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Barton will be the first Indigenous recipient of the award.

"It's never easy to pick just five acts, but we reckon this graduating class of high achievers includes the artists we'll be hearing, watching play and obsessing over next.”

The two-day celebration of independent music will go down as part of The Eighty-Six, a new music and arts festival taking over Naarm/Melbourne this October.

Industry news updated daily – August 2023

It's a Barbie world within the Top 10 this week as three songs from the soundtrack leap up the chart, while 'Sprinter' continues its run at the top of the singles chart. 

From bubblegum bangers to ripping rock, cruisy country and rousing rap, here are the tracks that should be on your radar for this week.

“The first half of 2023 is defined by more empowered superfans with a growing hunger to support their favourite artists."

It follows the launch of the Mushroom Booking Agency last week.

Royal Hotel Nundah has opened a 200-person capacity music venue.

“Never before have this many entrepreneurs, artists, futurists, innovators and titans of every industry all been in Sydney at one time."

Ahead of this year’s stacked Indie-Con program, The Music catches up with Neeta Ragoowansi (Folk Alliance), Noemi Planas (WIN) and Natalie Davila (Polyvinyl) to explore what the future holds for independent artists.

The full program now spans an impressive 40 names.