Poppy Reid

Gurrumul, Dan Sultan, Briggs and Jessica Mauboy have all picked up nominations for this year’s National Indigenous Music Awards (NIMAs). ARIA nominees Shellie Morris, Mauboy, Sultan and Gurrumul are…

SOUNDS AUSTRALIA, the music development initiative largely responsible for our heavy local artist presence at international music events SXSW at MIDEM, has reacted to yesterday’s announcement that…

Universal Music Group (UMG) has today announced the return of EMI Music to China and South East Asia. EMI sold off their Greater China operations in 2008 when ex-EMI Music President and COO Chris…

Organisers of next year’s South by Southwest festival are giving artists the chance to plan their trip to Austin over eight months in advance as applications open a day early. SXSW artist submissions…

LVMH, the private equity arm which owns Louis Vuitton, has announced it will invest up to AU$85 million in YG Entertainment, home to K-Pop star Psy. Earlier this month, TMN reported the South Korean…

Melbourne-based independent label Shock Records has announced its deals with two UK labels, Memphis Industries and Holy Roar Records. The partnership will see Shock release both labels’ titles in…

FEATURE ALBUM The Smith Street Band - Throw Me In The River [Poison City Records] The Melbourne band’s most zealous fans can always rely on a new SSB record for an autobiographical update. Third LP…

Warner/Chappell Music Nashville has signed Melbourne singer-songwriter Natalia Starzynski for a worldwide publishing deal. Last year, Starzynski was accepted into ASCAP’s (American Society of…

Melbourne independent band Apes have signed to UK-based booking agency 13 Artists, joining Arctic Monkeys, Bloc Party, The Stone Roses and Radiohead on its roster. While Apes have been recording and…

The lineup for Soundwave’s inaugural two-day festival dropped this morning with massive heavy music acts Faith No More, Soundgarden, Slipknot, Slash and Marilyn Manson heading up the bill. Two day…

Details have surfaced on Google’s forthcoming, controversial subscription version of YouTube. According to Android Police, the on-demand streaming service will be called YouTube Music Key and a…

Southern Cross Media Group has appointed Nick McKechnie as its Chief Financial Officer, following the surprise resignation of Peter Lewis. Lewis resigned on July 17, just one month after taking up…