Mark Grassick

Band shirts benefit everyone. The way the music business is set up these days, the cash from the merchandise is the lifeblood of a touring band and a shirt with …

Touring is a tough business, especially if you value personal hygiene. For most bands and musicians, long stints on the road make showers a luxury and shaving a distant memory. That might …

Like the best musicians, Kris Kelly defies easy categorisation. At the heart of his music lies a tension between polarising forces, a tension that, it transpires, also lies in Kelly’s …

Australia’s rock n’ roll heritage has long been dominated by one screaming blues juggernaut, affectionately known in their homeland as Acca Dacca (AC/DC to you). With their regretful retirement comes …

From unbridled rockers to wounded laments, the 11 songs that makeup Jason Hawk Harris’s debut record contain many demons. The suffocating grief that followed his mother’s death, the substances he …

There are many ways to combat stress. Some people jog. Others do yoga. Jim Lauderdale does Tai Chi. And one engaging afternoon on the phone to Jim is enough to …

America’s not getting a huge amount of love right now. There’s certainly no long line of wordsmiths waiting for their turn to craft odes to a nation made great again. …

The first time I met Josh Ritter, he was a young man bashfully accepting the effusive praise of a room full of Irish music fans. Forty minutes earlier, few people …

What’s in a name? Cannibal Corpse, Cradle of Filth, Morbid Angel… you don’t need to be a genius to have a guess at what they’re going to sound like. Some …

No decade feels special when you’re in it. That’s especially true of the 90s, a decade that felt dated, uncool and unfashionable even when we were knee-deep in undercuts, flannel …