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Ratatat are a Brooklyn based electronic rock band, featuring Mike Stroud on guitars and synthesizers and producer Evan Mast on bass and synthesizers. Between them they share percussion, sampling and other instruments, all in pursuit of their own sounds were the soundtrack to our indie-sleeze phases. Ironically, those ended
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Kim Deal and her chunky , percussive bass playing was such an integral part of the Pixies’ sound that if it were removed it would have been a completely different band. Her driving, no-frills style continued into her subsequent career as guitarist and singer with The Breeders and then
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The devil’s interval – diabolus in musica – or simply the tritone is a one-of-a-kind interval. You’ll have likely cringed to its characteristic piercing dissonance that’s notoriously rumoured to have been banned in middle age churches. Tritone Today, we’re going to explore where this three tone interval has cropped
9 months ago
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Being Ausmusic T-shirt Day and being a Friday, we decided to put together 13 of the most iconic and best band t-shirts of all time.
9 months ago
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As music fans, we’re always looking for cool new ways to experience our favourite tunes. With the rise of vinyl and lossless audio over the last few years, we’ve been able to enjoy music in a better format, but what about hearing new or secret things in our favourite
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Omar Rodriguez-Lopez Omar Rodriguez is now honoured with his own signature model from Ernie Ball music Man, the Mariposa. A left-handed player, he’s spent decades playing right-handed guitars strung upside down, as well as reviving some unique designs along the day due to his penchant for special guitars. Squier
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We’ve all heard songs written about Australia: honestly, we’ve probably heard too many songs about Australia. Sure, ‘Down Under’ and ‘Great Southern Land’ are classics, but when you dig deeper, there’s a whole bank of songs about Australian towns and cities that serve much more to a local audience
11 months ago
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Music history is no stranger to controversy and we’ve seen a smattering of incredible bands break up for extraordinary reasons, money and creative freedom often lie at the root of these reasons. Lawsuits in music We list some of these happenings with internal and external furores that have led
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Mastodon gear Like the ancient animal that bears their namesake, Mastodon are a band of absolutely gargantuous nature. Hailing from Atlanta, the prog-metal four piece have become one of the most critically acclaimed metal groups of their generation, with a slew of concept albums and intense live shows winning
12 months ago
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The NPR Tiny Desk Concert has become a staple of Instagram, Youtube and Facebook feeds for years, spotlighting musicians from all different backgrounds and genres and highlighting their talents through a stripped back set in an intimate environment. Australian NPR Tiny Desk performances There have been countless Aussie appearances
12 months ago
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As you peruse through shopping centres, scrounging for something worthwhile to wrap, you’ve probably had your eardrums splintered by the cumulative efforts of the Christmas songs of Michael Bublé, Mariah Carey, and Justin Bieber. Christmas songs & Christmas music While there are thousands of Christmas songs plaguing your Spotify
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