Your Handy Guide To Triple R’s 2021 April Amnesty

Due to COVID-19’s impact on Triple R’s sponsorship revenue, listener support remains essential to keep Triple R – forever. If you can, please consider donating and subscribing during April Amnesty. You’ll go in the draw to score some sweet prizes, too!

Introducing... ALL CAPS with Areej Nur

Some very exciting news, everyone: Areej Nur is back! Areej previously presented the incredible Wednesday morning show The Rap and is now jumping into the Thursday 7pm to 8pm timeslot with her brand new program ALL CAPS.

Live At RRR: Snowy Band (Live Stream)

Melbourne four-piece Snowy Band join Breaking and Entering’s Simon Winkler and Lauren Taylor for a live-streamed performance on Thursday April 22 at 6pm to celebrate April Amnesty. Snowy Band's debut album Audio Commentary is a former Triple R Album Of The Week.

Daphne Camf

Devastating news over the weekend that we lost Daphne Camf. Daphne was a formidable singer, songwriter and synthesist for many well-loved and often-played bands on Triple R, including SaD, NO ZU, Rat Vs Possum and more. She also regularly co-hosted the program No Pants with Sara Savage on Triple R on Sunday nights in 2013.

Deeper Read: Jadah Pleiter On The New Deadly & Proud Campaign

“Victorian people might know about Aboriginal culture in a broad sense, but what about local culture? What about local language, the local traditions and the histories of this place? Those are the things that help you to identify with and feel like this is our history, not just Aboriginal history – it’s our history.”

Far and Wide: Creation Records’ Alan McGee On His New Biopic

“As brilliant as bands like Fanclub and Ride are […] they’re not as ridiculous as Oasis, me and My Bloody Valentine.” Creation Records founder Alan McGee chats to Steve Wide about Creation Stories, the new biopic based on his life.

Dry Cleaning On Breaking And Entering

“We never really planned on gigging or recording music.” Dry Cleaning, the London band behind Triple R’s recent Album Of The Week, describe their unexpected rise to fame.

LiveWire: The Continuing Teaches Of Peaches

Peaches and Pauly P reunite after 20 years!

Mooncake: Drexler's Dreamy Classical Collection

Mooncake delivers another extraordinary guest mix, this time from ex-Sydney, London-based classical composer and producer Drexler.

The Score: Negotiating Identity With Researcher Lillian Mwanri

“Services which are really needed are services that support their identity.” Researcher Lillian Mwanri chats to Samira Farah about how young African refugees negotiate their identity in Australia.

Real Estate Head Into The Dark Room

“It’s been a good year to remember how special [touring] is.” Alex Bleeker from highly acclaimed outfit Real Estate catches up with Chelsea King about their new EP, Half A Human.

Album of The Week: Future Forecast by CIVIC

Future Forecast is the debut full-length from Melbourne's CIVIC, released on local label Flightless Records. The powerful performances and focused songwriting of earlier releases underlined the band's spiritual links to forerunners like The Saints, The Stooges and the Dead Boys, just as they pointed to a new chapter in the ongoing punk r/evolution.

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Out On The Patio: Green Your Noise Explained

Musicians Acacia Coates from Pinch Points and Winnie McQuinn from Sunfruits are conscious of the carbon footprint that the touring lifestyle causes – driving and flying around Australia and putting on events. They…

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Still Here: Barkaa On The Healing Power Of Rap

Only a year into her rap career, Malyangapa and Barkindji rapper Barkaa has already made a name for herself with her powerful delivery and lyrics. Calling in to Still Here, she talks…

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The Mission: Gunai/Kurnai Author Veronica Gorrie On Her New Book, Black and Blue

Black and Blue is the remarkable story of Gunai/Kurnai woman Veronica Gorrie who worked as a police officer and fought for justice from within a system that attacks and kills our people on…

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The Golden Age of Piracy: Tomahawks’ Duane Denison Shares His Formative Five

Duane Denison from American band The Jesus Lizard joins Tristen to share five of the tracks that have influenced him over his extensive career. The guitarist is also in super-group Tomahawk, who have…

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Byte Into IT: Understanding The Environmental Impacts Of Blockchain

It’s easy to think that cryptocurrencies have minimal impact on the environment as they don’t require printing of anything physical. However, Professor Yang Xiang joins the Byte Into IT crew to explain the…