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Australian music. Independent voices.Restoration edition / 001Archive review in progress

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.

READ ABOUT THE RESTORATION

Archive restoration underway. New editorial coverage to follow.

RESTORED ARCHIVE

Back on the record.

51 verified articles have returned to their historical addresses.

Record Reviews / 16 August 2007Great Australian Albums
The Saints – (I'm) StrandedBy Ben GookFeatures / 19 September 2011Fast Forward: A Pre-Internet StoryBy René SchaeferFeatures / 22 October 2007''Lethal Weapons'' 30 years onBy David NicholsFeatures / 13 May 2014Shogun: Royal Headache Are ‘Over’By Doug WallenFeatures / 31 May 2010Tame Impala: Inner VisionsBy Darren LevinRecord Reviews / 11 June 2010Australian Ghost StoryBy JP HammondRecord Reviews / 14 April 2011Glorius BarstedsBy Patrick EmeryRecord Reviews / 10 December 2006ThirteenBy Craig MathiesonM+N Icons / 9 November 2011Icons: Mark Opitz Pt 1By Doug WallenFeatures / 17 November 2014Track by Track: Pinch HitterBy Mess+NoiseM+N Icons / 31 July 2009Richard LowensteinBy Trevor BlockRecord Reviews / 1 September 2010Ghosts Of The HorizonBy René SchaeferFeatures / 6 March 2012Jay Watson: ‘I Need Pond To Be Just Stupid’By Doug WallenFeatures / 14 October 2010You Am I: ‘We're Australia's First Emos’By A.H. CayleyM+N Icons / 8 February 2009Primitive CalculatorsBy René SchaeferRecord Reviews / 11 October 2012Take It To The StreetsBy Patrick EmeryRecord Reviews / 1 November 2011Live Free Or Die!!!By Trevor BlockFeatures / 20 August 2009Violent SohoBy Darren LevinFeatures / 9 April 2007Violent Soho: Come As You AreBy Jo NilsonFeatures / 20 February 2013Report: All Tomorrow’s Parties Day 2By Aaron CurranFeatures / 1 June 2010Bailey And Kuepper: MelbourneBy René SchaeferFeatures / 22 April 2007Lobby Loyde: Turn It UpBy Troy D ColvinFeatures / 24 September 2006The Drones: Great DegradationsBy Ben GookFeatures / 24 September 2012Regurgitator’s ‘Unit’: ‘It's A Really Weird Dot On The Landscape’By Matt SheaFeatures / 19 December 2013M+N Critics Poll 2013By Mess+NoiseRecord Reviews / 30 January 2008Pilgrim's ProgressBy Trevor BlockFeatures / 26 March 2012Nick Cave On Jeffrey Lee Pierce: ‘His Obsessions Crawled All Over Him’By Darren LevinFeatures / 6 July 2005Dan Kelly: A Storyteller’s LifeBy Craig MathiesonFeatures / 22 April 2009Redux: What Rhymes With Cars And GirlsBy Darren LevinFeatures / 12 August 2010Double Take #3: Star Hotel Riot/EastBy Andrew RamadgeM+N Icons / 23 February 2009Sea ScoutsBy René SchaeferFeatures / 16 June 2010Andrew Stafford: Brisbane Post-Pig CityBy Darren LevinFeatures / 10 September 2012Tim Rogers: The M+N InterviewBy Darren LevinFeatures / 28 November 2012Mark Opitz: ‘They Aren’t Mark Opitz’s Cold Chisel’By Doug WallenM+N Icons / 14 September 2011Icons: feedtimeBy Aaron CurranRecord Reviews / 9 March 2006Look Your BestBy Adrian TrajstmanRecord Reviews / 17 June 2011Secret RitualsBy Matt SheaFeatures / 20 December 2013M+N Readers Poll 2013By Mess+NoiseM+N Icons / 17 April 2013Icons: The MoodistsBy Patrick EmeryFeatures / 18 September 2012The New Melbourne JangleBy Doug WallenFeatures / 27 June 2010Go Between Opening: Here Comes A CityBy Andrew McMillenFeatures / 14 March 2012Golden Plains 2012 Day 2: Out Of Place, Out Of TimeBy Max EastonFeatures / 23 February 2009Rock Opera RebornBy Darren LevinRecord Reviews / 1 October 2007The Luxury of HysteriaBy Aaron CurranFeatures / 4 October 2010Report: Independent Music Awards 2010By Melanie LewisFeatures / 24 June 2011Tex Perkins: ‘My Sensitive Side Could Crop Up Anywhere’By Patrick EmeryFeatures / 30 January 2008Do The Pop: Year ZeroBy Patrick EmeryRecord Reviews / 24 February 2007In The Pines / CalentureBy Lauren ZoricFeatures / 29 January 2010Year Of The Floor Tom: A Low Hum '10By Andy HazelFeatures / 21 December 2011Critics Poll 2011: 20-1By Darren LevinRecord Reviews / 8 May 2009X-AspirationsBy Andrew Ramadge

Our restoration standards

Keeping the record.

Original writing. Verified sources.
A clear record of every material change.

  1. Original voices

    Preserve original writing, known authorship and publication dates. Document restoration repairs and identify any new context.

  2. Original addresses

    Return reviewed stories to their verified historical URLs. Preserve the original address in the restoration record.

  3. Careful restoration

    Verify sources before republication. Clearly identify material corrections and restoration dates, and assess image rights separately.

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