Every year when the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announces its nominees for the next induction it gets criticised … and so it should.

Another 13 Australian acts have been invited to showcase at SXSW in March.

Yes have sold the rights to their recorded music catalogue.

New York R&B/Soul singer Victor Daze has picked up two awards at the Pinnacle Awards in New York on Friday night. The Noise Network’s Chief Operating Officer Nick Kontonicolas is a huge supporter of Victor. “Victor’s two Pinnacle Award wins come after years of hard work and development. It gives me great pleasure to see Victor recognised at this point in his career. Victor has worked hard and hard work pays off”.

Triple J's Hottest 100 for 2022 is almost done. Here is what 2022 is looking like (so far).

The late Archie Roach has received a posthumous Companion of the Order of Australia award in the 2023 Australia Day honors.

The APRA Awards will be announced on 27 April, 2023 in Sydney.

Melbourne Guitar Show as a bigger line-up with new added acts including Phil Manning, King Canyon and Charlie Bedford.

The 2023 season of Twilight At Taronga at Sydney’s Taronga Zoo is off to a good start with the first show of the year for The Living End as well as dates for Xavier Rudd and Bjorn Again selling out early.

How dumb are major media outlets who published a parody site post about an Aretha Franklin song as fact today. I’m looking at you Jonesy and Amanda on WSFM.

It's an eleventh week at No.1 for Taylor Swift and her "Midnights" album in Australia.

Red Hot Summer has more sold out dates with Seppelsfield, Victoria show reaching capacity ahead of this weekend and the Batemans Bay show January 28 also declared a full-house.

ARIA’s current chart formula has continued to disadvantage Australian artists with the end of year Singles and Album charts once again showing poor impact for Australian artist.

Molly Meldrum’s “wardrobe malfunction” apology has become a case of something better left unsaid with further fall-out after actor Samuel Johnson pleaded with “the national treasure” to clean up his act.

It's a tenth week at No.1 for the tenth studio album by Taylor Swift, "Midnights".

Kickstarting 2023 is New Jersey soul singer Victor Daze who cites the late, great legends Marvin Gaye, Donny Hathaway, Prince and Michael Jackson for his musical guidance. The Noise Network Chief Operation Officer Nick Kontonicolas said, “With the new year now here, it is exciting to introduce such a talented new artist as Victor. With his new music to the world through Noise11 and our upcoming international media operation it is a privilege for me to discover a talent like Victor and then through our global business operations share his talent with music fans everywhere”.

ABBA have been nominated for Record of the Year and Album of the Year for 'Voyage' in the 2023 Grammy Awards.

Duane McDonald will kick off the 2023 season of Red Hot Summer in Mornington this week while yet another show has sold out for 2023. The Bendigo show on 25 February is at capacity.

Taylor Swift's "Midnights" logs a ninth week at No.1 in Australia, becoming her equal longest stay at the top of the Australian Album Charts.

Nirvana and The Supremes are set to be honoured with Grammy Lifetime Achievement Awards next month.

For the first time in her career, Taylor Swift has the highest selling album in Australia for 2022, as her late October dropped tenth set "Midnights" is the No.1 Album for the past year.

The forthcoming closure of Australian music retailer Sanity tells more about the music industry than the Sanity business.

The last week of sales for 2022 sees Taylor Swift's "Midnights" land an eighth week at No.1 in Australia.

The last No.1 Album for 2022 is the Taylor Swift set "Midnights", logging a seventh overall week in Australia.

Taylor Swift's "Midnights" regains its No.1 spot in Australia for a sixth overall week.

Wham! have returned to Number 1 in the UK with their classic track Last Christmas.

Red Hot Summer has another sell out show for 2023 in Launceston, Tasmania on 18 February.

Red Hot Summer has another sell out show for 2023 at the Berry Showground in Berry, New South Wales on 11 February.

There were no crickets at the MCG this week. Just thunderous applause. Billy Joel opened his one-off Melbourne show with a message for his fans. “The bad news is I haven’t put out anything new since 1993, so basically you’re gonna hear the same shit you heard last time. The good news is I haven’t put out anything new since 1993, so basically you’re gonna hear the same shit you heard last time.”

INXS co-founder Andrew Farriss will showcase for the SXSW music festival in 2023.