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Doug Wallen, Journalist

Doug Wallen

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

Features / Music
Mann Alive
“I tried to make sure it wasn’t coming across as a cynical, ironic sentiment. I was imagining myself as a guitar hero when I was doing it.”
Features / Music
Death By Bubblegum
“It’s a bit corny, but sometimes you need to be corny to help a person out.”
Features / Music
Prefect Timing
"All our songs, they’re just improvised lyrics. All my friends seemed to be going away to America. It was more a cheeky little poke at that, and maybe a jealous poke."
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."
Features / Music
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
Overnight Sensation
Sures secured an instant audience but are still finding their sound, Matt Hogan tells Doug Wallen.