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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Australian Guitar

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ROCK ’N’ ROLL-UPS • ORIANTHI’S FIFTH STUDIO ALBUM, ROCK CANDY, IS PRETTY DAMN SWEET. THE ADELAIDE POP-ROCKER TELLS US HOW IT CAME ABOUT.

WELCOME TO THE PAGEANT • ON HIS DEBUT ALBUM AS PEI, EX-GANG OF YOUTHS STRUMMER JOJI MALANI WELCOMES US TO A WORLD OF TECHNICOLOUR INDIE-POP. AUSTRALIAN GUITAR TAKES A FIRST-CLASS TOUR.

A NEW TAKE ON PAST LIVES • L.S. DUNES MIGHT COMPRISE MEMBERS OF THE MOST ICONIC BANDS IN POST-HARDCORE, BUT YOU SHOULDN’T DARE CALL THEM A “SUPERGROUP”. AUSTRALIAN GUITAR FINDS OUT WHY.

TWIN TERRORS • LESS THAN A MONTH AWAY FROM THEIR LIVE DEBUT DOWN UNDER, NOVA TWINS TAKE AUSTRALIAN GUITAR BEHIND THE SCENES OF THEIR AUDIO-VISUAL ASSAULT.

A WORLD BEYOND THE GARDENS • JUST A YEAR ON FROM THEIR SECOND ALBUM, SLY WITHERS HAVE RETURNED WITH CLEARER MINDS AND CATCHIER HOOKS. AUSTRALIAN GUITAR JOURNEYS THROUGH THE FIERCE ROCK FOLIAGE OF OVERGROWN.

FULL BLOOM • ON THEIR GAME-CHANGING FIFTH ALBUM, SLOWLY SLOWLY SLAM THEIR DARKEST LYRICS INTO THEIR BRIGHTEST SONGS, MAKING FOR ONE HELL OF A MUSICAL ROLLERCOASTER. AUSTRALIAN GUITAR TAKES IT FOR A RIDE.

IN THE MIDDLE OF IT • NINE YEARS IN THE MAKING, MAGIC DIRT FRONTWOMAN ADALITA HAS RETURNED WITH HER THIRD SOLO ALBUM, INLAND. AUSTRALIAN GUITAR FINDS OUT WHY IT’S WORTH THE WAIT.

THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL • DEVIN TOWNSEND IS BACK AT HIS THEATRICAL BEST, PRESENTING HIS MOST REFINED SELF ON LIGHTWORK. AUSTRALIAN GUITAR TAPS INTO THE BRIGHTNESS.

GOOD VIBES, GOOD TIMES • AUSTRALIAN GUITAR GETS GROOVY WITH THE KINGS OF CRUISE-ROCK, OCEAN ALLEY.

THE DELUSIONAL FUTURE • ON THEIR DEBUT ALBUM, ELIZA & THE DELUSIONALS RECKON WITH THE CHAOS OF THE PRESENT BY EMBRACING THEIR PASTS. AUSTRALIAN GUITAR JOINS THEM FOR A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE.

CHASING THE HUM • THE WONDER YEARS HAVE OFFICIALLY PEAKED WITH THE HUM GOES ON FOREVER, AN ALBUM CHRONICLING A DECADE AND A HALF OF DETERMINED GROWTH. AUSTRALIAN GUITAR GETS THE LOWDOWN ON IT.

BIGGER AND BETTER • JUST A YEAR AFTER DROPPING THEIR “COMEBACK” ALBUM, BIG SCARY HAVE ALREADY WHIPPED UP ANOTHER - AND THIS ONE, THANKFULLY, SEES THEM BRING THE GUITAR BACK.

PRESS PLAY • GREG RIETWYK OF MELBOURNE PUNKS PRESS CLUB TALK ABOUT ENDLESS MOTION, RICKENBACKERS, AND THE JOY OF SELF-PRODUCTION.

ALCHEMISTS OF AGGRESSION • ON THEIR THIRTEENTH STUDIO ALBUM, CLUTCH CONTINUES TO EXPAND MINDS AND GET HEADS BANGING WITH NINE BOLDLY ORIGINAL NEW SONGS.

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