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The Chats: “We’re sounding better than ever right now, and I’m f***ing stoked with that”
Australian Guitar dives headfirst into the mosh-ready madness of The Chats’ balls-to-the-wall second album, ‘Get F***ed’
Beddy Rays: “I think the music does a lot of speaking for itself”
Too many bands sweat the little things when it comes to making their debut albums. But as Beddy Rays tell Australian Guitar, they didn’t even think too hard about the big ones
Dune Rats: “We’ve been able to fine-tune our songwriting – we’re not a one-trick pony”
Album #4 might see Dune Rats put down the bongs, but they still throw one hell of a party. Australian Guitar has an invite, too – let’s make our way in…
Beach Bunny: “The songs resonated with me a lot, but I’m happy to be on the other side of them”
Behind its shimmery, space-themed sheen, Beach Bunny’s second album is an emotional rollercoaster. Australian Guitar takes a ride
The Kooks: “I think the best thing you can do as a songwriter is be authentic and honest”
The Kooks’ new album is both their most elated and their most experimental. Frontman Luke Pritchard tells Australian Guitar how they pulled it off
Spotlight: Matt Preen of Great Gable
The new LP, ‘On The Wall In The Morning Light’, is out now
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Silverstein: “We are still very much a heavy guitar band, but we love seeing what other creative things we can do that don't fit inside the original box”
Guitarists Josh Bradford and Paul Marc Rousseau talk blending blitzkrieg-style hardcore with synth-driven pop flavors on new album Misery Made Me, and how Kanye West became an unwitting mentor during its composition
Alex Edkins: “I was open to getting basic with Weird Nightmare – I was like, ‘Oh, an open D chord? That feels awesome!’ I hadn’t done that in 10 years”
The Canadian alt-rocker talks embracing traditional rock and pop tropes on his self-titled Weird Nightmare debut, and how the METZ fan community came together to support the band after the theft of their gear last year
Tracii Guns: “Everything I played on the new L.A. Guns record was recorded direct through a HeadRush – I didn’t use a mic’d-up amp for anything”
The hair metal survivor talks L.A. Guns' hard-riffing 2021 album Checkered Past, his Kramer Gunstar Voyager signature model and why he's content playing smaller venues over arenas
