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Doug Wallen, Journalist

Doug Wallen

Doug Wallen is a journalist, broadcaster and band booker based in Beechworth, Victoria.

Features / Music
Fun Fun Funk
“We don’t just wanna copy or recreate something..."
Features / Music
Dodging The Studio
“We’ve never really liked the studio. It’s always uninspiring and really dry. Nothing like the crackling garage sound of tape and just turning up loud and playing in a living room, as opposed to recording stuff separately in a studio.”
Features / Music
Cult Classics
“I always wanted to do straight country... In a small way, this was my attempt to do it. It just came out weird."
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Night Of The Moodist
Hip hop and The Byrds have influenced a re-christened Dave Graney & The Mistly.
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Northeastern Exposure
Northeast Party House describe their new single's title character. "He’s just a trickster... kind of a cross between a trickster, a wizard and a pimp.”
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Taste Test: Jess Cornelius
Five minutes with Jess Cornelius.
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Tenniscoats - All Aboard!
Curdled psychedelic weirdness.
Features / Music
The Right Frame Of Grind
Doug Wallen interrogates Chris Brownbill of Brisbane’s Idylls about minute-long songs, double meanings and accidental jazz.
Features / Music
Sures.
Overnight Sensation
Sures secured an instant audience but are still finding their sound, Matt Hogan tells Doug Wallen.
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Up And Atom
Former Little Red member Tom Hartney never had the right voice for that group, he tells Doug Wallen, as he steps out with his new band, Major Tom & The Atoms.
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Behind The Mask
Chris Madak of fringe US synth project Bee Mask reveals the inner workings to Doug Wallen.
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Life On The Road
"I play requests. My sets are pretty loose."