Junkee Media was founded in 2000 when Matt Callander, Libby Clark, and Andre Lackmann launched their dance music website inthemix.
[3] Sound Alliance acquired Mess+Noise in October 2008 from failed media group Destra Corporation.
[5] Sound Alliance launched Junkee in March 2013, an online title aimed at an audience aged 18 to 29 years.
[6] The publisher told its audience that Junkee would be built on principles uncovered in a comprehensive youth survey of a few thousand 18- to 29-year-olds.
[14] In April 2017, FasterLouder was rebranded to Music Junkee,[15] and a new site targeting Generation Z, Punkee, was launched the following month.