A note from Mess + Noise
Mess + Noise is coming back.
THE NEXT CHAPTER
THE RECORD IS
BEING RESTORED.
We’re restoring an independent home for Australian music—and the writing, conversations and history that made it matter.
Alongside restoring the archive, we’re preparing new stories, interviews and reviews covering Australian music. The restoration is the first stage of bringing Mess + Noise back as an active, independent publication.
The archive has been recovered. Now comes the careful work of reviewing it and returning the original stories to their original addresses.
Archive restoration underway. New editorial coverage to follow.
RESTORED ARCHIVE
Back on the record.
147 articles are currently available at their historical addresses.
The Saints – (I'm) StrandedFast Forward: A Pre-Internet Story''Lethal Weapons'' 30 years onShogun: Royal Headache Are ‘Over’Australian Ghost StoryGlorius BarstedsThirteenIcons: Mark Opitz Pt 1Track by Track: Pinch HitterRichard LowensteinGhosts Of The HorizonJay Watson: ‘I Need Pond To Be Just Stupid’You Am I: ‘We're Australia's First Emos’Primitive CalculatorsTake It To The StreetsLive Free Or Die!!!Violent Soho: Come As You AreReport: All Tomorrow’s Parties Day 2Bailey And Kuepper: MelbourneLobby Loyde: Turn It UpThe Drones: Great DegradationsRegurgitator’s ‘Unit’: ‘It's A Really Weird Dot On The Landscape’M+N Critics Poll 2013Pilgrim's ProgressNick Cave On Jeffrey Lee Pierce: ‘His Obsessions Crawled All Over Him’Dan Kelly: A Storyteller’s LifeDouble Take #3: Star Hotel Riot/EastSea ScoutsAndrew Stafford: Brisbane Post-Pig CityMark Opitz: ‘They Aren’t Mark Opitz’s Cold Chisel’Icons: feedtimeLook Your BestSecret RitualsM+N Readers Poll 2013Icons: The MoodistsThe New Melbourne JangleGo Between Opening: Here Comes A CityGolden Plains 2012 Day 2: Out Of Place, Out Of TimeThe Luxury of HysteriaReport: Independent Music Awards 2010Tex Perkins: ‘My Sensitive Side Could Crop Up Anywhere’Do The Pop: Year ZeroIn The Pines / CalentureYear Of The Floor Tom: A Low Hum '10Critics Poll 2011: 20-1X-AspirationsThe EarsMilk! Records: Deliberately PoorThe Key Of SeaPush The Sky AwayRogers Sings RogersteinDallasWoollen KitsOver the Stones, Under the StarsCrystal TheatreUnderlayChurch With No MagicScotDrakulaI’m in Your Mind FuzzSleeping Dogs LieKiss My ApocalypseTracks Of The Year 2013Jimi Kritzler: The Ugly Australian UndergroundMeredith ’09: “I Think I'm Going To Die”The Smith Street Band: ‘I Just Want To Be A Rapper’Splendour 2010: Days Two-ThreeAre You Comfortable?: The Question Of Kirin J CallinanEight in 50: Wunderlust, 6s & 7s, The SilentsThe Thin Kids: On Tour With Kate NashJack MannixBlack Cab: The Cab EffectStatic Age ’09Ten in 50: Julia Stone, Die! Die! Die!, RegurgitatorImmigrant Union: ‘We’re Six-Sevenths Australian’Loene Carmen: ‘Soft Chaos’Gentle Hour: Snapper’s Peter GutteridgeThe Go-Betweens: Building A Better 'Best Of'Missing Link 1971-2011: ‘A Wild, Wonderful Ride’Seekae: ‘We’re Too Busy Forging Battle Plans’Don Walker: Painting The PictureReport: Splendour 2011 Day 1New Noise: Raus, Southern Comfort, Tobias Hengeveld, Love SignsMusic You Can’t Dance ToBed Wettin’ Bad Boys: ‘We Were An Obnoxious Band’"Over The Horizon I Can't See"Unsung: Joe TaliaReport: Splendour 2011 Day 2M+N Readers Poll 2014Splendour 2010: Your Questions AnsweredAus Classics That’ll Never Be On A Triple J ListMachine Translations: ‘Follow Your Nose’The Go-Betweens Pt. 1: 'These Are Central Things To Me'Vic Simms: ‘I Wasn’t In The Position To Make Demands’Laura Jean: ‘I Don’t Play Around’Casey Rice: The Anti-ProducerReport: Splendour 2011 Day 3Robert Curgenven: ‘This Doesn’t Exist in a Void’The Drones: ‘It’s Just About Spotting Garbage’Tall Tales And TrueHugo Race: ‘I Never Wanted To Be In That Expat Diaspora’Treble Treble #2: The National AnthemFaux Pas: Artist 2.0Storytellers: The PanicsThe Go-Betweens Pt. 2: 'Lennon/McCartney Could Have Written That'Track By Track: GildedTote Reopening: A Brumby Photo Op?Ken West: Why I Couldn’t Let Big Day Out DieIn-Frequencies #5: Dro Carey, Mad Nanna, Circle Pit, Chaos Kids‘I’ve Seen China Break People’: Xiao Zhong On Touring AsiaSydney Punk: HousewivesChildren Collide: The Children Of The EvolutionConstant Mongrel: Finding A Happy MediumAbbe May: Sympathy For The DevilBurke Reid Pt 1: ‘I’m There For The Artist’Eddy Current Suppression RingTracks Of The Year 2012The United States Of Courtney BarnettBAM!: ‘We Don’t Want To Rip Off Bands’Scott & Charlene’s Wedding: The Honeymoon Is OverBig Scary: ‘It's A Long-Term Thing'New From NZ: Trust Punks, Kody Nielson, All Seeing Hand, Kane StrangGODLicks From ’96Emigrating TalentSplashh: ‘There’s Elements Of Wishful Thinking’David Kilgour: Revisiting The Clean’s ‘Vehicle’The MP-Free ConundrumSwan Song Swan DiveSplendour 2010: Day OneI Heart Hiroshima: 'We're not fuckin' Wolfmother'Camperdown & Out: ‘I Just Don’t Care About Anything’New Noise: Astral Skulls, Hockey Dad, Naked Maja, The Fronds'I Thought It Put A Stop To Songs Forever': The Apartments' Peter Milton WalshEscape: Australia’s Forgotten Metal LegendsNew Noise: Buzz Kull, Witch Hats, Mere Women, CannonSydney Punk: Low LifeThe Gin Club: ‘What We Do Is MOR Pop’Report: Sound Summit 2013Hundreds Protest To ‘Reclaim’ Brisbane’s NightlifePrimitive Calculators and FriendsBlood CoursesRiver MirrorsOoga BoogasPacificaForeign TapesTally Ho!: Flying Nun’s Greatest BitsHarmony
Our restoration standards
Keeping the record.
Original writing. Verified sources.
A clear record of every material change.
Original voices
Preserve original writing, known authorship and publication dates. Document restoration repairs and identify any new context.
Original addresses
Return reviewed stories to their verified historical URLs. Preserve the original address in the restoration record.
Careful restoration
Verify sources before republication. Clearly identify material corrections and restoration dates, and assess image rights separately.
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Former writers, photographers, artists, editors and contributors can help us rebuild the record.