Soundwave 2015 Second Lineup Announced The Soundwave 2015 second lineup announcement has finally arrived, bringing the likes of Dragonforce, Fucked Up, Killer Be Killed, Le Butcherettes, Bayside, Nonpoint, Animals As...
The 7 Local Records You Should Be Listening To This Week We listen to a lot of music here at Tone Deaf HQ, and we’re the first to admit we’re perhaps a little biased towards sounds of...
Is Regional Australia The Future Of Aussie Music Festivals? The Bands Matt: “Bands are definitely more hesitant to play a regional festival. It’s not a proven success yet, as there are very few festivals out...
The 9 Things We Learnt From The 2014 ARIAs The ARIAs are everyone’s favourite love-to-hate awards show. They’re the perfect target for our nation’s chronic tall poppy syndrome, and the (few) people who actually...
Electronic Electronic Flume’s What So Not Slams Critics Who Say DJs Only “Press Play” Unfortunately, there are many music fans in the world who choose to separate “live music” and “DJing”, labelling the latter as a lesser art form that...
Dallas Frasca: Why Is Nudity More Offensive Than Misogyny? Returning from their fourth triumphant tour overseas in the past 18 months, Melbourne three-piece riff rockers, Dallas Frasca are set to celebrate their international successes...
Watch This Local Aussie Musician Blow The Minds Of Pitchfork Festival Paris With the completion of the prestigious ARIA Awards just last night alongside the announcement of Triple J’s coveted J Awards earlier this month, November has...
This Might Just Be The World’s Smallest Record Store If you’re anything like us, there’s nothing you love more than happening upon a small independent record store, wandering through its narrow aisles, and flipping...
This Is How Much It Costs To Break A New Artist In 2014 If you’ve never heard of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), just know that they’re one of those very important music industry “bodies”...
Aussie Independent Music The Real Winners At ARIA Awards 2014 The year 2014 has been massive for Aussie music and last night saw our fair nation come together to celebrate what a triumphant year our...
This Guy Who Sold 40,000 Pills At Aussie Music Festivals Just Got Sent To Jail Two Perth men, Marc Quaid, 39, and his courier, 51-year-old Roberto Zanon, have been jailed for their involvement in a multi-million dollar drug operation that...