Richard Lowenstein Ventures Beyond the Machismo in New Michael Hutchence Doco
Breakfasters talks to Richard Lowenstein, long-time collaborator with legendary Australian band INXS, about the timing and focus of his new documentary about the band’s iconic frontman: Michael Hutchence. Richard worked closely with Michael…
Ed Kuepper Stays Thoughtful Between the Road and the Studio
Neil Rogers talks to Australian punk, post-punk and grunge legend Ed Kuepper about his latest touring and recording with The Aints. Ed shares the great range of one-night-only experimental shows, formats and…
Far and Wide: Joy Division’s Unknown Pleasures Turns 40
This Saturday 15 June will be the 40th anniversary of Joy Division's debut album Unknown Pleasures with Far and Wide marking the occasion over Triple R’s airwaves. Recorded at Strawberry Studios in April…
Speaking Truth to Power with Paola Bella on Breakfasters
Paola Bella is an Indigenous writer, artist and curator with a wealth of experience in the field of First Nations community arts. Chatting with Breakfasters she talks about opening this year’s Emerging Writers'…
Songlines, Sea Levels and the Small Island Big Song Project: a Max Headroom Special
Tim Cole and BaoBao Chen join Rachel Connor to talk about their music project, Small Island Big Song. Recording the songs of the descendents of Indigenous Taiwanese seafarers, the project traces the 5000-year-old…
Out on the Patio: A Blind Date with Freya Josephine Hollick and Jeb Cardwell
Self-described cosmic country singer-songwriter Freya Josephine Hollick and guitarist Jeb Cardwell join Out On The Patio to chat about their upcoming shows and respectively perform ‘Smoke In The Bar Room’ and ‘Blood Moon’…
The Rap: What You Need to Know about the Protests in Sudan
Writer Rafeif Ismail, a refugee and third culture youth of the Sudanese diaspora published by the likes of Kill Your Darlings, Manjin and Djed, joins Areej on the line to talk about the…
Uncle Bruce Pascoe Discusses Australia’s True History on The Mission
Australian history has painted Indigenous people as hunter-gatherers, almost completely ignoring the agricultural knowledge and farming systems, which were in place well before the arrival of Europeans. Bruce Pascoe, Indigenous writer from the…
Breakfasters: ‘If We Denounce the Artist, What Do We Do with the Work that Remains?’
Walkley Award-winning writer and arts editor for The Australian Ashleigh Wilson joins Breakfasters to discuss his new essay On Artists, part of Melbourne University’s On series. In it he asks why, in…
Sacred Paws’ New Album: Overtones of Positivity and Hues of Sadness
Scottish indie rock band Sacred Paws released their second album Run Around the Sun a few weeks back in May.
Anthony Carew, host of International Pop Underground, was lucky enough to be…
How The Solomon Islands Shaped Anna Smyrk’s EP on Banana Lounge Broadcasting
Alt-folk singer/songwriter Anna Smyrk joins Banana Lounge Broadcasting to chat about her new single ‘Benjamin’ and forthcoming EP. Anna wrote her latest collection of songs whilst working on community projects in different countries…
Breakfasters: Respecting and Understanding Aunt Flo
Jane Bennett, menstrual educator and co-author of About Bloody Time: The Menstrual Revolution We Have to Have, speaks to Breakfasters about the phenomenon that happens to half the human population: the period…
Neon Sunset: Paying Tribute to Dr. John, a Man of Legend in New Orleans’ Music Scene
Neon Sunset pays tribute to Mac Rebennack who might be better known by his stage name ‘Dr. John’. An American singer/songwriter, Mac’s music was a colourful blend of the blues, jazz, pop, rock…
Neon Sunset: Celebrating Roky Erickson, the Godfather of Psych Rock ‘n’ Roll
Neon Sunset takes a sombre turn this week paying tribute to the late Roky Erickson. Roger Kynard ‘Roky’ Erickson was born in Dallas, Texas and became acquainted with music at an early age…
Serving up a Blue Note Special with Producer Don Was on Stolen Moments
This week on Stolen Moments, producer and Blue Note Records president Don Was takes listeners on a journey through jazz recounting moments from his own life along the way. Don discovered jazz by…
Radio Marinara: Seaside Scavenge Set to Pull Plastics from Frankston Shores
Bron Burton and Doctor Surf from Radio Marinara talk with Hannah Tait, local coordinator for the Seaside Scavenge in Frankston. Hannah tells us how her marine conservation and protection organisation Action For Dolphins…
Sharon Van Etten In Conversation and Live Set at RRR
Singer/songwriter/powerhouse performer Sharon Van Etten has been doing a lot of reflecting of late. In addition to writing some incredible music, she’s been studying therapy. But it hasn’t made her prone to analysing…
The Cave: Get Ecstatic Because Supersense is Back For 2019
Sophia Brous is the Australian-born, New York-based performer curating Supersense: Festival of the Ecstatic. Returning for its third year, Supersense combines a hypnotic array of dance, music and performance art to deliver…
Online Exclusive: One And Only, Peter Perrett From The Only Ones’ Continues His Unlikely Come-back
Former frontman from The Only Ones Peter Perrett feels lucky to ‘have been a part of music when music was such an important part of people’s lives’ – a time when, for some…
Clowns Jake Lederman on their new album ‘Nature/Nurture’
Clowns’ Jake Lederman reckons working collaboratively ‘makes for a good vibe’ both in the studio and on the road. But having The Hard-Ons as a support band at one of their gigs is…