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Ayahuasca: Welcome to the Work is Ben Lee’s ninth solo album, and perhaps his most controversial to date, focusing on his experiences with the South American psychoactive brew. We discuss this odd…

“It was the perfect storm of bad luck, really. A lesser band probably would have called it a day.” That pretty much sums up the last three years for British India if you ask vocalist Declan Melia.…

The Australian and New Zealand legs of Beyoncé’s The Mrs. Carter Show World Tour grossed $40 million, tour promoter Live Nation announced today. She drew nearly 220,000 fans across ten highly…

Forced to downsize in December 2010 after founding brothers Zac and Josh Farro made a fiery exit, Paramore have emerged after two years restless, experimental and more driven than ever. Frontwoman…

The prospect of interviewing Shaun Ryder, lead singer of Happy Mondays and chief hedonist of the late ‘80s/early ‘90s Madchester scene, is a daunting one. A polite note from his people instructs that…

“If you party, it’s hard, it’s really hard. I mean these guys have fun, there’s plenty of that going on. You can walk around all day long getting yourself into trouble. But I don’t.” Joey Belladonna…

After seven years trawling the nation with blistering metal and the type of misshapen lyrics that make your room spin, Sydney’s Thy Art Is Murder are finally turning the necessary heads. Last year,…

So, what was it about turning thirty that compelled you to dedicate an album to it? When you reach a certain milestone in your life, I think it’s important to celebrate it and the best way I knew how…

Mac Miller, real name Malcolm McCormick, is not your average 21 year old. From releasing his first mixtape in 2007 at age 15, getting signed to Rostrum Records (also home to fellow Pittsburgh native…

Back in the early ’80s I wandered into the Piccadilly Hotel, Kings Cross, on a rainy Monday night for a beer and to watch whatever resident band was playing. I got lucky: it was the Divinyls…