1. How did you get into 29? Pink Floyd
The folks. They used to play A Momentary Lapse of Reason all around the house, and it went from there really. When I was 17-18 was when I really started getting into them further.

2. What was the first song you ever heard by 22? The Bronx.
False Alarm.

3. What's your favorite lyric by 33? Mud Letter Pie
Oh wow, is he still in my top 50? Haven't listened to him in a while haha, OK… um,
"I don't wanna listen 'cause I'm listening to soul" - from,…

What was the first song you ever heard by 6? The Mars Volta
I don't recall exactly, I knew I'd heard them before on the radio but the first one that actually sunk in was This Apparatus Must Be Unearthed when I got it on a BDO compilation.

What is your favorite album by 2? Karnivool
Sound Awake. Absolutely no contest. Oh, sure, Themata was good, great even, but on Sound Awake they just developed so much more as a band. It was exactly the album I wanted to hear from them.

What is your favorite lyric that 1…

Fri 14 May – Jericco - Nice to See You single tour

It was about a year ago that I saw Jericco play probably their best show yet in this exact location, to a packed-out and enthusiastic crowd. Suffice to say, I had high hopes for this one, as they launched their new single "Nice to See You", and was not let down by one of Melbourne's finest examples of this Australian hard rock scene that's been developing so rapidly over the past few years.

I arrived a bit later on in the evening and only caught the last few…

Fri 26 Feb – Soundwave 2010

The lineups for this rock/metal/punk festival have always impressed me. There's never really been much that floats my boat enough for me attend in the past, but I always though that Soundwave always managed to get a lot of great acts for the sort of festival that it was. Anyway, this year a lot of the acts really impressed, so I bought a ticket and was not disappointed by a great day of music.

The first band I heard on the day was Canada's The Creepshow, who opened proceedings on Stage 1 (there was…

Tue 26 Jan – Big Day Out 2010

At around 2pm on Tuesday afternoon, it happened. While I was busy fighting my way out of the masses of people that turned out to watch Kasabian (I swear there was at least 20 rows of people OUTSIDE the D-barrier), I saw a friend of mine, and said to him, "I don't know if I'll be coming back here again." And I meant it. What started out as a very enjoyable for alternative music fans to go and enjoy a good day of highly varied and interesting music has degenerated into something…

Sat 17 Oct – SWARM!

Earlier in 2009, the Third Eye Music/Saltar Hype crew decided to try something a little different with the "Rock the Bay" festival - cramming some 30 bands into St Kilda's iconic Esplanade Hotel. Making use of the venue's three stages for an all-afternoon and night festival programme was a great idea, and following in its footsteps, the inaugural edition of Swarm satisfied many punters with a stellar lineup showcasing the best rock bands (mostly) Melbourne had to offer. At just $25 a ticket, with 25 bands taking to the stage, how could you go wrong?!…

Sat 15 Aug – Jericco, Icarus, engine three seven, Geamala

Melbourne five-piece Jericco are certainly on the rise at the moment. For a band that only started out last year, the name is certainly starting to spread around fast, certainly helped out by support slots with the likes of Mammal and Dead Letter Circus. And so a most sizeable hometown crowd turned out to Fitzroy's famous Evelyn Hotel to see the Middle Eastern-influence hard rockers strut their stuff at their biggest gig yet.

I arrived to the venue quite late due to prior committments, but just in time to…

Sat 27 Jun – Unleashing the Extreme Tour

Psycroptic, The Amenta and Ruins have more in common than the fact that they've all involved Aussie drum god Dave Haley at one point. Through their excellent careers to date, these bands continue to be leading examples of high-quality Australian extreme music, certainly capable of stacking up to the international scene. So this triple-header national tour had punters very excited and more than willing to part with a few coins on a Saturday night at Richmond's Corner Hotel.

Melbourne undergound death metallers Guild of Destruction kicked off the night, to much…

Tue 5 May – Mammal, Electric Mary

Well. It was shaping up to be an interesting gig, with Mammal deciding to book Collingwood's venerated Tote Hotel for their Fitzroy Legal Service benefit show - and, to boot, this was the 10th time I would see a Mammal live show. I was wondering exactly what they'd do to possibly make it even better than the other nine - and I got the answer in the form of an e-mail going out to their list in the early stages of this week, promising that they would deliver a few old favourites that…

1. How did you get into 29?
Fuck...I'm Dead
I think I downloaded Anal Abbatoir from the No Escape site and went from there. Great, great band.

2. What was the first song you ever heard by 22?
Tool
Schism was the first I remember hearing. Woah, the dude I copied this from has the same 22 as me :)

3. How many albums by 13 do you own?
Muse
Actually, with that band I'm a terrible burning rip-off jerk :) I only OWN Absolution.

4. What is your favorite song by 5?
Akercocke
That'd probably be Verdelet.…