Christie Eliezer

Darwin s Monsoons has undergone an ownership change. It has been bought by Melbourne-based Australian Venue Co. In September the company acquired the city s Shenannigans and is heavily rumoured to be…

Justice Nye Perram of the Federal Court in Sydney has green-lighted a lawsuit filed by Australian songwriting and production duo Harry Vanda and George Young, against US synth-pop duo Glass Candy and…

The cryptocurrency mania sweeping the world is being increasingly picked up by the music industry. Bitcoin, the buzzword of peer-to-peer digital currency which is now worth US$9 billion, leaped in…

COLUMBIA LOSES A R HEAD AS NEW CEO ARRIVES The arrival of Ron Perry as new Chairman/CEO of Columbia Records has seen the exit of its President of A R, Mark Williams, according to Variety. As reported…

US country superstars Tim McGraw and Faith Hill, along with Ed Sheeran are being sued by Australian songwriters Sean Carey and Beau Golden. Carey was a guitarist with Sydney band Thirsty Merc between…

Female talent dominated the Australia Council s latest funding round, which supports close to 200 projects. The $6.4 million funding will support 118 individual artists, 27 groups, and 51 arts…

Struggling with one s Christian faith fuming why perpetrators of sexual assaults are let off waiting for one s lover to visit for a meal cooked for them buying an expensive American car so I knew I…

Sixteen more Australian-based acts were announced overnight in the third round of names selected to play South By Southwest (SXSW), between March 12-18. This brings the total number so far to 55,…

ENMORE PRESENTS ICEHOUSE WITH PLAQUE When Icehouse wrapped up their 31-date 40 Years Live Tour with two shows at the Enmore Theatre in Sydney, it marked the band s fifth and sixth appearance at the…

SONY/ATV AUST EXTEND BOY AND BEAR, SIGN TEISCHA Sony/ATV Australia has extended it’s relationship with indie rock-folk band Boy Bear and continues to represent their catalogue. The band s three…

MORE REASONS WHY AUSTRALIA NEEDS PILL TESTING AT FESTIVALS While various state governments hum and haw about introducing and funding pill testing at Australian music festivals, our cousins across the…

Australia is the sixth largest market in the world for David Bowie, according to Spotify. Forty one years after its release, Heroes remains our favourite Thin White Duke song. Interestingly it was…