NYTT LAND’s Anatoly Pakhalenko joins KillerTube ahead of the Australian tour with Mortiis and TiR. We get into throat singing, didgeridoo, collecting strange instruments and my increasingly questionable attempts to sing along. Read More …
Author: Chris Causby
Ecdysis Go Full Troma With “Dawn Of The Smegmadon”
Ecdysis bring brutal riffs, blackened tech-death chaos and Troma-style horror to their new single, “Dawn Of The Smegmadon.” Read More …
SWEET & Sisters Doll Rock Thebarton Theatre
See CRANNK’s photo gallery of SWEET and Sisters Doll at Thebarton Theatre in Adelaide on Thursday night. Read More …
Jeff Martin, David Bowie and the Art of Beautifully Strange Music
The Tea Party’s Jeff Martin joins Killer to talk David Bowie, Blackstar, Transmission, Indian music and the strange power of songs that stay with us for life. Read More …
The Animals Refuse to Stay Dead – John Steel Talks Hendrix, Slade and Another Australian Tour
The Animals’ farewell tour wasn’t quite the end. John Steel returns to KillerTube to talk Hendrix, Slade, jazz, and another Australian tour potentially on the horizon. Read More …
JD Fortune at The Gov — Adelaide Came to Sing
JD Fortune brought the swagger, the voice and the INXS classics to The Gov in Adelaide. With a razor-tight band, a crowd singing louder than the amplifiers and a cracking acoustic opening set from Jason of Nagatomi Plaza, this was rock ‘n’ roll exactly as it should be. Read More …
Nembutolik: All Along the Frankston Line, Straight Off the Fucking Rails
Killer sits down with Nembutolik’s Pat and Hemi for a spectacular derailment involving Frankston’s hardcore scene, Bunnings sausages, duct-taped banana suits, existential philosophy and seven-and-a-half new songs. Australian death metal has rarely been this gloriously fucked up. Read More …
The Old Ones: Three Janitors, Massive Doom Riffs and Cosmic Horror
The Old Ones are three mates from Billings, Montana, making crushing doom and stoner rock. Trevor Stoltenberg talks Vol. II, Lovecraft-inspired mythology, the DIY grind and a third album already written. Read More …
Iver Sandøy: AC/DC, Studio Secrets and the Art of Leaving the Fucking Thing Alone
Enslaved drummer, vocalist and producer Iver Sandøy discusses AC/DC’s songwriting magic, making Mið under pressure and why you don’t need expensive studio gear to make a great record. Read More …
MORTIIS: BUILDING WORLDS, BREAKING BRAINS & MAKING BEAUTIFUL THINGS UGLY
Before Dungeon Synth had a name, Mortiis was already building strange electronic worlds. Killer talks to Håvard Ellefsen about Ghosts of Europa, analog synthesizers, sonic experimentation, creative obsession and the glorious art of following an idea into the unknown. Read More …
Dorian Pavlović of Ocean of Another. AI, Cruelty and the Human Fucking Problem
A year after our first conversation, Dorian Pavlović of Ocean of Another returns to talk AI, human creativity, cruelty, empathy, Manntra and the strange business of remaining human in an increasingly automated world. Read More …
Amon Amarth’s Ted Lundström: 30 Years, No Fucking Plan, Still Here
After 30 years, 13 albums and thousands of shows, Amon Amarth bassist Ted Lundström is still here. We talk surviving metal, touring, songwriting and The Allfather Awakens. Read More …