Latest articles by Ellie Robinson
Live Review: Polish Club, Melbourne 23/04/22
"Aside from their few errant hiccups, Polish Club put on a very solid, thoroughly enjoyable show – par for the course, really"
Live Review: Groovin The Moo, Bendigo 30/04/22
"There’s no other festival in Australia that feels like Groovin The Moo..."
Australian Guitar’s Fresh Frets: Vol. 10
On the lookout for your next favourite Aussie band? You've come to the right place – here are five of the locals we're loving most at the moment!
Bakers Eddy: “We’re trying to escape from the whole 'lad band' scene”
Rarely will their debut album mark a band’s reinvention. But in Bakers Eddy’s case, that was exactly the plan for Love Boredom Bicycles.
Totally Unicorn: “Who doesn’t want to see a bunch of pasty white boys in their thirties trying to be sexy?”
The world is more f***ed now than ever, so on album #3, Totally Unicorn enter a whole new dimension of math-punk calamity to counter it.
Camp Cope: “I really wanted to make something that I would like enjoy listening to”
How time, ambition and Taylor Swift shaped Camp Cope’s striking new album, Running With The Hurricane.
Midnight Oil: “There’s a generational shift that’s happening, and I can feel it in the water”
Two decades on from their last album, Midnight Oil’s poignancy hasn’t wavered one bit. We explore the origins of their powerful new effort, Resist.
William Crighton: “I have to try and get it in the moment, otherwise I kind of go backwards”
On his career-defining third album, William Crighton captures the human spirit in an immensely powerful way. We learn how he endeavoured to do so.
Pond: “I think you have to switch up the recording process every now and again”
Pond’s Shiny Joe Ryan on the band’s imminent tour, the deluxe edition of 9, and why it’s crucial to keep shaking things up.
Budjerah: “If I didn’t know where I was going, I think I’d go crazy”
Budjerah fills us in on his striking new EP Conversations, and the strong ties between his art and heritage.
Gang Of Youths: “While I’ve grown so much musically, I’ve also been coming into my own as an adult”
Gang Of Youths’ instrumental mastermind Jung Kim fills us in on the London-via-Sydney band’s landmark third album, Angel In Realtime: an opulent epic, ambitious even for them.
Ocean Grove: “I just want to be able to write a riff, hit record and play – nothing fancy”
Ocean Grove’s Sam Bassal peels back the curtain for an inside look at how their one-of-a-kind ‘Oddworld’ operates.
Short Stack: “It’s the best thing in the world to be able to play music with people”
Short Stack are back (yet again), and this time around, they’re shaking things up by going back to the classics.
Mike Campbell: “We’re always trying to kick it up, write better songs, play better…”
Mike Campbell’s second album with The Dirty Knobs, External Combustion, shows him rockin’ ’n’ rollin’ like never before. Here’s how he brought it to life.
Screamfeeder and Adalita: A match made in Australian rock heaven
Before they embark on their joint national tour, Australian Guitar catches up with Kelly Lloyd of Screamfeeder and the idiosyncratic Adalita
Australian Guitar x Full Tilt 2022: Thy Art Is Murder
The long-delayed festival makes its Brisbane debut on April 23rd
