Lars Brandle

George Ash, Michael Coppel, Michael Gudinski, Denis Handlin and Rachel Kelly lead the Australasian contingent in Billboard’s latest roll-call of the most powerful music executives around the globe.…

Paul Fletcher is the new Minister for Communications, Cyber Safety and the Arts, and in one swift move becomes the Australian music industry’s most powerful advocate. The broadcast and music…

Check your diaries: the Fortitude Music Hall will unlock its doors for a grand opening on Friday, July 26 with a star-studded concert led by Ball Park Music, DZ Deathrays and Tia Gostelow. The…

Twnty three has set up shop in the United States. The Sydney-based independent artist management and publicity company has marked its first expansion with an office in Los Angeles, headed by Amanda…

The stars came out, as they do, when the 2019 APRA Awards took place April 30 in Melbourne. Briggs and Tim Rogers had their moment on stage, Sarah Aarons collected four awards and earned a place in…

Paul Sergeant has returned to AEG Ogden. British-born, Melbourne-based Sergeant is recognised as one of the more experienced venue managers on the planet, having managed large-scale entertainment…

Golden Robot is rebooting with a raft of signings and label launches. Based in Sydney, Golden Robot Global Entertainment is adding three more labels, which will sit alongside its existing heavy…

There’s nothing garish about them, nothing too flashy. But Babe Rainbow are starting to shine in their homeland and further afield. With a run of sold-out dates behind them in Perth and Adelaide, the…

What were you doing this week in year 2000? Sure, we’d partied like it was 1999, then the big 2-000 rolled in with the stink of a Millennium Bug and Nu metal and a game-changing piece of software…

UNIFIED Music Group is bolstering its management activities with a new artist signing, a leadership appointment and a pair of artist management hires. Announced today, rising indie-pop talent Essie…

Former Australian major label chief Tim Delaney is changing gears with a return to the U.K. independent music arena. Delaney is named CEO of Funnel Music, an incubator for new and upcoming music…

Spotify is taking the social route, with an artist-centric playbook lifted right from Facebook and Instagram. The streaming music giant is reportedly developing a new “Storyline” feature, which will…