Craig Mathieson
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Craig Mathieson (born 1971) is an Australian music journalist and writer. His books include, Hi Fi Days (1996), The Sell-In in (2000) and the 100 Best Australian Albums in 2010, with Toby Creswell and John O'Donnell
Biography
Craig Mathieson was born in 1971 and grew up in rural Victoria. At the age of 18, he started writing professionally about rock & roll, contributing to daily newspapers and rock magazines both in Australia and overseas. He became the editor of Juice,{{Cite web |title=Writer describes new ways to discover music – The City Journal |url=https://thecityjournal.net/arts-and-culture/media-changes-create-new-ways-to-discover-music/ |access-date=2023-08-25 |language=en-US}} one of Australia's leading pop culture magazines, at 23.
Hi Fi Days (1996) is a biography of three leading Australian bands, Silverchair, Spiderbait and You Am I. The Sell-In (2000) documents the rise of the Australia's alternative music scene and how that success attracted the interest of the music industry's major labels.
As from October 2010, Mathieson works freelance for a number of publications, including the magazine Rolling Stone, The Bulletin, GQ, HQ and national newspapers The Age,{{Cite news|url=http://about.theage.com.au/view_article.asp?intid=74 |title=EG launches music awards on its 21st birthday |newspaper=The Age|date=22 September 2006 |access-date=2009-03-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090214042039/http://about.theage.com.au/view_article.asp?intid=74 |archive-date=14 February 2009 }} and The Sydney Morning Herald.
Since March 2012 Mathieson has been the film critic for the Sunday Age.
Bibliography
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=Books=
- {{cite book |author=Mathieson, Craig |title=Hi fi days : the future of Australian rock |location=St Leonards, NSW |publisher=Allen & Unwin |year=1996 }}
- {{cite book |author=Mathieson, Craig |author-mask=1 |title=The sell-in : how the music business seduced alternative rock |location=St Leonards, NSW |publisher=Allen & Unwin |year=2000 }}
- {{Cite book |last1=Mathieson |first1=Craig |year=2009 |title=Playlisted: Everything You Need to Know About Australian Music Right Now | location=St Leonards, NSW |publisher=Allen & Unwin |isbn=978-1-74223-017-7 }}{{Cite web |url=http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/4610303 |title=Playlisted : everything you need to know about Australian music right now / Craig Mathieson |work=catalogue |publisher=National Library of Australia |access-date=2 November 2010}}
- {{Cite book |title=100 Best Australian Albums |last=Mathieson |first=Craig |last2=Creswell |first2=Toby |author-link2= Toby Creswell |last3=O'Donnell |first3=John |author-link3=John O'Donnell (music journalist)|publisher=Hardie Grant Books |year=2010 |location=Prahran, Vic |isbn=978-1-74066-955-9 }}{{Cite web |url=http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/4904197 |title=100 best Australian albums / John O'Donnell, Toby Creswell and Craig Mathieson |work=catalogue |publisher=National Library of Australia |access-date=2 November 2010 }}
=Essays and reporting=
- {{cite journal |author=Mathieson, Craig |date=May 2015 |title=The fight in Beth Hart |department=Close-Up |journal=Rolling Stone (Australia) |volume=762 |pages=78–79 |url= }}
- {{cite journal |author=Mathieson, Craig |author-mask=1 |date=May 2015 |title=The Prodigy's defiant stand |journal=Rolling Stone (Australia) |volume=762 |pages=16–17 |url= }}
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Category:Australian music journalists
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