http://www.tonedeaf.com.au The Home Of Australian Music Mon, 20 May 2013 08:24:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/features/qanda/306851/fourteen-nights-sea.htm http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/features/qanda/306851/fourteen-nights-sea.htm#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 06:03:11 +0000 Al Newstead http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/?p=306851 Hi, we’re Fourteen Nights At Sea. We’re a five piece. We’re from Melbourne. We like making gloomy sounds. We have a new album, it’s called Great North (read the Tone Deaf review here). What was your earliest musical experience that you remember? And what’s the most beautiful sound you’ve ever heard? I have vivid early [...]]]> http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/features/qanda/306851/fourteen-nights-sea.htm/feed 0 http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/features/qanda/302745/buchanan.htm http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/features/qanda/302745/buchanan.htm#comments Wed, 08 May 2013 05:37:49 +0000 Sarah Guppy http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/?p=302745 Hi there! We’re Melbourne band Buchanan and we’re just about to release our debut album ‘Human Spring’. It was recorded all over the world with producer Catherine Marks (Foals, Interpol, The Killers) and mixed back home with Andy Baldwin (Bjorn, Midnight Juggernauts). We spent a very long time recording this album – even having the [...]]]> http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/features/qanda/302745/buchanan.htm/feed 0 http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/features/qanda/302324/rechords.htm http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/features/qanda/302324/rechords.htm#comments Tue, 07 May 2013 05:37:11 +0000 Sarah Guppy http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/?p=302324 Tyron here from THE RECHORDS, for those uninitiated we’re a trio based in Melbourne and our music is steeped in the roots of Americana but certainly not limited to those confines.  The three of us have had a passion and appreciation for early roots music from the 30’s through to the 60’s and this has [...]]]> http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/features/qanda/302324/rechords.htm/feed 0 http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/features/qanda/300854/kat-morris-festival-director-great-escape.htm http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/features/qanda/300854/kat-morris-festival-director-great-escape.htm#comments Fri, 03 May 2013 05:22:07 +0000 Sarah Guppy http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/?p=300854 Kat Morris is the Festival Director for The Great Escape, Europe’s leading festival for new music. Life-long music fan, Kat started out in the music industry by interning at Finger Lickin’ Records, where she assisted in the organisation of club nights & album launches, giving her the first taste of what it was like to [...]]]> http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/features/qanda/300854/kat-morris-festival-director-great-escape.htm/feed 0 http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/features/qanda/299635/house-laurence-2.htm http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/features/qanda/299635/house-laurence-2.htm#comments Tue, 30 Apr 2013 22:14:20 +0000 Sarah Guppy http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/?p=299635 Hi. I’m Christopher Laurence – writer, guitarist & vocalist for House of Laurence. After harpooning the best musicians I could find through the calve and dragging them into the studio, we’ve brought to life some kind of psychedelic musical octopus which resides at the bottom of a rainwater filled art deco ashtray. The band formed [...]]]> http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/features/qanda/299635/house-laurence-2.htm/feed 0 http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/features/qanda/299422/tj-quinton.htm http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/features/qanda/299422/tj-quinton.htm#comments Tue, 30 Apr 2013 01:03:00 +0000 Sarah Guppy http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/?p=299422 Hello there, I’m Tj Quinton. Its not my real name but when you suck at performing as much as I do then its helpful to have an alias. I started this solo project because I get sick of hearing music that isn’t much more than Aldous Huxley’s soma brutally forced down our throats each day. [...]]]> http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/features/qanda/299422/tj-quinton.htm/feed 0 http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/features/qanda/296715/griswolds-3.htm http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/features/qanda/296715/griswolds-3.htm#comments Wed, 24 Apr 2013 06:22:16 +0000 Sarah Guppy http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/?p=296715 Forming in February, the band were triple j Unearthed feature artist and were quickly picked up by over 100 blogs around the globe simply by posting their first track ‘Mississippi” online. With Homebake, Big Day Out, Parklife and Peat’s Ridge on their gig list as well as supports with the likes of San Cisco, Last [...]]]> http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/features/qanda/296715/griswolds-3.htm/feed 0 http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/features/qanda/296481/wintercoats.htm http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/features/qanda/296481/wintercoats.htm#comments Tue, 23 Apr 2013 08:54:16 +0000 Sarah Guppy http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/?p=296481 I perform under the moniker Wintercoats, but my real name is James Wallace. I’m a 22 year old multi-instrumentalist from Melbourne. I really don’t know what else to say. Talking about myself seems quite boring. I’m a very boring person. What’s your earliest memory of performing and who inspired you to start? My earliest memory [...]]]> http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/features/qanda/296481/wintercoats.htm/feed 0 http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/features/qanda/295737/dirty-2.htm http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/features/qanda/295737/dirty-2.htm#comments Mon, 22 Apr 2013 02:05:59 +0000 Sarah Guppy http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/?p=295737 We are Dirty F. We are Darren Keane on drums, Tom Abraham on bass, Julian Medor on guitar, and James Alfred Podhorodecki on lead vocals. We grew up in the outer eastern suburbs of Melbourne. Tell us how the name Dirty F came about and what the meaning is behind it? Our name arose during [...]]]> http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/features/qanda/295737/dirty-2.htm/feed 0 http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/features/qanda/294168/oscar-lush.htm http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/features/qanda/294168/oscar-lush.htm#comments Fri, 19 Apr 2013 07:00:26 +0000 Corey Tonkin http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/?p=294168 After hearing his music for the first time most people don’t believe 19 year old singer-songwriter Oscar Lush is still only a teenager. With a lyrical repertoire that delves into the darker corners of the human mind, and songs that are driven by a distinct baritone voice, he’s drawn comparisons to some of the greatest [...]]]> http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/features/qanda/294168/oscar-lush.htm/feed 0