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...
An event in Melbourne thinks artists should work for free, and musos are losing it UPDATE 21/2 4pm: In a statement issued to Tone Deaf, Simon Coburn, Show Director at GM Events said the decision to encourage artists to perform...
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...
King Gizz don’t push the boundaries quite far enough on ‘Flying Microtonal Banana’ King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard are a band who are hard to categorise. If you were to visit their Wikipedia page right now, you’ll...
Google finally steps up against music piracy with world-first update Say goodbye to quick Google searches for leaked MP3 downloads. The search giant has changed the way it codes its search results so that illegal...
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...
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...
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...