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.

Midnight Oil have got a master plan to stamp out ticket scalping

Needless to say, the announcement of Midnight Oil’s first tour in 15 years last week had their fans pretty damn excited, but we also can’t...

A new party this Easter gives you one more chance to see Tash Sultana live

Tash Sultana tickets are one of the most in-demand items in Asutralian music right now, with her upcoming national tour having already sold out, leaving...

X Factor is dead, but Kingswood are holding their own singing contest

Okay, we were all pretty stoked to see the back of X Factor when it was finally dropped in Australia last month, but now there’s...

Local festival under fire for having no female artists on the lineup

We’ve spoken extensively about the need for music festivals to take a proactive stance when it comes to booking female acts on their lineups, but...

Elton John is about to tour Australia

The incomparable Elton John is returning to Australia in 2017, and he’s already announced the first dates – and some surprising venues. Rather than sticking...

The Living End frontman Chris Cheney covers classic Green Day with American Idiot co-stars

While we don’t immediately draw a line between Aussie icons The Living End and U.S. punks Green Day aside from their chosen genre, the two...

Luca Brasi, Camp Cope and more are playing a free underage fest in Sydney

We’re all for any music event that gets awesome live music in front of the people who need it most, so the idea of having...

Liam Gallagher announces new music with an incoherent rant

As The Libertines’ frontman and frequent incoherent mess Pete Doherty once put, “Noel is a poet, and Liam is a town crier – a perfect...

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King Gizzard lay out the weird, experimental plans for their next albums

Sure, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard haven’t even dropped their ninth record Flying Microtonal Banana yet, but the band have already opened up about...

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Guns N’ Roses’ Steven Adler eyes an ‘Appetite For Destruction’ reunion tour in July

For years there we never thought we’d see Axl Rose and Slash ever patch things up and head back out on the road together as...

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Aussie punk band deleted from the internet thanks to a LEGO contest

Now, this is a bit of an odd one. See, it should be a happy story of a local punk muso winning big and ending...

Silver Raven Festival returns to the Barossa Valley with a perfectly-curated lineup

There are few better pairings in life than music and wine, and it’s a philosophy being fully embraced by South Australians this April as a...

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