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.

The 10 greatest protest songs of all time, with Ezekiel Ox

Protest music is something we’re seeing a very welcome resurgence of in recent times; between the fierce racial commentary being delivered by A.B. Original, or...

Airbourne just dropped a glorious tribute to their hero Lemmy

Few bands fly the classic rock flag more than Airbourne, and the Aussies have just released a tribute to the one man who possibly defined...

Lorde gives her first glimpse of new music with a strange TV ad

After keeping the world waiting for a couple of years, it seems that Lorde is finally back and ready to release some new music, if...

Skegss get melancholy on new single ‘Got On My Skateboard’

A very nice way to start the day, with Skegss dropping their nostalgic youth-drenched jam ‘Got On My Skateboard’. It’s a lovely melancholic tribute to...

Legal remixes and mixtapes are coming to Spotify and Apple Music

DJs and producers have been fighting a losing battle for years now when trying to find a home for their remixes and mixtapes that won’t...

Dozens more torrent sites to be banned in Australia in an effort to stop piracy

Last year we reported that longstanding torrenting site The Pirate Bay was to be shut down in Australia along with a handful of other popular...

Lily Allen leaves Twitter after hateful comments about her stillborn child

Lily Allen is no stranger to causing controversy online, but she’s now found herself in the middle of a torrent of hatred that has forced...

New Midnight Oil shows have been announced after instant sellouts

Okay, so we knew this one was going to be just a little bit popular after a 15-year wait, but sales for Midnight Oil’s ‘The...

This week’s 11 awesome jobs in music that could be yours

Some of the Australian music world’s biggest names often leave doors of opportunity ajar, just waiting for the right kind of professional music fan to...

Are our boutique music festivals getting it all wrong?

Look, we love your standard music festival as much as the next punter. Tightly-packed crowds, constant lineup clashes, queues galore… There’s something undeniably satisfying about...

Hip hop activist Brother Ali weighs in on Australia’s political bigots

Anybody who caught Jacqui Lambie and Yassmin Abdel-Magjied on Q&A recently would be well aware of the vitriolic xenophobia which permeates our society and politics....

How comic books spawned one of hip-hop’s underground pioneers

Back in the 2000s, during the reign of club-friendly gangster-rap, you spent a lot of time defending hip-hop as more than a music genre about...

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