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.

Check out Tash Sultana’s sultry new jam ‘Mellow Marmalade’

After shooting to pretty much the pinnacle of Australian music in the space if a year, not to mention jumping straight into a worldwide following...

Ticket resale websites to face the ACCC over unfair scalping practices

Scalping. We know you’re sick of it, we are too. The artists hate it, and the whole industry recognises it’s an issue, but there still...

The 8 Best Aussie Songs You Haven’t Heard with SYN Music Director Zara Kravchenko

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...

Watch Nas perform career-spanning medley at the 2022 Grammys

Bluesfest adds even more big names to the lineup

Byron Bay’s Bluesfest has just piled name after name onto its 2017 lineup so far, and just when we thought it couldn’t get any bigger,...

Premiere: Jebediah’s Bob Evans announces a national tour and drops an unreleased gem

Bob Evans, the alias of ARIA-winner and Jebediah frontman Kevin Mitchell, has sent us a treat this morning, with a live acoustic version of his...

Queensland Music Festival announces a mentorship program for aspiring female musicians

A timely effort today from the Queensland Music Festival, which has just announced it inaugural Songs That Made Me initiative, a mentorship program that will...

Northeast Party House and Mosquito Coast is one hell of a double-header

One of Melbourne’s premiere party-starters, Northeast Party House are set to play a run of shows across the country in support of their latest slow-burning...

Australia, your next Eurovision contestant has been picked

Whether you obsessively gather round each year to watch the bizarre spectacle that is Eurovision, or you find the whole thing a bit naff, there’s...

Classic Rock

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Classic Rock

Watch Guns N’ Roses awkwardly kick former drummer Steven Adler offstage

It was the tour that nobody imagined would ever get off the ground, but yes, Guns N’ Roses did manage to put their personal differences...

Jack White is writing his new album in the most boring setting imaginable

We know that Jack White isn’t one to compromise when it comes to his recordings, having employed all sorts of incredibly specific custom and vintage...

King Gizz are about to sell out their 8th night in a row – in the same venue

Not content with being incredibly prolific in the recording studio, Melbourne’s favourite sons King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard are clearly just as energetic when...

Ecca Vandal explains why we desperately need more all-ages gigs

It may be something that slips out of our minds as soon as we get our first ID card – fake or otherwise – but...

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