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.

Devin Townsend Describes The Struggle To Give Up Control To His Bandmates

“It would be hazy, it’d have blurred edges and yellow on top… There’d be a picture of a sunset but not an actual one, and...

This Week’s 10 Best Local Gigs Under $15

Loving live music isn’t just about attending music festivals and seeing an international artist’s massive arena show. Even the biggest of big-name headliners started in...

Premiere: Failr Returns With The Glimmering Summer Anthem ‘Animal’

Having dropped his second EP Annie earlier in the year, Aussie producer Failr aka Warwick Levy returns with a new track featuring the vocal talents...

Premiere: Radio Birdman’s Deniz Tek Releases A New Record Of Rock Jams

A founding member of one of the prototypical Australian punk bands Radio Birdman, the Michigan-Born Deniz Tek is back with his new solo album, Mean Old...

Premiere: Delsinki Records And Brooke Taylor Close Out Their Seasonal EP In Sombre Fashion

Melbourne alt-folk artist Delsinki Records (Craig Johnston) and vocalist Brooke Taylor continue an impressive run of video clips with ‘Winter (From The Ashes)’, the final track from their Love One...

6 Aussie Acts Pushing The Boundaries, With Jack Colwell

Sydney’s Jack Colwell describes himself as “an artist who enjoys breaking down barriers by performing with lots of different sorts of musicians” – and he’s certainly...

Hit Or Shit: Listen Out 2016

Listen Out 2016 kicked off on Saturday in Melbourne, followed by the Perth leg the day after, and we headed along to check out a lineup packed...

Premiere: Brian El Dorado Takes Us On A Tour Of Melbourne’s Laneways With ‘Throw Down Heart Attack”

Brian El Dorado has returned to us with a new golden nugget of musical goodness entitled ‘Throw Down Heart Attack’, which is taken from Brian’s...

Sticky Fingers’ Paddy Had “A Bit Of A Nervous Breakdown” And Tried To Talk To David Bowie

Sticky Fingers interviewed by Adrian Pedic, and photographed by Peter Dovgan It’s the first warm day after a long winter, and Sticky Fingers are doing...

Track By Track: Tom Stephens Tells Us The Stories Behind His Debut Album

Sydney singer-songwriter Tom Stephens has just released his debut album, the fantastic What Lies In The Difference, and we’ve asked him to take us through the...

Premiere: The Tambourine Girls Drop ‘Cupo’ Clip, Announce Their Debut Album

With two EPs under their belt, NSW outfit The Tambourine Girls have are announcing their self-titled debut album is on the way, and have released a...

9 Electronic Masterpieces You Need To Hear, With BUOY

BUOY is one of the most promising electronic talents in Australia right now, having dazzled us from early on with last year’s Immersion EP, but...

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