Lars Brandle

After 36 years and change, Wham’s ‘Last Christmas’ has finally climbed the chart mountain in the U.K., and shed an unwanted record in the process. George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley’s holiday classic…

With just under a month to go until the end of one of the strangest years on record, triple j have begun looking ahead to brighter days, announcing the details of their forthcoming Hottest 100 of…

Regrets, we’ve all had a few. Mistakes, we’re experts at those. Every single one of us. Even the hotshots, those guys who get paid the big bucks.Need a reminder? More than 25 million Australians let…

Fire Fight Australia was a concert for the ages, pulling together the biggest names in rock, pop and hip-hop and raising a mountain of cash for good causes. As it turns out, the world was hungry to…

Shazam is launching a suite of new charts in Australia, as part of fresh, global outreach for its brand. Announced overnight, Shazam rolls out 18 new charts for Australia and a dozen other…

L.A.B bag a few pieces of chart history in the Land of the Long White Cloud, just days out from a new album release. For the second time in their career, the funk-rock act hit No. 1 on the Official…

Hardware Corporation Director Richie McNeill, consultant Paul Mason and journalist Emily Nicol are among the familiar faces tapped for EMC’s advisory board, which is tasked with helping shape the…

And just like that, Twitch is crossed off the music industry’s Christmas list. The decade-old, U.S.-based video live streamer emerged as one of techland’s big winners of the global pandemic, as…

When Kevin Parker lit up the ARIA Awards for one of Tame Impala’s five wins, one of his pieces to camera was music to the ears. Parker, the Lonerist, confessed that he’s used the rare downtime to…

Universal Music Australia is updating and improving its progressive agenda for the workplace and across its activities. The major music company today (16th December) expands its two-year-old…

Taylor Swift and Christmas stand in the way of an Avalanches triumph on the ARIA Albums Chart. As can be expected, Swift’s latest surprise album Evermore is leading the race to No. 1. If it holds its…

Spotify Wrapped, the end-of-year window into the soul of your listening habits which folks can’t help but share with everyone else, is the work of a young gun who was in-between gigs. That’s the word…