Interviews

Event planning team Will & Zoe from Ono drop by Headhunters to talk about their upcoming events.

Fuelled by a fiercely uncommon authenticity and limitless vision for the magnitude of her craft, violinist and collaborator, XANI (Xani Kolac) calls in to the Global Village to talk her performance at West Set along side The Hackkets & Bigots.

Described as being a cross between George Ezra & early Nick Cave, Fenn Wilson calls in to Radio City to chat about his gig at the Cheeky Pint as part of West Set Festival.

Tropical Fu*k Storm have a new album coming out on August 20. It is titled 'Deep States' and it is the third LP from the band – ex-Drones members Gareth Liddiard and Fiona Kitschin along with Erica Dunn and Lauren Hammel. Tune in to Shock Treatment to hear Gareth tell Kev about the making of the album.

Guitarist Nick Dawes from Melbourne 5-piece alt-psych group The Florets, calls in to The Afterglow to speak about the band's latest single 'Paradise' from their debut album.

Blues singer Kelly Auty calls in to Roots of Rhythm to talk about her upcoming show at the Rainbow Hotel.

The Nicholas building has provided a creative incubator and has been home to over 100 tenants for more than 40 years. It is now facing to be sold without guarantee that the new owners will continue its operation as affordable creative spaces. Tune in from 8am tomorrow to hear Annika chat with Lucie McIntosh from the Nicholas Building Association about the save the Nicholas building campaign.

Tune in to Burning Bitumen to hear Kene chat with local thrash legends Desecrator about their new album 'Summoning.'

Mitch McIvor from Melbourne band Cannon discusses their upcoming album launch for 'Connexion' on 21 August at the Old Bar.

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.