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Andy Golledge: “I don’t want to sound like a copy of my influences”
15 years in the making, the debut album by alt-country stalwart Andy Golledge is stacked from cover to cover with soon-to-be classics
Jake Webb, aka Methyl Ethel: “I try not to think about what the project has grown to represent”
Methyl Ethel isn’t like most guitarists. So, naturally, his new album isn’t like most guitar albums.... It’s better
Dope Lemon: “I thought of ‘Rose Pink Cadillac’ as a way that I could give back”
For his third album as Dope Lemon, indie-rock luminary Angus Stone took his hazy, honeyed flair to dizzying new heights
Andrew Stockdale of Wolfmother: “There’s something about a band playing that changes the atmosphere of the room”
When the world gets down, Wolfmother get up… And start rocking the f*** out!
Stuart MacLeod of Eskimo Joe: “The day we stop enjoying ourselves is the day we don’t make any more music”
Eskimo Joe have given us more than our fair share of alt-rock anthems. Now, the Perthian powerhouse are bundling them all into one neat little package
Dive into the ambitious new Slash album in Australian Guitar #146, out now
This issue also features a look at ten essential Gibson SG albums, the astronaut that made music in microgravity, 15 gear reviews and more
Spotlight: Ben Speight of Future Haunts
The new EP, I Can't Change The Way You Change, is out now
Ian Moss and Troy Cassar-Daley: “It’s really good for us to have someone else to bounce off of”
This March, two of Australia’s most iconic songwriters will hit the road for a sprawling acoustic tour, breathing new life into each other’s classic songs
Courtney Barnett: “I’ve started realising how many more options there are – the ideas are really endless”
Courtney Barnett unpacks the introspection and the scenic inspirations that led to her most restrained, but also most experimental album yet
Amyl And The Sniffers’ Dec Martens and Gus Romer: “If we’re eating the same foods and sharing the same bathroom, we end up making music naturally”
On their explosive second album, Amyl And The Sniffers expand on their raw ’n’ ravenous brand of distinctly Australian punk-rock
Stories will reunite for one special gig at landmark 2022 UNIFY Gathering
The festival's comeback edition, dubbed UNIFY FOREVER, is set to go down next month
Dooms Children: “I had no interest in compartmentalising everything and smoothing out the edges”
Transitioning from hardcore punk to folky psychedelica, Wade MacNeil welcomes a new lease on life with Dooms Children
Hard-Ons’ Blackie and Tim Rogers: “it’s almost like ‘Hard-Ons Plus’ now”
On album #13, Aussie punk legends the Hard-Ons hit their fiercest and poppiest highs yet, thanks in no short part to newcoming frontman Tim Rogers
Justin Bernasconi: “I could see swirls of paint strokes and hear dissonant phrases on the guitar”
Justin Bernasconi walks us through his magical third album, 'Sleeping Like A Maniac'
Loser’s Tim and Will Maxwell: “We were brought up on blues, but I always leant towards more of your Gary Moore sort of shred”
The alt-rock luminaries in Loser are back with another slab of scintillating shred and nostalgic noise. We decipher it all with axemen Tim and Will Maxwell
Moaning Lisa’s Ellen Chan: “In a band, you’re always working towards the same goal, and you’re all trying to service the song”
With their hotly anticipated debut album, Moaning Lisa make a striking case for themselves as the new queens (and king) of grunge
Mod Con’s Erica Dunn: “The dynamic is two thirds drinking beer, eating yummy dinners and talking rubbish, and one third making weird songs”
Mod Con frontwoman Erica Dunn riffs on the band’s growth between LP1 and the jaw‑dropping Modern Condition, the gear that went into it, and why it could be compared to a life-altering, psychosis-inducing ice cream…