Glenn Dickie, the co-founder of the Aussie BBQ and former A&R director at EMI, has joined Sounds Australia as Export Music Producer.

BigSound 2013 will start taking registrations on Thursday (February 14).

Wolfmother have been added to the list of Australian acts to play at SXSW next month.

The 2013 Grammy Awards were handed out today at the Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles.

It only took them 50 years but The Beach Boys have finally won their first Grammy Award.

Gotye has picked up two Grammy Awards at the 55th Grammy’s in Los Angeles.

The first act from Iceland to top the ARIA Albums Chart occurs this week, as Of Monsters & Men take their album “My Head is an Animal” up four places to land the No.1 album in Australia.

Macklemore and Ryan Lewis are at No.1 on the ARIA Singles chart for fourth week with their track “Same Love”.

Pollstar, America’s prestigious music industry trade publication, has named Bluesfest as one of the best International Music Festivals of 2012.

Parlophone Records, the only record label smart enough to sign The Beatles, has been sold to Warner Music for £487 million ($AUD744 million).

Kylie Minogue is making a serious attempt to take off in America. She has signed with Jay Z’s music label Roc Nation.

iTunes has sold 25 billion downloads with ‘Money Dreams (Goksel Vancin Remix’ by Chase Buch being the title of the 25 billionth song sold.

The legendary Eric Burdon has been added as a speaker at SXSW next month in Austin, Texas.

Music sales in Australia in 2012 increased by 4% giving the Australian Music Industry its first upward trend since 2009.

Michael Gudinski celebrated the 40th anniversary of the start of Mushroom with a 7-hour showcase of the labels new acts and the announcement of the promotion of his son, Matt.

Mushroom Records founder Michael Gudinski has made it official. He is “not fucking retiring”.

Dave Grohl has said in interviews that he will be showcasing his Sound City Players at SXSW next month and today John Fogerty let slip that he will be playing SXSW as well.

SXSW registrants, showcasing acts and anyone considering heading to Austin for SXSW are invited to attend the Meet N Greet information night in Sydney and Melbourne next Tuesday.

Melbourne singer songwriter Henry Wagons has appeared on the SXSW Music schedule.

Thanks to the multiple Triple J Hottest 100 for 2012 placements, local electro-lad Flume sees his self-titled album jump up fifteen places to No.1 this week.

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis stay atop the ARIA Singles chart for a third week with their second No.1 “Same Love”.

Five more acts including Flume, Tame Impala and The Presets have been added to the Australian Music Prize (AMP) Shortlist.

2DAY jocks Mel Greig and Michael Christian will not face charges for the royal prank that led to the death of a British nurse last December.

Australian acts will once again take over Austin, Texas on March 16 for one of SXSW’s hottest events, The Aussie BBQ.

Amanda Palmer will tell the story of how she did the business her way at SXSW in March.

Universal Music has confirmed that the take-over of EMI Records in Australia is now complete and that that Marketing, Promotions and A&R will continue to run separately but under Universal management.

Over 200 Australian venues have signed up for SLAM Day 2013 with new acts being added every day and today you can add Pete Murray and Jeff Martin to the list.

There are now three major music labels in Australia following the absorption of EMI into Universal Music this week.

Before Jimmy Little passed away in April, 2012 he set up a charity to help children and the indigenous people that will continue on in his name. That includes the announcement today of the Jimmy Little Grant.

Elvis Costello and The Imposters have thrown their support behind the National Slam Day 2013.