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Loaded with EMG’s new 57/66 active pick-ups, the Hellraiser Hybrid has the aggressiveness of the already very popular Hellraiser series and has the slim, fast neck
On the eve of their Australian tour, They Might Be Giants’ John Flansburgh chats with AM’s Greg Phillips Having a conversation with John Flansburgh, one half
The Age and Music Victoria are proud to announce that this year’s Hall of Fame inductees will be honoured with a free, public exhibition at Arts
Has a long lost, rare AC/DC guitar been found in Wakefield, Yorkshire? Richard Henry thinks so and we’re inclined to believe him. Greg Phillips investigates. Richard
The NGV today announced the largest ever Friday Nights program with eighteen headline acts from December 2015 – April 2016. Since the series commenced in 2013
Sydney-based dream-popsters I Know Leopard first came to our attention with their deliciously lush debut EP ‘Illumina’. With their sophomore EP ‘Another Life’, Triple J latched
Baz Bardoe chats to Phil Collen, guitarist with legendary Brit rockers Def Leppard ahead of their Australian tour Where do you begin with a band as
South Australian-based balladeer Kaurna Cronin has been enthusiastically taking his music to the world, quite literally. He has just released his debut album Glass Fool and
The story of XT Edition cymbals started when Robert Brian showed up and said he love the Traditional Series but needed some modifications on the cymbals
Grammy-winning guitarist Peter Frampton’s heavily customized 1954 Les Paul Custom is one of the most recognized guitars in rock history, having been featured on his massive-selling
Melbourne based shoe-gazin’, intenstine-shakin’ grunge rock trio Claws & Organs are about to embark on their 7″, seven date tour to plug their new singles; ‘Alphabetti
Baby Animals, Hoodoo Gurus, The Superjesus, Noiseworks, 1927, Diesel with special guest Jimmy Barnes, Ian Moss, Swanee, Thirsty Merc, Dragon, Wendy Matthews and more confirmed to
The annual celebration of local independent music, the Carlton Dry Independent Music Awards took place in Melbourne last night and unsurprisingly, it was Courtney Barnett who
The program for the 2016 Melbourne Zoo Twilights Series has been announced and it’s looking pretty wild. The Melbourne Zoo Twilights series provides the perfect summer
Australian built since 2001, Cole Clark guitars combine classical construction with innovative design and manufacturing techniques to produce a lighter, stronger, unique guitar with a natural
Building on the overwhelming success of their acclaimed Dark Terror and Dual Dark amps, Orange Amps have distilled thousands of customer demands into a pint-sized valve
Australian Musician’s Greg Phillips chats with Sam Vallen, guitarist and songwriter with Brisbane’s alt-prog rock band Caligula’s Horse about their fabulous new album ‘Bloom’. Brisbane based
Introducing the Roland SYSTEM-100 Software Synthesizer plug-in – a modern reproduction of the now-legendary Roland semi-modular monosynth from 1975. Sonically, the original Roland SYSTEM-100 is renowned
Sydney’s dark-lord, singer and producer Paul Conrad is back with his own brand of alt-pop in the form of a new video ‘California’. Paul Conrad is
Motorhead’s Lemmy will be honoured with a Bass Player Lifetime Achievement Award at the Musicians Institute in Hollywood as part of Bass Player Magazine’s 8th annual
Fans of 80s alt-rock will be salivating at the thought of this bunch of iconic bands announced for a run of A Day On The Green shows
One listen to We Lost the Sea’s 3rd album Departure Songs and you’ll be struck by the stunningly emotional musical journey they present … and that’s
EMILY SMART (NAKATOMI) -VOCALS Neon drenched, eighties inspired electro-pop duo, Nakatomi have much reason to be chuffed at the moment. They have just released a new
Megadeth and Altitudes & Attitude bassist, Dave Ellefson talks about getting a signature sound from your picking hand and the ‘key of metal’ on EMGtv. Dave
Part of their Casino range, the Fuchs Full House®-50 is a push pull Class-AB output stage using dual 6L6 power tubes for around 50 watts. A
For the creative child’s room The 44-key SA-76 and SA-77 offer all discoverers of music the essentials for playing those first tunes. 100 tones, 50 rhythms
Courtesy of D’Addario Strings‘ YouTube channel, Jackie Greene sits and chats with North Mississippi Allstars’ Luther Dickinson about his influences, technique, approach and more. Check out
Hannah Field, Liz Drummond and Annie Hamilton, aka Little May have just released their debut album ‘For The Company’. Recorded in New York and produced by
The Bank of Melbourne presented it’s annual Melbourne Music Bank competition final last night on the stage of the opulent State Theatre. Jade Alice took out
Melbourne based-singer, songwriter Ali Barter has just released her third recording, AB-EP. Co-written and produced by Holy Holy’s Oscar Dawson, the EP was recorded at The
Boy & Bear release their new album ‘Limit of Love’ on October 9, 2015. Australian Musician’s editor Greg Phillips sat the full band down for an
Little May will have a new album ‘For The Company’ out on October 9, 2015. In addition to a full interview (online soon), we fired six
The final of the annual Melbourne Music Bank takes place this Thursday night (Oct 8) at the State Theatre. Back in July Victorian artists were invited
The Melbourne Guitar Makers Festival is on this Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th at the Abbotsford Convent. It is a rare and unique opportunity to see,
TC Electronic announces Sentry Noise Gate, the latest addition to their innovative line of TonePrint pedals. Only a week has gone by since the release of
Novation’s Circuit is an inpirational, new grid-based groove box. Two Novation polysynths and a four-part drum machine, combined with an intuitive grid-based sequencer in a standalone