Latest articles by Ellie Robinson
Shihad’s Phil Knight: “We wanted to do a heavier album”
Lead shredder Phil Knight tells us how the band tapped into their savage side for Old Gods, and why they wanted to capture the raw, visceral intensity of their live show
Australian Guitar x Bluesfest 2022: Hiatus Kaiyote
AG goes one-on-one with the artists set to make history Bluesfest's all-Aussie comeback edition. This week, we're chatting with Hiatus Kaiyote
Premiere: Justin Bernasconi channels the spirit of the Australian outback on luminous new single “Lady In The Field”
It's the latest single from Bernasconi's fast-approaching third album, 'Sleeping Like A Maniac' (or SLAM, of short)
Australian Guitar x Bluesfest 2022: The Living End
AG goes one-on-one with the artists set to make history Bluesfest's all-Aussie comeback edition. This week, we're chatting with The Living End
Australian Guitar x Bluesfest 2022: All Our Exes Live In Texas
AG goes one-on-one with the artists set to make history Bluesfest's all-Aussie comeback edition. This week, we're chatting with All Our Exes Live In Texas
The Superjesus’ Jason Slack: “I had no real plan from the start, I just wanted to make a guitar”
Ahead of their tour celebrating 2000’s Jet Age this September, Jason Slack gives us an exclusive tease of the homemade guitar he’ll be playing on it
Australian Guitar x Bluesfest 2022: Tex Perkins
AG goes one-on-one with the artists set to make history Bluesfest's all-Aussie comeback edition. This week, we're chatting with Tex Perkins
Children Collide’s Johnny Mackay: “We were using old, shitty, tiny Fender amps”
After nine years (that felt more like 90), the psych-rock powerhouse have finally minted their fourth album – a furiously fun, rivetingly raucous affair
Australian Guitar x Bluesfest 2022: Jeff Lang
AG goes one-on-one with the artists set to make history Bluesfest's all-Aussie comeback edition. This week, we're chatting with Jeff Lang
The Jungle Giants’ Sam Hales: “Lockdown was sad and weird, but it was definitely productive”
On the brisk and bubbly new album from The Jungle Giants, the guitar plays a very ~interesting~ role
Tropical Fuck Storm’s Gareth Liddiard: “I don’t know what the f*** other bands are even thinking about”
Gareth Liddiard explains why he feels the inescapable need to expose the dangers of conspiracy culture, and why the analogue fad should f*** right off
Australian Guitar x Bluesfest 2022: Ross Wilson
AG goes one-on-one with the artists set to make history Bluesfest's all-Aussie comeback edition. This week, we're chatting with Ross Wilson
Australian Guitar’s Fresh Frets: Vol. 9
On the lookout for your next favourite Aussie band? You've come to the right place – here are eight of the locals we're loving most at the moment!
The Screaming Jets’ Scott Kingman: “I love this whole ‘build your own’ situation that we seem to have been forced into”
With 30 years of practise, wisdom, and hard-as-nails rockin’ under their belts, the Jets have returned to their landmark 1991 debut to celebrate it with a new vision
Australian Guitar x Bluesfest 2022: Hussy Hicks
AG goes one-on-one with the artists set to make history Bluesfest's all-Aussie comeback edition. This week, we're chatting with Hussy Hicks
Rise Against’s Tim McIlrath: “The world keeps creating an audience for our music”
Nowhere Generation, their ninth album, comes at a particularly touchy time in the Western world’s sociopolitical landscape – particularly for its younger folk
Polish Club’s David Novak: “We’ve moved beyond the OG Polish Club setup”
On their loud and lively third album – the aptly titled Now We’re Cookin’ – the bonafide rock dogs in Polish Club take a big ol’ bite of the pop pie
DZ Deathrays’ Shane Parsons and Lachlan Ewbank: “It’s almost like the record opens up as you get further and further into it”
After what feels like the longest two years in history, DZ Deathrays bring their Positive Rising era to an explosive peak, delivering riffs aplenty on a tight and turbulent new long-player
