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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THE DYNAMIC DUO • THIS MARCH, TWO OF AUSTRALIA’S MOST ICONIC SONGWRITERS – IAN MOSS AND TROY CASSAR-DALEY – WILL HIT THE ROAD FOR A SPRAWLING ACOUSTIC TOUR, BREATHING NEW LIFE INTO EACH OTHER’S CLASSIC SONGS.

25 YEARS OF HITS • IN A QUARTER OF A CENTURY, 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, THE WORLD REPEATS ITSELF SOMEHOW.

MOTHER OF ROCK • WHEN THE WORLD GETS DOWN, WOLFMOTHER GET UP… AND START ROCKING THE F*** OUT! AUSTRALIAN GUITAR RIFFS ON THEIR SURPRISE NEW SCORCHER, ROCK OUT.

CLASSIC CARS AND CRUISY CHORDS • FOR HIS THIRD ALBUM AS DOPE LEMON, INDIE-ROCK LUMINARY ANGUS STONE TOOK HIS HAZY, HONEYED FLAIR TO DIZZYING NEW HEIGHTS.

YEAR ‘ROUND SPOOKY SEASON • METHYL ETHEL ISN’T LIKE MOST GUITARISTS. SO, NATURALLY, HIS NEW ALBUM ISN’T LIKE MOST GUITAR ALBUMS. IT’S BETTER.

A ROYAL EFFORT • 15 YEARS IN THE MAKING, STRENGTH OF A QUEEN – THE DEBUT ALBUM BY ALT-COUNTRY STALWART ANDY GOLLEDGE – IS STACKED FROM COVER TO COVER WITH SOON-TO-BE CLASSICS.

THE POWER WITHIN • THOUGH ITS THEMES CERTAINLY REFLECT ITS TITLE, CHARLIE COLLINS‘ SECOND ALBUM, UNDONE, IS ALSO VICIOUSLY EMPOWERING, HONEST AND HEARTFELT.

DIGITALISED CHAOS • IF 2019’S ALIEN BROUGHT NORTHLANE TO THEIR PEAK, ITS FOLLOW-UP – THE DARK AND CONVULSIVE, ELECTRO-CENTRIC OBSIDIAN – TAKES THEM FAR BEYOND THE POINT OF “OVERDRIVE”.

RITUAL RIFFAGE • BODYJAR HAVE RETURNED WITH THEIR FIRST ALBUM SINCE 2013, NEW RITUALS. ON IT, THE POP-PUNK MAINSTAYS EXPLORE BELTING NEW TERRITORY WITH A KEEN EAR FOR THE CLASSIC STUFF.

SOARING INTO THE STRATOSPHERE • PLANET RECORDED THEIR DEBUT ALBUM AS A CLANDESTINE OPERATION, WITH A PRODUCER WORKING REMOTELY ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD. IT WAS AN AMBITIOUS FEAT, BUT GODDAMN, DID IT ALL PAY OFF IN THE END!

LIGHT AND SHADE • ZAKK WYLDE EMERGES FROM LOCKDOWN WITH A BLACK LABEL SOCIETY ALBUM THAT LACES BALLADS WITH TWIN-GUITAR ROCKERS.

BITE THE BULLET • HOW TO WRITE THE HEAVIEST METAL SONGS WITHOUT REVERTING TO FORMULA, ACCORDING TO BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE GUITARISTS MATT TUCK AND PADGE.

GRIM RHYTHMS • WITH AN UNORTHODOX TWO-GUITAR ATTACK AND A MOUNTAIN OF GEAR, A BAND IN MOURNING CREATED A MONUMENTAL DOUBLE ALBUM. THIS IS HOW MASTODON DUG DEEP, ACCORDING TO GUITARIST BILL KELLIHER.

THE ROYAL TREATMENT • SIX-STRING HEAVYWEIGHT ERIC GALES DISCUSSES HIS TRIUMPHANT NEW ALBUM, CROWN, AND HIS JOURNEY TO ULTIMATE BLUES SALVATION.

KINGPIN OF THE BLUES • JOE BONAMASSA RETURNS WITH TIME CLOCKS, HIS STRONGEST AND MOST DIVERSE ALBUM TO DATE – AND DISCUSSES HIS NEWFOUND ROLE AS THIS YEAR’S FOREMOST BLUES/ROCK IMPRESARIO.

LIVE IN NASHVILLE • FOR HIS LANDMARK FOURTH ALBUM WITH MYLES KENNEDY AND THE CONSPIRATORS (BLUNTLY TITLED 4), SLASH TOOK AN AMBITIOUS LEAP INTO NEW TERRITORY.

PASSENGER “SWORD FROM THE STONE” • Mike Rosenberg takes you on a ride up to the dusty end of the fretboard with this capo’d corker

TOM PETTY ‘FREE FALLIN’’ • Discover how Tom Petty and Mike Campbell’s easy shapes morph three sus chords into an anthemic riff.

TASH SULTANA ‘JUNGLE’ • Get your groove on with this looper pedal epic, complete with rhythm parts, harmony guitar riffs and two killer solos!

OPEN POWERCHORDS • MAKE EASY CHANGES TO FIVE CHORDS YOU ALREADY KNOW TO MASTER RIFF ROCK AND CLASSIC METAL.

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