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.

Single of the Week: ‘Hostage Stamps’ feels like At The Drive-In never left

Our Single of the Week for this week, At The Drive-In’s latest jam ‘Hostage Stamps’ follows on from their return effort ‘Governed By Contagions’ last...

Premiere: Veteran Adelaide emcee Vents asks us to look around us on ‘The Bees Are Dying’

It’s been six long years since Adelaide emcee Vents dropped his sophomore record Marked for Death, but fans of the Golden Era signee, Hilltop Hoods’...

Watch as Dumb Punts and WASH turn Newtown into a moshpit

Last month, Sydney was treated to one hell of a punk bash as Melbourne trio Dumb Punts, Byron Bay trio WASH, and locals Pist Idiots...

The music legends came thick and fast at Bluesfest 2017

“The people have the power” is what Patti Smith sings, but for the 28th Bluesfest at Byron Bay the women definitely had the power and...

Allday is at the top of his game on his long-awaited second album, ‘Speeding’

The question is… for how much longer can we call Allday the king of modern Australian rap and a local boy? The former Adelaide, once...

Premiere: The Ruminaters drop a wonderfully hazy Super 8 filmclip for ‘How Can I’

Having knocked over a 25 date European tour last year, and then celebrating by dropping their EP I Used To Hate The Ruminaters, Now I...

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Green Day’s Mike Dirnt: “One thing I like about Australia is that you really get rock ‘n’ roll”

Green Day bassist Mike Dirnt is in Las Vegas, Nevada, yet as he sits down for a chat, he’s rapt about getting sweatier than usual...

No more gatekeepers: Examining the changing face of Aussie hip hop

Hip-hop in Australia went from being a carved-in niche to a national phenomena over the course of the 2000s. Although the genre had been a...

The Blurst of Times set times have just dropped

Brissy’s absolute treat of a festival The Blurst of Times is about to roll through Fortitude Valley for another year, and now they’ve let us...

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Edgar Wright really wants to work with King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

An exciting partnership could be in the works if Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz director Edgar Wright has his way, as he’s taken...

Violent Soho reassure fans they aren’t breaking up, and have a new record in the works

It was only a few weeks ago that beloved rockers Violent Soho made a lot of fans pretty sad when guitarist James Tidswell announced that...

Smith Street Band sitting on the cement in front of a tin wall

The Smith Street Band join QOTSA, Nine Inch Nails and more at Riot Fest 2017

This year’s just-announced Riot Fest has without a doubt one of the most mouth-watering lineups we’ve seen in recent memory, and local legends The Smith...

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