Interviews

Taking over the entirety of The Gasometer Hotel SmashFest VI brings another day of banging tunes and debauchery. Uniting some of Melbourne's best punk, rock and party bands for you all to flail about. Festival organiser Smash talks to Ruari about who's on the line up.

Multifaceted, multi award winning musician, writer, performer and artist Dan Sultan calls in to PBS to talk about his shows at Brunswick Ballroom August 12 & 13.

Sin City are a pair of bar-crawling crooners who found themselves quarantined in a sleazy flat in Alicante, Spain with only a guitar and piano. In a haze of beer, gin, rum, red wine and hamburgers they wrote and recorded a vast collection of songs. Tune in to Swinging Doors to hear the duo play a couple of tunes and talk about their gig at the Labour in Vain.

The past 6 months has seen Liz Stringer performing in the Midnight Oil band, playing guitar, keyboards and backing vocals across Australia, North America and Europe for the band's final ever tour. She now gears up for a string of shows across Victoria and NSW to perform songs from her most recent, and critically acclaimed album, First Time Really Feeling, as well as favourites from her celebrated catalogue. Tune in to Radio City to hear Liz play a couple of her songs live in-studio.

'Solar' is the ninth studio album from Cam Butler. Combining lush soundscapes and a live-in-studio fourteen-piece string orchestra to build a re-occurring musical theme that is developed and presented across eight various musical settings. Listen in to Radio City to hear Cam talk about his latest musical adventure.

Workhorse is the dreamy vision of Adelaide musician Harriet Fraser-Barbour whose upcoming debut album 'No Photographs' is influenced by vast Australian landscapes, queer western films, apocalyptic dreams and the sounds of Julee Cruise, Chris Isaak and Mazzy Star. Harriet calls Milo to chat about the album and to play a round of Musical Chairs. Tune in to The Breakfast Spread to hear more.

Richard Crawley’s passion for cinema was so ardent that he recorded his young family’s every moment and milestone on video. To pay the bills, he channelled this love for the lens into music photography, snapping some of music's biggest names but tragedy struck, snuffing out Richard’s creative and parental fire. Now, his adult son James attempts to understand Richard’s inner turmoil in his documentary 'Volcano Man.' Tune in to hear James and Richard talk to Annika on State of the Art.

Grinders Pissbolt, Sludgelords Piss Rash and doom death band Carcinoid have joined forces for a mammoth gig at the tote. Member of all three bands chat to Kene about the rebirth of the metal scene and much more.

Kene talks to Johan Hegg, vocalist for Swedish melodic death metal masters Amon Amarth about their new album 'The Great Heathan Army,' celebrating 30 years, the significance of the year 865AD and the Swedish death metal scene.

The Miffs combine the all-natural ingredients and no artificial flavours of psych, punk, soul, surf, and good ol’ rock n roll to whip up a tasty selection on their new EP 'Nosh.' Tune in to Pojama People to hear them speak about this delicious treat.

A deluxe repress of Leah Senior's seminal first three records - The Passing Scene, Pretty Faces and Summer's On The Ground - is due for release soon via Flightless Records. To celebrate, Leah and her band will be bringing their unique blend of fragile folk revival and baroque-pop playfulness to The Curtin Hotel on August 13. Ahead of this show, Leah calls in on Underground Love to reflect on her first three albums.

Naarm-based musician and label-head Carsten Bruhn calls by PBS to have a chat and reflect on releasing a ten part series called 'Growing Numbers' and share some songs off it's final release, aptly named 'Growing Numbers 10.'

Charlie Woods has ventured out on her own, launching her new solo project Charlie Needs Braces with the energetic and emotive track ‘Daryung’. Before the launch at Natural Habitat Studios in Reservoir on Friday August 13, Charlie drops in to Homebrew to chat with Kurt about the project.

Psych outfit Sunfruits release their new single, 'Made To Love', August 5 with a launch at The Curtin taking place August 27. Winnie & Evie from the band join Kurt for a chat and a couple of songs in studio.

Melbourne-based Brazilian guitarist and composer Alcides Neto is performing with his quartet in support of Don Glori at Shotkickers on August 12, then playing a special set at Section 8 the night after. Ahead of these two shows, he drops in to PBS to serenade us with a couple of live pieces on The Breakfast Spread. Tune in early on Monday!

Channelling his melodic designs through the rabab, Qais Essar has delved deep into the world of Indian and Afghan folk and classical music. Ahead of the Afghan-American composer, instrumentalist and producer's tour of Australia's east coast Qais spoke to Garry Havrillay about his Melbourne and Ballarat shows happening on August 13 and 14.

celebrated singer-songwriter Joe Pug releases a reimagined, full-band version of his acclaimed 2008 debut 'Nation of Heat.' Featuring contributions by Brandon Flowers, Derry Deborja, Carl Broemel and Courtney Hartman, the collection is a set of songs that have earned themselves a passionate following over the years but are given the proper treatment that Pug had originally intended for them. Joe calls in to 5ft High & Rising to talk about 'Nation of Heat | Revisited.'

Naarm-based label ILIO Records's 5th release comes from rising artist Marli and is titled 'Mood Independent'. This beautiful EP exudes 4 different motifs, 4 different genres, and 4 different moods entirely. Tune in to The Breakfast Spread to hear Marli chat with Milo about this release as she plays a round of Wheels of Steel.

The Mark of Cain's induction into the South Australian Music Association’s Hall of Fame is a remarkable achievement that sees them sitting alongside other legends, including No Fixed Address, Cold Chisel, The Angels, Archie Roach and Ruby Hunter and the Masters Apprentices. Ahead of embarking on their nationwide 'A Different Kind Of Tension' tour, band founder John Scott joins Phil MacDougall on Sunglasses After Dark to chat about what it's like to tour after almost 40 years of making music.

The UpStart Award is an annual grant of $10,000 to an emerging Victoria singer-songwriter. The award is funded by a music loving family in Melbourne and the winner will be decided by a panel of local artists and music experts. Meg O'Hanlon talks to Crispi about the award.