Sam Fell, Journalist

Murwillumbah's Busking Stage Presents An Opportunity For Anyone

"It'll be a surprise, you never know who'll be put up, and we're having walk-ups after 5pm, so if anyone's there with a guitar, they can just get up."

Why The Groove Factor Is Essential In Instrumental Rock Music

"The rhythm section has to make people dance..."

The Maccabees' New Album Was Purposely Made For The Stage

"We ended up having a backing track we played along to... playing to a click, it just didn't feel like we were playing as a band."

Live Review: BIGSOUND Live: Daily Meds, The Harpoons... Sam Fell Wraps Up Night Two

Sam Fell Wraps Up Night Two

Live Review: BIGSOUND Live: Yeo, Karl S Williams, L-Fresh

Live Review: BIGSOUND Live: L-FRESH The LION

L-FRESH has that beat.

Beyond The Legacy

"The world has a million different musics – music to make you party; we use music to balance the consciousness… We try to follow the roots."

Album Review: The Snowdroppers - Moving Out Of Eden

This is sweaty, tattooed flesh, whiskey fumes seeping from pores, set to music, as real as you’ll find in this country, which is what makes The Snowdroppers, and Moving Out Of Eden so good.

Album Review: Andrew Stockdale - Keep Moving

In a nutshell, if you want a beer-drinking soundtrack and don’t have access to your ‘70s rock collection, this’ll do just fine. If you want something new, or original, go back to where it all came from.

At The Speed Of Light

"The older stuff is still played exactly the same, we haven’t changed that. But yeah, the newer stuff, we’ll probably add a guitar in there, and there’s a lot of bass playing and stuff along with the electronic – we use real bass lines."