest issues with playlists? Do they take too long to make? Are they too static and unchanging?

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