Australian Guitar

With a strong focus on the Australian music scene, Australian Guitar is a rich source of information on playing techniques, styles, the wide range of instruments available and all the technology that guitarists have to consider in the 21st Century.

Australian Guitar

AC/DC OFFICIALLY REVEAL 2020 COMEBACK AND NEW LINEUP

FENDER UNVEILS TASH SULTANA SIGNATURE STRAT

DEFTONES’ STEPHEN CARPENTER UNLEASHES HIS HEAVIEST RIFFS YET IN NEW SIDE-PROJECT

ELECTRO-HARMONIX RECREATES LO-FI GAMING SOUNDS WITH THE MAINFRAME BITCRUSHER

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SPOTLIGHT

SAD, BUT STILL RAD • EQUALLY CHARISMATIC AND CHAOTIC, THE DEBUT ALBUM FROM CRY CLUB IS A REVOLUTIONARY POP-ROCK ROMP YOU’LL NEED TO HEAR TO BELIEVE.

THE NEW RAZZLE DAZZLE • BLENDING FUTURISTIC SOUNDS WITH NOSTALGIC ATTITUDES, I DON’T KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME (A.K.A. IDKHOW) BRING MORE THAN JUST THE RAZZMATAZZ TO THEIR AS-TITLED DEBUT ALBUM.

THREE TIMES THE FURY • ON THEIR POIGNANT AND EMPOWERING NEW ALBUM USE ME, PVRIS FRONTWOMAN LYNN GUNN TAKES CHARGE AND EMBRACES HER WELL-EARNED TURN IN THE SPOTLIGHT.

ONE PETAL AT A TIME • EARNING A MAJOR LABEL SMASH-HIT AND FENDER’S SEAL OF APPROVAL JUST TWO YEARS INTO HER CAREER, BEABADOOBEE CERTAINLY ISN’T HERE TO F*** AROUND.

FEEDING THE FIRE • THE FRONT BOTTOMS MASTERED THEIR TRANSITION FROM BASEMENT-STAPLE FOLK-PUNKS TO ARENA-PACKING POP KINGS. NOW, THEY’RE THROWING CAUTION TO THE WIND WITH AN ALBUM OF PURE, UNFILTERED CHAOS.

SOPHIE HOPES FINDS HER ROAR • THE DUMB DAYS ARE OVER AND TIRED LION ARE READY FOR A SECOND SHOT AT LIFE, THANKS IN NO SHORT PART TO THE RED-HOT RESILIENCE OF THEIR BADASS FRONTWOMAN.

PANIC ATTACK • ROCK ’N’ ROLL AIN’T DEAD – JUST LOOK AT ENGLISH SHREDHEADS NOTHING BUT THIEVES FOR PROOF. IN FACT ON ALBUM #3, THEY’RE TAKING THEIR SIGNATURE MODERN ROCK MAYHEM TO A WHOLE NEW LEVEL.

THE BEGINNING OF THE END • THEIR NEW ALBUM MAY BE CALLED A CELEBRATION OF ENDINGS, BUT DON’T GET IT TWISTED: BIFFY CLYRO AIN’T GOING ANYWHERE SOON.

15 YEARS OF REASONING • LOOK AT THIS PHOTOGRAPH… OKAY, NOW READ THIS INTERVIEW, WHERE NICKELBACK BASSIST MIKE KROEGER LOOKS BACK ON 15 YEARS OF THE ICONIC ALL THE RIGHT REASONS.

A NEW AGE WAR CRY • 2020 HAS PUT UP ONE HELL OF A FIGHT THUS FAR, BUT FOR THE SOUTH AFRICAN NU-METAL MANIACS IN SEETHER, IT’S JUST ANOTHER YEAR IN THE LIFE – ONE THEY’RE READY TO SHOW WHAT’S WHAT.

BEHIND THE BLOOD • THEY CONQUERED THE ‘90S, NOUGHTS AND TENS, AND NOW SEVENDUST ARE KICKING OFF THEIR ROARING ‘20S WITH AN ALBUM SET TO REDEFINE THE VERY CORE OF THEIR SIGNATURE STYLE.

KNOT WHAT YOU’D EXPECT • HE BROUGHT NU-METAL TO THE MASSES IN SLIPKNOT AND GOT GRUNGY WITH STONE SOUR – NOW, COREY TAYLOR IS PUTTING HIS PEDAL TO THE METAL WITH A SOLO ALBUM OF SEARING ‘70S ROCK ’N’ ROLL.

THE BRIGHTEST BULB IN THE ROOM • PERIPHERY MAY BE OFF-SEASON, BUT MISHA MANSOOR IS KEEPING BUSY – LIKE, “TEN BULB ALBUMS IN FIVE MONTHS, WITH EVEN MORE IN THE MAKING” KIND OF BUSY.

METAL MEDITATION • NINE ALBUMS DOWN, THE ALT-METAL ASSASSINS IN DEFTONES CONTINUE TO REINVENT THEMSELVES – AND THE SOUND THAT MADE THEM ONE OF THE WORLD’S MOST ENTICING MUSICAL OUTFITS TO BEGIN WITH.

POWER FOR THE PUBLIC • AFTER TWO ENORMOUS, GAME-CHANGING CONCEPT ALBUMS, THE LEMON TWIGS DIAL THINGS BACK A NOTCH FOR THEIR AMBITIOUSLY LOWKEY THIRD ALBUM.

THE SOUNDTRACK TO INSANITY • FOR HIS FOURTH ALBUM, THE GENRE-BENDING MUSICAL MAGICIAN BEST KNOWN AS FANTASTIC NEGRITO POSES A STRIKINGLY TIMELY QUESTION: HAVE YOU LOST YOUR MIND YET?

A DOUBLE SHOT OF THE BLUES •...