Interviews

Mug call in to Underground Love to discuss their debut self-titled EP which has just been released through Tiny Town Records.

'Voices of the River' is a new web series that looks at the Martuwarra Fitzroy River, one of the last intact river systems in the world which now faces a great threat from Murray-Darling style proposals to establish an intensive irrigated agriculture industry. Tune in to Sound & Vision to hear Xan chat with director of the web series Stephanie King about the great cultural significance of this National Heritage-listed river.

Australian songwriter Al Matcott's EP 'You Can Be Anyone', is out now via the artist's own imprint Skip Hero Records. Tune in to Homebrew to hear Al chat with Kurt about the making of the EP.

Jazz is joined by E Fish Pool, a Yuin artist based across Budawang and Ngunawal/Ngunnawal/Ngambri Country, who maps processes of unlearning and (re)learning identity through sampling sound, dialect and field recordings.

Composer/pianist Michael Kieran Harvey and writer/academic Arjun von Caemmerer call through this week to chat to Ian about their provocative new collaborative work 'Catalogue of Biblical Errors'. Initially a work for two pianos, the piece evolved and has now been released by Move Records as a recording for 8 keyboardists, 4 percussionists and narrator.

One half of Melbourne jazz duo Keller & Wilson, Tim Wilson calls in to Impressions to discuss their latest album 'Outside In,' featuring James Macauley.

Bassist and backing vocalist Oshie Bichar from American hardcore punk band Beartooth, joins Ryan on Tyrannocoreus to discuss the band's latest album 'Below,' their unique recording process and the future of the band.

Ahead of dropping his 10th studio album, Australian artist LIARS (Angus Andrew) calls in on Junkyard to tell Mike Mulholland about this captivating new work which sees Angus experimenting with electronics and collaborating with such artists as avant-garde jazz drummer Laurence Pike. As well as play songs from the new album, Mike will also revisit some old LIARS songs.

Guitarist Jeff Lang will be this month's Radio City Record Selector, tune in to this Thursday's show to hear his chat with Crispi about Bob Dylan's 'Bootleg Series Vol. 4: Live 1966.'

Progressive post rock outfit Mushroom Giant will grace the stage at The Bendigo Hotel on August 7 for a night of hard 'n heavy rock n' roll and live visual projections. Tune in to Pojama People to hear Chris Pearson chat with Mushroom Giant as well as Melbourne gunge-doom collective Lamassu who will be on support duties on the night.

This year, the AIR Awards, which recognises, promotes and celebrates the success of Australia's Independent Music sector, will be going ahead as a live streamed show on YouTube on August 5th, and involving performances from Emma Donovan & The Putbacks, Wolf & Cub and DMAs. Indie-Con will also be going ahead as a completely online conference from the 4-6th August. AIR CEO, Maria Amato, chats to Lyndelle about how these events have managed to come together in spite of constant changes.

Melbourne drummer Tommy McEwan, calls in to Roots of Rhythm to chat about 1950's Birth of Rock 'n' Roll show with an all star band happening at Carnegie Hall ( Carnegie RSL) on August 14.

Annika’s special guest will be the extraordinary Australian visual artist Patricia Piccinini. Piccinini’s exhibition and installation ‘A Miracle Constantly Repeated’ is currently open at the Flinders St Station Ballroom as part of the RISING Festival.

Bass only, guitarless, slamming deathgrind band 12Gauge Rampage have a new album coming out and a tour planned. Tune in to Burning Bitumen to hear them chat with Kene.

Band booker Brit Wynne calls in to Garageland to discuss the next 'Bin Night' event at it's new location at the Curtin and the current challenges of being a music booker.

Freakscene is Philipp Reichenheim’s explosive documentary tracing Dinosaur Jr.’s turbulent story back to where it all began. Screened as part of this year's Melbourne International Film Festival, Freakscene is one of many music-based films in the program. Tune in to Firewater this week as Claire jumps on a Zoom call with director Philipp Reichenheim ahead of the screening.

Described as a Melbourne super-group, comprising of Tim Maxwell (Apart From This/Grim Rhythm), Chris Cowburn (The Smith Street Band) and Craig Selak (The Bennies) call in to Firewater to discuss the upccoming album launch.

Recorded during the final stages of singer/songwriter Dan Pash's hearing loss, the new Reality Instructors EP, titled 'The Timeless Threat Of...', is timely, jangly post-punk of the highest calibre. Tune in to Underground Love to hear more from Dan.

Local pysch jazz fusion quartet Proto Moro's debut album ‘PROTOSYNTHESIS’ is now out! They call in on Mystic Brew to tell Mike Gurrieri all about it.

Christopher Port's "Ritual Remixes", the companion to his 2020 work "Ritual Music", is out now. Port has enlisted some of the finest local minds to re-interpret selections from the original which saw him embrace his jazz and improvisation background as a drummer. Tune in to Mystic Brew to hear more.