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Andrew McMillenMusic Writer

Andrew McMillen is an award-winning journalist and author based in Brisbane. Since January 2018, he has worked as national music writer at The Australian. Previously, his feature writing has been published in The New York Times, Rolling Stone and GQ. He won the feature writing category at the Queensland Clarion Awards in 2017 for a story published in The Weekend Australian Magazine, and won the freelance journalism category at the Queensland Clarion Awards from 2015–2017. In 2014, UQP published his book Talking Smack: Honest Conversations About Drugs, a collection of stories that featured 14 prominent Australian musicians.

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Bigger Pictures (Rainman)

Bigger Pictures (Rainman)

TOO often, young Australian rappers fall into the lyrical pitfall, taking the advice of “write what you know” too literally.

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Burning Boy (Joe McKee)

Burning Boy (Joe McKee)

THESE 10 sparsely adorned songs represent a significant shift for Perth-based songwriter Joe McKee, who fronted the West Australian quartet Snowman for eight years until their amicable split in 2011.

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Neck of the Woods (Silversun Pickups)

Neck of the Woods (Silversun Pickups)

WHERE many rock bands fail, Silversun Pickups succeed: through effective use of space, volume, melody and harmony, this Los Angeles quartet conjures unique emotions within the listener that make the timeworn combination of guitars, bass, drums and vocals seem fresh.

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The Money Store (Death Grips)

The Money Store (Death Grips)

BY combining the ethos and aesthetics of punk-rock and electronica with hip-hop, Californian trio Death Grips have established an entirely unique sound.

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The Peep Tempel (Self-titled)

The Peep Tempel (Self-titled)

GIVEN the considerable success of two-piece garage rock acts such the White Stripes and, more recently, the Black Keys, the formation of Melbourne duo the Peep Tempel in 2009 makes a lot of sense.

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Home (Yeo)

Home (Yeo)

TO those familiar with Melbourne-based Yeo Choong’s past releases, the opening bars of his third album, Home, will come as a shock.

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