Poppy Reid

New Zealand will be the latest country to announce its intention to extend their copyright term from 50 to 70 years. While the final Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) won t be unveiled for…

Promoter Andrew McManus, the figure behind Australian tours by Fleetwood Mac, ZZ Top, KISS and Lenny Kravitz, was arrested yesterday over his alleged affiliation with a drug syndicate. 54-year-old…

FEATURE ALBUM Jarryd James - Thirty One [Dryden Street Ltd/Universal] With Platinum certifications in Australia and a Gold certification over the ditch in New Zealand, Brisbane s Jarryd James has…

Melbourne-based booking agency and management firm Lucky Ent. has acquired the bookings component of Revelry Agency, as well as its director Hugh Foster. The Brisbane-based artist management and…

FEATURE ALBUM Claptone - Charmer [Different/PIAS] The enigmatic golden-masked producer has an ear for left-of-centre sonics, and on debut album Charmer he s plucked all his skittish influences and…

Jesse Hooper, co-founding member of Killing Heidi and one half of The Verses with sister Ella, has been nominated as a representative Writer Director on this year s APRA board. The four-time…

Adam Wellisch, Systems Director for Bupa Australia s Health Services division will list his music competition platform on the Australian Securities Exchange. Megastar Millionaire, an online,…

Matt Corby has just released his first opus in two years, his graceful elixir Monday. I guess I needed to spend that time learning how to practically play, on each instrument, what I would regularly…

FEATURE ALBUM Chvrches - Every Open Eye [Liberator] Forever challenging what it is to make accessible pop, Every Open Eye falls somewhere between the lush maturity of M and the urgency of Pet Shop…

The ACT could follow in the much-contested footsteps of NSW and QLD as Canberra lobby groups push for 1am lockouts at clubs and pubs and 3am last drinks. In a submission to the ACT Government, the…

An unsigned Sydney artist has taken out gold at the World Championship of Performing Arts. Parramatta rapper Daniel Harvey Palu, aka D. Minor, returned from California last month as the winner in the…

Hermitude, Courtney Barnett, #1 Dads and Vance Joy lead the nominations for the 10th annual Carlton Dry Independent Music Awards. Announced this morning by the Australian Independent Record Labels…