Lars Brandle

Australia, Brisbane

Overnight Editor and Australia Correspondent at Billboard

Head of Content at The BRAG

Journalist and family bloke. Head of Content at The Brag Media. I could dunk when I was young and fit.

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Claire Austin, Foundational Member of SXSW Sydney, Dies at 38

1 week ago | themusicnetwork.com | Lars Brandle

Claire Austin, the Sydney-based marketing professional and founational member of SXSW Sydney team, has died at the age of 38. Austin was a well-loved colleague at the annual conference, for which she served in two full-time roles, initially as project manager, then as account management lead.
Music Victoria Awards Suspended for 202

1 week ago | tonedeaf.thebrag.com | Neil Griffiths |Lars Brandle

The Music Victoria Awards will not go ahead this year after “voter fraud” was discovered in 2024. “With deep consideration and understanding, Music Victoria has made the decision to suspend the Music Victoria Awards for 2025,” reads a statement issued late Wednesday, April 16th from the trade association. This decision, the message continues, “comes after careful reflection, consultation, valuable feedback and learnings over the last 18 months”.
Music Victoria Suspends 2025 Awards

1 week ago | themusicnetwork.com | Lars Brandle

News Share on twitter Share on facebook After an unfortunate 2024 awards ceremony that was ruined by “voter fraud”, Music Victoria has pressed pause on its 2025 edition. “With deep consideration and understanding, Music Victoria has made the decision to suspend the Music Victoria Awards for 2025,” reads a statement issued late Wednesday, April 16th from the trade association.
ANZ Performers Qualify For UK Neighbouring Rights Royalties

1 week ago | themusicnetwork.com | Lars Brandle

Recording artists in Australia and New Zealand are now entitled to royalties each time their tunes are played in the UK, thanks to a shift in the international public performance framework. For 12 years, the rights of performers to ongoing royalties, or so-called neighbouring rights, have been suspended due to the absence of a reciprocal deal.
Kylie Minogue to Receive Prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award

1 week ago | tonedeaf.thebrag.com | Lars Brandle

The Princess of Pop will be crowned at the 2025 APRA Music Awards. Announced today, April 15th, Kylie Minogue will receive the Ted Albert Award for Outstanding Services to Australian Music, a lifetime achievement honour that’s considered by many to be the music industry’s highest distinction. The accolade will be presented at Melbourne Town Hall, in Kylie’s hometown, on Wednesday, April 30th.
Oscar Badman Is 2025 Recipient of the Justin Cosby Scholarship

1 week ago | themusicnetwork.com | Lars Brandle

News Share on twitter Share on facebook Oscar Badman is the second annual recipient of The Justin Cosby Scholarship, established in the memory of Justin Cosby, the late A&R director and co-founder of Inertia Music. First announced in October 2023, The Justin Cosby Scholarship is jointly funded by the Australian Institute of Music (AIM) and an endowment made possible by the late executive’s friends, family and colleagues.
Hugh Evans Is First Australian to Receive Sunhak Peace Prize

1 week ago | au.variety.com | Lars Brandle

Hugh Evans, the Australia-born CEO and co-founder of Global Citizen, is the first Australian recipient of the Sunhak Peace Prize. Last Friday, April 11, the humanitarian was lauded at the 2025 Sunhak Peace Prize Award Ceremony in Seoul, Korea, recognition for his tireless work to stamp out poverty. With Evans at the helm as CEO, Global Citizen has emerged as the world’s leading international advocacy organisation driving action to end extreme poverty.
Spotify’s Australian Music Team ‘Stronger Than Ever’ (EXCLUSIVE)

1 week ago | themusicnetwork.com | Lars Brandle

In the business of numbers, Spotify is top dog. More than 675 million users are plugged into the streaming audio platform, including 263 million subscribers. More than 100 million tracks are ingested into the service, which is live in 180 markets. Earlier in the year, the streamer announced a new big-money benchmark, by paying out $10 billion to the music industry in 2024 — an all-time high.
Midnight Oil Drummer Rob Hirst Is Battling Cancer

1 week ago | tonedeaf.thebrag.com | Lars Brandle

Rob Hirst, the drummer and founding member of Midnight Oil, is undergoing treatment for pancreatic cancer. Speaking exclusively with The Australian’s Andrew McMillen, Hirst has lived with the disease for two years, and won’t go down without a fight. “So it’s ongoing,” he told the national newspaper for an interview conducted in March. “I’ve had pretty much every treatment known to man – every scan, ultrasound, MRI. I’ve kind of had ‘the works’ – but today I’m feeling really good,” he continued.
Ball Park Music Bags First ARIA No. 1 With ‘Like Love’

1 week ago | themusicnetwork.com | Lars Brandle

After more than a decade, and eight studio album releases, Ball Park Music finally has a chart crown. When the ARIA Charts were published late Friday, April 11th, the Brisbane pop-rock outfit was atop the leaderboard with Like Love, for their first leader. Ball Park Music has released eight studio albums, seven of which impacted the top 10. Three of those reached the runner-up spot: Puddinghead in 2014, Ball Park Music in 2020 and Weirder & Weirder in 2022. Now they have a No. 1.