Poppy Reid

For the third time PPCA and the Australia Council are offering five $15,000 grants to assist Australian artists with new sound recordings. Past recipients include Grammy nominee Courtney Barnett,…

Organisers of two-year-old New Zealand festival Westfest, which features many acts from the Soundwave lineup, has swiftly recanted its comment that Soundwave is in real financial trouble . The…

Melbourne s Courtney Barnett and Hiatus Kaiyote, Perth s Tame Impala and US-based country music star Keith Urban have been nominated for the 58th Annual Grammy Awards. 28-year-old Barnett, who last…

ARIA winners Tame Impala, Courtney Barnett and 5 Seconds of Summer are included in the shortlist for next year s NME Awards in the UK. For the second time, Sydney s 5 Seconds of Summer have been…

A world-first music rights marketplace, which handles composers, songwriters, artists, labels, publishers, and music supervisors, has launched in Australia. Songtradr was founded by…

Shock Records has announced the appointment of its new Label Director/Head of Music Luke Girgis, who replaces the Melbourne-based independent s long-time team member Mick Tarbuk. A ten-year veteran…

Chris Brown s Australian and New Zealand tour has been cancelled just one week before his first performance date. Both his promoter Castor Ford Agency and Ticketek have released statements. Castor…

Apple’s latest patent application suggests it is working on audio analysis technology similar to Shazam. Discovered by Patently Apple on European patent search website Espacenet, the patent was…

Image: triple j’s One Night Stand concert at Mildura in 2014 Over the last few months, triple j has consistently been in the Top 3 of the top 61 local radio stations for engagement. The youth…

Screen Forever, the 30th Screen Forever conference for screen industry professionals, hosted rock royalty yesterday for its panel on Cartoon Network Australia s virtual studio model. Bob Mothersbaugh…

In a speech that was cut from the televised broadcast, triple j announcer and comedian Matt Okine called for attention to sexism in the industry at last night s ARIA Awards. On stage to accept his…

Australia s local streaming engine that could, Guvera, has closed a $100 million funding round which attracted a number of wealthy Australian families. Chief executive Darren Herft spoke to The…