Christie Eliezer

The Queensland state elections on November 25 could see some positive outcomes for the music and arts sectors. The opposition Liberal National Party has promised a $9 million boost to Arts Queensland…

WHAT WILL TAY-TAY S 2018 LIVE SHOW LOOK LIKE? In America, they re not only excited that the Reputation album sold 717,000 units in its first day there and tipped for 1.4 million in its first week but…

Singer-songwriter Missy Higgins, rapper and activist Briggs, hard rock guitarist Nathan Cavaleri and one-time Indecent Obsession keyboard player Michael Szumowski continued a tradition of rock…

In another display of its continuing live drawcard, Cold Chisel s Newcastle Supercars 500 concert has sold out. The show, with Spiderbait, is held inside the track at Foreshore Park on Saturday,…

Violent Soho guitarist James Tidswell today launched a new label Domestic La La Records, hitting the ground by signing Sydney s Dear Seattle and Adelaide s West Thebarton. The label is set up in…

Australia s hottest hip-hop act of the moment, A.B. Original, continued their streak of multi-wins at awards events around the country with six accolades at the 3rd annual South Australian Music…

AMAZON BUILDS UP LOCAL MUSIC TEAM With the imminent launch of the streaming platform and online store Amazon Music Australia, the tech giant has been slowly putting together a local team. Former…

In a late night session, Queensland s Palaszczuk Government has officially dumped its own 1am lockouts policy. A bill to repeal the lockouts which had been due to take effect on February 1, 2017 and…

Image: Martin Garrix VIC GOVT SETS UP CONNECT AND CREATE WITH APRA AMCOS The Victorian Government has set up a three-year program called Connect and Create with APRA AMCOS to help the state s…

Cover image: Logies guest performer (and Ed Sheeran BFF) James Blunt CRA TO RELEASE EIGHT DAB+ RADIO RATINGS A YEAR Eight years after DAB+ digital radio broadcasts began in Australia, Commercial…

Last year, the inaugural Rock Roll Writers Festival was held in Brisbane, and drew 340 attendees over two days. They listened to 40 speakers from around the world at 12 panels. The event also…

PANDORA PREMIUM COULD CHANGE ITS FORTUNE It will be some months before Pandora reveals how many subscribers it got for its new $10-a-month Premium music-streaming service. But analyst Piper Jaffray…