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Cutting out the middlemen: Daniel Ek, chief executive officer and co-founder of Spotify.

Spotify cuts out banks on way to Wall Street

The music streaming service will be the first major company to carry out a direct listing on the New York Stock Exchange, cutting out banks and brokers in a move that could change the way companies sell shares.

Why you need to hear ... Broads

Broads: Kelly Day and Jane Hendry.

Listening to Broads feels like following two siren calls down a dark and disconcerting path into the woods. The mesmerising, haunting voices behind Broads are Kelly Day and Jane Hendry, who sing country lullabies that are at once alluring and bleak.

Get a life, find a band

Searching for direction - Fleet Foxes return.

His songs needed new life, his mind needed new experiences, so Robin Pecknold left Fleet Foxes for university, returning now revived and renewed.

Roll-up for a stage spectacular

Veteran punk trio Tre Cool, Billie Joe Armstrong and Mike Dirnt.

Amid the pyrotechnics, costume changes, theatrics and audience participation, Green Day's Sydney show left little to the imagination.