Australian Guitar

With a strong focus on the Australian music scene, Australian Guitar is a rich source of information on playing techniques, styles, the wide range of instruments available and all the technology that guitarists have to consider in the 21st Century.

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ANOTHER SHOT OF GOLD • MODERN-DAY FOLK LORD PASSENGER DOESN’T QUITE UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPT OF A ‘BREAK’, HAVING JUST RELEASED HIS EIGHTH ALBUM IN EIGHT YEARS. ON THIS ONE, HE PLUNGES RIGHT INTO THE DEEPEST, MOST EMO DEPTHS OF HIS HEART.

INHUMAN NATURE • BRING ME THE HORIZON CONTINUE TO REINVENT THE CORE FOUNDATIONS OF HEAVY MUSIC WITH ANOTHER KALEIDOSCOPIC ONSLAUGHT OF BEATS AND BREAKDOWNS.

WEIRD AND WONDERFUL • LOVE ‘IM OR HATE ‘IM, THERE’S NO STOPPING YUNGBLUD’S PUNK REVOLUTION, EQUAL PARTS THRASHY AND THEATRICAL. HE’S ALREADY TAKEN OVER ENGLAND – NEXT UP, THE WORLD.

UNDER LOCKE AND KEY • FIVE YEARS IN THE MAKING, THE NEW ALBUM FROM MELBOURNE’S INDIE-ROCK QUEEN JESS LOCKE IS EVERY BIT AS SILVERY AND SPECIAL AS ONE COULD DREAM.

BACK ON TOP • WITH ALL THE ODDS STACKED AGAINST THEM, LUCA BRASI POWERED THROUGH A NOTABLY ROUGH ALBUM CYCLE AND A GLOBAL HEALTH CRISIS BACK-TO-BACK, COMING OUT THE OTHER SIDE WITH THEIR STRONGEST AND MOST UPBEAT SET OF TUNES YET. WE KNOW WHAT YOU’RE THINKING: HOW THE F*** DID THEY DO IT!?

FREE WISHES • THE METALCORE GODS MUST BE FEELING MIGHTY GENEROUS THIS YEAR, KICKING IT OFF WITH A FRESH AND FIERY NEW EPIC FROM THE LUMINOUS LEGENDS IN ARCHITECTS.

THE SPIKE IN THE PUNCH • A MOLOTOV COCKTAIL OF ROCK AND POP SET TO IGNITE THE SCENE LIKE NEVER BEFORE, THE LATEST EFFORT FROM YOU ME AT SIX IS EASILY THEIR MOST AMBITIOUS, IF NOT THEIR OUTRIGHT BEST.

MUCH MORE THAN LITTLE • THE NEW YEAR HAS ONLY JUST BEGUN, BUT IF 2021 HAS UP ITS SLEEVES AN INDIE-ROCK ALBUM MORE EMPHATIC OR ETHEREAL THAN JULIEN BAKER’S LATEST, WE’LL EAT OUR DAMN HATS.

A CRUSHING CLASH OF CULTURES • WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU PAIR AN ICON OF EUROPEAN METAL WITH THE UNDEFEATED QUEEN OF JAPANESE POST-ROCK? YOU GET AMAHIRU: ONE OF THE MOST JAW-DROPPINGLY BADASS BANDS IN THE WORLD RIGHT NOW.

BACK TO THE FUTURE • FOR MOST ARTISTS WITH OVER 50 ALBUMS TO THEIR NAME, THE IDEA OF BREAKING NEW GROUND MIGHT SEEM OUTLANDISH, IF NOT OUTRIGHT IMPOSSIBLE. FOR PROG GOD STEVEN WILSON, THOUGH? WELL, IT’S A GODDAMN PIECE OF CAKE.

DOWN TO EARTH • AFTER BEING FORCED TO PAUSE THEIR TYPICALLY ULTRA-TURBULENT SCHEDULE, TASH SULTANA DECIDED – AGAINST ALL PLAUSIBLE ODDS – THAT THEY ACTUALLY APPRECIATED MOVING AT A CRUISER, MORE EASYGOING PACE. THE PRODUCT OF THAT? AN ALBUM OF PURE SONIC EUPHORIA.

LIVE AND / OR LET LIVE • ON HER FIRST SOLO RELEASE IN OVER A DECADE, AGAINST ME! FRONTWOMAN LAURA JANE GRACE SEARCHES FOR BEAUTY AND BELONGING IN AN ERA DEFINED BY ISOLATION AND DESPAIR.

A WAVE WORTH SURFING • WITH ALBUM #2, THE GOTH-POP HELLIONS IN PALE WAVES SET THEIR SIGHTS ON WORLD DOMINATION. AS FOR HOW THEY’LL ACHIEVE IT? WELL, THEY’VE GOT TWO OF THE MOST INESCAPABLE DRAWCARDS IN THEIR CLUTCH: NOSTALGIA, AND EXISTENTIAL CRISES.

THE VOICE OF REASON • IRONICALLY, VERY LITTLE OF THE MATERIAL ON IMPULSE VOICES – THE LONG-AWAITED SECOND ALBUM FROM SCENE-LEADING PROG-ROCKER PLINI – CAME FROM IMPULSE. INSTEAD A RESULT OF LONG, INTROSPECTIVE STRETCHES OF TIME OFF-TOUR, THE ALBUM SHOWS A WHOLE NEW SIDE OF THE SYDNEY-BASED INSTRUMENTALIST.

PUTTING THE ‘O’ IN ‘HERO’ • ON HER FIRST SOLO ALBUM IN SIX YEARS, ORIANTHI TAPS INTO A WICKED WORLD OF NEW INSPIRATION.

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