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Interview with Le Butcherettes

Nicholas Jones — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 04:22:06 +0000

The lovely Phoebe Pinnock (Heaven The Axe) talks with Teri Gender Bender from Mexican garage punk band now based in Los Angeles, Le Butcherettes for TONE DEAF TV.

Teri talk about the excitement of Le Butcherettes first ever international tour in Australia. How Teri met Omar Rodriguez Lopez of The Mars Volta fame and how he came to produce there first album and also play bass in her band.

Teri also talks about meeting her rock idols like Iggy Pop, which she recently toured with and some of her musical influences. Plus her Mexican heritage and how it has shaped her.

The Black Keys Talk About ‘Selling Out’

Nicholas Jones — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 00:53:56 +0000

Both halves of The Black Keys, Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney, talk about the flipsides of taking money for their music in this excerpt from their full interview in Studio Q.

Interview with Producer Mark Opitz

Nicholas Jones — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 05:30:57 +0000

Interview with Producer Mark Opitz

Interview with Heath Bradby, Head of A&R Warner Music Australia

Nicholas Jones — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 05:29:07 +0000

Interview with Heath Bradby, Head of A&R Warner Music Australia

Interview with The Swamp Dandies

Nicholas Jones — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 05:00:31 +0000

Interview with The Swamp Dandies

Without Wolves Interview

Darve — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 00:15:42 +0000

One of the most hectic live shows you will see this year, sporting something like the guitar sounds of At The Drive In and the vocals of We Are Scientists, Without Wolves are set to tour the east coast.

Hailing from the Victorian surfing hotbeds of Torquay and the Mornington Peninsula, Without Wolves have already cemented their fast aggressive indie pop in Australia’s surf culture, invited to play the Tracks magazine annual party during the 50th Rip Curl Pro at Bells Beach earlier this year.

After making their emergence on the live scene in early 2010, Without Wolves hit the studio to record their new EP ‘Lights Out In Finland’ at Basin Studios, set for official release on October 28th.

Interview With Paul Mac

Nicholas Jones — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 02:28:28 +0000

Paul Mac is a leading figure in Australian electronic music and a multi-ARIA Award winner for his work with Itch-E & Scratch-E and his own solo work. His remixes of artists like Gorillaz, silverchair and Powderfinger have established him as one of Australia’s pre-eminent remixers. On top of a gold-selling debut album, Paul has scored music for film and TV, formed The Dissociatives with
silverchair’s Daniel Johns and won a slew of awards for his music.

Interview with Glenn Dickie

Nicholas Jones — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 02:22:20 +0000

Melbourne born Glenn Dickie started his musical career hitting pots and pans in his mum’s kitchen. At 13, his band, Deadwood, won the Highvale battle of the bands against The Runaway Boys (The Living End). At 23 he started at EMI and after 11 years has worked in sales, promotions, marketing and is currently A&R manager. He also spent 12 years behind the mic at Triple R and co-founded The Aussie BBQ which has become the biggest showcasing event of Australian music outside Australia.

Interview with Becky Ayres

Nicholas Jones — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 02:15:38 +0000

As the International Manager at Liverpool Sound City, Becky is passionate about helping international acts perform at the festival and starting their careers in the UK. She regularly works with artist managers, labels, promoters and agencies from around the world to enable this. Liverpool Sound City is now the largest, city centre music festival and conference in northern England, with over 360 artists performing annually and companies in attendancefrom around the world.

Bluejuice Interview

Nicholas Jones — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 03:34:21 +0000

The lovely Cayce Hill has a chat with Jake Stone of BLUEJUICE for TONE DEAF TV. They talk about those crazy music videos including the new one for the latest single, “Act Yr Age”, wanting to play Japan, how the band got together and much more. Listen in to the conversation! The good news is that BLUEJUICE will be playing the BIG DAY OUT and other events over the summer period. Catch ‘em live soon and go and grab their new CD, COMPANY.