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.

Premiere: Freo’s Spaceman Release Their Cosmic Pop LP Palm Haus

Spaceman (formerly SpaceManAntics) are a crew from Fremantle making lo-fi psych pop with a distinct krautrock twist, and their new album Palm Haus will be out this Friday –...

Single Premiere: ‘Funeral’ Is Motioner’s Long-Awaited Return

Sydney’s Motioner aka Rowan Cane has struck us with his newest track ‘Funeral’, a slow-burning melange of alt-rock and ambient electro that gives us a...

12 Aussie Bands Who Started Their Own Businesses

It’s easy to imagine that our favourite musos spend their days just writing and rehearsing, and then playing gigs all weekend, but for most part they...

The Temper Trap On Bouncing Back From A Disappointing Second Album

It’s a glorious early summer afternoon in New York City, an ideal rejoinder to the previous evening when the members of The Temper Trap stood...

Proof DMA’s Are No Longer A Buzz Band

Review: DMA’s – June 11, 2016 @ Corner Hotel Sydney lads DMA’s have been racking up the passport stamps in the last few months, criss-crossing...

Tags Mean Everything: How To Help Our Music Photographers

How many times have you posted or shared a photo on social media that wasn’t yours? Perhaps it was of a nice sunset, or an...

Premiere of Odd Mob – ‘Into You’ ft. Starley

Brisbane DJ/producer duo Odd Mob are living up to their name with their first ever video, for recent number ‘Into You’. Produced by art director Aymeric De Meautis...

Premiere of Shag Planet – ‘Too Many Babes, Too Little Time’

Melbourne-based intergalactic duo Shag Planet are here to bring you the ‘cosmic bangers’ with their debut clip for ‘Too Many Babes, Too Little Time’. The...

This Week’s 7 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 of Fractures – ‘Wake Up’

After a year of writing and recording that’s also seen him taking a few detours and collaborating with the likes of Set Mo, Melbourne multi-instrumentalist...

The best music films are inspired by songs – not just the people who play them

Bohemian Rhapsody certainly seems to have kicked off a newfound enthusiasm for the music flick, and others like Rocketman and Yesterday have arrived hot on its heels...

‘School of Rock’, the greatest music flick of all, is now the best musical too

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