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.

Pearl Jam to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by… David Letterman

Pearl Jam are very worthy entrants into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and it made perfect sense for them to be inducted by...

Rage celebrates its 30th birthday by summing up three decades of music

Few music entities can boast three continuous decades of existence, but that’s how long the beloved music video show Rage has been creepily screaming at...

Watch Paul Kelly, Dan Sultan and A.B. Original pay tribute to the iconic Archie Roach

Monday night’s APRA awards saw plenty of winners, with Flume getting three nods and D.D. Dumbo taking out the Song of the Year with ‘Satan’...

REMI and Sampa The Great are teaming up for new music and a co-headline tour

Melbourne duo REMI and Sydney’s talented rapper, singer and poet Sampa The Great are two of the most promising hip hop acts our country has...

The 6 best Aussie songs you haven’t heard with FBi Radio Music Director Amelia Jenner

Community radio music directors often have an encyclopedic knowledge of local music and an insatiable thirst to keep their ears ahead of the curve. So...

Dave Grohl’s mum has written a book about how to raise a rock star

It’s probably not every mother’s dream to see their kid pursue the unstable life of sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll, but in the case...

Watch AC/DC’s entire career get covered in 5 minutes flat

AC/DC have recorded a hell of a lot of hits throughout the years, so to cram their catalogue into a mere five minutes is a...

Leaps and Bounds Festival kicks off with a star-studded Paul Kelly tribute

Melbourne’s Leaps and Bounds is back for its 5th year, with the opening night on Thursday July 13 kicking off a ten-day festival of music...

Watch Green Day and Stephen Colbert record a low-budget cover of ‘Good Riddance’

We’re sure Colbert and his show are doing fine as far as money goes, but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t need to tighten the purse...

Kirin J Callinan has given us the first taste of his new record

Inimitable, unpredictable, and frankly a little bit bonkers, Kirin J Callinan has just followed last week’s excellent mini-rockumentary on his upcoming sophomore album with the...

Jetstar slammed by musos over their “cash grab” baggage fee

Here we have just the latest tale of disaster involving unsuspecting musicians and airlines, but this time it isn’t a story of Jetstar losing Tash...

Lisa Mitchell and Dustin Tebbutt are teaming up for a special run of shows

Well, this is certainly a pretty great, albeit unexpected, combination. Sydney neo-folk/soul artist Dustin Tebbutt impressed us last year with debut effort First Light, while...

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