All My Friends Are in Bar Bands
196 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 years ago - ★★★ - 6 ratingsAcross over ten years of going to shows, I've met countless fascinating people that are joined together by the fact I love their music. This is a medium in which I look to find out the bigger picture, the extended story and the journey that brought them to where they are. No genre or topic is off limits. I'm David James Young - and all my friends are in bar bands.
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Episode 185: My Friend Luke Steele
April 21, 2022 23:00 - 39 minutes - 36.3 MBAlmost 20 years ago, Luke Steele emerged as one of the great modern eccentrics of Australian music. An ebullient personality (one was a spider, one was a bird), he started the decade as a scrappy underdog and ended it as one of the biggest pop stars in the world. Who else could get to that kind of A to B, from Jebediah to Jay-Z? With a new solo album looming, Luke spoke openly about his one-of-a-kind journey that took him from blues bars in Perth to the Hollywood Bowl and back again. Luke's ...
Bar Bands Farewell Tour: An Update
March 21, 2022 01:00 - 4 minutes - 4.03 MBHey, remember me? Support David on Patreon: http://patreon.com/davidjamesyoung See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
All My Friends Are in Bar Bands: The Farewell Tour (2015-2022)
December 10, 2021 01:44 - 9 minutes - 9.2 MBAll My Friends Are in Bar Bands is coming to an end in 2022 on its 200th episode. That's what this episode is, so if you don't want to listen to a 10-minute ramble then skip this download, you've gotten the gist there. On the off-chance you do, thanks for listening. Support David on Patreon: http://patreon.com/davidjamesyoung See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Episode 184: My Friend Ben Lee
August 19, 2021 22:00 - 1 hour - 55.1 MBFew could have predicted that the scrawny Jewish kid with the guitar in Sydney's eastern suburbs would go on to conquer the world. Hell, even fewer could have predicted his second-ever gig would be opening for Sonic Youth. Still, that's just how Ben Lee's career has unfolded - just when you think you have all the answers, he changes the questions. An ARIA winner, a two-time Hottest 100 runner-up and a keen collaborator with everyone from Josh Radnor to Joel Madden, Lee's life can't be summed ...
Episode 183: My Friend Gretta Ray
July 23, 2021 07:19 - 38 minutes - 34.9 MBWhen then-triple j breakfast hosts Alex Dyson and Matt Okine decided to surprise Melbourne singer-songwriter Gretta Ray with news she'd won a competition through the station’s Unearthed initiative, they did not head to her place of work. Nor did they go to her place of residence. Instead, they ended up at Princes Hill Secondary College, where Ray was a student. A prodigious singer and budding songwriter, Ray could not have predicted the ensuing years of national and international touring, mil...
Episode 182: My Friends Sly Withers
July 16, 2021 08:22 - 30 minutes - 28.4 MBLonely and dreaming on the west coast, Jono Mata and Sam Blitvitch both aspired to be the guitar heroes they saw on their screens at an impressionable age. With Sly Withers - both men's first in-earnest band - they were able to achieve something far greater. With their open, honest every-man take on pub rock and pop-punk, the band quickly carved a niche that soon became bigger than either could have anticipated. With the release of their second studio album Gardens, the band find themselves a...
Episode 181: My Friends STUMPS
July 09, 2021 09:44 - 52 minutes - 48.4 MBMuch like the inner rings of a cut-open tree, there are a surprising degree of layers to Sydney trio STUMPS. Although they boast a confident, extroverted frontman in Kyle Fisher, he had never actually even so much as sang a note on stage prior to the band's formation in the late 2010s. Their rhythm section, meanwhile - bassist Merrick Powell & drummer Jonathan Dolan - had never played indie-rock before; instead, their bread and butter was hardcore punk matinees - making songs to literally scr...
Episode 180: My Friend Charlie Collins
May 21, 2021 02:05 - 41 minutes - 38.3 MBCharlene Bailey has lived a life of reintroductions. A promising country upstart in the heart of Tamworth, the singer-songwriter got her start as a child prodigy in a family band. She later emerged as a prospective indie-pop darling in the big smoke of Sydney and Los Angeles, helming Tigertown for some prosperous but simultaneously tumultuous years. These days, folks know her as Charlie Collins - a big-voiced, big-hearted and utterly charming artist that sonically composes her past and presen...
Episode 179: My Friend Hachiku
April 16, 2021 03:49 - 37 minutes - 34.5 MBGrowing up outside of Cologne, Anika Ostendorf had lofty but headstrong ambitions to get into the world of music. She ended up there, but not in the way her younger self may have initially expected. As Hachiku, Ostendorf has forged a career in the indie pop world that has seen her charming, kitschy indie-pop win over audiences on both a local and international scale - as well as tours alongside the likes of Courtney Barnett, The Breeders and Jose Gonzalez. Before a headlining show at Petersha...
Episode 178: My Friends Palms
April 09, 2021 05:19 - 1 hour - 73.6 MBThere are few intergenerational figures in a music scene that sees bands come and go on a weekly basis. Chief among those that are, however, are Al Grigg and Tom Wallace. Best friends since college, the pair first played together as part of 2000s indie wunderkinds Red Riders, before transferring their guitar-loving and hook-wielding expertise over to the garage-rock world with Palms circa 2011. Here, they lay out their life in music, both on and off the road, on the line in their most in-dept...
Episode 177: My Friend Dylan Baldi (Cloud Nothings)
March 18, 2021 21:00 - 37 minutes - 34.6 MBIt's an increasingly-common modern story. A project born out of a bedroom, a dorm room, a laptop, a loose collection of ideas, shifts from the micro to the macro. Few of these stories, however, have carved out such an intense niche as Dylan Baldi's noise-rock vehicle Cloud Nothings. Initially serving up indie pop with a sunny disposition, the band nosedived into Steve Albini-approved dissonance on 2012's Attack on Memory and never looked back. A prolific outfit and a rough-and-tumble live mus...
Episode 176: My Friend Huck Hastings
March 12, 2021 00:24 - 33 minutes - 30.8 MBHuck Hastings is a relatively new name on the Australian music scene, although the Sydney-based singer-songwriter has had his eyes on the stage well before his current solo iteration. Born into a pub-rock heritage, Hastings eventually found a niche within the indie-rock spectrum and has carved that into a heartfelt and endearing debut album, Cheers to Progress. Ahead of its release, he spoke candidly about his progression through high-school rock band to solo troubadour before eventually stri...
Episode 175: My Friend Kevin Mitchell (Jebediah, Bob Evans)
March 04, 2021 21:00 - 55 minutes - 51.3 MBGood Evans, it's a crossover! A week on from David featuring on Kevin Mitchell's Good Evans, It's A Bobcast!, the Jebediah frontman and solo singer-songwriter under the Bob Evans moniker had the tables turned on him. We traverse decades in just under an hour, ranging from high-school dances to the Big Day Out and a myriad of unexpected places in-between. After 25 years in the game, Kev isn't one to settle into the nostalgia market - he still has a lot to prove, and he's happy to talk through ...
Episode 174: My Friend Tony Di Blasi (The Avalanches)
December 17, 2020 21:00 - 55 minutes - 50.9 MBYou all know the story by now. Formed in 1997, megastars by 2000, whatever-happened-tos by 2004, has-beens by 2006, comeback kids by 2016 - and, finally, comeback kids again in 2020. Of course, those are just the touchstones - in truth, there's way more to The Avalanches' story than you might expect. It starts in a fruit shop, it heads up to country Victoria, through to the suburban sharehouses of Melbourne and onto a festival stage in Barcelona. Keyboardist, producer and founding member Tony...
Episode 173: My Friend Imogen Clark
November 26, 2020 21:00 - 44 minutes - 40.7 MBIt's rare to be simultaneously a decade-plus performance veteran and also still under the age of 30, and yet Imogen Clark happily exists within that Venn diagram. This ain't no child-star operation, either - really, this Blue Mountains native is just getting started. Having toured internationally, supported Shania Twain and even navigated a global pandemic to get her unique blend of country, rock and pop out to the world, Clark is a rare firebrand - and if you're not familiar already, make it...
Episode 172: My Friends Something for Kate
November 19, 2020 21:00 - 54 minutes - 49.8 MBThey're one of the most distinctive figures in the history of Australian rock music - not least of all because their frontman is nearly seven foot tall. They're a platinum-selling Hottest 100 runner-up with decades of sold-out theatres to their name, but they're also one of the more vulnerable and emotively-striking bands this country has produced. There's never been a band quite like Something for Kate before - and it's likely there never will be. From their music room in their suburban Melb...
Episode 171: My Friends Sarah Blasko, Johnny Mackay (Children Collide, Fascinator) and Patrick Matthews (Youth Group, The Vines) - LIVE!
November 12, 2020 21:00 - 1 hour - 71.2 MBAfter a super-fun first round, the late crowd shuffled in for a second round of Bar Bands banter. This time around, it was a celebration of some of David's formative years in front of the stage and listening in his bedroom. This included Hurstville's own Patrick Matthews - founding member of The Vines and bassist of Youth Group - as well as Children Collide frontman Johnny Mackay and ARIA-award winning veteran vocalist Sarah Blasko. There's a lot of history here - some well-remembered, others...
Episode 170: My Friends Alex the Astronaut, L-FRESH the LION and Brae Fisher (Dear Seattle) - LIVE!
November 05, 2020 23:14 - 1 hour - 88.5 MBOn the eve of Bar Bands' fifth birthday* (*not really) and David's 30th* (*also not really), a diverse but elite crew of Australian musicians descended upon The Vanguard in Sydney for a night of storytelling, song-sharing and top-tier banter. This is the first of two episodes recorded that night, which sees the inimitable Alex the Astronaut, L-FRESH the LION and Dear Seattle's Brae Fisher coming together for a wholly unique and entertaining panel. Criss-crossing across their entire respective...
Episode 169: My Friend Kate Miller-Heidke
October 29, 2020 15:37 - 37 minutes - 34.2 MBAre you all ready? Are you ready? Get set, let's go. We're heading on a journey through the career of one of Australia's most unique and powerful voices - the kind that can elicit tears as quickly as it can shatter glass. Although physically locked down (at the time) in Melbourne, her stories span across the globe - from bikie bars in Tasmania to behind a golden mask on television. Kate Miller-Heidke has taken on pop charts, festival stages, musical theatre, the opera and just about every div...
Episode 168: My Friend Maddy Jane
October 23, 2020 04:18 - 39 minutes - 36.6 MBImagine an island within an island. Pretty isolated, right? That was life for a young Maddy Jane, whose connection to music was her ticket to the world. Now a resident on the mainland - Wollongong, specifically - Maddy's brand of heartfelt jangly indie-rock has afforded her a myriad of unbelievable opportunities. From arena openers, to national tours, to her very own prom night, Maddy has taken it all on - and that was all before her album even came out. Now, with her album out and (at long l...
Episode 167: My Friend Lisa Caruso
October 15, 2020 23:15 - 36 minutes - 33.1 MBDon't let the electric guitar and the sultry singer-songwriter stuff fool you - Lisa Caruso didn't always dream of glamourous indie rock & roll. As a child she was an aspirational pop star, which in turn gave her the confidence needed to pick up the guitar and see where it took her. Where it's taken her is all the way to her debut album, In Feelings, which has been several years in the making across several continents. For now, though, we're grounded in Sydney's inner west on a rainy Friday a...
Episode 166: My Friends Phil Stack & Abby Dobson
October 09, 2020 05:22 - 58 minutes - 53.7 MBPhil Stack has hauled his trusty double bass into just about every RSL, pub, club, theatre and arena you can think of. Abby Dobson has sung all the way from tiny restaurants in Europe to the open air of The Domain in Sydney. They've both managed to notch songs of theirs into the Australian psyche – Phil with “In the Summertime” as part of Thirsty Merc, Abby with “Even When I'm Sleeping” as part of Leonardo's Bride. After all these years, however, both still have an insatiable love of performi...
Episode 165: My Friend Fanny Lumsden
October 02, 2020 02:34 - 51 minutes - 46.7 MBFanny Lumsden is a household name - provided, of course, that your house is located at least 50kms or so from the nearest city. She's at the helm of the Country Halls tour, which has seen her perform from coast to coast and plenty of spots in-between alongside her husband Dan and their trusty caravan. Of course, that was until this year - Lumsden's plans for her third album Fallow were put on hold back in March, as were the world's. Fear not, though - from her scenic Tooma home, there were st...
Q&A 2, plus An Announcement!
September 18, 2020 00:43 - 12 minutes - 11.5 MBCoupla questions, but more importantly WE'RE DOING A LIVE SHOW! Sorry, I did I say live show? I meant live shows! All My Friends Are in Bar Bands' 5th Birthday (and David's 30th) Sunday October 25 The Vanguard, Sydney Early show (6:30pm) and late show (9:30pm) Tickets $15 - $1 from every ticket going to Support Act On sale now from www.thevanguard.com.au https://moshtix.com.au/v2/event/all-my-friends-are-in-bar-bands-5th-birthday-and-david-s-30th-/122481 Support David on Patreon: http://p...
Episode 164: My Friends Knocked Loose
September 03, 2020 23:40 - 38 minutes - 35.3 MBKnocked Loose are just what the Colonel ordered: A fresh batch of Kentucky-fried, scorched-earth, brutal-beatdown hardcore to throw bodies off stages to. The band's menacing and unrepentant approach to the genre has cemented them as heavyweights despite only being two albums and a handful of years in. Hell, even Corey Taylor has championed them as the future of heavy music. How did these southern boys send their trajectory skyward? Prior to a show in Newcastle with Jesus Piece, vocalist Bryan...
Episode 163: My Friend Kate Cooper (An Horse)
August 28, 2020 07:25 - 35 minutes - 32.3 MBGrowing up in the concrete slabs of the Gold Coast, you can't always get what you want. It wasn't until Kate Cooper moved up north to Brisbane that she was truly able to get some degree of satisfaction. A mid-2000s stint at the helm of Iron On turned her into one of the country's cult indie darlings, which blossomed to a global scale with her next band, An Horse. Things were very very good for awhile there, but things also got very very real. Cooper doesn't hold anything back in discussing th...
Episode 162: My Friends RAT!Hammock
August 13, 2020 22:00 - 51 minutes - 46.8 MBWith a blend of psychedelia, pop, folk, jangle, indie, shoegaze and rock & roll, RAT!Hammock have assembled and curated a sound that is irresistible and wholly endearing. It's made them a lot of friends and fans along the way, which is always a plus - but this band, like most their age, started out with no loftier ambitions in mind. They're suburban kids, ranging from aspiring metalheads to baby Elvis impersonators. How exactly did they all end up in Brisbane, on a co-headlining tour with Hor...
Episode 161: My Friends Starcrawler
August 07, 2020 04:49 - 34 minutes - 31.2 MBFresh out of rock & roll high school, LA's Starcrawler wasted little time in delivering their punchy blend of glam, punk and rock & roll to an unsuspecting but entirely appreciative audience. It's turned their late teens and early 20s into a dazzling melee of sold-out shows and jaw-dropping accomplishments, receiving recognition from industry giants like Dave Grohl and Sir Elton John along the way. In January 2020, Starcrawler came to Australia for the very first time. In-between shows, they ...
Episode 160: My Friend Newton Faulkner
July 24, 2020 03:52 - 43 minutes - 40 MBIt wouldn't matter if Newton Faulkner had one hit or not - he'd still be a wonder. Whether it's his inventive and dizzying guitar playing or his stirring, emotive voice, Faulkner has remained one of the more charming and entertaining prospects of the singer-songwriter circuit - both in his native UK and abroad. He's spent most of the last decade working on his terms, outside of the structure of major labels and primarily touring with little more than a pedal board and his tour manager - who a...
Episode 159: My Friend Henry Wagons
July 16, 2020 22:00 - 54 minutes - 50 MBHere he is. The mayor of Goodtown. The king at the top of the Tower of Song. The alt-country frontman's alt-country frontman. Better at bingo! Better at chess! He even beat you on the NAPLAN test! That's right folks, Henry fucking Wagons is here. In a Bar Bands first, we're speaking from hundreds of kilometres away - David in Wollongong, Henry in the wild west of Victoria. Don't think for a second that's gonna kill the vibe, though. What we have here is a conversation for the ages - we begin ...
Episode 158: My Friends Obscura Hail
June 25, 2020 23:23 - 51 minutes - 47.6 MBWhat started in a bedroom on the south coast of New South Wales has now spread its wings and traversed the country - singing songs, sharing stories and exploring a wide spectrum of musical ideas. Sean Conran was synonymous with Obscura Hail from his teens and well into his 20s before the moniker expanded to include other people. In 2019, this included bassist/vocalist Tamara Issa and drummer/percussionist Stevie West - and it was this line-up that created the project's most recent effort, the...
Episode 157: My Friends The Carbons
June 11, 2020 22:00 - 48 minutes - 44.7 MBConroy Ross, Paul Minor and Tomy Thisdale grew up in small-town Canada, dreaming of the west coast. Each found their way to music in a similar fashion, and soon enough they ended up in a tight-knit music community exploring their love of rock music in all its shapes and forms. Having originally formed The Carbons with a different lineup, Tomy first recruited Paul and then Conroy to be a part of the band - and now, with well over a year of experience playing together, The Carbons have their si...
BLACK LIVES MATTER
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Episode 156: My Friends Cancer Bats
May 29, 2020 07:46 - 47 minutes - 43.6 MBCanada's Cancer Bats never formed out of any grand ambitions to change the world - indeed, it began as little more than a side project for Liam Cormier and Scott Middleton. Even so, the next 15 years saw the riff-loving Canucks take their love of punk, hardcore and rock & roll to a global stage. No matter what has come their way, the band has made a point to never lose sight of their roots. They've also made a point of never losing their sense of humour - and this episode will happily testify...
Episode 155: My Friends Crywank
May 21, 2020 22:00 - 50 minutes - 45.9 MBThere was never a universe in which such a strange band with such a strange sound and an unmentionable name would be successful. Except, of course, this one. A wholly DIY freak-folk expedition, Crywank have been streamed millions of times and faced a fervent cult fanbase wherever they would show their faces. How exactly did two working-class English punks make such a considerable dent? Vocalist/guitarist James Clayton and drummer Dan Watson (with special guest melodica player Joel Hernandez) ...
Episode 154: My Friend Sasami
April 02, 2020 21:00 - 28 minutes - 26.2 MBSasami Ashworth grew up as a quiet achiever. She pursued music only on her own terms, and even when she ended up in a touring band it was as a side player. It's only in the last 18 months that Sasami has finally emerged in the spotlight as a singer-songwriter in her own right. Her debut self-titled album is a thing of vulnerability and resplendent indie-rock beauty, indebted to the likes of Liz Phair and The Breeders and yet quintessential enough to forge its own identity. In November 2019, S...
Episode 153: My Friend Damian Abraham (Fucked Up, Turned Out a Punk et al.)
March 20, 2020 04:03 - 35 minutes - 32.3 MBDamian Abraham never wanted to be in a band or be involved with music above simply appreciating it. Whatever happenstance allowed it to happen, however, the man who would later become known as Pink Eyes eventually evolved into one of the scene's most passionate creatives. Whether he's at the helm of Fucked Up, hosting his own podcast or sharing his love of wrestling and weed to a global audience, Damian lives and breathes what he loves. We spoke to the man himself while Fucked Up were touring...
David's Top 100 Songs of 2019, Part 2: 50-1
March 03, 2020 03:11 - 22 minutes - 20.4 MBAs a belated bonus, here is a two-parter in which David goes through his 100 favourite songs of 2019. New episodes soon! Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4NL8fwsr1rgIx3DGS0EBeb?si=56CydFIYRB6U9zpyrkKUDg Support David on Patreon: www.patreon.com/davidjamesyoung Support David on Patreon: http://patreon.com/davidjamesyoung See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
David's Top 100 Songs of 2019, Part One: 100-51
March 03, 2020 02:47 - 15 minutes - 14 MBAs a belated bonus, here is a two-parter in which David goes through his 100 favourite songs of 2019. New episodes soon! Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4NL8fwsr1rgIx3DGS0EBeb?si=56CydFIYRB6U9zpyrkKUDg Support David on Patreon: www.patreon.com/davidjamesyoung Support David on Patreon: http://patreon.com/davidjamesyoung See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Episode 152: My Friend Andy Gill (Gang of Four) / In Memoriam
February 06, 2020 21:00 - 32 minutes - 29.6 MBIn November 2019, Gang of Four toured Australian to commemorate the 40th anniversary of their debut album, . This would end up being the final ever Gang of Four tour, as guitarist and founding member Andy Gill tragically passed away in late January 2020. This marks one of his final-ever interviews, and here he details his remarkable career as a part of one of the greatest rock bands of all time.Entertainment! Thanks to John Howarth, James Anderson, Matt Manning, the Pacific Hotel and Adam Bun...
Episode 151: My Friends Dyson Stringer Cloher
January 31, 2020 02:46 - 58 minutes - 53.9 MBMia Dyson, Liz Stringer and Jen Cloher first joined forces in 2013 after nearly a decade of friendship and travelling up and down the east coast together. Between the three of them are ARIA nominations, sold-out shows and a set in just about every bar and club around the country - and yet, when they convened as Dyson Stringer Cloher, they'd never felt stronger. Over a few chai teas in their Zetland hotel, each women talked through their own story and shared thoughts on fame, fortune, the in-b...
Episode 150: My Friend Amanda Palmer
January 24, 2020 02:07 - 59 minutes - 54.7 MBAmanda Palmer has never been the kind of artist that bows to the status quo. Existing outside the conventions of rock, folk, punk and cabaret, she's been making music that provokes, intrigues and entertains for some 20 years now. Whether it's part of The Dresden Dolls, the Grand Theft Orchestra or under her own name, Palmer has always been creating and performing. It's not come without its controversies, but every setback has allowed her to grow, adapt and evolve. It's lead to her third solo ...
Episode 149: My Friends Girlpool
January 17, 2020 01:53 - 27 minutes - 25 MBGrowing up amidst the hustle and bustle of Los Angeles, Cleo Tucker and Harmony Tividad found both a lifeline and an escape through music. Encouraged by their families and their peers, they each kicked around teenage garage-rock outfits before forging their own path as Girlpool. With the release of their debut album, 2015's , the duo clicked on an international level and ended up with a cult following for their unique, folk-inspired take on indie rock. More albums and tours have followed, the...
Episode 148: My Friend June Jones
January 09, 2020 21:37 - 42 minutes - 38.9 MBAs a scrawny little teen playing Red Hot Chili Peppers covers, a young June Jones could have never seen the person that she'd end up becoming. In her late 20s, she now stands as one of the country's most promising and captivating singer-songwriters, thanks to both her solo debut as well as two modern-classic LPs with previous band Two Steps On The Water. In September 2019, Jones was part of a national tour in support of Seeker Lover Keeper. Prior to a show at the Heritage Hotel in Bulli, she ...
Episode 147: My Friends La Dispute
December 30, 2019 01:23 - 34 minutes - 31.7 MBThey may be tiny dots on an endless timeline, but La Dispute have made their time together count. Over 15 years and four studio albums, plus a dozen EPs and countless tours, the band's unique and poetic take on post-hardcore has endeared them to a global audience. Theirs is the definition of a cult following - they may not pack arenas, but everyone at a La Dispute show will scream every last word right back in the band's face. One of the band's key turning points was coming to Australia for a...
Episode 146: My Friends Broncho
December 19, 2019 21:00 - 45 minutes - 41.7 MBFrom the depths of small-town Oklahoma, garage rockers Broncho (rhymes with 'poncho') have spent the 2010s crafting a compelling and unique niche within their genre. It's a band unlike anything its members have worked on in the past, whose origins range from sibling rock duos to bedroom acoustic projects. On the back of their fourth album, Bad Behaviour, Broncho toured Australia for the first time in June in support of previous guests of the show Methyl Ethel. Prior to doors, we spoke with Ry...
Episode 145: My Friends Cry Club
December 12, 2019 21:00 - 1 hour - 76.8 MBOn paper, the two members of Cry Club couldn't be more different. Guitarist Jono Tooke, for instance, has been playing in bands for over a decade despite not even being 30 yet - from big-swinging indie to freaky math-metal and back. Vocalist Heather Riley, on the other hand, has never been in a band before. Their mind was always on the theatre (dahling), and that's where it would have stayed had they not been saddled up next to Jono on a flight. Since their first show at the start of 2018, Cr...
Episode 144: My Friend Georgia Mooney
December 05, 2019 21:00 - 40 minutes - 37.2 MBGeorgia Mooney was a shy, awkward kid with Backstreet Boys posters on her wall and a dream of one day being a singer. Not only has she become one of the most celebrated folk artists in the country as a part of All Our Exes Live In Texas, she's even been able to perform alongside her childhood crushes - and plenty of others where that came from. The multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter's journey stretches from northern Sydney to Perth and all the way across to foggy London town. Over a ...
Episode 143: My Friend Barry Johnson (Joyce Manor)
November 21, 2019 22:07 - 32 minutes - 30.1 MBAre they the most punk band in power-pop or the most power-pop band in punk? Really, it doesn't matter - any way you cut it, Joyce Manor have been one of the most consistent and engaging bands in rock throughout the 2010s. Never quite settling, and constantly switching things up, the band has found a cult following that's lead to sold-out shows and deafening sing-alongs in just about every corner of the planet. Not that this kind of ambition was realised by a young Barry Johnson, however - st...
Episode 142: My Friend Lonelyspeck
October 31, 2019 21:00 - 34 minutes - 31.3 MBA quiet kid from suburban Adelaide, Sione Teumohenga always kept their passion for music private and locked away. Bit by bit and song by song, however, saw them unravel that shyness and insecurity to ultimately reveal a blooming, blossoming and creative songwriter. The last few years has seen Teumohenga at the helm of Lonelyspeck, creating some of the most unique and immersive experimental/electronic music that this country - or indeed any country - has to offer. Through Lonelyspeck, Teumohen...