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.

Courtney Love has picked out the best Nirvana songs

We’re sure Courtney Love has a complex relationship with Nirvana’s back-catalogue, considering she’s the widow of the legendary band’s frontman, but she has just taken...

Rock bands, here’s your chance to support the legendary Regurgitator

The ‘Gurge are dead-set Aussie legends, and if you’re in a band and looking for an awesome support slot, look no further than this contest...

Pnau’s long-awaited live return was a strange, disjointed affair

In hindsight, we should’ve expected an unconventional show from Pnau at their first Sydney headline date in five years, but what went down was still...

This week’s 11 awesome music jobs that could be yours

Some of the Australian music world’s biggest names often leave doors of opportunity ajar, just waiting for the right kind of professional music fan to...

Polish Club performing live at the Oxford Art Factory

Polish Club kicked their tour off gloriously with two sold-out hometown gigs

In a city where any arsehole in a leather jacket can play by-the-numbers rock’n’roll for a quick buck, it’s always refreshing to see a band...

The chaos of interviewing Dillon Francis and his many alter-egos

With DJ, producer and all-round larrikin Dillon Francis in the country to play the 2017 edition of Groovin the Moo, we caught up with him...

Animal Collective’s trippy new EP is now available to listen to

Animal Collective have already treated us to one EP this year, but now they’ve given us a second, the contemplative Meeting of the Waters. As...

Phil Jamieson on Grinspoon’s debut: “Do we really have to glorify it because it’s old?”

Yes, Grinspoon’s lauded debut album Guide to Better Living just turned 20 years old, and long-time fans are looking back at the monumental Aussie release...

Nollsie reckons we’re long overdue for a new Aussie rock anthem

Australia has never been short of rock songs that have been adopted as de facto national anthems, from Men At Work’s iconic ‘Land Down Under’,...

Something For Kate’s Paul Dempsey shows the kids how it’s done on Like A Version

Aussie music legend Paul Dempsey is no stranger to triple j’s studios, having taken Something For Kate to the Hottest 100 several years back with...

After five years, Grizzly Bear are back with new music

It’s been a long, long time since we’ve heard the dulcet indie-folk of Grizzly Bear – five years in fact. But now, they’ve returned from...

Australia is the first place to hear the new LCD Soundsystem tracks

As if having LCD Soundsystem heading to Australia to tour for Splendour in the Grass isn’t enough, they’ve hit us with some more big news...

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