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Gibson TV, the American guitar maker’s award-winning, worldwide online network–features original series about music and culture from the world’s best storytellers. Today, Gibson TV has premiered
All great blockbusters deserve a sequel – First Blood II, Rocky II, Karate Kid II, Back to the Future II… You get the picture! Sometimes the
The people at Jands, Australian distributors of Shure products are elated to announce that Jands favourite G Flip will be working closely with the team on
Melbourne’s famed seven-piece anonymous alternative rock band TISM (aka This Is Serious Mum) have had an obscure African turtle named in their honour. A 2021 issue
Following the launch of the Tash Sultana Stratocaster® & Tash Sultana Strap, Fender today releases a ‘Fender Sessions’ episode featuring the celebrated Australian multi-instrumentalist. In this
Time Itself is the 4th studio album for Australian psychedelic punk popsters Children Collide and their first since 2012. Like their albums which have gone before,
Australian Musician editor Greg Phillips catches up with Melbourne hardcore band Mirrors’ drummer Rob Brens to chat about his career, his Pearl and Zildjian gear and
As Lo Carmen’s (Alt country singer, songwriter, musician, actor) bio suggests, “Lo Carmen has a way with words, confessionary tones pervade her songs; equal parts rolling narratives,
New York auction house Christie’s announces Les Paul’s own personal ‘Number One,’ the very earliest approved production model of the famed Gibson Les Paul electric guitar
Gibson is proud to take the next step in the partnership with legendary guitarist of Black Sabbath, Tony Iommi and launch the Tony Iommi SG Special
Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (FMIC) today announces the global launch of the J Mascis Telecaster®, Mascis’s second Fender Artist Signature guitar, joining his Signature Squier Jazzmaster®.
When people heard Metallica’s Black Album, which was released on August 12, 1991, the positive public feedback was overwhelming. For many fans worldwide, a focal point
On Friday August 13, 2021 Sydney’s dynamic duo Polish Club deliver their brand new album Now We’re Cookin’. Sifting through a combination of around 90 song
Frustrated with not being able to tour due to the pandemic, guitar legend John McLaughlin sought out his musician friends around the globe, along with some
Seven years after The Datsuns’ last long-player ’Deep Sleep’, New Zealand’s fuzz-rockers have now released album number seven Eye To Eye and for followers of quality
by Greg Phillips Reschedule, postpone, cancel. Unfortunately these have been the buzz words of the artistic community for the last 18 months. You get to a
Australian Musician editor Greg Phillips speaks with Hindley Street Country Club co-founder Con Delo about the cover band’s extraordinary online success. Utilising their pandemic time better
Australia’s I Built The Sky and Jake Howsam Lowe (The Helix Nebula/Plini) have teamed up to release a collaborative new EP, titled ‘Coalesce’, which also features
The 2021 AIR Awards were broadcast on YouTube last night to celebrate the success of the Australian Independent Music sector and included moving performances from Emma Donovan & The Putbacks
Among the first generation of our Grand Pacific dreadnought guitars, the mahogany/torrefied spruce Builder’s Edition 517e dramatically expands the Taylor line’s sonic palette with a new
JOIN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY’S CALL TO ARMS Australian music’s artists, leading businesses and industry bodies are sending out a different kind of S.O.S. to the nation’s
Australian Musician editor Greg Phillips catches up with Stand Atlantic’s Bonnie Fraser and Miki Rich to talk about the band, their gear, involvement in the Fender
The Tone Master Super Reverb® amplifier is the next addition to Fender’s acclaimed series of legendary amplifiers. Featuring Fender’s proprietary Tone Master® modeling process, combined with
Tropical F@%K Storm’s new album Deep States (out August 20) is a junkyard of disparate sonic notions and obscure soundbytes that somehow come together and connect
Our humble YouTube channel has clicked over the 10,000 subscriber mark! From the team here at AM (which is basically Greg Phillips and Rob Walker and
NOTE: TOMMY AUGUST DATES POSTPONED DUE TO COVID- 19 LOCKDOWN In 1969, just four long-players into their career, British rock legends The Who released their ambitious
The tonewood pairing of Indian rosewood and Sitka spruce has been a favourite of acoustic guitar players for a good reason: with warmth and depth on
ZENOLOGY FX from Roland is available now, bringing more than 90 authentic effects to your DAW. Roland has delivered memorable, genre-defining sounds for nearly fifty years,
Australian Queen of Cosmic Country, Freya Josephine Hollick reveals “Vivian, June, Dolly and Jolene” today, July 30th, 2021, another ace card from the loaded deck that
Report: Greg Phillips Photos: Jason Rosewarne End of lockdown #5 in Melbourne meant that venues could open up with limited capacities and audiences wasted no time
Even though the recording and performing worlds have obvious connections with the musical instrument industry, traditionally they’ve lived parallel lives rather than mining the unlimited potential
Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (FMIC) has announced the global launch of the Cory Wong Stratocaster® marking the artist’s first collaboration with the iconic guitar brand. The
Today (July 26), Ron S Peno & The Superstitions, the Melbourne outfit fronted by incomparable Died Pretty vocalist Ron S. Peno, release their new album Do
You know the drill, no getting down in a lockdown; Good Times has announced the new dates of September 24 & 25, 2021. Third times a charm, we won’t let
The Magnatone Super 59 M-80 is the modern incarnation of the classic Magnatone, which incorporates the gain stages and tone stacks of Magnatone’s Super Fifty-Nine MKI
During Summer NAMM 2021 Kurzweil lifted the lid on the K2700, the brand’s latest keyboard workstation, powered by an updated version of its VAST (Variable-Architecture Synthesis