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Author: Iain McKelvey

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Deliberate Distortion: counting back 50 years of Jimi Hendrix and Are You Experienced

by Iain McKelvey

Are You Experienced? In 1967, Jimi Hendrix asked us that question. It has reverberated through generations for five decades. Mutating with each year, spawning countless…

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With just one album to their name, how did the Sex Pistols become the global phenomenon we now know?

by Iain McKelvey

Punk is dirty, punk is clean, punk is anti-establishment, punk is establishment, punk is controlled chaos, punk is uncontrolled, punk is anarchy, punk is whatever…

  • News

PREMIERE: How do you ensure creative control over your act? For RESD it meant writing and performing an entire EP by himself

by Iain McKelvey

RESD. Don’t know what it stands for? That’s okay, it’s music, you don’t need acronyms, and it’s the sound that comes forth which propels the name….

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PREMIERE: Garage rock, bong rips and general enlightenment: revel in the reckless vibes of Forest Hall’s latest single Most People’s Lives Are Boring

by Iain McKelvey

An anthem for the daredevils of the world, Most People’s Lives Are Boring has an impulsive and impetuous delivery in line with it’s message. Sydney…

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The best of the best: we count down 15 funny band names that are sure to tickle your fancy

by Iain McKelvey

Disclaimer: This list is by no means definitive, accurate, numerical or at all relevant to anything. We hold no responsibility for any barneys or blues…

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Was that a bong hit? The Baudelaires have ripped out a killer debut LP with Musk Hill, and it’s not the psych you’ve heard before

by Iain McKelvey

[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/289856024″ params=”color=000000&inverse=false&auto_play=false&show_user=true” width=”100%” height=”20″ iframe=”true” /] The Baudelaires are a Melbourne based four-piece outfit that play psych like it’s coming out of your garage,…

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Festival of the Sun might just be the best Aussie BBQ ever so we imagined what would happen if we invited every artist on the lineup for a Sunday sesh

by Iain McKelvey

The barbecue. The Barbie. The BBQ. The hallowed meeting of friends that hopefully takes place in someone else’s backyard, so you can keep your neighbours…

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PREMIERE: Sacred Shrines are borrowing from the past and bending it to the future on new video Collisions

by Iain McKelvey

Sacred Shrines are a Brisbane-based five piece that deliver juicy psychedelic and garage-inspired tunes and do so with rare authenticity that makes for all the…

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PREMIERE: Wolver realise their full potential with a Spector-esque wall of sounds on new single Geneva

by Iain McKelvey

After an intentional three-year hiatus from the recording studio, Brisbane outfit Wolver have refined their sound and more than strengthened their live set. The return…

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Wesley Fuller taps into his inner Brian Wilson and takes us on a psyche-sweeping journey on Runaway Renee

by Iain McKelvey

You may have noticed a curly haired guitar slinger playing in countless bands during your west-coast sea side jaunts to Perth, however it’s most likely…

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PREMIERE: More brooding than Batman on a rainy day, Fierce Mild stir up the elements on Song He Never Wrote

by Iain McKelvey

An oxymoron is a figure of speech that juxtaposes elements that appear to be contradictory, in a literary sense they are crafted to reveal a paradox…

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PREMIERE: Explore the murky backwaters of country on Mexico City’s Rosewood Line

by Iain McKelvey

According to their bio, Mexico City formed earlier this century and owe their name to a red-light district bar in Albert Camus’ novel The Fall….

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Music from space has never been closer to home once you’re in Battles’ domain

by Iain McKelvey

[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/12313171″ params=”color=000000&inverse=false&auto_play=false&show_user=true” width=”100%” height=”20″ iframe=”true” /] Laneway festival gets us excited every year; sure the festival is great and the lineup is always on…

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