Interview
Liz Stringer 2025 Promo

The Australian Mood: Liz Stringer Releases A Brand New Album And Announces Tour

Australian artist and acclaimed songwriter, Liz Stringer, talks about her latest album, The Second High, the upcoming tour and how living in London has drawn her back to piano. Recorded prior to…

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The Night Cat Live Stage

Get Down: How We Can Save The Night Cat With Justin Stanford

Justin Stanford, owner of Melbourne’s live music institution, The Night Cat, joins the show to discuss the growing pressure from property developers and the soundproofing battle that now threatens the venue’s future. After…

Interview
Dark Mofo 2025 Promo

SmartArts: Dark Mofo’s Lineup Announcement With Artistic Director, Chris Twite

Dark Mofo’s newly appointed Artistic Director, Chris Twite, joins SmartArts to discuss the festival’s upcoming roster of exhibitions and artists coming down later this year in June. Whether it’s from their curated lineups…

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Amadou

The Good, The Dub & The Global: Celebrating The Life of Amadou

Systa BB pays tribute to the great Malian musician Amadou Bagayoko of Amadou & Mariam, who sadly passed away this week at the age of 70. With 15 albums to their name, Amadou…

Special Program
IPU Silver Jubilee

The International Pop Underground: 25-Year Anniversary Show!

Every #1 Album from Each Year of the IPU's Annual Countdowns.

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Tiger Salmon

Queer View Mirror: A Wicked Reboot with Tiger Salmon

Tiger Salmon is a queer artist and writer based in Naarm, and the co-creator of Wicked Women, Australia’s first erotic zine for lesbians and trans folk.

Tiger joins Jono in the studio to…

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michael hurley

O'Tomorrow: A Tribute to Michael Hurley

Pat pays tribute to singular American outsider folk artist Michael Hurley, who sadly passed away last week, aged 83.

Beginning his career in the Greenwich village folk scene of the 60s, Michael went…

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Ekzander

Feel The Floor: Guest Mix - Ekzander

Ekzander (aka Eben Ejdne) is a Naarm-based producer and DJ exploring rhythm and energy through the lens of bass and break music. As a monthly Area 3000 contributor under his monthly show Intersections…

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AROHA

Feel The Floor - AROHA on Channelling Ancestry and Power Through Music-Making

AROHA is a dynamic producer and DJ originally from New Zealand, now based in Melbourne, celebrated for her electrifying performances and genre-blurring sets. Fusing house and techno with breakbeat, electro, footwork, and UK…

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River Boy

Banksia: Tribute to Narayana of Willow Beats and River Boy

This week Vanessa Morris pays tribute and respects to a dear brother and Indigenous artist who recently passed, Narayana, who makes up one half of Willow Beats, as well as solo project River…

Interview
Bernie Dieter 2025

Breakfasters: 'Let Your Freak Flag Fly' with Bernie Dieter

Described as 'the undisputed Queen of punk cabaret,' German born cabaret artist Bernie Dieter delves into her performance career in light of her upcoming shows Club Kabarett, at the Meat Market in North…

Interview
Tim Shiel and Romanie

Local and/or General: No Music On A Dead Planet with Green Music Australia

Tim Shiel is the community organiser at Green Music Australia. Along with Belgian-born Melbourne-based singer/songwriter Romanie, they speak to the importance of music and climate change working in tandem. They discuss how they…

Interview
Oliver Coleman

Future Perfect: Comedian Oliver Coleman’s New Ballad

Dylan Bird is joined by Comedian Oliver Coleman to chat about his new stand-up show for Melbourne International Comedy Festival The Ballad of Oliver Coleman, the vulnerability of pulling from his own…

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Dylan Bird and Samantha Ratnam

Future Perfect: Samantha Ratnam On The Fight For The Seat Of Wills

The inner-Melbourne seat of Wills has been named as one to watch on election night. Long known as a Labor stronghold, the party’s grip on the seat has been slipping in recent elections…

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Salmon

Eat It: What GoodFish Should We Be Eating?

Cam and Matt speak to Adrian Meder of GoodFish, Australia's Sustainable Seafood Guide, about the current state of the salmon farm industry, following an 'unprecedented fish kill event' in Tasmania last month. They…

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Reptant live in studio

How High The Moon: Reptant Live In Studio

Fresh off his Saturday night closing set at Golden Plains, Lucas Hatzisavas, professionally known as Reptant, steps into the studio to chat about his hype building up to Golden Plains and perform a…

Interview
Sarah Martin

Spin Cycle: Sarah Martin’s New Deep-Dive Podcast On The Rise Of Gina Rinehart

As The Guardian launches its new podcast investigating the rise of mining billionaire Gina Rinehart, host and senior correspondent Sarah Martin joins Spin Cycle to discuss the series.With only its second episode released…

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Travis Lovett

The Mission: The Walk For Truth With Yoorrook Justice Commissioner Travis Lovett

Uncle Charles Pakana speaks with Yoorrook Justice Commissioner Travis Lovett on the Walk for Truth. The 370km walk from Portland to the Victorian Parliament aims to spread awareness for the first formal truth-telling…

Interview
david chesworth

Press Colour: David Chesworth on "The Clifton Hill Community Music Centre"

Legendary multi-disciplinary musician and artist David Chesworth joins Sam to chat about the legacy of the Clifton Hill Community Music Centre, a groundbreaking venue that ran in Melbourne between 1976 and 1983…

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Peter Greste

Breakfasters: Peter Greste On The New Film Based On His Incarceration

One of Australia’s most prominent journalists and foreign correspondents, Peter Greste, joins the show to chat about the new film The Correspondent based on his incarceration inside an Egyptian prison while working for…