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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BLOOD, SWEAT AND TRICKS • COME MAY, TIMELESS ROCKERS CHEAP TRICK WILL BE ONE OF THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL ACTS TO PLAY AUSTRALIAN STAGES SINCE COVID KILLED THE TOURING SCENE. TO BOOT, THEY’RE BRINGING WITH ‘EM A BRAND NEW ALBUM – THEIR 20TH!

YOUNG, WILD AND FREE • YVETTE YOUNG, ONE OF THE MOST GIFTED AND INNOVATIVE GUITARISTS OF THE MODERN ERA, EXPLAINS HOW SHE DEVELOPED HER UNIQUE STYLE – AND HOW YOU CAN FIND YOURS.

AND NOW, OUR FEATURE PRESENTATION • IF GRETA VAN FLEET NEVER TOOK OFF, THERE’S A GOOD CHANCE THE KISZKA BROTHERS WOULD’VE WOUND UP IN FILM. BUT WHY NOT EMBRACE THEIR CINEMATIC SIDE ANYWAY? WHAT IF THEY MADE AN ALBUM STATELY ENOUGH TO RIVAL EVEN THE MOST ICONIC OF FILM SCORES?

REVENGE OF THE SICK • PACKED TO THE BRIM WITH SOME OF THEIR DARKEST, TIGHTEST AND MOST UNEXPECTED MATERIAL YET, NOFX TAKE AN UNFORGIVINGLY FIERCE LEAP FORWARD WITH ALBUM #14.

PRAYERS FOR PUNKS • PROVING THEMSELVES TO BE THE BAND NOT EVEN GOD CAN PUT A STOP TO, THE MELVINS RETURN WITH ANOTHER SLICK AND SPICY STACK OF BELTERS.

BITTERSWEET SYMPHONY • TO MAKE THEIR BOLDEST ALBUM YET, EVANESCENCE TAPPED INTO A WORLD OF INTERNAL IRE.

RISE OF THE ALPHA DOGS • FOR THE DUTCH SYMPHONIC METALLERS IN EPICA, A BIG YEAR BACK ON THE PROWL MEANS A BIG ALBUM TO KICK IT OFF.

‘TILL DEATH DO US PART • WE OFTEN HEAR ABOUT HOW MUSIC HAS THE POWER TO SAVE LIVES; FOR THE PRETTY RECKLESS FRONTWOMAN TAYLOR MOMSEN, IT WAS MAKING MUSIC THAT PULLED HER BACK FROM THE EDGE.

ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER BANGER • WHAT’S THE FIRST GENRE THAT COMES TO MIND WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT MUSIC? NO MATTER WHAT YOU ANSWER, WE’D BE WILLING TO BET GOOD MONEY THAT A DAY TO REMEMBER SNEAK A BIT OF IT IN ON THEIR EXPLOSIVE NEW ALBUM.

HELL HATH NO FURY • WITH HER FIRST FULL-LENGTH SOLO ALBUM, GOING TO HELL, MUNCIE GIRLS’ LANDE HEKT IS EMBRACING IT ALL, FROM FINGERPICKING TO THE DIRTY WORLD OF FOLK.

ALL’S FAIR IN LOVE AND WARBLES • (MOSTLY) INSTRUMENTAL ALT-ROCKERS MOGWAI HEAD FOR THE SKIES ON THEIR MASSIVE (AND MAGNIFICENT) TENTH ALBUM.

ROARING LOUDER THAN EVER • ON THEIR BIGGEST AND BOLDEST ALBUM YET, THE NEW AND IMPROVED TIGERS JAW DELIVER PIT-PERFECT ANALOGUE ENERGY, EARWORMISH CHORUSES AND ABSOLUTELY MONSTROUS GUITAR SOLOS.

AN AXE TO GRIND • EVEN IN AN AGE WHERE TRULY ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE, IT’S PRETTY GODDAMN EXCITING TO SEE TOMAHAWK BACK IN ACTION. LET’S DIVE DEEP INTO THEIR MONOLITHIC COMEBACK ALBUM, SHALL WE?

BREAKING FREE • MARGARET SOHN, A.K.A. MISS GRIT, TALKS HER FAVOURITE STOMPBOXES, RARE FENDER JAGUARS, AND CONQUERING SELF-DOUBT WITH NEW EP IMPOSTOR.

HYNDE AND SEEK • THE PRETENDERS LEADER CHRISSIE HYNDE TALKS SONGWRITING WITH AN UNPLUGGED ELECTRIC GUITAR, THE EVOLUTION OF PUNK, AND HER STUNNING NEW FENDER SIGNATURE TELECASTER.

TWICE THE FRETS, TWICE THE FURY • WHAT DO YOU GET WHEN YOU PUT TWO OF HARD-ROCK’S BIGGEST SHREDDERS IN A ROOM AND TELL THEM TO GET THEIR BLUES ON? FOR ADRIAN SMITH AND RICHIE KOTZEN, AT LEAST, YOU GET ONE OF 2021’S BIGGEST COLLAB LPS.

BUILDING GREATNESS • ON THEIR AMBITIOUS SECOND ALBUM, VISIONARY INDIE-ROCKERS MIDDLE KIDS TAKE AN AXE TO THEIR FORMULA, THEN BUILD A MANSION FROM THE RUBBLE.

A LESSON IN PEDANTICS • CARLA GENEVE WALKS US THROUGH THE POIGNANTLY HONEST ORIGINS OF HER SHOW-STOPPING DEBUT ALBUM.

FOURTH TIME’S THE CHARM • TO ENCAPSULATE AN AGE OF UNCERTAINTY AND ANGST, THE RUBENS WENT BRIGHTER AND BOUNCIER THAN EVER BEFORE. 0202 IS AN AMBITIOUS EPIC...