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.

Glass Animals On Hunting For UFOs And Making Guns In Grandma’s Basement

Glass Animals’ sophomore release How To Be a Human Being drops on 26 August, and with it the weight of expectation. But for Glass Animals, there’s...

Track By Track: Rebel Yell Details Her Dark, Industrial Debut ‘Mother Of Millions’

Mother of Millions is the debut EP from Rebel Yell, the solo project from Brisbane’s Grace Stevenson (also known as one half of electro-pop duo...

Premiere: Babaganouj Give Us A Brilliant Slice of Brissy Pop Rock With New EP ‘Hard To Be’

Babaganouj have made a name for themselves with some downright excellent pop-rock tunes dripping with Brissy sun – and the streak continues. Having already released the...

Die Antwoord Are Just Straight Up Selling Weed Now

Die Antwoord could sometimes be accused of needing to chill out a little, considering they’ve been flinging some pretty aggressive shade recently, and their new...

Brisbane Funk Champions Cheap Fakes Are Taking New Single ‘Deep Space’ On The Road

‘Deep Space’ is the new one from funk, soul and ska outfit Cheap Fakes, and it’s an absolute brass-fuelled jam. “Deep Space is an exploration of...

A.B. Original: “Being Subtle & Humble Is What The Oppressor Wants, We’re Not About That”

Confrontation is what A.B. Original are and what they stand for, and their upcoming appearance at BIGSOUND may just be the push in the right direction...

‘Every Night The Same Dream’ Is Ball Park Music Pushing Boundaries Without A Safety Net

Ball Park Music’s last album, 2014’s Puddinghead, was the first album the band self-produced, setting out to make an album full of hits. It worked...

Ball Park Music’s Sam Cromack On The Dying Art Of Analogue Recording

Ball Park Music are no strangers to cutting edge technology, having just released a music video for new single ‘Whipping Boy’ that was created entirely using the...

Alex Williamson On The Loosest Units In Aussie Music And Getting ‘Punched’ By Kerser

Alex Williamson is the Adelaide comedian and musician skewering all sorts of Australian tropes, examining the role of the ‘bogan’ in modern Australian society on his popular...

The 7 Best Aussie Songs You Haven’t Heard with RTRFM Music Director Will Backler

Community radio music directors often have an encyclopedic knowledge of local music and an insatiable thirst to keep their ears ahead of the curve. So...

Roots Maestro Pat Tierney Announces National ‘Spirit Of The Land’ Single Tour

Australian roots/blues maestro Pat Tierney will be taking his show on the road September through November for a national tour, launching his upcoming single ‘Spirit Of...

Emerging Artists Share The Live Performances That Inspired Them

Everyone needs a bit of musical inspiration from time to time – aspiring musicians possibly most of all. Alana Wilkinson and The Moody Spooks are two emerging...

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