Interviews Peering behind the drug induced curtain of Devil’s Crossroad’s Gypsy Kings by Jonty Czuchwicki “I didn’t realise it was real until they drove away with my girlfriend…” “…and your weed.” For psychedelic stoners Devil’s Crossroad, EP two is all about breaking down boundaries and…
Music Glass Skies’ Light Rays may just be the salvation of fuzzed out rock music by Jonty Czuchwicki In a dystopian future, artificial intelligence has progressed to a point where neural networks similar to Google’s deep dream are able to create music far beyond what humans could ever have imagined…
Lists Three Vocalists at BIGSOUND that really blew our minds this year by Jonty Czuchwicki BIGSOUND was an absolute blast, which is safe to say at the very least. As the international delegates fly home and we all nurse our hangovers it’s time to take a look…
Interviews Shattered bones, blood and metal. A conversation with HellYeah goes exactly how you’d expect by Jonty Czuchwicki HellYeah are a mammoth sized supergroup comprised of Nothingface guitarist Tom Maxwell, Mudvayne vocalist Chad Gray, ex Pantera and Damageplan drummer Vinnie Paul, bassist Kyle Sanders and rhythm guitarist Christian Brady. As…
Music Math-pop-art-rock may sound a little pretentious but Sparkspitter make it glow by Jonty Czuchwicki Meet the Adelaide band who are well known for standing on their very own sonic pedestal. Sparkspitter are a three piece math-pop / art-rock band consisting of Matthew Barlow (bass), Thomas Capogreco…
Features Holy Serpent tour diary Part 3 – Like Almost Famous but less Kate Hudson and more 2 foot bongs by Jonty Czuchwicki This is the final chapter in Jonty’s time spent with doom band Holy Serpent. You can read about the abandoned mansion they stayed in here, and the shenanigans fuelled by bourbon laced…
Features Tripping balls on mushrooms with Holy Serpent and our 2nd instalment of their tour diary by Jonty Czuchwicki This is the second chapter of Holy Serpent’s whirlwind Adelaide adventure. You can read the first here. The guys rock up the following day to my place with a shit…
Features Holy Serpent tour diary Part 1 by Jonty Czuchwicki No time needs to be spent using subversive and adjective precursors such as ‘crushing riffs’, ‘hard hitting drums’ or ‘haunting solo’s’ to describe the doom band Holy Serpent. At #10 on…
Interviews Chatting prog rock and tour life with Perth’s Voyager by Jonty Czuchwicki Continuing Australia’s tradition of killer prog rock, Perth’s Voyager has just taken the country by storm with a national tour, with a US on the horizon. Front man Daniel Estrin…
Music Look up heavy music in the dictionary and you’ll find Holy Serpent by Jonty Czuchwicki Holy Serpent have seen a genesis that will without a doubt become an infamous tale. Formed in early 2014 the band had demoed some material to appear on their recent debut. Those…
Music Nakey own apathy on their new track No Job by Jonty Czuchwicki Christchurchian obscurity-submerged brit-pop alt rockers Nakey has been carving up a wee bit of buzz with the absurdly wonderful single No Job. Nakey is in fact Steven Marr, the boy half…
Lists 10 Bands You Have To See At Soundwave by Jonty Czuchwicki Rock and/ or roll man! Twitter king AJ Maddah and his merry band of madness known as Soundwave will be opening circle pits this month. Australia has always boasted a…
Music Hey Lady! – My Head, My Heart by Jonty Czuchwicki Confidently vibing Tegan and Sara, Hey Lady! are equal parts the Black Keys with a dash of the fictional Clash at Demonhead. These two self-attributed babes from Newcastle have a…