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Gear Rundown: Meshuggah

No one does metal quite like the Swedes, and no one does it better than Meshuggah. Since their inception over thirty years ago,...

16 Mar

Mixdown's Favourite: Music Videos of the '80s

Ah, the '80s. It's a decade of nostalgia for all music fans - even those who weren't fortunate enough to...

14 Mar

Gear Rundown: Prince's Purple Rain

No one will ever match the legacy of Prince. Upon news of the artist's untimely death in 2016, legions of fans re-sparked an...

9 Mar

Musicology: A brief history of the Digital Audio Workstation

Today’s musical landscape would look completely different without the advent of the Digital Audio Workstation (DAW), which is now...

8 Mar

Gear Rundown: Albert Hammond Jr. and Nick Valensi of The Strokes

It's probably fair to say that there's never been a band that's had more of an impact on music, fashion, and pop...

2 Mar

Musicology: The History of Kwaito – Identity and Revolution

Throughout history, music has acted as a mirror to the societies and conditions of the people who create it. It doesn’t even have...

1 Mar

Gear Rundown: Billy Corgan

Love him or hate him, you can't deny that Billy Corgan absolutely shreds. Since the early '90s, The Smashing Pumpkins...

23 Feb

Gear Rundown: Mastodon's Brent Hinds and Bill Kelliher

Like the ancient animal that bears their namesake, Mastodon are a band of absolutely gargantuous nature. Hailing from Atlanta,...

15 Feb

8 important moments of Sunbury Rock Festival

On the Australia Day weekend way back in 1972, almost 40,000 music fans journeyed to the north of Victoria to spend three days...

25 Jan

Gear Rundown: Slayer's Reign In Blood

With the news that Slayer are calling it quits after an illustrious 35 year career, it's only fitting to return to the...

24 Jan

Gear Rundown: Nate Mendel

Foo Fighters are undoubtedly the biggest rock band in the world right now, which puts bassist Nate Mendel right up there as one...

23 Jan

Gear Rundown: The Mars Volta's De-Loused In The Comatorium

It's quite possible that there'll never be another band to play with the same amount of frenetic energy and loudness as...

19 Jan

The forgotten genius of Laurens Hammond

To call Laurens Hammond a child prodigy would be an understatement. At the tender age of 14, he had already designed a system for...

19 Jan

The secrets of the Alice In Chains ‘Dirt’ guitar sound

Time and again when interviewing bands, I hear the words, “Alice In Chains’ Dirt album has one of my favourite guitar tones.” It’...

18 Jan

Gear Rundown: The xx

When The xx released their eponymous debut album in 2009, no one would have predicted that they would become one of the defining...

12 Jan

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