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In 2004 Ohio musician Jamie Stillman started selling guitar pedals. At first, it was a hobby, selling mostly to friends and people he met online. Flash forward to 2021, Jamie is now President of EarthQuaker, a locally based but international facing business producing over 1,000 handmade pedals per week. EarthQuaker is no longer a solo […]
So you’re looking for a second-hand instrument? That’s awesome! We LOVE that for you! There are few things more satisfying than the sound of playing a perfectly formed chord on some vintage gear. Whether it’s your first time or fiftieth, the notes will fill you with a feeling of warmth and joy that’s rivalled only […]
Hobart songwriter Zac Henderson crafts arresting folk that’s equal parts heart and wit – at once introspective and deeply relatable. His latest single, ‘Drawing Blood’, is an alt country-inflected slow burner that’s buoyed by its twangy guitar, gorgeous harmonies, and above all, an enduring sense of hopeful optimism peeking out through the uncertainty of Henderson’s […]
We’ve said it countless times, but 2020 was just an absolute shitshow from start to finish. Australia started the year up in smoke and is ending it in the midst of a once-in-a-century global pandemic. The pandemic meant that the music industry – both here and overseas – was largely unable to operate as per […]
Rina Sawayama is a name that has defined alternative music throughout 2020. With her excellent and deeply reflective debut album SAWAYAMA, released by Dirty Hit, the UK-via-Japan singer-songwriter completely shattered people’s expectations of her, and people’s expectations of pop music in general. SAWAYAMA is an album that is anchored in her intersections as a queer woman of […]
2020 certainly hasn’t been the best year for music. COVID-19 rendered concert tickets moot, left arena dancefloors abandoned and pressed pause on a bunch of projects. But, it wasn’t all bad. The silver lining is that, like you and me, musicians have been cooped up with nothing but free time, their talents and a world […]
You might be looking at the title of this list with some confusion. Live acts? Live music? In this economy? Yes, of course, this year has been the roughest yet on the industry – all international tours have been delayed or cancelled outright, large-scale shows are only just starting to claw back and the long-promised […]
After starting the year out in hot form by dropping their second ARIA chart-topping album Hurry Up And Wait and smashing out a tour in support, Dune Rats look set to be THE band of 2020. Then, just as the tour was wrapping up, COVID-19 hit and everyone’s favourite slacker-punks Dune Rats found themselves feeling a […]
Many of us can link a certain album to pivotal moments in our lives. Whether it’s the first record you bought with your own money, the chord you first learnt to play on guitar, the song that soundtracked your first kiss, the album that got you those awkward and painful pubescent years or the one […]
