American Nostalgia: What it’s like being a ’90s legacy act (double j / triple J)

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I spoke to Veruca Salt, Everclear and Sugar Ray about nostalgia and staying creative when your career is playing songs you wrote in your early 20s… when you’re now in your 40s.

It was fun. Read it here.

10 Australian Acts Who Kicked Ass at CMJ 2015 (for Rolling Stone)

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CMJ was pretty much overrun by Australians (well, that and by hungry music industry loudmouths always wanting to go see some band they were definitely going to miss and instead going to get a slice)… so I hung out with 10 of them across the week for Rolling Stone.

Booze was drunk, photos were taken, shows were played and sweet conversations took place with, as you’d expect, impressive amounts of background noise.  Read the result right here. 

(for Rolling Stone)