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 …
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 …
The Arkells are sharks. Not in a finger-snapping, Puerto Rican street gang kind of way, nor a Californian NHL team kind of way. No, The Arkells are sharks in their …
We all have heroes, but not all of us get to co-write a song with them. Trapper Schoepp got to do just that on his latest record, Primetime Illusion, and …
Most of us have one story to tell. Xavier Dphrepaulezz has several, any one of which would be more than enough for the rest of us. Whatever he’s been through …