Lars Brandle

Michael Gudinski had the Midas touch with the business of music. The late founder and chairman of Mushroom Group had a hand in countless careers, built an empire spanning two-dozen business and sold…

After taking a hiatus in 2021, Laneway Festival will mark its return to the live events calendar through a new partnership with TEG. Sydney-based TEG, the concerts, ticketing and technology group,…

Maggie Collins is the new Executive Director of the Association of Artist Managers (AAM), TIO can exclusively reveal. At AAM, she succeeds Catherine Haridy who, as previously reported, is leaving the…

Australia has a new streaming platforming, Moodagent. The platform opened for business on Monday (May 31), and is led by former Spotify executive Tom Mee, who takes the role as General Manager of…

Tixel ticks another box, this time securing a $1.5 million capital raise which the company will invest in scaling up its platform as the barriers to live music slowly peel back. The new round,…

Reports of the death of print have been greatly exaggerated. That is if the readership for Rolling Stone Australia is anything to go by. According to new Roy Morgan data on the Australian magazine…

Kristy Gostelow is the 2021 recipient of The Lighthouse Award, a $5,000 cash prize that rewards artist managers who display the right stuff. The Lighthouse Award is annually bestowed to a woman or…

Murray Curnow is a man of many hats. Over the past decade, Curnow served with Wildlife Entertainment, where he guided the careers of Perth-based outfits Psychedelic Porn Crumpets and Dulcie, and the…

The hip-hop community from the lands Down Under scores again, this time with Ipswich-based rapper Lisi landing a new deal with ADA/Warner Music Australia. The 20-year-old MC, scene-builder and…

Sony Music Australia is bolstering its A R ranks with the appointment of Markell Casey.The experienced music man joins the Australian company as Senior Director of A R, with effect from June…

War buffs will know the fight never changes, though the weapons are always new. There’s a battle brewing on the outskirts of the music industry right now that few of us saw coming, and the cameras…

Masked Wolf’s ‘Astronaut In The Ocean’ is on the rise in the U.K., where its set for an all-time peak. ‘Astronaut’ lifts 16-12 on the midweek singles chart, and is on the brink of its first…