Interviews

In the lead up to Record Store Day 2023 Northside Records' owner Chris Gill drops by Boogie Beat Suite to tell listeners about what they have lined up to celebrate it.

Japanese gore-grind band Butcher ABC drops by PBS whilst on tour in Australia for a chat about what the scene in Japan is like and releasing huge slabs of goregrind at one time and general mayhem.

Zoltan Fecso joins Lloyd in the studio to spin Eastern-European records and discuss his new mix series/ DJ night at Quiet Time called 'Pan-European Picnic' starting April 23.

Country blues singer-songwriter Misty Harlowe is a natural storyteller from Gippsland's Snowy River who shares intimate yarns of the Australian landscape. She is releasing a new track called ‘Gold Fever’ at the Gem Bar on April 20th and drops in to PBS beforehand for a chat with Milo and to play a couple of live songs in-studio. Tune in early on Monday morning.

As a DJ/Producer and founder of event/mix series Re-Leaf, Aldonna has rightfully marked her position as one of the most exciting talents to come out of Australia in recent times. She’s held down a pulsating presence on the Australian club circuit for almost a decade, as-well as having her productions rapidly pile up plays internationally. She drops in to PBS for a special mix on the Wheels of Steel and to tell us about her forthcoming EP, Angel Numbers. Tune in to Breakfast this Friday morning.

Brooke catches up with George Inglis from locals Sapphire Street to chat influences, DIY production, the Melbourne scene and spin some vinyl from related projects.

Recorded in between the lockdowns and radius restrictions of 2021 Kim Volkman and the Whiskey Priests are excited to launch their new album 'Whiskey Jar.' Kim chats to Phil about its launch at St Kilda Sports Club April 14.

Before jetting off to Spain for an extended period John Kennedy and his current band The New Originals are heading to Melbourne to release their latest album of original material. John calls in to Radio City to talk about its launch at George Lane April 15.

After reconnecting with the family old upright piano in 2019, something strange happened to Philippa the chords she’d learned as a beginner came rushing back resulting in her latest album 'Find Her Way' out on April 13. Philippa stops by Radio City to talk about its launch at the Brunswick Ballroom April 30th.

From its humble beginnings in 2010 as a single day event showcasing local acts over the years Healsville Music Festival has extended into a three day extravaganza of live music, workshops, camping and Yarra Valley food, wine and beer. Vice President of Healesville Music Festival Vinny Russell calls in to Roots of Rhythm to talk about this year's line up.

Guitarist Jamo Benadie and drummer Colby Horton of Brisbane based melodic hardcore band Headwreck call by Tyrannocoreus to talk about the release of their sophomore EP 'Reflection Room.'

Kene speaks to Damien Vennell and Richard H. Hammond of Victorian blackened heavy doom band Wildeornes about their new album ‘On the Earth, Under the sky,’ recording the album, needing a drummer and other grouchy old man things.

Listen in to Burning Bitumen to hear Kene speak to Thomas Eriksen from solo Norwegian black metal band Mork about his new album 'Dypet,' how living in rural Norway has influenced his music and much more.

Australia's premier heavy blues trio Child are hitting the road in support of the release of the long awaited and critically acclaimed long player 'Soul Murder.' The band stops by Pojama People to talk about their show at Brunswick Ballroom April 15.

Following some time away, Holy Serpent return to the beloved Tote on April 15 with their psychedelic laden riff-age. The band drops in to PBS for a catch up with Chris.

Funk punk pioneers Jane's Addiction return to Australia as a part of The Smashing Pumpkins' The World Is A Vampire tour. The tour boasts a line up of alt-rock legends and local rockers along side professional wrestling matches between Billy Corgan’s NWA (National Wrestling Alliance) and the WAOA (Wrestling Alliance of Australia). Tune in to Firewater to hear Claire's conversation with Perry Farrell, Eric Avery and Stephen Perkins.

Fresh from releasing her latest single 'Snakes and Ladders', singer and songwriter Georgia Fields stops by Underground Love to chat and perform a song live in-studio ahead of her headline show at The Gasometer April 13.

Originating in Brunswick and now residing in Athens for the past 22 years, iconic masters of Greek folk and rebetika, Apodimi Compania return to Australia. Offering listeners an unparalleled opportunity to experience the musical flowering of rural Greece with its various regional styles, with a repertoire ranging the mainland, Aegean islands, Cretan grooves and Asia. George Galiastos calls in to the Global Village to talk about the band's performance at Brunswick Ballroom April 19.

On April 15, Black Jesus Experience will be presenting a special benefit event at The Night Cat to raise funds to help one of Melbourne’s great cultural contributors, the band's very own much loved Enushu Taye, who was recently struck down with a sudden and severe brain bleed. Telling us more about this benefit show is the band's Peter Harper who joins Stani Goma for an intimate chat on Flight 1067 to Africa.

Marking their second visit down under, roots rock sister act Larkin Poe are set to return to Australia this April, bringing their Blood Harmony tour to Sydney and Melbourne, alongside an appearance at the Byron Bay Blues Fest. Tune in to the Juke Joint to hear their conversation with Matt.