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.

Josh Homme has just teased more Aussie tour dates for QOTSA

The presale tickets may have sold out almost instantly this morning, but if you miss out on tickets to QOTSA’s upcoming Splendour sideshows in July,...

Australia finally gets the Stereosonic replacement it’s been shredding for

Ever since the cancellation of Australia’s biggest annual celebration of EDM (and not wearing a shirt), Stereo-heads have been making do with the frankly huge...

Metal legends Helmet take a deep dive into their career-defining LP ‘Betty’

In 1994, New York noisemakers Helmet released Betty. Despite its innocent name and its scenic garden on the album cover, the band’s third studio album...

Premiere: Hobo Magic hit us with a menacing punch of groove-rock

Sunshine Coast rockers Hobo Magic have just dropped something we don’t quite see every day – a self-titled single – and it’s yet another ripper...

A stack of Splendour in the Grass sideshows have just been announced

Plenty of good news this morning for anyone who missed out on Splendour tickets, as the sideshow announcements are already rolling in. Following the news...

Queens of the Stone Age just announced Splendour in the Grass sideshows

Yes, the gigs we were all crossing our fingers are actually happening – Queens of the Stone Age are playing Splendour in the Grass sideshows....

QOTSA frontman Josh Homme has just had surgery on his hand

We’re all particularly excited about Queens of the Stone Age returning to Australia for this year’s Splendour In The Grass, but we’re just a little...

Disturbed are taking a long break from music

Having made plenty of waves with an appearance on The X Factor and their divisive cover of Simon & Garfunkel classic ‘The Sound Of Silence’,...

A Britney Spears concert has thrown Israel’s election into disarray

Britney Spears has definitely had a big impact on the world of music, but now she’s putting her own stamp on politics too, although she...

There’s a new Gorillaz song dropping tomorrow, and 40 more still to come

There’s plenty of good news for Gorillaz fans right now, with tracks dropping left right and centre in the lead up to the hugely-anticipated Humanz,...