“My work is love”: Q&A with Beach Boy and songwriting icon Brian Wilson
Through the early to mid-sixties, Brian Wilson was the most prolific songwriter in popular music....
Category: MUSIC INTERVIEWS
Saying the things you wish you were hearing, with Courtney Barnett
Royal of relatability Courtney Barnett returns with her third album, the beautifully contemplative...
RÜFÜS DU SOL on the “dreamlike” live experience, new LP
RÜFÜS DU SOL are following their three previous top-two albums with a record which implores us to...
Duran Duran’s ace of bass John Taylor on new LP ‘Future Past’
When we admit Duran Duran’s John Taylor into our Zoom meeting, he materialises wearing a (frankly...
Tom Morello keeps the demons at bay with latest collab corker
Tom Morello – the masterly multi-hyphenate whose slew of recording credits include seminal...
MOD CON’S Erica Dunn talks honesty, vocal squeals, vibraslap-via-butt on new LP
One minute creeping on elastic tip-toe, the next pounding like magma-slops on your head,...
Baker Boy on stank face, Uncle Jack Charles, debut album ‘Gela’
On his debut album Gela – packed to the gills with vivid rhythms and rhymes that are made to be...
Australian Music Prize brag(g)s about first ever international judge
The most prestigious prize in Australian music – fittingly titled the Australian Music Prize...
Client Liaison on dancefloor divinity: a Q&A
A soiree of sacred beats elevates listeners to the plane of Divine Intervention, the latest record...
Falling, flying, fear and fortitude with 360
The 10th anniversary vinyl reissue of Melbourne rapper 360’s gargantuan LP Falling &...
Vika & Linda discuss patience, Paul, new album ‘The Wait’
Following their record-breaking #1 anthology ‘Akilotoa, and #2-charting covers album Sunday...
The story of a music man: Michael Hohnen on Gurrumul
In the four years since the passing of Dr. Gurrumul Yunupingu, the world’s ears have only...
Amyl & the Sniffers’ Amy Taylor on energy as life’s “real currency”
Lassoing old and new influences from the paddocks of rock’n’roll, hardcore and punk,...
“This is me as a creator rather than just a musician”: Ngaiire talks new LP ‘3’
At once grounded and ethereal, Ngaiire’s third album slips listeners under its silken wing...
Tropical F-ck Storm’s Gareth Liddiard on the perfect chaos of ‘Deep States’
As totally chaotic but uncannily flawless as ever, Tropical F-ck Storm return with another record...
Shannon & the Clams talk whipcracks, rabid raccoons, ‘Year of the Spider’
Like an ice-cream sundae with an eyeball on top, Cali garage-psych-surfcats Shannon & the...
“You can’t plan it”: Jungle on thrilling new LP ‘Loving in Stereo’
Stirring and thrilling and beating with warmth, Loving In Stereo will elevate you to a place where...
The Jungle Giants’ Sam Hales talks doppelganging Bill Burr, new album ‘Love Signs’
AIR Award-winners and Triple J darlings The Jungle Giants are about to release their vivacious...
Flesh, blood, & always love: Jimmy Barnes’ triumphant 20th album
Dedicated to late industry icon Michael Gudinski, Flesh and Blood thrums with all the irrefutable...
Danny Elfman on body-grotesquery and new album ‘Big Mess’
The decorated composer-singer-songwriter is as delightfully playful in conversation as his new...
Liz Phair on Laurie Anderson, rancid perfume, and new album ‘Soberish’
Immediately heralded as femme-indie-rock’s poster-girl upon the release of her acclaimed...
The Dream House: an interview with Neil Finn of Crowded House
Neil Finn leads Crowded House into a freshly fam-focused era with the band’s truly...
Delta Goodrem on live recording, falsetto sweeps, dreamy new album
On her sixth studio album, Delta Goodrem’s diamond-cut voice serves as keyhole to her soul –...
Julia Stone on Boiler Room memories, St. Vincent, new album ‘Sixty Summers’
Sixty Summers may be Julia Stone’s third solo album away from the Angus & Julia...
Sharknado 2: Amy Shark takes her second bite
Amy Shark’s sophomore album is finally emerging onto shore; we spoke to the humble and...
London Grammar’s Hannah Reid takes the conch in convo with STACK
Ambient and celestial, the music of London Grammar has always found its anchor in the blissfully...
The Offspring’s Dexter and Noodles talk doomsday prep, new album
True to their irrepressible nature, The Offspring burst right out of the gate on their 10th studio...
Middle Kids’ Hannah Joy on sublime new LP ‘Today We’re the Greatest’
On the follow-up to beloved 2018 debut Lost Friends, Sydney alt-rock trio Middle Kids find the...
Nashville royalty Kings of Leon on their beautiful eighth album
Working with Grammy-winning producer Markus Dravs for the second time, Kings Of Leon are ready to...
A Q&A with moving alt-folk maven Julien Baker
Following on from the sparse, percussion-less beauty of 2017’s Turn Out The Lights comes...
