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.

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Australian Guitar

DELVING BACK TO THE ROCK SHACK • STEMMING FROM ED KUEPPER’S RECENT PITCH TO DRUMMER IVOR HAY, UPCOMING TOUR THE SAINTS ‘73-‘78 CELEBRATES THE FIRST THREE SAINTS ALBUMS AND THE WORK OF DECEASED MEMBERS CHRIS BAILEY AND ALGY WARD. AUSTRALIAN GUITAR GOT STRANDED.

NOT SO HOLY • AUSSIE HARD ROCK LEGENDS THE ANGELS RELEASED THEIR 14TH ALBUM NINETY NINE IN JUNE - THEIR FIRST ALBUM IN TEN YEARS. THEY’VE SINCE EMBARKED ON A 50TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR TO SEE OUR FACES AGAIN. AUSTRALIAN GUITAR JOINED THE CHOIR.

REAL ROGUE • WARNINDHILYAGWA SONGWRITER EMILY WURRAMARA RELEASED HER SECOND ALBUM NARA ON AUGUST 26, WITH SONGS THAT CAN PILE UP TEARY TISSUES ONE MOMENT, AND MAKE YOU WANT TO CHUCK IT ALL OFF AND GO SWIMMING THE NEXT. AUSTRALIAN GUITAR DIVES IN.

RURAL ROOTS OF RUGGED RHYME • TASMANIAN SONGWRITER CLAIRE ANNE TAYLOR IS OFFERING A BREATH OF FRESH AIR TO AUSTRALIA’S ROOTS SCENE WITH HER THIRD ALBUM GIVING IT AWAY. AFTER A 36-DATE ALBUM TOUR, INCLUDING FESTIVAL APPEARANCES AT WOODFORD AND GUM BALL, SHE MET UP WITH AUSTRALIAN GUITAR.

CATHARTIC CHEMISTRY • INSPIRED BY A DIVERSE ARRAY OF ARTISTS INCLUDING THE EAGLES AND VAN HALEN, THE ROCK ‘N’ ROLL PROWESS OF THE SOUTHERN RIVER BAND KEEPS IGNITING STAGES WORLDWIDE. THEIR LATEST STUDIO ALBUM D.I.Y SHOWS THEM LIVE AT THEIR BEST. AUSTRALIAN GUITAR DUG IN.

SERIOUS MOONLIGHT • FANS OF POWDERFINGER AND SOMETHING FOR KATE RECENTLY RECEIVED AN INTERESTING SONIC OFFERING TITLED THE DELUGE, AN ANGULAR SYNTH-HEAVY ALBUM WRITTEN BY THE RESPECTIVE FRONTMEN-GUITARISTS OF THESE BANDS, BERNARD FANNING AND PAUL DEMPSEY. AUSTRALIAN GUITAR ENTERED FANNING DEMPSEY NATIONAL PARK.

RIDING OUT THE STORM • NASHVILLE-BASED AUSSIE FOLKPOP TROUBADOUR JORDIE LANE RELEASED HIS FOURTH ALBUM TROPICAL DEPRESSION ON AUGUST 16. THOUGH FOCUSED AROUND HEAVY THEMES, IT’S AN ALBUM INFORMED BY AN EQUAL MIX OF COMEDY AND HONESTY. LANE CAUGHT UP WITH AUSTRALIAN GUITAR.

SETTING PHASES TO STUN • CURRENTLY AT THE VANGUARD OF INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC IN MODERN METAL, INTERVALS WILL RETURN TO AUSTRALIA LATER THIS YEAR FOR SYDNEY’S MONOLITH FESTIVAL, BRINGING PIECES FROM THEIR LATEST ALBUM MEMORY PALACE. AUSTRALIAN GUITAR TAPPED INTO GUITARIST AARON MARSHALL’S GREY MATTER.

"YOU SHOULDN'T OVERTHINK THE GUITAR" • With an eight-string in his hands, Leprous guitarist Tor Oddmund Suhrke is playing progressive metal by his own rules. As he says: “It’s cooler not to try to show off.”

'I'M 100 PERCENT HAPPY WITH THE WORK I'VE DONE WITH PINK FLOYD. BUT… 'MY FOCUS IS DIFFERENT RIGHT NOW' • Leading a rock group and being a solo artist were “not what I asked for,” David Gilmour says. For Luck and Strange, he assembled a team that shared the weight of his creative efforts. The result? “The best album I’ve made since The Dark Side of the Moon.”

NEVER BE THE SAME • Four decades in with Crowded House’s ever-changing lineup, Neil Finn takes a trial-and-error approach to music — and guitar. “The mistakes make it interesting,” he says.

"THE KEY TO MY PLAYING IS LEARNING THE TECHNICAL STUFF - AND THEN FORGETTING IT!" • The Last Dinner Party are this year’s hottest new rock band. Lead guitarist Emily Roberts reveals how their hit debut album was created, and how her unique approach to the instrument was shaped by jazz greats and one rock legend in particular…

KILLER QUEEN! • Emily pays tribute to Brian May – in more ways that one

"I'M ALWAYS LOOKING TO DO SOMETHING MUSICALLY DIFFERENT AND UNEXPECTED" • Tommy Emmanuel is...