Christie Eliezer

Ladyhawke’s Mid Century Records gets service deal New Zealand singer songwriter Ladyhawke s Mid Century Records entered into a label services deal with Absolute Label Services. It will provide…

The Living End return after five-year break The Living End return after a five-year break, announcing this week news of a single, album and national tour. The album is called Shift, out on Dew…

Image: Womadelaide 2015 Ahead of a likely early, double dissolution election, the arts sector is calling for a tripling of arts funding and more priority for use of arts and music in education. The…

Sweden s Spotify has hit 30 million paying subscribers, according to its CEO Daniel Ek, continuing its reign as the world s biggest music streaming service. Privately held Spotify doesn t regularly…

Nightlife Music, which provides commercial music to venues across Australia, and Spotify, have teamed up to launch a new platform called crowdDJ. It turns venue goers into the DJ, they say. The…

Two Australian live drawcards, Sydney s The Preatures and Melbourne s Kingswood, have lost long-time members. The Preatures guitarist and back up singer Gideon Bensen is today heading to the UK to…

Darren McMullen to host The Big Music Quiz Darren McMullen (pictured), former host of The Voice for five seasons until quietly dropped last year, is new front man of Seven Network s The Big Music…

Image: James Bay at Hordern Pavilion The UK Government has taken the lead from Australia for new laws passed this week to protect independent music venues, which are closing at an alarming rate. From…

Image: Fortunes ink deal with Niche Sony/ATV extends deal with Lorde collaborator Joel Little Sony/ATV Music Publishing extended its worldwide deal with Grammy-winning New Zealand songwriter and…

Image: Melbourne’s Ne Obliviscaris to receive $105K per year from fans Four more NSW venues hit the market Four more NSW venues associated with live music are up for sale. Keystone Group has put the…

Adelaide based music industry cluster Musitec set up by the South Australian Government two years ago to develop local and global opportunities for the state s music, technology and creative sectors…

iHeartMedia, which has a US$20.87 billion debt, managed to hold off a default notice by a group of senior debt holders. The San Antonio, Texas-based company secured a temporary restraining order of…