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GEAR RUNDOWN: FLUME

Australian producer, musician and DJ Harley Streten, better known by his stage name Flume, has amassed a long list of accolades,...

29 Jun

MUSICOLOGY: THE HISTORY OF DUB MIXING TECHNIQUES PART 1

Musical history is littered with examples of innovators using technology in creative ways that have wide reaching and lasting...

23 Jun

IMPROVISING MUCH MORE

More improv ideas this month starting with a sound you’ve no doubt heard and probably played - mixolydian. Figure A shows one...

20 Jun

Interviews

Jake Taylor On The New In Hearts Wake Album, Touring And The Environment

In Hearts Wake have been keeping themselves very busy. Having released their new album, Ark, last month and completed an...

27 Jun

DragonForce: Reaching Into Infinity

They're the English sextet that put the power in power metal and leave no fretboard unshredded. For nearly 20 years,...

23 Jun

SIKTH HAVE THE FUTURE IN THEIR EYES

SikTh are pioneers in what we now think of as djent. They led the way in complex, shifting time signatures and syncopated riffage...

22 Jun

Backstage

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SENSAPHONICS AU ER SERIES MUSICIAN EARPLUGS

The relationship between the human ear and music is one often underappreciated by musicians and music listeners. So much time and...

24 May

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INSIDE NS DESIGN

Ned Steinberger’s place in music history was guaranteed when he collaborated with Stuart Spector on headless basses. From 1979...

18 May

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A CLOSER LOOK AT THE EV ND-SERIES MICROPHONES

I have always been a fan of Electro-Voice speakers, amplifiers and most certainly their microphones too. When it comes to quality...

17 May

On Tour

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GOLDEN PLAINS XI - THE MEREDITH SUPERNATURAL AMPHITHEATRE, MARCH 11-12

Ausmuteants played a killer set of fast, bratty punk rock that was just the sort of opening gambit needed to get people ready for...

16 Mar

10 ARTISTS TO CATCH LIVE THIS WEEK(END)

With so many amazing local acts at our fingertips, we scrounge the interwebs, our own inboxes and gig-guide to bring you a stack...

19 Jan

10 ARTISTS TO CATCH LIVE THIS WEEK(END)

With so many amazing local acts at our fingertips, we scrounge the interwebs, our own inboxes and gig-guide to bring you a stack...

12 Jan