Poppy Reid

OK, for a famous pub quiz win, who was the first Australian act to have a No. 1 single in the U.K.? Think hard. If you said Men At Work, you go home a loser. Kylie Minogue? Close, but no. INXS? They…

The old adage of the industry suggests that an artist’s success hinges on who you know, not what you do. However, all the contacts in the world are no replacement for genuine hard work and an…

When Facebook announced an update to its algorithm last October - the one where Facebook will roll out two separate feeds, one as a dedicated space with posts from friends and another for posts from…

Ticket scalpers beware: the federal government is considering an outright ban on bots or a crackdown on reselling tickets for “major events.” After years of persuasion from the live industry and…

When Universal Music Publishing Group’s chairman/CEO was tapped for Billboard's much-discussed Power 100, she was of course asked what her post-#metoo strategy was. Jody Gerson, who has increased…

Two ARIA awards, an APRA, an MTV EMA, a Billboard Music Award, a Platinum certified single ('Youth') and TV performances on Ellen, James Corden, Seth Myers and Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. Those…

Cool, hip, rad, ruling; Sheppard is, frankly, none of these. And they’re not losing any sleep over it. The six-piece indie band from Brisbane is flying way under the hipster radar and writing itself…

Produced byTucker Martine (My Morning Jacket, Laura Veirs), First Aid Kit's fourth record Ruins shows the duo are bleeding through music more than ever. The Söderberg sisters’ recorded the LP in…

Enrique Iglesias claims he's missed out on "millions of dollars" because his record label allegedly dropped the ball in two of his contracts. The lawsuit, filed yesterday (Jan 24) in Miami against…

Apple is testing the axiom that it’s better late than never. The tech giant is rolling out "Apple Music for Artists," an analytics dashboard that’ll enable artists to study their fans’ listening and…

Global exports like Courtney Barnett, All Our Exes Live In Texas, Mia Dyson and KUCKA have all benefitted from the perfect marriage that is the PPCA and Australia Council partnership. For the fifth…

Controversial tech figure Kim Dotcom, who was arrested six years ago for copyright infringement in New Zealand over his MegaUpload file-sharing site, is seeking US$2.6 billion in damages from the New…