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

CLEANSED BY THE CHAOS • WARREN ELLIS HAS DESCRIBED MELBOURNE INSTRUMENTAL TRIO THE DIRTY THREE AS “THIS ODD CONCEPT”. AFTER A NATIONAL TOUR SUPPORTING THEIR FIRST NEW ALBUM IN TWELVE YEARS, LOVE CHANGES EVERYTHING, AUSTRALIAN GUITAR EXAMINED THEIR JOYOUS LAWLESSNESS.

STRAIGHT SHOOTIN͇ • HE'S TOURED THE US WITH POND, PERFORMED IN SOUTH AFRICA, HIT STAGES AT LANEWAY AND FALLS FESTIVALS, AND WORKED JOBS RANGING BARTENDER TO BIN CLEANER. NOW PETER BIBBY HAS RELEASED HIS NEW ALBUM DRAMA KING, AND AUSTRALIAN GUITAR CAUGHT UP WITH HIM TO SUSS IT OUT.

PEELING OFF THE LAYERS • THE LOVELY EGGS CREATED THEIR OWN RECORD LABEL, THEIR OWN MUSIC VIDEOS AND INSTRUMENTS, AND EVEN THEIR OWN ONLINE TV SHOW FEATURING THE LIKES OF IAN MACKAYE, JOHN COOPER CLARKE AND THE SPACE LADY. THE ENTERPRISING UK INDIE CHART TOPPERS CHAT WITH AUSTRALIAN GUITAR ABOUT THEIR NEW ALBUM, EGGSISTENTIALISM.

THE DREAM • “My dream was to have a Stratocaster®. I loved it from the beginning. Buddy Holly played one. Hank Marvin played one. That was enough for me.”

FEELING THE HEAT • WHETHER YOU CALL THEM POST-HARDCORE OR PUNK ROCK, YOU CAN'T DENY THE DIRECTNESS OF HOT WATER MUSIC͇S SONIC ATTACK OR EMOTIONAL SONGWRITING. THE VETERAN FLORIDIAN ACT CELEBRATE THEIR 30TH ANNIVERSARY IN 2024 WITH THEIR NEW, TENTH ALBUM VOWS. AUSTRALIAN GUITAR FANNED THE FLAMES.

DELIVERING THE GOODS • AFTER SHARING STAGES WITH COLD CHISEL, JASON ISBELL AND EILEN JEWELL, HANA & JESSIE-LEE'S BAD HABITS RELEASED THEIR SECOND ALBUM SAY WHAT YOU MEAN ON APRIL 12: A SOULFUL AND POP-ORIENTED COLLECTION OF DUSTY, TWANGY, ELECTRIC ROCK ͇N͇ ROLL. AUSTRALIAN GUITAR ENTERED THEIR SALOON.

GRIM GALE-FORCE GROOVES • SIX MONTHS AFTER TOURING AUSTRALIA WITH OBITUARY AND PSYCROPTIC, MELBOURNE-BASED BLACKENED DEATH METAL BAND BLACK LAVA RELEASE THEIR SECOND ALBUM THE SAVAGE WINDS TO WISDOM ON JULY 12. AUSTRALIAN GUITAR BATTENED DOWN THE HATCHES.

REDDY AND WAITING • LA'S REDD KROSS HAVE BEEN MAKING PUNKY POWER-POP FOR DECADES, CULMINATING IN THEIR NEW SELF-TITLED DOUBLE ALBUM COINCIDING WITH AN UPCOMING MEMOIR AND DOCUMENTARY. AUSTRALIAN GUITAR JOINED THE PARTY.

CORRODING THE CONFORMITY • THEIR DRUMMER PLAYS IN FOUR BANDS, THEIR GUITARIST IN THREE, THEIR BASSIST IN TWO. YOUNG ROCK ACT ACID AMORA ARE SOME OF THE HARDEST-WORKING MUSOS IN THE BLUE MOUNTAINS, AND ARE BOUND TO GENERATE HYPE WITH THEIR UPCOMING DEBUT ALBUM. AUSTRALIAN GUITAR ASCENDED THROUGH THE MIST.

TOMMY EMMANUEL GUITAR RETREAT 2024 • STEVE HENDERSON WAS IN ATTENDANCE TO WITNESS THE FIFTH RETURN OF ONE OF AUSTRALIA'S BEST GUITAR-CENTRIC GATHERINGS.

“IT'S ALL THE SAME CHORD CHANGES. MORE OR LESS THE SAME NOTES. BUT IT'S JUST THE WAY THAT THE INDIVIDUAL CHOOSES HOW TO PLAY THEM. THAT IS WHAT'S GREAT ABOUT BLUES GUITAR…” • The rock icon finding new inspiration in deathless blues standards. The guitarist synonymous with the Les Paul now mixing up his Gibsons with a Strat and a Tele. This is Slash as you've never heard him before…

“IS THIS PERSON VIRTUOSIC, OR DO THEY TOTALLY SUCK? THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I LIVE!” • St. Vincent͇s new album sees her teaming up with two Foo Fighters, stealing Josh Homme's secret weapon, using Prince's favourite pedal and embarking on a prog odyssey. It also sees her return to real amps played real loud…

''I'M VERY GOOD AT NOT FOLLOWING RULES!'' • As one half of Slayer's fearsome guitar attack, Kerry King shaped the sound of extreme metal. With a new album and a new sparring partner, he hasn't mellowed…

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