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Tom Hersey, Journalist

Reviews / Album
Album Review: Antagonist A.D -- Haunt Me As I Roam
"It’s an ugly, emotionally fraught and musically potent firebomb of a metalcore record."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Jeff Rosenstock -- We Cool?
"It’s fast, fun, intelligent pop-punk of the highest order."
Features / Music
They Ain't Afraid Of No Ghostface Killah
"We wanted to see how Ghost would sound like somebody like Danny Brown."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: The Smith Street Band, PUP, Great Cynics, Apart From This
'Wipe That Shit-Eating Grin Off Your Punchable Face' was a clincher from The Smith Street Band in Brissy.
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Shonen Knife
Shonen Knife had the art gallery crowd eating out of their hands in Brisbane.
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Iceage, Thee Hugs, Clever Unpeople
Iceage captivated the small but keen crowd in Brisbane.
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Every Time I Die, Touche Amore, Marathon
Give yourself over to a night-long, next-level celebration of full-frontal dude-ity.
Features / Music
'We’re A Bunch Of Miserable Bastards'
Why Eyehategod don't tell stories with their music.
Features / Music
The Music Writers' Poll 2014: Tom Hersey
Freelancer
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Nick Cave
Nick Cave is powerful as ever in Brisbane.
Features / Music
Why Sleep Never Cared For The 'Extraneous Shit' Over 'Dopesmoker'
"We have, and continue to, make the music we want to hear."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: The Smith Street Band, The Front Bottoms, Apologies, I Have None, Kiri
The Victorian punks front their biggest crowd to date, and leave no face without a smile in return.
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