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Adding More Flavour

Last month we took some fairly standard Dorian shapes and added intervallic jumps and ideas to create more interesting phrases....

25 Sep

Gear Rundown: Kenny Wayne Shepherd

As far as the prowess of the modern bluesman, it’s pretty hard to top the virtuosic ability of Kenny Wayne Shepherd. Entering the...

25 Sep

Mixdown's Top 11 Key Changes

Is there a bolder, more dramatic move in pop music than the key change? When done wrong it can make a weak song even cheesier,...

21 Sep

Backstage

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Inside 'Roadies - the Secret History of Australian Rock’n’Roll'

I’ve been around roadies for decades. During my years managing bands such as the Hoodoo Gurus and Paul Kelly & the Messengers...

25 Sep

Hothouse Audio St Kilda

25 Sep

The Melbourne Audio Trade Show

As the third Melbourne Audio Trade Show approaches, founder Gareth Parton emerges as a man on a mission. Despite similar events...

21 Sep

Interviews

Foreigner

A couple of years ago, Foreigner celebrated its 40th anniversary as a band. It's a remarkable achievement and a huge...

25 Sep

As It Is

Some albums take an absurd amount of time to codify when there’s an ambitious plan behind them. Take Chinese Democracy, The...

21 Sep

Basement

Ahead of the release of their fourth album, Beside Myself, UK post-grunge exports Basement find themselves at a curious...

21 Sep

On Tour

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Queens of the Stone Age - Melbourne, Marriage Equality Arena 9/11/2018

Queens of the Stone Age are just one of those undeniably cool bands, you know? They’ve been to Australia countless times...

14 Sep

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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