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.

“It takes a bigger pair of balls to do less sometimes” – Royal Blood tell us how to write a rock song

Royal Blood's new album has just been released, and we chatted to the duo about meeting their icon Jimmy Page, how to put a proper rock record together.

Soundgarden’s iconic ‘Superunknown’ album cover originally looked a lot different

Superunknown and its iconic cover went on to become Soundgarden's best selling record, but its iconic cover originally looked a lot different.

This year’s NIMA awards are bringing a stack of great acts to Darwin

For the 14th year of the National Indigenous Music Awards, Darwin scores a huge lineup of Paul Kelly, A.B. Original, Dan Sultan and more

The ‘Golden Ticket’ is probably the best prize in music – and it’s up for grabs now

Wouldn't it be nice to win free tickets to a stack of big gigs like QOTSA, Lorde and LCD Soundsystem for a whole year? You just might.

Watch a supergroup of Aussie bands reopen one of Sydney’s favourite venues

A supergroup featuring members of The Preatures, Sticky Fingers and The Delta Riggs were joined by other Sydney legends to relaunch the Lansdowne.

Queens of the Stone Age release their new single ‘The Way You Used To Do’

Queens of the Stone Age have just dropped the first single from their upcoming album 'Villains' and announced the album's release date.

Melbourne gig under fire for dropping all the female acts from the lineup

A Melbourne dance promoter has been criticised after dropping two acts from his event with no explanation - and they were its two female artists.

Liam Gallagher gives fans an awesome surprise after realising they missed out on tickets

Former Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher is being a pretty nice lately, like this gesture to a bunch of Irish fans who couldn't get tickets to his gig.

Skegss and Wil Wagner head up a killer Stonecutters rock fest

Stonecutters rock festival is bringing a stack of names to Adelaide this year, lead by Skegss and The Smith Street Band's frontman Wil Wagner.

King Gizzard take things to the next level by literally crowd-surfing into the ocean

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard frontman Stu Mackenzie was "baptised" by a UK crowd who carried him to the ocean, before returning him to the stage.

Gene Simmons tries to trademark the sign language symbol for ‘love’ as his own

KISS bassist Gene Simmons is hoping to trademark his 'devils horns' hand gesture, but it also happens to be an official sign language gesture.

QOTSA strap into a lie detector to reveal their new album ‘Villains’

Queens of the Stone Age strap frontman Josh Homme into a polygraph to reveal their Mark Ronson-produced new album 'Villains', and a new track.

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