Craig Mathieson

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,^[1] 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, The Bulletin, GQ, and HQ and national newspapers The Age,^[2] and The Sydney Morning Herald.

Since March 2012, Mathieson has been the film critic for the Sunday Age.

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (July 2016)

• Mathieson, Craig (1996). Hi fi days : the future of Australian rock. St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin.
• — (2000). The sell-in : how the music business seduced alternative rock. St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin.
• Mathieson, Craig (2009). Playlisted: Everything You Need to Know About Australian Music Right Now. St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 978-1-74223-017-7.^[3]
• Mathieson, Craig; Creswell, Toby; O'Donnell, John (2010). 100 Best Australian Albums. Prahran, Vic: Hardie Grant Books. ISBN 978-1-74066-955-9.^[4]

• Mathieson, Craig (May 2015). "The fight in Beth Hart". Close-Up. Rolling Stone (Australia). 762: 78–79.
• — (May 2015). "The Prodigy's defiant stand". Rolling Stone (Australia). 762: 16–17.