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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BEAST FROM THE EAST • IRON MAIDEN’S VENERABLE STRING-SLINGERS ADRIAN SMITH AND DAVE MURRAY PEEL BACK THE CURTAIN ON THE BAND’S GEAR, SIX-STRING INSPIRATIONS, MUSICAL GROWTH AND LATEST ALBUM, SENJUTSU.

FISH TALES • SAMANTHA FISH HAS EMERGED FROM LOCKDOWN WITH AN ALBUM THAT CELEBRATES THE FUN, STICK-OUT-YOUR-TONGUE SPIRIT OF ROCK ’N’ ROLL.

THE STRONG STENCH OF SUCCESS • ON THEIR EXPLOSIVE SECOND ALBUM, AMYL AND THE SNIFFERS EXPAND ON THEIR RAW ’N’ RAVENOUS BRAND OF DISTINCTLY AUSTRALIAN PUNK-ROCK.

ROAD-TESTED ROYALTY • CHRISTONE “KINGFISH” INGRAM ASSUMES HIS THRONE ATOP THE DELTA BLUES TRADITION.

A LIFELINE FOR THE DOOMED • TRANSITIONING FROM HARDCORE PUNK TO FOLKY PSYCHEDELICA, WADE MACNEIL WELCOMES A NEW LEASE ON LIFE WITH DOOMS CHILDREN.

THE MASTER IS AWAKE • JOHN PETRUCCI HAS CAPPED OFF HIS RECENT BURST OF MAD CREATIVITY WITH A BLAZING NEW DREAM THEATER ALBUM, A VIEW FROM THE TOP OF THE WORLD. NOW, HE’S GIVING US A TOUR OF THE RESULTING CHASM.

HARD AS A (PUNK) ROCK • 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.

FROM LITTLE THINGS, BIG THINGS GROW • COURTNEY BARNETT UNPACKS THE INTROSPECTION AND THE SCENIC INSPIRATIONS THAT LED TO HER MOST RESTRAINED, BUT ALSO MOST EXPERIMENTAL ALBUM YET.

BURNING BRIGHT • LEGENDARY ALICE IN CHAINS FRONTMAN JERRY CANTRELL SHEDS BOUNDLESS LIGHT ON BRIGHTEN, HIS HIGHLY ANTICIPATED NEW SOLO ALBUM.

FEEL THE BERN • JUSTIN BERNASCONI WALKS US THROUGH HIS MAGICAL THIRD ALBUM, SLEEPING LIKE A MANIAC.

THE AGE OF RAGE • 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.

IT’S ABOUT TIME! • ALTER BRIDGE POWERHOUSE MARK TREMONTI TALKS ABOUT SAVING THE HEAVY METAL THUNDER AND HORSE GALLOPS FOR HIS OWN BAND, WHO RETURN BIGGER THAN EVER WITH MARCHING IN TIME.

THE START OF SOMETHING GREAT • WITH THEIR HOTLY ANTICIPATED DEBUT ALBUM, MOANING LISA MAKE A STRIKING CASE FOR THEMSELVES AS THE NEW QUEENS (AND KING) OF GRUNGE.

LIFE IN THE MODERN WORLD • 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…

FROM DUSK TO DAWN • DEFIANTLY BUCKING THE TRENDS OF THE PLAYLIST-CENTRIC SYNTHPOP SCENE, PARCELS HAVE RETURNED WITH AN ANALOGUE-FORWARD CONCEPT ALBUM SPLIT IN TWO UNIQUE HALVES.

RUNNING THE DISTANCE • ON THEIR SECOND ALBUM POST-COMEBACK, QUICKSAND EMBRACE THE MODERN AGE AS ICONS OF THE ‘90S. BUT WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

A NEW LEASE ON LIFEFORMS • ANGELS & AIRWAVES FRONTMAN (AND FORMER BLINK-182 CO-LEADER) TOM DELONGE TALKS ABOUT THE GNARLINESS OF SHAKESPEARE, THE SOFTNESS OF METALLICA, AND HIS OWN BAND’S EXPANSIVE NEW RELEASE, LIFEFORMS.

SENDING UP A FLARE • SEDULOUS TONE MAVERICK TOM MORELLO EXPLAINS HOW SIMPLY RECORDING BIG, HAIRY, GNARLY GUITAR RIFFS INTO HIS IPHONE BECAME HIS “LIFE RAFT FOR SANITY”, BIRTHING A CREATIVE OASIS AMID THE CHAOS.

A DRUG WORTH TAKING • THE WAR ON DRUGS FRONTMAN ADAM GRANDUCIEL UNPACKS THE INDIE STALWARTS’ PROFOUNDLY POWERFUL NEW ALBUM, I DON’T LIVE HERE ANYMORE.

MORE IS MORE • YNGWIE MALMSTEEN TAKES HIS NEOCLASSICAL SHRED TO NEW EXTREMES ON PARABELLUM.

LET IT BE: GUITAR BY GUITAR • IN...