Brandon John

Editor of Tone Deaf until 2017, Brandon then wrote gaming and music news for The Brag Media. He now leaves the writing to the next wave of journos, but you'll still find him in the shadows of his favourite Melbourne venues.

Indie

Indie

Dogs react to Australian music: WATCH

Puppers give us their reviews of the latest local tunes.

Classic Rock

Ten times rock stars got in ridiculous fights with their fans

Look back at some of the most ridiculous examples of rock stars coming to blows with their fans in spectacular fashion - or narrowly avoiding a brawl.

Indie

singers 3 pnel image featuring Tex Perkins, Nic Cester, and Adalita

Indie

Check out 15 of the greatest Aussie rock singers of all time

Every member of the band is important, but one thing agreat rock band needs is brilliant rock singers with their voices front and centre.

Indie

Indie

Ten of the best Aussie surf bands to soundtrack your summer

To the rest of the world, Australia is represented by a small handful of icons: mostly just kangaroos, the Crocodile Hunter, and our endless Aussie beaches.

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Promotional image of rock’n’roll legends Queens Of The Stone Age

Indie

Watch rare live footage of Queens Of The Stone Age before they got huge

An early performance from Queens Of The Stone Age before they became one of rock's biggest names.

Indie

Indie

Meet the epic Australian band with 100 guitarists

Rhys Chatham gathered an orchestra of 100 Australian guitarists in Sydney for performances of his incredible composition A Crimson Grail.

Electronic

Sydney bands who defined the 2000s as detailed by Dappled Cities

Look back on the scene that ushered in a renaissance for Aussie bands, as a swathe of talented Sydney acts took the country - and the world - by storm.

Metal

Is metal the least sexy music genre on the planet?

According to some musos, metal is "possibly the most sexless genre that you could find" - but is that actually a bad thing, or a benefit?

Indie

cult Machine Gun Fellatio, Cosmic Psychos and Radio Birdman

Indie

The 10 greatest Australian cult bands in music history

Australia can boast its share of big-name international acts, but we’ve also got a lot of cult favourite bands who are just as important and influential.

Classic Rock

This Green Day version of Where’s Wally has 151 references to find

Well, this 'Where's Wally?' is equal parts cool and impressive, and sure to kill an evening for any die-hard Green Day fan.

Blues, Roots and Soul

Blues, Roots and Soul

Does listening to music help you study, or just make it harder to focus?

Plenty of students have a 'study playlist', but depending on what you're listening to, playing music while you work could do more harm than good.

Electronic

bigsound Alex Lahey, Dune Rats and Violent Soho

Electronic

6 Aussie bands who blew up after playing BIGSOUND Festival

Brisbane's BIGSOUND is one of the best places to see the nest crop of Aussie music exports, and find your new favourite band before they become massive.

Brandon John

Dogs react to Australian music: WATCH

Ten times rock stars got in ridiculous fights with their fans

Check out 15 of the greatest Aussie rock singers of all time

Ten of the best Aussie surf bands to soundtrack your summer

Watch rare live footage of Queens Of The Stone Age before they got huge

Meet the epic Australian band with 100 guitarists

Sydney bands who defined the 2000s as detailed by Dappled Cities

Is metal the least sexy music genre on the planet?

The 10 greatest Australian cult bands in music history

This Green Day version of Where’s Wally has 151 references to find

Does listening to music help you study, or just make it harder to focus?

6 Aussie bands who blew up after playing BIGSOUND Festival

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