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…

Vance Joy’s ubiquitous single Riptide has received four nominations in what is Joy’s first year as an APRA nominee. He has also been nominated in the Song of the Year, Breakthrough Songwriter of the…

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…

The venue that helped helm the revolution of dance music in the mid-late ‘80s is set to open a beachside location in Melbourne. Café del Mar, the beach club and brand, has been at the forefront of…

Four-time ARIA winner Flume, Future Classic Founder Nathan McLay, ARIA CEO Dan Rosen, producer, engineer and mixer Eric J Dubowsky and artist manager David Champion will take the stage together this…

Samsung Electronics is ending its Music Hub service on July 1 in all territories excluding Australia. The decision, made Saturday, came three years after its launch. The multinational retailer pulled…

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…

After less than a year as promoter of Big Day Out, AJ Maddah has allegedly transferred his shares in the festival juggernaut over to Austin-based owners C3 Presents LLC. Music Feeds broke the story,…

Australia’s strong domestic music landscape has prompted Canadian Music Week organisers to name us the ’Spotlight Country’ for next year’s edition. Australia’s export initiative Sounds Australia has…

APRA AMCOS has announced the biggest rebrand of its corporate image in nearly 25 years. The overhaul for the Australasian Performing Right Association Limited (APRA) and the Australasian Mechanical…

The Australian Independent Record Labels Association (AIR) is among 19 global organisations lending its voice to a serious dispute with YouTube over contracts for its forthcoming subscription…