David James Young
David James Young is a freelance writer from Wollongong, Australia. He has been working as a music and arts journalist since 2008. He is also the host of the podcasts All My Friends Are in Bar Bands, Hottest 100s and 1000s and The Big Show Show Show.
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Megadeth set to reunite with guitarist Marty Friedman for first time since 2000
Friedman was a staple of the band's '90s line-up, playing on their classic 'Rust In Peace' album

Civic on the intense, isolated creation of new album ‘Taken By Force’: “We were living this record”
Frontman Jim McCullough on how the Melbourne punk band made their post-apocalyptic second album – and why it’s “a little more poetic and cryptic” than their debut

SXSW Sydney announces first bands and keynote speakers for inaugural conference
The inaugural conference will take place in October 2022

Radiohead drummer Philip Selway shares title track to new solo album ‘Strange Dance’
Selway first had the idea for the song in the early 2000s

Daughter confront sobriety on emotional new single ‘Party’
The new song "recounts the place that Elena Tonra got to before deciding to give up alcohol"

BENEE returns with cruising new single ‘Green Honda’
The New Zealand singer described making her comeback track as "such a refreshing experience"

Flume shares surprise album of unreleased material, ‘Things Don’t Always Go The Way You Plan’
"I figured it would be fun to release more of these forgotten ideas from my old laptops"

Winston Surfshirt announce intimate ‘Panna Cotta’ tour dates
"OG fans, this one's for you"

Watch Adam Newling bassist Tas Wilson get engaged on-stage at Brisbane Laneway
Wilson's girlfriend, Sammy Flipo, popped the question during Newling's set

Matty Healy wants Oasis to reunite: “Stop messing around”
The 1975 frontman's advice to the Gallagher brothers: "Grow up, headline Glastonbury"

Jungle Love Festival 2023 cancelled: “We’ve decided to lay low until better economic times”
"We'll be back when we have the confidence that we can make it a success," promised organisers

Teenage Dads cover The Buggles’ ‘Video Killed the Radio Star’ for ‘Like a Version’, announce new EP
The 'Midnight Driving' EP arrives in early March