Jarryd James chinwags fresh electro-soul album ‘P.M.’
From the (literal) primeval jungle to the most elite studio of LA, Jarryd James traipsed many...
Category: MUSIC INTERVIEWS
4 extra-juicy quotes from The Avalanches
If you’ve already read our album review of The Avalanches’ third record We Will Always...
Alison Mosshart on The Kills’ shockingly good new LP of rarities
Duo of swamp-garage delight The Kills are about to release a shockingly good album of B-sides and...
The Avalanches chat cosmic cacophony of brand new record
From sticking his phone out the window to record the ringing of Northcote church bells to sampling...
Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan on space, spirits, and new album ‘Cyr’
Having always stuck to a “We are the weirdos, mister” kind of ownership over their...
Blake Scott on the fever dream of solo album ‘Niscitam’
In his first collection of solo material, Blake Scott – the sarcastic-Banjo-Paterson frontman of...
Chowing on ‘Breakfast for Pathetics’ with Sophie Hopes (Tired Lion)
Lush grunge guitars, bright yet burnt vocals, and a certain kind of slacker grace: Tired...
Getting away with murder: The vision of Tim Minchin
As chockers with brisk wit as sudden, frank truths, Tim Minchin discusses his new album Apart...
Something for Kate – worth the wait (a Q&A with Paul Dempsey)
On The Modern Medieval, Something For Kate reach the zenith of their considerable talents,...
Electric by name, almighty by nature: AC/DC’s Angus Young
We talk gremlin vocals, favourite vinyl, how to keep Bryan Adams out of his own studio, where to...
Kate Miller-Heidke on extra-verbal communication, new album
Replete with fine detail and all the wonder you’ve come to expect from this voice of voices,...
“Don’t put your cat on it”: Turntable advice with The Avalanches
The Avalanches’ Robbie Chater chats slipmats and turntables ahead of the release of the...
Shooting the (extended) breeze with Tommy Lee on ‘Andro’
Of all the outrageous truths about the life and personhood of Tommy Lee, apparently the one that...
Beabadoobee talks spells, singing, debut LP
Legions of fans already adored Beabadoobee before a sample of her song Coffee cannoned the young...
Matt Berninger on his favourite loafers, first solo album
On his first ever album of solo material, Serpentine Prison, the venerated voice of Grammy-winning...
Sam Herring on real love, new Future Islands LP
Samuel T. Herring gives us the low-down on the beautiful new album from his post-wave wizards of...
Sporty dishes us the spice about solo dance album, ‘Melanie C’
In this Australian-exclusive interview, Melanie C explains that a certain Spicy manifesto –...
Music as a Mobius strip: A chat with Hen Ogledd
Harpist Rhodri Davies talks the experiment-soaked but pop-positioned elixir that is Hen...
A. Swayze on platform, profit, and why his wife’s the bigger punk
Devotees of A. Swayze and the Ghosts’ smart, pummelling styles are rewarded this month with...
Music from the Home Front triple-vinyl is here, with a dollop of Gudinski
Koalas and Kiwis, it’s finally arrived! The gobsmacking Music From The Home Front event – which...
We chinwag puns and pints with Private Function
Meet Private Function, five lively cats who are poised to rip Oz rock’s pantaloons to pieces...
Alicia Bognanno (Bully) talks the sublime ‘SUGAREGG’
Buoyant, blithe, and typically serrated, SUGAREGG is the new album from Alicia Bognanno’s...
Washington on her bouquet of ‘Batflowers’
Multi-hyphenate creative powerhouse Megan Washington has ideas. Lots of them. In conversation we...
Dave Bayley (Glass Animals) talks nostalgia, nunchucks, new album
On third album Dreamland, Glass Animals frontman Dave Bayley combs through the entire beautiful...
We’re not in Harlem any more: A Q&A with Baauer
Crossover dance rediscovers its spirit in the phenomenal new record from decorated producer and...
Rufus Wainwright on Joni, Judy, and the journey to ‘Unfollow The Rules’
“When you step onto the good ship Rufus, you sail into a timeless world, a wondrous land...
Alice Ivy on the weirdness of timing, new album ‘Don’t Sleep’
Annika Schmarsel AKA Alice Ivy talks the extraordinary importance of timing – and trusting its...
Lime Cordiale on new album ’14 Steps to a Better You’
There are several devices in the menagerie of musical instruments which effortlessly communicate...
The Beths on vocal boundaries, cryptic art, new LP ‘Jump Rope Gazers’
Auckland foursome The Beths today release the beautiful ball of melodic fire that is Jump Rope...
Tommy O’Dell talks DMA’s bright new LP, ‘The Glow’
Vocalist Tommy O’Dell explains that an electronic heart has always been pulsing somewhere...
