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 (music journalist)|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 (Australian magazine)|Juice]]'',<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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 Australia's alternative music scene and how that success attracted the interest of the music industry's major labels.

Since October 2010, Mathieson has worked freelance for a number of publications, including the magazines [[Rolling Stone Australia|Rolling Stone]], [[The Bulletin (Australian periodical)|The Bulletin]], [[GQ Australia|GQ]], and HQ and national newspapers ''[[The Age]]'',<ref>{{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 }}</ref> 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 }}<ref>{{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}}</ref>
*{{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, Victoria|Prahran]], Vic |isbn=978-1-74066-955-9 }}<ref>{{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 }}</ref>

===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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