Poppy Reid

Mullumbimby artist Iggy Azalea made history overnight as her single Fancy topped the Billboard Hot 100. The track with British singer-songwriter Charli XCX is the first by an Australian female artist…

Apple has officially announced its acquisition of Beats Music and Beats Electronics for $3.25 billion. The move, widely expected this week, resulted in a purchase price of roughly USD$2.6 billion and…

This week we catch journalist Glenn A Baker with The Daily Edition gang, Andy Grammer with Michael Gudinski, triple j’s The Doctor with Hot Chip and Stan Lee and more. If you have a pic you’d like…

Triple M’s $10,000 mistake Last week, airing an Arctic Monkeys song cost Triple M Melbourne $10,000. Listener Brett called the station to say he’d heard the acoustic version of Why’d You Only Call Me…

Just days after her performance at the Eurovision Song Contest, it has been announced that Jessica Mauboy will perform at the Flag Handover Ceremony at this year’s Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. On…

Spotify Australia’s Managing Director Kate Vale told media and marketing website Mumbrella the local streaming market is “absolutely not sustainable”. Given Australia is the sixth largest music…

Three-year-old Australian independent label UNFD scored another top five ARIA Album on Saturday with In Hearts Wake’s second studio release. The Byron Bay hardcore band’s new LP Earthwalker debuted…

Janelle Monáe has pulled the plug on her co-headline tour with Kimbra. After cancelling her first date in Perth and citing a tight touring schedule, the award-winning singer, actress and producer…

Hip hop festival Sprung has announced its return this year after a 2013 its directors said left a ’dirty taste’ in their mouths. Last year, the promoters of the Brisbane event decided to expand to…

A lawsuit filed on Friday between two of Rodriguez’s past producers may uncover the now infamous lost royalties highlighted in 2012’s multi-award-winning documentary Searching for Sugar Man. Producer…

The first episode of The Voice Australia season three saw 2.155 million metro viewers tune in to Channel Nine last night, a 327,000+ increase in viewership on 2013’s first episode but a 22,000…

Spotify’s Head of European Label Relations, Kevin Brown has said the streaming service will likely surpass iTunes in Europe as the go-to market for digital music listening. Speaking with Music Week,…