Interviews

With gigs back on and now back to full capacity, Trent from heavy-groove band the Seven Ups chats to Lyndelle about a few of the band's upcoming gigs in Melbourne and regional Victoria. Tune in to The Afterglow to hear more.

Songman and Mutti Mutti man Kutcha Edwards was recently awarded an Australia Arts Council Fellowship, which will help him spend time over the next year travelling and pursuing artistic relationships with other Aboriginal Songmen. Before setting off on this journey, Kutcha will perform a special show at The Brunswick Ballroom on December 17, which he's eager to tell Helen Jennings about. Tune in to Roots of Rhythm to hear more.

Into the Woods is set a small village fringed by a vast forest, Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, Rapunzel and Jack (and the beanstalk) wrestle with unknown curses, untold desires and unnamed danger. There's no avoiding the dark woods, into which they all must venture into to pursue their dreams and confront their demons. Collaborators, Melanie Hillman & Sonya Suares will co-direct and bring their directorial vision to this legendary musical. Listen in to hear Annika's talk with Meanie.

Lead singer/Bass player and creator of traditional heavy metal band 'HAUNT' Trevor William Church calls in to Burning Bitumen to talk about writing 6 full length albums in 4 years (as well as 2 EP's and an acoustic album) and about his Father who played with Montrose and with Sammy Hagar as well as heaps of other things eighties themed.

The Aerial Maps have announced their third studio album, ‘Intimate Hinderland,’ and pays tribute to Simon Holmes – a founding member who passed away in 2017 as well as Joanie Gibson, mother of Adam and Simon Gibson, who passed earlier this year. Tune in to Firewater to hear Adam talk their first album in a decade.

Tune in to Mystic Brew to hear superstars Carl Cox and Eric Powell have a good ol' yarn with Mike Gurrieri about growing organic veggies and bending musical genres ahead of two main upcoming summer gigs; their Hot Sauce show in the Mornington Peninsula with Christine Anu and other guests, as well as their Mobile Disco show for Piknic Électronik later in January 2022.

Kate Lucas AKA Coda Chroma has been running an online songwriting group for 18 months, during Melbourne's many lockdowns. She and her collaborators will celebrate the end of restrictions and a year and a half of work with a break up gig at the Northcote Social Club on December 19. The event is called Sunday Subterranean Break-Up and will feature performances from Ben Mason, Brian Campeau, PBS's very own Elle Young, and Coda Chroma, to name a few. Tune in to The Breakfast Spread to hear more.

JAALA frontwoman Cosima Jaala joins Maddy & Kurt for a chat about her trio's new album 'Gap Tooth' and to reminisce about playing live in Studio 5 back in 2018 before we revisit that session on Homebrew. Tune in to PBS from 3pm on Monday to hear the whole thing.

Love Police Records & Tapes recently releases 'Sweetest Wine', the debut album from Melbourne singer/songwriter Alex Hamilton. Alex joins Myles on 5ft High & Rising to chat about the album and his upcoming performance at the Out On The Weekend festival on December 11.

Tassie's premier summer festival Mona Foma returns in 2022 with a sprawling program of music and events celebrating the depth of lutruwita/Tasmania’s homegrown talent alongside acclaimed acts from further afield. Mona Foma Artistic Director and Violent Femmes bassist Brian Ritchie joins Milo on The Breakfast Spread to chat about the festival's line-up.

Launching their latest single, 'Reasons to be Anxious,' Pinch Points are back to grace the Max Watts stage for MMW Club on December 5 as part of Melbourne Music Week. Set up in partnership with independent label Mistletone, and with support from Delivery, CLAMM & Zig Zag, this MMW Club show will no doubt be a ripper. Tune in to Sunglasses After Dark to hear vocalist and guitarist Adam Smith chat to Phil about this show.

Melbourne dream pop luminaries Dianas' third full-length release, 'Little Glimmer', showcases the intelligent songwriting, powerful instrumentation, and intricate arrangements that have gained this band the reputation as one of Australia's most talented and original bands. Tune in to Radio City to hear from songwriter Nathalie Pavlovic, who is December's Radio City Record Selector.

On December 3, viola-jazz pioneer Tamil Rogeon (The Raah Project) will showcase music from his critically acclaimed album ‘Son of Nyx' for Melbourne International Jazz Festival. Tune in to Eternal Rhythm to hear Tamil talk about this show.

Tomarch & Takla from TNT have a chat with bassist Duane Jackson about the release of HAIR.DENIM.SEX.METAL on vinyl for the first time along with some amazing merch produced by Maverick Reeve Tattoo to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the album.

Stalwart of the Melbourne roots scene, Benny Peters calls into Jumpin' the Blues to talk about music and a special gig with the Flybyniters at George Lane happening February 20, 2022.

Taking elements of blues, jazz, swing, rockabilly, ska and surf music to make a unique style of good time house rockin’ party music that is entirely his own. Matt Dwyer's Little Big Band makes their return to Way Out West. Tune in to Jumpin' the Blues to hear Matt talk about the gig happening December 5.

To celebrate International Day of Persons with Disabilities hip hop project Inkrewsive launch 'LOCKDOWN E BONDHO “BECAUSE OF THE LOCKDOWN.”' Inkrewsive is a cross cultural collaboration between 13 young Australian hip hop artists and 6 students from Monovikas School in Kolkata, India to produce a bilingual hip hop track. Join Annika to hear her chat with disability arts collaborator Phil Heuzenroeder about this project.

Melbourne rockers Pseudo Mind Hive return to the stage at Brunswick’s Stay Gold on December 4 for a rock and roll spectacular! Listen in on Pojama People to learn more about this gig.

Melbourne's Genesis tribute band Entangled are back at The Workers Club on December 5 for a matinee with Beautiful Bedlam. Tune in to Pojama People to hear more about this show.

Experience a full sensory overload presented by some of Melbourne’s finest experimental artists for this Melbourne Music Week exclusive event at Max Watts. HEAVY SPECTRA is a new work by Mat Watson featuring live visuals by Carla Zimbler and guest appearances by experimental percussionist Nat Grant and the fevered dream saxophone sounds of Cayn Borthwick (NoZu/Cong Josie). Tune in to Pojama People to hear Mat talk about this event.