Backstage

Inside the 2018 Melbourne Guitar Show

There’s something for everyone at the Melbourne Guitar Show. Whether you’re a folk fingerpicker, blues crooner or metal shredder...

15 Aug

Integrate 2018: Giving live events professionals a leg up

Whether you’re putting on a rock concert or a production of Richard III, you’ll need a firm grasp of the latest AV technology to...

7 Aug

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Inside the Ernie Ball Music Man factory

For decades now, Ernie Ball Music Man has been at the forefront of innovation and quality in the guitar and bass industry. From...

17 Jul

Columns

6 hand/foot combinations to improve your drumming skills

I thought I would share some ideas for some hand/foot groupings over triplets that I’ve been messing around with lately. For the...

14 Aug

Gear Rundown: Ruban Nielson of Unknown Mortal Orchestra

If there's been a major driving force in the world of rock 'n roll in the past decade, it's been through the psych...

10 Aug

Learn the fretboard: More chords from scales and modes

Keeping up with the chord theme from the last few months, let’s take something a little meatier than major or minor and use...

2 Aug

Interviews

Pagan on dad rock, debut albums and not breaking up

On a beautiful June afternoon, Dan Bonnici sits in the Flagstaff gardens on his break from working at a life insurance company...

10 Aug

Show & Tell: Amos Williams from TesseracT

Show & Tell is where we get artists to tell us about a piece of gear that they cherish and use as a part of their live or...

8 Aug

Keeping in shape with Albert Lee

When you look at the long and illustrious career of Albert Lee, one thing becomes apparent—he’s equally at home as a sideman,...

2 Aug

On Tour

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Biffy Clyro - The Forum, Melbourne, Friday April 27

This past Friday night saw Scottish rockers Biffy Clyro return to Australia for the first time since their last run back in 2014...

1 May

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Incubus - Margaret Court Arena, Melbourne, Friday March 9

It must be so hard for Incubus to put together their setlist when it comes time to tour. With eight albums, countless hit singles...

13 Mar

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George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic @ Palais Theatre, Melbourne (27/09/17)

There aren’t many musicians whose vision is so far reaching that, more than simply innovating within their chosen genre, they...

28 Sep