Do You Reeeeaaaallliiiize?? There’s A Flaming Lips Musical! As we know from our retrospective piece on the topic, it’s been a decade since Oklahoma’s Fearless Freaks, The Flaming Lips, released (arguably) their defining...
More Bands Leaked For Soundwave 2013, 2nd Announcement Next Week Last week saw the official announcement of the highly-anticipated Soundwave Festival lineup for its 2013 iteration. With some surprises – such as two of ‘The...
“Motley Crue Is Torturing Killer Whales” Says Tommy Lee They say music soothes the savage beast, and often the music world and the animal kingdom can cross-over in the most bizarre ways. Whether it’s...
Our How-To Guide To Applying For SXSW 2013 We here at Tone Deaf love ourselves some Australian music, and there’s nothing better than getting that Australian music heard by a wider audience; and...
Independent Music Awards 2012 Takes Off With Virgin Australia Onboard The Australian Independent Record Labels Association (AIR) has announced that once again it will be presenting and producing its annual awards ceremony, with this October’s...
The Medics, Gurrumul Sweep National Indigenous Music Awards The National Indigenous Music Awards (NIMA) were held at Darwin’s Botanic Gardens over the weekend, with thousands turning out for the concert as well as...
Bon Scott Biopic In Pre-Production One of Australia and rock music’s most enduring bands, AC/DC are heading towards their 40th Anniversary and just in time to celebrate is a new...
Angry Anderson Joins The Nationals, Makes Bid For Parliament First it was Midnight Oil’s Peter Garrett that put his political chutzpah where his musical mouth is, now another Australian rock vocalist is taking their...
The Sunday Roast: The Obligatory Encore The Shins performed their Splendour sideshow to a sold Festival Hall last month, during which they delivered a valiant mix of old and new tunes,...
Mark Gardener Making their Australian debut, Sky Parade is working double time on this tour. Not only do they open the show, they’ll be seen again later...
Triple J Radio Host Apologises After Holocaust Joke Misfires Following shortly after ‘Wolfmothergate’, in which the frontman for Black Sabbath tribute act Andrew Stockdale told Triple J to “go fuck themselves”, the national youth station...
The Ghost Of Beastie Boys’ MCA Protects Legacy From Corporate Sabotage Following the death of Beastie Boy, Adam ‘MCA’ Yauch earlier this year after he tragically lost his battle to cancer, many have been wondering what happens...
