Nicholas Jones

Nicholas Jones is the Publisher and Editor-In-Chief of Tone Deaf . He's been involved in Australia's music scene for a number of years and has toured a range of local and international acts. His favourite colour is yellow and he likes long walks on the beach.

First Act Of Vivid Sydney 2015 Lineup Revealed

The first act has already been confirmed for the 2015 iteration of Vivid Sydney, held annually in Sydney. This years event, which wrapped up just...

Street Poster Wars As Arsonist Strikes In Brazen Attack

Street posters are part of the fabric of the local music scene in Melbourne, seen on many street corners throughout the city promoting the latest...

Violent Soho Announce Huge 2014 National Australian Tour

Fifty-six weeks ago Violent Soho unleashed their third studio album Hungry Ghost to the world and upon doing so, set off a chain reaction of...

Band’s Australian Tour Left Hanging After Promoter Flakes

Bands get a bad reputation for cancelling tours and shows, but promoters can be just as flaky as German metal band The Ocean have found...

Jack White Blasts Foo Fighters & Rolling Stone In “Kanye West-Esque Rant”

Jack White can’t help himself. After apologising not too long ago for offending pretty much everyone after a Rollingstone cover story, White couldn’t help but...

Gotye Launches New Indie Record Label In Australia

Australia has a rich diversity of independent record labels, as the nominations for the 2014 AIR Awards reveals. From I Oh You, to Elefant Traks,...

The Datsuns Australian Tour 2014 Announced

The Datsuns revel in 1970s cult film super-villains for new album, Deep Sleep, released 3rd October 2014 via Hellsquad/Valve records through MGM. To celebrate the...

Jack White Calls Out “Entitled” Generation Of Musicians

There are some artists that are so prolific that a single band can’t contain their many musical dimensions. And then there’s Jack White, frontman turned...

Call To End Sniffer Dogs At Aussie Music Festival Following Death

This week marks the anniversary of the worst days in Australian music festival history. On the 16th September 2013, a 23-year-old festival-goer James Munro died of...