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Lars Brandle

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Lars Brandle has reported at the frontline of the international music industry for over 25 years. A former musician, Lars joined the American music trade “bible” Billboard in 2000 and went on to serve as Global News Editor, based in London. Now Billboard’s Australia correspondent and senior writer with The Brag Media, Lars has appeared on CNN, the BBC and ABC, American Public Media and South Africa's EastCoast Radio, and he has spoken at Midem in Cannes, Music Matters in Singapore, Amsterdam Dance Event, London's City Showcase and at industry gatherings on both sides of the Tasman. His works have been published by Reuters, Media Week, Spin, and The Hollywood Reporter, and he has featured as a pundit in the Australian Financial Review, Business Review Weekly and Britain’s The Independent.

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Tones And I’s ‘Dance Monkey’ is No. 3 on Apple Music’s first Shazam Discovery Top 50 chart

Tones And I’s ‘Dance Monkey’ is No. 3 on Apple Music’s first Shazam Discovery Top 50 chart

Tones And I’s ‘Dance Monkey’ is hot right now, everywhere. The homegrown earworm comes in at No. 3 on Apple Music’s new Shazam Discovery Top 50, a new global chart which ranks the rising stars.…

By Lars Brandle - Aug 21, 2019
Tones And I’s ‘Dance Monkey’ is No. 3 on Apple Music’s first Shazam Discovery Top 50 chart

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Tones And I’s ‘Dance Monkey’ is No. 3 on Apple Music’s first Shazam Discovery Top 50 chart

Tones And I’s ‘Dance Monkey’ is hot right now, everywhere. The homegrown earworm comes in at No. 3 on Apple Music’s new Shazam Discovery Top 50, a new global chart which ranks the rising stars.…

By Lars Brandle - Aug 21, 2019
The Necks, Brian Ritchie win big at 2019 Art Music Awards

The Necks, Brian Ritchie win big at 2019 Art Music Awards

Experimental jazz trio The Necks and Mona Foma artistic director Brian Ritchie were in the winner’s circle at the 2019 Art Music Awards, held Monday night in Sydney. The Necks, formed in Sydney in…

By Lars Brandle - Aug 19, 2019
The Necks, Brian Ritchie win big at 2019 Art Music Awards

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The Necks, Brian Ritchie win big at 2019 Art Music Awards

Experimental jazz trio The Necks and Mona Foma artistic director Brian Ritchie were in the winner’s circle at the 2019 Art Music Awards, held Monday night in Sydney. The Necks, formed in Sydney in…

By Lars Brandle - Aug 19, 2019
Nettwerk’s Terry McBride talks content quotas for streaming playlists: ‘I think it’s a terrible idea’

Nettwerk’s Terry McBride talks content quotas for streaming playlists: ‘I think it’s a terrible idea’

Start small, think big, do it right, study the data, love what you do. And always look after your people. These are foundations on which Nettwerk Music Group CEO Terry McBride built an international…

By Lars Brandle - Aug 19, 2019
Nettwerk’s Terry McBride talks content quotas for streaming playlists: ‘I think it’s a terrible idea’

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Nettwerk’s Terry McBride talks content quotas for streaming playlists: ‘I think it’s a terrible idea’

Start small, think big, do it right, study the data, love what you do. And always look after your people. These are foundations on which Nettwerk Music Group CEO Terry McBride built an international…

By Lars Brandle - Aug 19, 2019
Alison Wonderland talks kicking arse in EDM: ‘My art doesn't have a gender’

Alison Wonderland talks kicking arse in EDM: ‘My art doesn't have a gender’

She may be tiny, but Alison Wonderland is huge. Massive. The signs are all there. More than one-and-a-half million followers on social media, hundreds of millions of streams, a No. 1 on Billboard's…

By Lars Brandle - Aug 16, 2019
Alison Wonderland talks kicking arse in EDM: ‘My art doesn't have a gender’

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Alison Wonderland talks kicking arse in EDM: ‘My art doesn't have a gender’

She may be tiny, but Alison Wonderland is huge. Massive. The signs are all there. More than one-and-a-half million followers on social media, hundreds of millions of streams, a No. 1 on Billboard's…

By Lars Brandle - Aug 16, 2019
Hillsong signs administration and writer development deal with Universal Publishing

Hillsong signs administration and writer development deal with Universal Publishing

Universal Music Publishing Group and Hillsong are singing from the same hymn sheet. The Australian mega-church which counts Justin Bieber, Selena Gomez and Vanessa Hudgens among its famous followers,…

By Lars Brandle - Aug 15, 2019
Hillsong signs administration and writer development deal with Universal Publishing

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Hillsong signs administration and writer development deal with Universal Publishing

Universal Music Publishing Group and Hillsong are singing from the same hymn sheet. The Australian mega-church which counts Justin Bieber, Selena Gomez and Vanessa Hudgens among its famous followers,…

By Lars Brandle - Aug 15, 2019
Phebe Starr signs management deal with Jade Nazareth at Our Secret Handshake: Exclusive

Phebe Starr signs management deal with Jade Nazareth at Our Secret Handshake: Exclusive

Shine bright, Phebe Starr. The rising indie pop talent will now be managed by Jade Nazareth, co-founder of Our Secret Handshake, a production and talent management company based in Los Angeles. The…

By Lars Brandle - Aug 15, 2019
Phebe Starr signs management deal with Jade Nazareth at Our Secret Handshake: Exclusive

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Phebe Starr signs management deal with Jade Nazareth at Our Secret Handshake: Exclusive

Shine bright, Phebe Starr. The rising indie pop talent will now be managed by Jade Nazareth, co-founder of Our Secret Handshake, a production and talent management company based in Los Angeles. The…

By Lars Brandle - Aug 15, 2019
Live Nation's Roger Field says lockout laws will 'take some time to recover from'

Live Nation's Roger Field says lockout laws will 'take some time to recover from'

Sydney, we have a problem. And the lockout laws are at the heart of it. Speaking at the close of a parliamentary hearing into Sydney's night time economy on Monday, Roger Field, CEO of Live Nation…

By Lars Brandle - Aug 13, 2019
Live Nation's Roger Field says lockout laws will 'take some time to recover from'

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Live Nation's Roger Field says lockout laws will 'take some time to recover from'

Sydney, we have a problem. And the lockout laws are at the heart of it. Speaking at the close of a parliamentary hearing into Sydney's night time economy on Monday, Roger Field, CEO of Live Nation…

By Lars Brandle - Aug 13, 2019
RNB Fridays Live is exploring international expansion

RNB Fridays Live is exploring international expansion

RNB Fridays Live is going global. The urban and R B party is gearing up for its fourth and biggest tour of Australia, with a line-up featuring Janet Jackson, Black Eyed Peas, 50 Cent, Jason Derulo…

By Lars Brandle - Aug 12, 2019
RNB Fridays Live is exploring international expansion

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RNB Fridays Live is exploring international expansion

RNB Fridays Live is going global. The urban and R B party is gearing up for its fourth and biggest tour of Australia, with a line-up featuring Janet Jackson, Black Eyed Peas, 50 Cent, Jason Derulo…

By Lars Brandle - Aug 12, 2019
20 Years of the ARIA Club Chart: A deep dive

20 Years of the ARIA Club Chart: A deep dive

What were you partying to in 1999? If Pete Heller’s ‘Big Love’ or ATB’s ‘9PM (‘Til I Come)’ was blasting from your turntable, you weren’t alone. On July 26, 20 years ago, ARIA published its weekly…

By Lars Brandle - Aug 9, 2019
20 Years of the ARIA Club Chart: A deep dive

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20 Years of the ARIA Club Chart: A deep dive

What were you partying to in 1999? If Pete Heller’s ‘Big Love’ or ATB’s ‘9PM (‘Til I Come)’ was blasting from your turntable, you weren’t alone. On July 26, 20 years ago, ARIA published its weekly…

By Lars Brandle - Aug 9, 2019
The Teskey Brothers’ ‘Run Home Slow’ is making a chart run

The Teskey Brothers’ ‘Run Home Slow’ is making a chart run

The Teskey Brothers are making a run on albums charts on both sides of the globe with their second LP, Run Home Slow. In Australia, the group are virtually assured of their first Top Ten. Run Home…

By Lars Brandle - Aug 8, 2019
The Teskey Brothers’ ‘Run Home Slow’ is making a chart run

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The Teskey Brothers’ ‘Run Home Slow’ is making a chart run

The Teskey Brothers are making a run on albums charts on both sides of the globe with their second LP, Run Home Slow. In Australia, the group are virtually assured of their first Top Ten. Run Home…

By Lars Brandle - Aug 8, 2019
Good Manners launches new agency Here For Good

Good Manners launches new agency Here For Good

Good Manners, the Melbourne-based boutique music company, has launched a creative services agency, Here For Good. The new division will play in the space between artists and media branding…

By Lars Brandle - Aug 7, 2019
Good Manners launches new agency Here For Good

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Good Manners launches new agency Here For Good

Good Manners, the Melbourne-based boutique music company, has launched a creative services agency, Here For Good. The new division will play in the space between artists and media branding…

By Lars Brandle - Aug 7, 2019
Sydney’s lockout laws cut music venues by 50% and deny ‘oxygen’ to creatives, Clover Moore tells inquiry

Sydney’s lockout laws cut music venues by 50% and deny ‘oxygen’ to creatives, Clover Moore tells inquiry

Sydney’s lockout laws have been nothing short of a disaster, contributing to the closure of half the city’s venues in short time, and turning young travellers away from the city, an inquiry into the…

By Lars Brandle - Aug 6, 2019
Sydney’s lockout laws cut music venues by 50% and deny ‘oxygen’ to creatives, Clover Moore tells inquiry

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Sydney’s lockout laws cut music venues by 50% and deny ‘oxygen’ to creatives, Clover Moore tells inquiry

Sydney’s lockout laws have been nothing short of a disaster, contributing to the closure of half the city’s venues in short time, and turning young travellers away from the city, an inquiry into the…

By Lars Brandle - Aug 6, 2019
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