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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THE TASTE OF THE FUTURE • TEENAGE JOANS ARE ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING NEW NAMES IN AUSTRALIAN ALT-ROCK. AND WITH THEIR PUNCHY AND POWERFUL DEBUT EP, THEY’RE MAKING AN IRONCLAD CASE FOR THEIR EVENTUAL REIGN AT THE TOP OF THE FOOD CHAIN.

ONE OF THE GREATS • STACKED WALL TO WALL WITH ALL-OUT BANGERS, AND CULLED FROM A MONSTROUS 100+ DEMOS, IT’S HARD TO BELIEVE WATERPARKS WERE BEING COMPLETELY TONGUE-IN-CHEEK WHEN THEY NAMED THEIR NEW ALBUM GREATEST HITS. FRONTMAN AWSTEN KNIGHT GIVES US THE LOWDOWN ON THIS EPIC COMPILATION OF INSTANT CLASSICS.

PICTURE PERFECT • THE NEW EP FROM MANNEQUIN PUSSY SAVED THE TRIO FROM THE BRINK OF COLLAPSE AFTER AN ESPECIALLY ROUGH 2020 - SO IT’S FITTING THEY CALLED IT PERFECT.

SNACK ATTACK! • ON THEIR LOUD AND LIVELY THIRD ALBUM - THE APTLY TITLED NOW WE’RE COOKIN’ - THE BONAFIDE ROCK DOGS IN POLISH CLUB TAKE A BIG OL’ BITE OF THE POP PIE.

A NEW LEASE ON LIFE • TWO YEARS AGO, TIM ROGERS WOULD’VE SWORN THERE WOULD NEVER BE ANOTHER YOU AM I RECORD. BUT HERE WE ARE, AT THE TAIL END OF A PANDEMIC, AND ONE OF AUSTRALIA’S QUINTESSENTIAL ROCK BANDS ARE RISING FROM THE ASHES WITH SOME OF THEIR STRONGEST WORK TO DATE.

BACK IN BLUE • FOLLOWING A WELL-EARNED RISE TO STARDOM, UK ALT-ROCKERS WOLF ALICE LEAP TO EVEN GRANDER HEIGHTS WITH THEIR DREAMY AND DEEP NEW ALBUM, BLUE WEEKEND. SINGER-STRUMMER ELLIE ROWSELL AND LEAD AXEMAN JOFF ODDIE LEAD US DOWN THE RABBITHOLE.

SPACE JAM • NEVER ONES TO REST ON THEIR LAURELS, THE LEGENDARY DINOSAUR JR. SHAKE THINGS UP WITH METEORIC MIGHT ON THEIR FIRST ALBUM IN FIVE YEARS: THE THIN LIZZY-INSPIRED, KURT VILE-FLOURISHED SWEEP IT INTO SPACE.

A NEW KIND OF FEELING • FOR A HOT MINUTE, IT SEEMED AS THOUGH FIRST TIME REALLY FEELING - THE LONG-AWAITED NEW ALBUM FROM MELBOURNE FOLK-ROCKER LIZ STRINGER - WOULD NEVER MAKE IT TO SHELVES. BUT WE’RE GLAD IT DID: THE SOUL-BEARING OPUS IS SOME OF HER STRONGEST, AND UNDOUBTEDLY MOST POIGNANT, WORK TO DATE.

ALL FUNKED UP • EVEN AFTER 20 YEARS AT THE FOREFRONT OF AUSTRALIA’S FUNK AND SOUL SCENE, THE BAMBOOS ARE STILL FINDING NEW WAYS TO ENERGISE AND AMPLIFY THEIR SOUND. AND ON THEIR LANDMARK TENTH ALBUM, HARD UP, THEY OUTDO THEMSELVES IN VIRTUALLY EVERY WAY POSSIBLE. FOUNDING FRETMASTER LANCE FERGUSON LETS US IN ON THE SECRETS BEHIND IT.

THE (MIS)ADVENTURES OF RAG’N’BONE MAN • FOR THE FOLLOW-UP TO HIS WICKEDLY SUCCESSFUL DEBUT, BRITISH SINGER-SONGWRITER RORY GRAHAM (A.K.A. RAG’N’BONE MAN) BUCKS THE TREND OF MAINSTREAM POP ARTIFICIALITY WITH THE DEFIANTLY RAW, POWERFULLY AUTHENTIC LIFE BY MISADVENTURE. WE CAUGHT UP WITH GRAHAM TO GET THE LOWDOWN ON THIS SOULFUL SHOWPIECE.

ARCADE GAMES • REJUVENATED BY A LINEUP SHUFFLE AND A SPIRITED NEW CREATIVE DYNAMIC, SCOTTISH ROCKERS TEENAGE FANCLUB MAKE ALBUM #11 ANOTHER EFFORTLESS HIT. CO-FRONTMAN NORMAN BLAKE RIFFS WITH US ON THE LOOSE ’N’ LUCID PROCESS BEHIND ENDLESS ARCADE.

A PEARL OF A STRAT • WITH THE GAME-CHANGING GIGATON, PEARL JAM INJECTED THE ROCK WORLD WITH SOME WELL-EARNED SPIRIT IN THE MIDST OF A TURBULENT 2020. NOW THAT WE’VE ALL HAD A CHANCE TO SOAK IN THE WICKED RIFFS THAT PILLAR IT, LEAD GUITARIST MIKE MCCREADY IS GIVING US A CHANCE TO SHRED THEM OUT FOR OURSELVES, THANKS TO HIS NEW SIGNATURE FENDER STRATOCASTER.

SAVING THE WORLD, ONE RIFF AT A TIME • WITH THE INFALLIBLE COMBO OF PUNISHINGLY POWERFUL RIFFS AND A FIERCE HUNGER FOR REVOLUTION, THE MODERN METAL TITANS IN GOJIRA TAKE AIM AT THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL ON THEIR...