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So this time I actually have an excuse for leaving this blog out to gather dust – I have been keeping myself super busy lately! And I’m feeling all the better for it!
I’ve picked up a new job as part of the Australian news team for NME, I’ve been writing a bunch of editorial for BLUNT, and I’m still going strong with Australian Guitar. I’ve also teamed up with the absolute gems at UNFD to write for their new podcast series, showcasing highlights from their back catalogue in celebration of the label’s ten-year anniversary. You can check that whole thing out here.
Milo and I are planning to move in the next few months, too, so there’s been a lot of time spent hoarding bits and pieces, looking at places, and hashing out a game plan. We did the RSPCA Million Paws Walk this month, which was an absolute blast – as you can see above, Bruno was definitely the biggest fan between us. We raised over $1,000 for pups in need! Go us!!!
Anyway, here’s everything of mine that got published around the web throughout March, April and May of 2021 ☺️
LITERALLY MY OWN SITE
A very belated chat with Billy Corgan of The Smashing Pumpkins
BLUNT
Death From Above 1979: “We’re free to run wild”
Drown This City: Finding the colour in trauma
Twenty One Pilots: A world of imagination
Teenage Joans: High school, heartbreak and hunger
In retrospect: Hellions’ ‘Opera Oblivia’
AUSTRALIAN GUITAR (via GUITAR WORLD)
Orianthi: “I wanted to really mess with my sounds and try new stuff”
Cheap Trick’s Rick Nielsen: “We’ve loved Australia since the first time we went there in 1978”
Greta Van Fleet’s Jake Kiszka: “We wanted to create something orgasmic and cinematic”
Carla Geneve: “It’s really honest and transparent songwriting about what I was going through”
The Rubens’ Izaac Margin: “I’ve kind of gotten over the guitar sounding just like a guitar”
Tomahawk’s Duane Denison: “There’s a political statement to be made in the whole concept of a band”
Tigers Jaw’s Ben Walsh: “This band has always had a really great sense of community around it”
A Day To Remember’s Kevin Skaff: “We threw out the imaginary rulebook that never existed”
The Pretty Reckless’ Taylor Momsen: “It was very literally music that saved my life”
NOFX’s Aaron ‘El Hefe’ Abeyta: “We’re older now, so there’s a lot more sad shit to write about”
St. Vincent: “I wanted to make something more grounded – more, like, from the guts”
Epica’s Mark Jansen: “I cannot stand when things stay the same for too long”
Royal Blood’s Mike Kerr: “We wanted Typhoons to feel like a debut record”
Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready on teaming up with Fender to recreate his prized 1960 Stratocaster
The six-string origins of DZ Deathrays
Birds Of Tokyo fill us in on their favourite summer jams
Australian Guitar’s Fresh Frets: Vol. 7
Spotlight: Axel Carrington of New Talk
Spotlight: Rhys Hope of Highline
Spotlight: Marie Ulven Ringheim, a.k.a. Girl In Red
Spotlight: Tynan Reibelt of Deadlights
Spotlight: Josh Renjen of Drown This City
Producer Profile: Shane Edwards
Nova Twins – Who Are The Girls? album review
Stumps – All Our Friends album review
Hospital Bracelet – South Loop Summer album review
The Weather Station – Ignorance album review
Hayley Williams – FLOWERS for VASES / descansos album review
Citizen – Life In Your Glass World album review
Erra – Self-Titled album review
The Antlers – Green To Gold album review
Death From Above 1979 – Is 4 Lovers album review
Felicity Urquhart & Josh Cunningham – The Song Club album review
The Small Calamities – Moments Of Impact album review
Drown This City – Colours We Won’t Know EP review
Live Review: Yours & Owls Festival 2021
NME
Listen to Alex Lahey’s original song for Netflix film ‘The Mitchells Vs The Machines’
Listen to Eliza & The Delusionals’ catchy new single, ‘YOU’
Luca Brasi to headline Gold Coast’s 2021 CRAFTED Beer & Cider Festival
Unreleased XXXTentacion songs to be offered as NFTs
Fucked Up premiere colossal 26-minute collaboration with Julien Baker
Phi11a to embark on national ‘Riot’ tour in June
Watch Tim Minchin cover a fan-requested Ball Park Music hit for Like A Version
Listen to the vicious new Apate single, ‘Under My Skin’
Skrillex teams up with Swae Lee and Siiickbrain for guitar-driven single ‘Too Bizarre’
Red Rocks Amphitheatre offers COVID-19 vaccine at its events
John Mayer assures his next album will “all fire up very soon”
Listen to Vance Joy’s bubbly comeback single, ‘Missing Piece’
Amyl and the Sniffers announce June residency at the Croxton in Melbourne
Regurgitator celebrate 25 years of ‘Tu Plang’ with a surprise deluxe reissue
Listen to the effervescent new Odd Tastes single, ‘It’s Alright’
Alanis Morissette releases new song ‘Rest’ in support of Mental Health Action Day
My Chemical Romance announce 2022 Australian arena tour
Danny Elfman drops video for new version of Oingo Boingo’s ‘Insects’
The Mars Volta’s Omar Rodríguez-López uploads 62-album catalogue to streaming platforms
Listen to Katz and Sophia Brown team up on a new single, ‘Only You’
James Reyne leads inaugural Valley Sounds acoustic festival lineup
Clare Bowditch stresses a need for vaccination increase to save Australia’s music industry
Wolfmother and Hayley Mary lead the inaugural Byron Music Festival lineup
Listen to Yorke’s groovy new single, ‘Window Shopping’
Moss crowned the winner of triple j Unearthed’s 2021 collab contest
Hilltop Hoods and Nai Palm are the Australian ambassadors for Record Store Day 2021
SBS cancels plans for Eurovision Asia Song Contest
Members of Tonight Alive and Stand Atlantic lead Crowbar Sydney fundraiser show
Listen to two new Juice WRLD tracks, including Lil Uzi Vert’s ‘Lucid Dreams’ remix
Polo G sets a release date for new album ‘Hall of Fame’
DL and Nathaniel team up for soulful new single, ‘Love’
Listen to the catchy new single from Down For Tomorrow, ‘Sentimental’
DZ Deathrays, Stand Atlantic and more streaming live sets on Amazon tonight
