Poppy Reid

Following last week s revelation that beloved heavy music festival Soundwave won t be returning to Adelaide next year and that it will return to its one-day format, promoter AJ Maddah has expressed…

FEATURE ALBUM Gang Of Youths - The Positions [Sony] All the best records are born out of tumultuous relationships, and the debut release by Sydney s Gang Of Youths is no different. Chronicling…

As Jay Z s $56.2 million bid for Swedish streaming company Aspiro is finalised, the company s two small streaming brands WiMP and Tidal have merged. Aspiro s Tidal service, which operates in the US,…

Joel Little, the Grammy Award-winning producer and songwriter behind Lorde s debut LP Pure Heroine, is heading back into the studio with the now ubiquitous artist within the next month. Speaking to…

Internet radio giant Pandora has been adding 20,000 new users each week in Australia for the last six months. A representative from Pandora Australia and New Zealand told TMN the increase adds to its…

Germany s third-biggest streaming service Simfy has lost the music catalogue of one of the three major labels. Warner Music is among a handful of labels whose catalogue hasn t featured on the service…

Last September, the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) proposed Friday for the Global Release Day. At the time stating it brings the most benefits overall for the industry…

FEATURE ALBUM San Cisco - Gracetown [Island City Records] Just days out from the LP s official release on March 6, triple j have made the wise decision to shine a spotlight on the already shiny…

A federal jury in Texas has ordered Apple to pay $US532.9 million in damages for infringing three patents owned by Texas-based licensing firm Smartflash LLC. The court found that Smartflash s…

Joanna Cameron, Communications Manager at the Australian Independent Record Labels Association (AIR) and Sarah Hamilton and Vader Fame from distribution company Ditto Music have launched a website to…

Last month a three-strikes warning scheme for Australian-based copyright infringers was an included proposal in a voluntary code developed by Australia s ISPs and copyright holders. Now, Australians…

Following more than a year of legal back-and-forth, Marvin Gaye s estate has won a US$7.3 million judgment over Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke s global #1 Blurred Lines. After a week long trial,…