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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GROWING FORWARD • ALEX THE ASTRONAUT WALKS US THROUGH THE COLOURFUL CHAOS OF HER SECOND ALBUM, HOW TO GROW A SUNFLOWER UNDERWATER.

REIGNITING THE FLAME • WE THOUGHT THE DAY WOULD NEVER COME, BUT ALEXISONFIRE ARE FINALLY BACK WITH A NEW ALBUM.LET’S DIVE RIGHT IN.

HOME-GROWN HERO • ON THE APTLY TITLED FARM TO TABLE, BARTEES STRANGE CELEBRATES FAMILY, FORMATIVE EXPERIENCES, AND FOLK-ROCK

THE POWER OF THE PISS-TAKE • THREE DECADES INTO HIS CAREER, BEN LEE IS STILL FINDING NEW WAYS TO TURN HEADS AND DROP JAWS. CASE IN POINT: HIS WILD NEW ALBUM, I’M FUN!

FROM ROCK BOTTOM TO ROCKING OUT • AHEAD OF HER DEBUT AUSTRALIAN TOUR, CAROLESDAUGHTER WELCOMES US INTO HER WEIRD AND WONDERFUL WORLD.

GOOD VIBES ONLY • LIFE IS SHORT, SO WE SHOULD SPEND AS MUCH OF IT PARTYING AS WE CAN. AND WITH THEIR SEVENTH ALBUM, FOALS HAS DELIVERED THE ULTIMATE SOUNDTRACK.

YER A GIZZARD, HARRY! • THERE AREN’T ENOUGH PAGES IN THIS MAGAZINE TO DESCRIBE KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD – SO RATHER THAN TRY, LET’S JUST SKIP STRAIGHT TO THE CHAT…

HAIL TO THE KINGS • ON THEIR SELF-TITLED DEBUT, YOLNGU SURF-ROCKERS KING STINGRAY CELEBRATE CULTURE, FRIENDSHIP, AND THE ART OF THE JAM.

BIG IN BRUNY • FOR HER ULTRA-PERSONAL POST-ALBUM EP, MADDY JANE RECONNECTED WITH HER ROOTS IN THE TASMANIAN PARADISE OF BRUNY ISLAND.

ALL GRINS, NO SPOON • ON HIS “DEBUT” “SOLO” ALBUM, SOMEBODY ELSE, PHIL JAMIESON EMBRACES POP, NOSTALGIA, AND A CAREFREE SENSE OF YOUTHFULNESS.

KICKING GOALS • SOCCER MOMMY PEERS BACK THE CURTAIN ON HER MOST AMBITIOUS ALBUM YET: SOMETIMES, FOREVER.

THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT • ON THEIR SUMMERY SECOND ALBUM, SPACEY JANE PRESERVE THEIR YOUTHFULNESS WITH GOOD VIBES AND EVEN BETTER TUNES.

TICK, TICK, SWOON • WHEN IT FELT LIKE THE WORLD HAD SLOWED TO A HALT, VANCE JOY TOOK ADVANTAGE OF IT AND SPENT THE TIME MAKING AN ALBUM ABOUT… WELL, TIME.

FIERCE. FEARLESS. FREE. • ON THEIR SECOND ALBUM, AT LEAST I’M FREE, WAAX THROW CAUTION TO THE WIND AND EMBRACE CALAMITY.

DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE • ON HER EQUALLY PROPULSIVE AND POIGNANT DEBUT ALBUM, JAGUAR JONZE SENDS HER TROUBLED PAST UP IN FLAMES AND BLAZES A BOLD TRAIL FOR HER FUTURE TO SHINE ON.

THE POLICE MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE • Give your fret hand a serious workout courtesy of Andy Summers’ finger-twisting sus2 shapes in this Police classic

THE DARKNESS I BELIEVE IN A THING CALLED LOVE • We grant you the permission to rock, with The Darkness’ twin-axe classic

STRING SKIPPING • Supercharge your picking and soloing skills and create ear-grabbing ideas with TG’s string skipping exercises

“I’M THE PROUDEST I’VE BEEN IN MY LIFE OF MY GUITAR PLAYING” • As two new solo albums illustrate the breadth of his art, Jack White believes that he’s reaching a new peak as a guitarist. “There are places I’ve never gone before, ” he says, “and techniques I thought I wasn’t capable of doing…”

Jack White and the retro future of guitar • What can we learn from Jack’s gear? Looking through his collection, it’s clear he is at once the junk store aficionado and the nutty professor, chasing tones that exist out of the pop-cultural timeline…

CHANGE YOUR STRIPES • Here we look at some techniques and tonal tricks to help you play like Jack

HOW TO CREATE A ROCK ANTHEM • Guitarists Phil Collen and Vivian Campbell on the art of the stadium rock banger. Rule number one: “Respect the melody…”

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