SIX QUIX WITH SUPAHONEY
Formed in mid-2015, SUPAHONEY is a four-piece alternative rock group who have hit the scene with their weighty guitar riffs and this-could-explode-any-minute-now drums. With the accelerated energy of punk combined with new wave intricacies, they’ve carved quiet moments so precious you wouldn’t dare interrupt with the sound of your own breathing, but when they build […]
MGS 2019: SIMON HOSFORD ON PLAYING VAN HALEN 1 LIVE!
It’s the album which introduced us to Eddie Van Halen’s stunning finger-tapping guitar gymnastics. The same album which gave us Diamond David Lee Roth, one of rock’s greatest frontmen. It was Van Halen’s debut album, featuring so many great songs and so many classic guitar riffs. It was released back in 1978, after Kiss’ Gene […]
AARON SCHEMBRI LAUNCHES ALBUM WITH AUSSIE LEGENDS
How did 25 year old singer, songwriter, guitarist Aaron Schembri convince some of Australia’s most legendary artists to not only sing and play on his debut album ‘City Lights’ but also perform at the upcoming launch gig in September? Australian Musician editor Greg Phillips phoned him up and asked that very question! Aaron Schembri is […]
SIX QUIX WITH PISS FACTORY
As part of Yarra City Council’s Leaps and Bounds Festival, Melbourne DIY punk trio Piss Factory are launching their new four-track EP “Simplify” on July 5 at The Burrow. Join them for an intimate night of underground punk and gothic electro vibes with support from V, Cystic Nightmare, and Burger Chef. Piss Factory are known […]
MGS 2019: SARAH MCLEOD PART 2 – SOLO, SUPERJESUS, PARLOUR GIGS & MORE
Sarah McLeod, singer, songwriter and guitarist with the ARIA Award winning, platinum-selling rockers The Superjesus, has since gone on to establish an acclaimed solo career. Her latest album Rocky’s Diner, written and demoed in a secluded Brooklyn apartment in New York showcases her maturity as a songwriter, and her gift for melding grooves and soul […]
MGS 2019: SARAH MCLEOD Part 1 – Guitars
Sarah McLeod, the singer and guitarist with the ARIA Award winning, platinum-selling rockers The Superjesus, has since gone on to establish an acclaimed solo career. Her latest album Rocky’s Diner, written and demoed in a secluded Brooklyn apartment in New York showcases her maturity as a songwriter, and her gift for melding grooves and soul […]
ASH GRUNWALD ANNOUNCES SIGNATURE PRATLEY GUITAR, NEW ALBUM, BOOK & NATIONAL TOUR
Acclaimed Australian roots music singer, songwriter, guitarist and performer Ash Grunwald has been out of the spotlight for the last five years. For three of those years he was soaking up a tropical lifestyle living in Bali before returning to Australia. Yet rather than merely kicking back and chilling out, Ash was working away on […]
MELBOURNE GUITAR SHOW SPOTLIGHT: RUBEN GUITARS
Ruben Guitars is a regular exhibitor at the Melbourne Guitar Show and will be there again in 2019 showcasing their beautiful instruments. We sat down with head designer Tiri Pestrivas at their facility in Ferntree Gully to talk about Ruben Guitars ahead of the guitar show. Ruben Becker is the founder of Ruben Guitars and […]
SIX QUIX WITH JESS SPAHR
Jess Spahr isn’t your run of the mill musician. Jess picked up the violin at the age of 6, going on to train as a classical pianist. Young Jess started winning eisteddfods all around Sydney, receiving countless awards and high fives along the way. Fast forward to 2018 and Jess recorded and released the debut […]
WATCH: DAVEY LANE TALKS TOMMY – 50th ANNIVERSARY GIGS
Tim Rogers, Davey Lane and Ashley Naylor have put together an all-star band to celebrate the 50th anniversary of The Who’s break through album of 1969, “Tommy”, which they will perform in June as “Captain Walker’s Unborn Children”. Australian Musician’s Greg Phillips sat down at Memo Music Hall with self-confessed Brit-rock nerd, You Am I […]