Interviews

American cellist and performance artist Karen Hall brings her award-winning show, Delusions and Grandeur, to the Melbourne Fringe Festival this October. She chats with Cas about how she walks the line between artistry and insanity, and classic recital and clowning no less. Tune in to The Modernist Wednesday morning from 2am to hear more.

Bassist for Brisbane-based metalcore band UNI/VS (pronounced universes), Shaq Schmidt chats to Ryan about their latest single 'A Chosen Death,' headlining tour across Australia this month and plans for the future.

Vocalist for Ocean Grove, Dale Tanner catches up with Ryan about their upcoming fourth album 'ODDWORLD' which releases November 22, and how it is the sibling album to their debut album 'The Rhapsody Tapes' as well as their headline shows with Paledusk and Inertia.

Northern European experimental folk group Heilung use everything from human bones, reconstructed swords and shields up to ancient frame drums painted with the blood of the band's members. Invoking texts from rune stones, spear shafts and amulets, Heilung celebrate iron age ancestry with new age sounds. Ahead of their upcoming Australian tour, Kene chats with the band about what it's like to bring antlers, bones, and 30 musicians down under for what promises to be a string of captivating shows.

Post-rock band sleepmakeswaves are celebrating the 10th anniversary of their album ‘Love of Cartography’. The Sydney rockers will be touring around Australia playing the full album from start to finish, supported by Japanese math-rockers LITE and British mathcore band ROLO TOMASSI. Tune into Pojama People as Chris chats with the band about their show happening at Max Watts this Friday.

Naarm punk rockers Amyl and The Sniffers have just come back from a wildly successful U.S tour, and their surprise Melbourne show at The Croxton earlier in September sold out in seconds. They continue to surpass expectations with their latest single ‘Chewing Gum’, and their highly anticipated album 'Cartoon Darkness' comes out this October 25. Tune into Underground Love as the band swing by to chat with Jordan about their new album.

Su Real is an award-winning music producer and DJ known for pioneering new genres in India. For over a decade, he has raved at the forefront of homegrown popular music culture, representing the new era of dance music producers who create and curate for the modern Indian dancefloor. Tune in to Tiger Beats Elephant Grooves to listen to a mix he has specially put together for PBS.

Punjabi-Australian artist Parvyn blends her South Asian ancestry with electronica and jazz, creating something fresh yet retro. Her latest single ‘Free to be Myself’ has a big band sound, with hints of 70s and 80s disco, and the full album ‘Maujuda’ comes out this November. Tune in to The Breakfast Spread as Parvyn plays some stripped back, acoustic songs alongside her guitarist Josh.

Musical director of the Consort of Melbourne Steve Hodgson and composer Kevin March join Ian Parsons to talk about Electric Cathedral, a work that will be presented as part of Melbourne Fringe. The work involves the use of vocal harmony and the creation of digital art spaces to explor ideas of humanity in a modern technological age. Tune in to the Sound Barrier to hear this riveting conversation as well as music from both Kevin March and Genevieve Lacey.

Meanjin-based MZAZA brings their multimedia show based on their 2020 album 'The Birth and Death of Stars' to Victoria. Drawing inspiration from history’s philosophers and astronomers, MZAZA goes on a surreal voyage through the ether to explore what links us to each other. Prior to their Naarm appearance at the Moonee Ponds Clocktower Theater on October 5, members of MZAZA visit the Global Village to play some live music and talk about the musical extravaganza.

Albin and King Softly front electronic, dance record label Index Records. Tune in to Passing Notes as they drop in for a chat with Penny.

Founder of local imprint Paper Cuts, Dylan Batelic, and Techworld party curators Chaz and Sandpit Alias all drop in to PBS to chat about their Grand Final event at Miscellania on September 28th and to play an hour-long mix on the Tomorrowland 1s and 2s. Tune in Friday from 1pm to hear some no-nonsense bangers.

Melbourne songstress El Tee has just released her new single 'Baby,' a follow-up to her 2020 debut LP Everything Is Fine. The song smoothly prosecutes a modern dating set piece: self-sabotage as a tactic to avoid vulnerability. Tune in to Radio City to hear from El Tee about how she uses songwriting as a means to navigate tender and sometimes fraught emotional exchanges.

Aotearoa alt-country artist Adam Hattaway has just announced his new album High Horse, which will be out this November 8th. From stripped-down roots-country to alternative rock, Adam’s second single from the album, 'Good Times' is inspired by stark mid-20th Century crime imagery. Adam stops by Radio City to chat with Crispi about a live performance happening at Oh! Jean Records on September 27, as well as his tour plans for November.

Four times ARIA Award winner and seven times Emmy Award winner Andy Bull is a multi-talented singer, songwriter, and producer from Sydney. His latest indie pop single ‘Big Deal’ makes way for the new album Collapse In Bliss, a soulful and introspective pop, electronic and synth-heavy record. Tune into The Breakfast Spread as Andy joins Milo for Musical Chairs.

Melbourne based, 7 faced, acid laced, experimental funk machine Steppers swing by The Afterglow on Wednesday to chat to Lyndelle about their latest work, and to play some tracks live in the studio. It'll be a tight squeeze, but a big sound!

Vocalist for Connecticut metalcore band Boundaries, Matt McDougal speaks to Ryan about their third album 'Death Is Little More,' upcoming first Australian tour opening for UK metalcore giants While She Sleeps and plans for the rest of 2024.

Vocalist for UK metalcore giants While She Sleeps, Loz Taylor talks to Ryan about their love affair with the Australian heavy scene, Australian headline tour and latest album 'SELF HELL.'

This week Kene speaks to Simon Dower from local death metal stalwarts Abramelin about their new album, keeping up with the youngsters, and changes in the line-up creating a more active approach to their art.

Originally formed in 1982 as Metal Asylum by Glen "Lucy" Luck on bass guitar and Rowan Powell on guitar before being renamed Armoured Angel in 1984. Armoured Angel pushed the musical boundaries of the local thrash metal scene and were pioneers of Australian death metal before disbanding in 1999. Mainstay and bassist Glen 'Lucy' Luck joins Kene to talk about some recent re-releases and share some stories of the early years of Australian extreme metal.