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Tom is an Adelaide-based writer chasing the high of his first live music experience at Soundwave in 2009. Covering everything punk, metal and hardcore.

Features / Music
My Chérie
'I Don’t Have The Answers': My Chérie On Navigating Queerness, Religion & Traditional Values
My Chérie discusses the most vulnerable song she has ever written, and explores her lived experience as a queer woman growing up in South Africa from a Christian background.
Features / Music
The Gloom In The Corner
'Who Has The Money To Put A F*cking Waterfall On Stage?': Inside The Gloom In The Corner’s Cinema-Core Universe
The Gloom In The Corner discuss new album 'Royal Discordance,' an abridged guide to their lore, and bringing their universe to life on stage.
Features / Music
Thornhill
'There's No Chance We Can Make It Happen': Inside Thornhill’s Last-Minute Good Things Festival Performance
As Thornhill prepare to tour the country, vocalist Jacob Charlton discusses replacing Alpha Wolf at the Good Things Festival with three hours notice, how Sleep Token chose them as their support act, and new Thornhill music.
Features / Music
Bloom
'Metalcore Has Gotten Sexy Again': Bloom Are Chasing New Heights On Their Latest Tour
Bloom vocalist Jono Hawkey discusses releasing two albums within a year of each other, how metalcore is sexy again, drinking champagne under the Eiffel Tower, and their upcoming Australian tour.
Features / Interviews
The Amity Affliction
'I Tried To Quit The Band': Joel Birch Discusses The Journey To The Amity Affliction's New Album, 'House Of Cards'
The Amity Affliction's Joel Birch discusses recording new album 'House Of Cards', playing new music on their upcoming regional tour, and how he hated the 'Let The Ocean Take Me' tenth anniversary shows.
Features / Music
Froth & Fury
Froth & Fury Gambles On The Forgotten Cities
On paper, starting a festival during a pandemic and only catering to the notoriously skipped over state sounds like a recipe for failure. However, Froth & Fury have defied the odds.
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Spin Off Festival 2019
“We’re about to have a good time.”
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