Andy Hazel, Journalist

Andy Hazel is a writer and musician based in Melbourne. He is also the senior editorial producer at The Saturday Paper for which he also writes. His writing also appears in IndieWire, The Monthly, Guardian Australia and The Curb.

Reviews / Live

Live Review: ESG, No Zu & Terrible Truths

All this and they didn’t even play their best song.

Reviews / Live

Live Review: New Gods, Montero, Jessica Says

"Though the Little Red elephant in the room is never mentioned, it exerts its influence in strange ways."

Reviews / Album

Album Review: Yo La Tengo - Fade

Unlike Superchunk’s critic-uniting blazing return to form in 2011, Fade is more of a humble offering, but one that is richly rewarding.

Reviews / Live

Live Review: Hot Chip & World's End Press

Tonight is their last show of a ten-month tour, so unsurprisingly the set is tighter than Jones’s snare drum.

Reviews / Album

Album Review: The Tiger & Me - The Drifter’s Dawn

It’s refreshing to find an Australian group who know when to rein in the jams, work as a multitalented collective and who know how to sift through a sprawling range of styles to come up with a coherent and punchy album.

Features / Music

Writer's Poll - Andy Hazel

Andy Hazel looks back on his 2012 highlights.

Reviews / Live

Live Review: Primal Scream & Sand Pebbles

The band finish with their most rock-ready hits, Jailbird and Rocks, and the crowd shout themselves hoarse as the music ends and the stage is overtaken by a howling wall of feedback, looped percussion and those blinding lights.

Reviews / Live

Live Review: John C. Reilly & Friends & Steven Smyth

Finally a singalong of Goodnight Irene seals the whole show as one in which the musicians are there for the love of the music and its performance alone, without having anything to prove or sell.

Reviews / Live

Live Review: Ball Park Music, Loon Lake, Courtney Barnett

Reviews / Live

Live Review: Tully On Tully, Tulalah, Laura Smock

Reviews / Live

Live Review: Oliver Tank, Lost Animal, No Zu

Reviews / Live

Live Review: 20 Big Ones - Chapter Music 20th Birthday Party

Here's How Much Money Coachella Headliners Are Paid

Longtime TISM Roadie Andy Sutherland Passes Away

How To Watch Sabrina Carpenter, Justin Bieber & More At Coachella From Australia

mgk 'Lost Americana' Australian Tour Setlist Revealed

Alison Wonderland: 'I've Become A Lot More Confident With My Creativity And What I Stand For'

A Day To Remember & Papa Roach's 'BIG ROCK TOUR' Setlists Revealed

PNAU Unveil Regional Tour Dates, Surprise Collab With Mexican Rock Band The Warning

'Timeless And Classic': 40 Years Of Hunters & Collectors’ ‘Human Frailty’

Good Things, Spilt Milk Festivals Confirm 2026 Returns

Shaggy (The Wallsend Ferryman), Annette McLaughlin (Peggy White) and Sting (Jackie White) in 'The Last Ship'

Live Review: Sting’s The Last Ship @ The Glasshouse Theatre, Brisbane

Phil Jamieson Announces New Solo Album, Expansive Australian Tour

'Really Bummed': FISHER's OUT 2 LUNCH Festival Postponed To 2027

Avenged Sevenfold 2026 Australian Tour Teased By Major Venue

Live Review: Bic Runga @ Northcote Theatre, Melbourne

Matt Corby Announces 2026 Australian Tour

Andy Hazel, Journalist

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