BEST ARTICLES

Having officially begun my career as a music journalist by commencing an internship with Tone Deaf in August of 2016, I quickly became a prolific writer. Following the site's acquisition by The Brag Media in January of 2017, I soon found myself writing articles for publications such as The Brag, The Industry Observer, Don't Bore Us, and Jplay.

During my time at The Brag Media, I took on the roles of Weekend Editor, Night and Weekend Writer, Staff Writer, and News Director before picking up the role of Editor at Rolling Stone Australia in November of 2019. As such, I soon became the most prolific writer in the company’s history, with a total of 6,845 articles credited to my name prior to my exit from The Brag Media in April of 2022.

Below, you’ll find handy links to a selection of what I've deemed to be some of my "best" articles from these various publications in chronological order. This arbitrary definition of "best" is solely up to my own discretion, so it may relate to a sense of pride I gained from writing the piece, the level of enjoyment I got from writing it, or just from general feedback I received that told me it was an enjoyable piece. Needless to say, there's likely plenty of articles not listed here which might resonate with you more than those that are listed here.

Notably, I have not included feature interviews and live reviews on this specific page, and as such my favourite article of all-time (a feature interview with Melbourne's Private Function), is not available in this list (but is coincidentally available via the link I just included 17 words ago).

For an extensive list of every article I've penned over the years, be sure to head along to the Portfolio page. Likewise, lists of my feature interviews and live reviews can also be accessed via the same page.

13/10/2016: 10 Like A Version Covers That Deserve To Be Remembered (Tone Deaf)
09/01/2017: Lily Allen once turned down close to four billion dollars for a gig (Tone Deaf)
19/02/2017: 13 lost pieces of music history that we're dying to see released (Tone Deaf)
14/05/2017: Rapper B.o.B. did a Reddit AMA yesterday, and it immediately fell flat (Tone Deaf)
10/09/2017: 16 of the best hidden tracks & messages hidden in famous songs (Tone Deaf)
18/09/2017: Beastie Boys break their 'no-ad' policy for new video game promo (The Industry Observer)
20/09/2017: triple j Unearthed: Where are they now? (Tone Deaf)
10/10/2017: A classic "Aussie" band is blocking local fans from viewing their website (Tone Deaf)
11/10/2017: Beck is selling MC Hammer-signed copies of his new LP for some reason (Tone Deaf)
06/11/2017: Bob Dylan tried pitching a TV comedy series to HBO in the '90s (Tone Deaf)
10/12/2017: 12 of the most intriguing mysteries in music history (Tone Deaf)
11/12/2017: The 10 most memorable moments in Hottest 100 history (Tone Deaf)
14/12/2017: Copies of Prince's extremely rare 'The Black Album' just went up for sale (Tone Deaf)
17/12/2017: Despite not being asked to, Ed Sheeran has written a James Bond theme (Tone Deaf)
27/12/2017: 12 things you didn't know about triple j's Hottest 100 (Tone Deaf)
11/01/2018: ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons cancels remainder of Aussie tour following backlash (Tone Deaf)
17/01/2018: Ex-Ataris bassist facing 30 years jail over $34m telemarketing scam (Tone Deaf)
21/01/2018: An A-list rock group is supposedly making a reunion album, but who is it? (Tone Deaf)
15/02/2018: Want to buy the songwriting credits to Prince's debut single? (Tone Deaf)
04/03/2018: Twenty One Pilots' 'Blurryface' makes history with every song certified Gold (The Industry Observer)
06/03/2018: US judge orders Martin Shkreli to forfeit his infamous Wu-Tang Clan album (Tone Deaf)
08/03/2018: Spotify now tells you how gender-diverse your music taste is (The Industry Observer)
28/03/2018: Get to know the rarest Jack White records in the world (Tone Deaf)
15/05/2018: Dave Matthews reckons metal fans are unattractive and drink a lot (Tone Deaf)
19/06/2018: Viagogo have been caught allegedly selling fake tickets in the UK (The Industry Observer)
27/06/2018: Let's revisit that wild theory that Andrew W.K. doesn't actually exist (Tone Deaf)
23/07/2018: David Bowie's first-ever demo has been rediscovered in an old bread basket (Tone Deaf)
26/07/2018: Check out this mad lad eating a can of beans in the Warped Tour mosh pit (Tone Deaf)
29/07/2018: Billy Corgan has written an essay explaining why he's not Taylor Swift's father (Tone Deaf)
29/07/2018: Jimmy Eat World offer musicians advice on choosing a band name they won't regret (Tone Deaf)
01/08/2018: The infamous Heaven's Gate cult has accused Lil Uzi Vert of ripping off their artwork (The Industry Observer)
05/08/2018: Two German men escaped their nursing home to attend a heavy metal festival (Tone Deaf)
05/08/2018: Mark David Chapman's wife says he planned to kill John Lennon months earlier (Tone Deaf)
12/08/2018: Mysterious US muso Q Lazzarus has resurfaced after a 20 year 'disappearance' (Tone Deaf)
19/08/2018: Tom Waits went and saw Jack White in concert, then stole his watch (Tone Deaf)
26/08/2018: Noel Gallagher recently found his long-lost solo album in a sock drawer (Tone Deaf)
12/09/2018: Nickelback's Metallica cover is actually pretty good, and fans are furious (Tone Deaf)
01/11/2018: Canberra uni student blows up dorm room while using it as a drug lab (The Brag)
01/11/2018: US building evacuated after Journey cassette mistaken for bomb (Tone Deaf)
04/11/2018: What exactly makes Nickelback's music so popular? (Tone Deaf)
14/11/2018: Christina Aguilera asks to perform with US bar band, gets rejected (Tone Deaf)
18/11/2018: The KLF plan to build a pyramid out of 34,592 dead people (Tone Deaf)
22/11/2018: Ian Gillan says he didn't know he drunkenly joined '80s-era Black Sabbath (Tone Deaf)
28/11/2018: A piece of the late Mayhem vocalist's skull recently went up for sale (Tone Deaf)
05/12/2018: Sunny Day Real Estate drummer claims Dave Grohl "buried" unheard album (Tone Deaf)
06/12/2018: How my love of mixtapes resulted in the best birthday gift I'll ever give [Op-Ed] (The Brag)
10/12/2018: The Hottest 100 songs to have missed triple j's Hottest 100 (Tone Deaf)
20/12/2018: For the first time in decades, the Grammy for Album of the Year could go to an album not released on CD (The Industry Observer)
09/01/2019: US grindcore band's music used as torture device in episode of 'MacGyver' (Tone Deaf)
20/01/2019: 50 years ago today, Led Zeppelin played one of their first US concerts... or did they? (Tone Deaf)
04/02/2019: Canadian crypto exchange left owing clients $262 million after founder dies (The Brag)
10/02/2019: A 25-year-old Dinosaur Jr. track has inexplicably charted in Japan (Tone Deaf)
20/02/2019: Everyone lies about going to this Sex Pistols gig (Tone Deaf)
05/03/2019: triple j's Hottest 100 is 30 years old - is it time for another all-time countdown? (Tone Deaf)
22/03/2019: A guy travelled through time and found an unreleased Beatles album (Tone Deaf)
24/03/2019: Remembering the time McDonald's gave away $1 million with a vinyl record (Tone Deaf)
25/03/2019: Could this be the strangest Nirvana cover of all time? (Tone Deaf)
28/03/2019: Madly in anger with you: In defence of Metallica's 'St. Anger' (Tone Deaf)
31/03/2019: KFC's Colonel Sanders did a DJ set at a US festival, and it was awful (Tone Deaf)
09/04/2019: The internet has uncovered half a million of Myspace's lost music files (Tone Deaf)
12/05/2019: John Lennon's personal copy of The Beatles' 'butcher cover' sells for $334k (Tone Deaf)
22/05/2019: A look back at the hilarious music documentary, 'Heavy Metal Parking Lot' (Tone Deaf)
23/05/2019: A repairman has gotten high after touching LSD on a vintage synthesiser (Tone Deaf)
27/05/2019: Can you help some internet sleuths identify a mysterious song? (Tone Deaf)
30/05/2019: Check out this '90s commercial for a punk album featuring zero punk bands (Tone Deaf)
05/06/2019: Bootleggers are holding rare Radiohead material for a $150k ransom (Tone Deaf)
16/06/2019: A succulent Australian mystery: Just who is the bloke in this iconic video? (The Brag)
07/07/2019: Folks think an archival interview with Banksy might finally reveal his identity (The Brag)
29/07/2019: Remembering 'Bands Reunited', the show that tried and failed to reunite The Smiths (Tone Deaf)
20/08/2019: The wild story of how Iron Maiden once crashed a wedding in Poland (Tone Deaf)
30/08/2019: A US man is suing after a legless juggalo crashed into him with a golf cart (Tone Deaf)
13/10/2019: Remembering 'Ready 'n' Steady', the most mysterious chart hit of all time (Tone Deaf)
17/11/2019: Twenty is so close - a look back at Klinger's classic 'Grimshaw St.' EP (Tone Deaf)
20/11/2019: Has triple j lost its way, or is 'youth radio' no longer for you? (The Industry Observer)
03/12/2019: Help save Radio Adelaide, Australia’s oldest community radio station (The Industry Observer)
09/12/2019: Private Function share their favourite impractical, obsolete, & useless musical formats (Tone Deaf)
13/02/2020: The Nostalgia Cash Cow: Are Heritage Acts Funding The Musical Economy? (Rolling Stone Australia)
01/03/2020: Flashback: Faith No More Turn an Advertising Jingle Into a Live Favourite (Rolling Stone Australia)
18/03/2020: Now is the time to change the Australian national anthem [Op-Ed] (The Brag)
23/03/2020: Diving Deep Into the triple j Hottest 100 of the Decade (Rolling Stone Australia)
01/04/2020: What Happens to A Band When COVID-19 Cancels Their Tour? [Part 1] (Rolling Stone Australia)
01/05/2020: 25 years ago, TISM stormed the Aussie music industry with 'Machiavelli And The Four Seasons' (Tone Deaf)
08/05/2020: The Capper Calls: One of radio's most hilarious – and bizarre - moments (The Brag)
01/04/2021: Song You Need to Know: Private Function, 'Give War a Chance' (Rolling Stone Australia)
03/08/2021: Can you help some internet sleuths identify a mysterious celebrity? (The Brag)
17/09/2021: Flashback: Sydney's Gerling Get Caught Up in Post-9/11 Controversy (Rolling Stone Australia)
15/10/2021: Song You Need to Know: Dr Sure's Unusual Practice, 'How Can Anybody Be Sober These Days?' (Rolling Stone Australia)
19/11/2021: Swedish Magazines Offer a Walk Down the Memory Lane of Local Rock Royalty with 'I Wish Life Could Be...' (Rolling Stone Australia)
26/11/2021: Inside Australia's Newest Record Store, 'Soundmerch' (Rolling Stone Australia)
06/12/2021: Rolling Stone Australia Unveil the 200 Greatest Australian Albums of All Time (Rolling Stone Australia)
14/12/2021: Seven key takeaways from Rolling Stone's 200 Greatest Australian Albums of All Time list (The Industry Observer)
07/01/2022: Rolling Stone’s 200 Greatest Australian Albums of All Time: The Arty-Facts (Rolling Stone Australia)
07/01/2022: Rolling Stone's 200 Greatest Australian Albums of All Time: The Solo Producers (Rolling Stone Australia)
22/01/2022: Every One of triple j’s Hottest 100 Winners, Ranked (Rolling Stone Australia)
05/02/2022: 'The Holy Grail of Post-Rock', Godspeed You! Black Emperor Confirm Authenticity of Long-Lost Demo Leak (Rolling Stone Australia)
09/02/2022: Flashback: Nirvana Top triple j's Hottest 100 With 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' (Rolling Stone Australia)
22/02/2022: Tool are selling vinyl copies of their newest album for over $800 (Tone Deaf)
21/03/2022: End of An Era: triple j Discontinues Its Annual Hottest 100 Compilation CDs (Rolling Stone Australia)