Ellie Robinson, Contributor

Ellie Robinson

Ellie Robinson is a Naarm/Melbourne-based music and pop culture writer/editor, dog connoisseur and giant dork, working as Commercial Editorial Manager across The Music, Purple Sneakers, Kill Your Stereo and Countrytown. Her work has also been published globally in flagship publications like NME, Junkee, Australian Guitar, BLUNT and Mixdown, and she’s scribbled up copy for record labels like UNFD, Domestic La La and Cooking Vinyl. 

Ellie gravitates closest to emo (all waves), alternative and pop rock, but she’s just as big a fiend for dubstep, country, hyperpop, indie… Her ears know no bounds. As a writer, she’s passionate about exploring the ways creativity is informed by identity; she’s devoted to amplifying the voices of queer and trans artists, destigmatising mental illness, fighting for social justice and mining from the philosophical and spiritual sides of art.

When she’s not writing, Ellie can be found fawning over vinyl records, enamel pins and plushies (shoutout to Blåhaj, the most iconic trans ally), snuggling up to her dog, or getting way too hyped over the latest MCU movie/show. And yes, she knows she did the horns facing the wrong way – she cannot, in fact, name three Metallica songs.

You can keep up with Ellie on her website, Twitter and Instagram.

News / Music
Taylor Swift
Ticketek Insiders Reveal How To Increase Your Taylor Swift Ticket Chances
More than a million people have visited the Ticketek website over the past week.
News / Music
Politicians Attack Taylor Swift Over ‘Eras’ Tour City Snubs
Turns out Parliament is filled with Swifties – and they’ve got OPINIONS about Taylor only hitting Melbourne and Sydney.
News / Music
NOT A DRILL: Taylor Swift's 'Eras' Tour Is Heading To Australia!!! Dates + VIP Packages Announced
She'll be playing five enormous stadium shows across just two cities... Is yours one of them?
Features / Music
Kim Petras + David Bowie + Laura Jane Grace + Tim Nelson of Cub Sport + Laura Les of 100 Gecs
How Queerness Came To Define The Modern Music World
From Kim Petras’ historic Grammys win to Boygenius’ indie-rock superstardom, 2023 has been a huge year for LGBTQIA+ music fans. Whether in the mainstream or the underground, queer music is thriving and unapologetically so. Ellie Robinson explores how it happened (and why this is just the beginning).
Industry / News
Industry Heavyweights Back New Country Music Agency
The brainchild of Chugg Music and Select Music launches with a stunning roster of 19 heavyweight names.
Features / Interviews
Darlinghurst: “Music Is Always There When I Don't Feel Like I Have Anything Else”
“I’m going to be who I am, and if you don’t like it, you can go jump – life’s too short to spend it living for someone else.”
News / Music
Taylor Swift Fan Became A Security Guard To Attend ‘Eras’ Show
“Friday night I was next to the stage, and then Saturday night, I had almost a better view.”
News / Music
Jimmy Little Memorial Festival Will Be A Special Day In Lightning Ridge
The lineup features Buzz Bidstrup of The Angels, Kasey Chambers, James Blundell and more.
News / Music
Morgan Wallen Hits Tenth Consecutive Week At #1 On The Hot 50 Chart
Casey Barnes and James Johnston saw a boost in this week’s Countrytown Hot 50 chart, while Luke Combs is sitting steady at #5.
News / Music
Collin Lillie, Hayley Jensen And More Added To NQ’s Rock’n Country Festival 2023
The legendary festival returns to far-north Queensland in August.
News / Music
2023 Gympie Music Muster Adds… Wolfmother?
“It’s a real coup for us,” says program director Oz Bayldon
News / Music
Aussie Country Duo Cover Blink-182’s ‘Dammit’
It comes as the first single from their upcoming EP, ‘Sad Songs For Happy People’