Poppy Reid

Subscription streaming and download service Drip.fm has partnered with a handful of US independent labels. Sub Pop, Fool’s Gold, Jagjaguwar and Secretly Canadian have all teamed with the two-year-old…

Entries are now open for unsigned and independent musicians to take advantage of artist friendly platform Telstra Road To Discovery. Telstra are offerings two artists a $15,000 music development fund…

Sydney trio Panama had only performed one live show in their current configuration before scoring recording and agent deals on both sides of the Atlantic ocean. Accruing more than 1.3 million…

The Australian music market is forecast to grow over the next five years at an annual rate of 0.6%. According to PricewaterhouseCoopers’ (PwC) annual Australian Entertainment and Media Outlook…

APRA AMCOS has partnered with Arts Queensland to sponsor this year’s Grant McLennan Fellowship for the first time. Nominations for the $25,000 funding opportunity opened today with all…

The collaborative disapproval from independent trade groups across the globe over YouTube’s new licensing terms has been heard by the streaming service’s parent, Google Inc. YouTube’s plan to remove…

Copyright collective APRA AMCOS has appointed Matthew Fackrell as Director, Business Change and Catherine Giuliano as Director Recorded Music Licensing. Giuliano has stepped into the senior…

Australia’s live music sector is a significant contributor to the economy - last month Live Performance Australia (LPA) reported it was worth $2.5 billion - but it’s no secret the industry has taken…

Leigh Gruppetta and Stu Harvey’s Cooking Vinyl Australia has partnered with New York-based independent label Razor Tie. The team-up will see Cooking Vinyl Australia represent Razor Tie’s metal and…

This week Peking Duk’s High goes Double Platinum, we follow The Cairos on their promo rounds, Ben Lee performs on The Morning Show and more. If you have a pic you’d like included in next week’s…

Since the release of her debut album The New Classic, Mullumbimby-born artist Iggy Azalea has been making chart history in the US week after week, and overnight she has broken the record for the…

The Australian Independent Records Association (AIR) and Carlton Dry have teamed again this year for the $50,000 Carlton Dry Global Music Grant. Last year’s inaugural winner, Melbourne’s King Gizzard…