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.

Bob Dylan is finally accepting his Nobel Prize, but he’s not making it easy

After a long period spent completely ignoring his Nobel Prize honour, followed by an eventual public acknowledgment that, yes, he’d heard the news that he’d...

Midnight Oil are playing an intimate pub gig in Sydney

Midnight Oil’s huge arena tour is one thing, but I think most Oils fans would much rather the chance to catch them in their old...

Aussie vinyl sales are up for the sixth year in a row

It’s no secret that vinyl has seen a resurgence in popularity over the last few years, and now it seems that every emerging band has...

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The 5 Splendour sideshows everyone is asking for

While a lot of people are already counting down the days until Splendour in the Grass rolls around again, others are just scrolling through the...

40 songs we can’t wait to hear at Splendour in the Grass

Well, the Splendour in the Grass 2017 lineup is here, and it’s as monstrous and all-encompassing as we’ve come to expect, with Queens of the...

Queens of the Stone Age have “just finished” their next album reportedly, may play it at Splendour

While we’re all ridiculously stoked to see QOTSA atop this year’s Splendour in the Grass lineup, the big question now is when we’ll be able...

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LCD Soundsystem and more look set to play Splendour in the Grass sideshows

The massive Splendour in the Grass 2017 lineup just dropped, and among the big names like The xx and Queens of the Stone Age, LCD...

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Queens of the Stone Age headline Splendour in the Grass with The xx

We’ve been waiting impatiently for some massive announcements from the Splendour crew this morning, and now the lineup has been let out of the bag,...

Groovin The Moo can’t help themselves, add even more names to the lineup

We’ve already been pretty impressed by Groovin The Moo’s insistence on packing as many names as possible onto its lineup, with wave after wave of...

Unreleased Pink Floyd set to drop on Record Store Day is already available to listen to

With Record Store Day just around the corner, there are plenty of goodies set to be unveiled, but it appears that a supposedly-unreleased track by...

System of a Down’s Serj Tankian delivers a stirring live version of Game of Thrones ‘The Rains Of Castamere’

Serj Tankian must be a bit of a Game of Thrones fan, as he headed along to the live GoT Concert Experience a few nights...

The latest punk rock Simpsons cover tackles the rehab-themed ‘You’re Checkin’ In’

WA muso Dan Cribb has been belting out punk covers of The Simpsons songs for half a year now, and his latest is a pop-punk...

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