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.

Premiere: Brissy’s cosmic reggae outfit Hemingway are back with a mind-melting new clip

Hemingway pricked our ears up late last year with their single ‘Soulfood’ which, together with debut EP Carnival of Freaks, brought a signature touch of cosmic...

‘Enter Sandman’ still sounds monstrous with completely different tuning

Metallica are, indisputably, a heavy-sounding band – but is it just a result of the tuning they’ve picked, or intrinsic to their music itself? To...

The bizarre inspiration behind Alt-J’s creepy new artwork

With Alt-J having just announced the follow-up to their 2014 LP This Is All Yours, it’s pretty hard to miss the weird, desolate album art...

The Jesus & Mary Chain’s frontman slams the current state of rock music

The Jesus & Mary Chain are part of a generation of musos flush with guitar talent, but as they gear up to release their first...

Australian music activist Helen Marcou has just been honoured for her work

An honour is being bestowed this week upon Helen Marcou, one of the founders of the Save Live Australia’s Music (SLAM) movement that swept across...

SXSW holds clues for the next Falls, Splendour and Laneway lineups

With the massive music industry conference SXSW about to draw half the music world to Austin, Texas for a week of shows and schmoozing, our...

Premiere: Adelaide trio WANDERERS deliver the goods with a soulful live version of ‘Loco’

Adelaide’s WANDERERS have just given us a very nice pick-me-up for a Monday, a romping live recording of their slinky guitar jam ‘Loco’. Having changed...

Kingswood’s label boss thought their record was a prank: here’s how they changed his mind

It’s 10:00pm, just under two hours before the release of Kingswood’s sophomore album After Hours, Close to Dawn, and the lead guitarist is rapt, telling...

The new Nokia 3310 already has a gold-plated Vladimir Putin edition

A lot of people are pretty excited about the idea of getting their hands on Nokia’s new throwback piece, their modern take on the most...

Unreleased Lou Reed recordings are on their way

The iconic songwriter Lou Reed would have been 75 years old this week, and it’s a fitting celebration to hear that a collection of his...

Nine Inch Nails troll their fans by mailing them a mysterious powder

Now, right off the bat, something that strikes us as generally raising quite a lot of suspicion is, y’know, sending out bags of strange powders...

King Gizzard spill all the secrets behind ‘Flying Microtonal Banana’

King Gizzard’s first of four promised albums this year has just dropped, and the boys have followed it up with an interesting little vid that...

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