Cheers to Borgy of Bad Habit Records for introducing me to the legend of Buddha. We revisit the local watering hole that is YardDoggs for a sit-down and talks about the reformation of Cursed Earth after 8+ years away, not having played Brisbane in over 10, the trials and tribulations of mental health, and more. He's a genuine teddy bear playing obscene music and I love it. Catch Buddha playing Saturday 20th March at the Zoo with a bunch of amazing bands headed by Punkfest.   See...

In the first of three live episodes, two of which were recorded at the wonderful YardDoggs establishment, we caught up with Cam from the Prog/Experimental metal band Therein. We sank a few cold ones and chatted on the origins of the band, the joys of being a music teacher and the upcoming show with Weightless in Orbit and Valtozash on the 19th of March at The Zoo. There's a couple of sneaky guests on this episode as well. (recording at the pub what do you expect) Huge love for Cam he's a...

Mistakes were made, the first ten minutes we started chatting we immediately went off in a tangent and I forgot to hit record as well. Once we got going though it was such a wonderful chat about growing up around the music, the current plans/shows for Being Jane Lane and also how she came about joining them, back into tangents again of course and finished up with their brand new song 'Trouble'. They play pretty regularly at the moment so I highly recommend checking them out and stoked to hear...

We were thinking about an hour and a half would be sweet, ended up going an extra hour of shit-talking with a National Tour coming in March, the fingers are well and truly crossed in order for it to go ahead this year as Covid stopped everyone in their tracks. We talk about the craziness of last year and adapting to the changes, Mike's new project ECA supporting Butterfingers on his first tour as well as his other bands and what's in store, the process behind making the beats, and much more....

After spending a decent amount of time down in Melbourne and making it up to Brissy before the hard lockdowns and tomfoolery, Emma's starting the new year strong with her artistic vision and has been working hard getting her merch and commissions up to scratch. We get to know more about the process behind the art which is mindblowing, to say the least, where the influences are drawn from, and what else we can look forward to for the rest of 2021 and beyond. It was a fantastic chat with an...

This was the second attempt at recording, we'd started a 2 part series and never got around to the last part because Covid decided to come along. We scrapped it and tried again with much better success this time round. Having travelled a lot of the world and in particular the states, Nath has met a vast array of musicians and has even worked for them. His own podcast Consuming Impulse has some fantastic international artists to listen too and as well as Nath's story growing up on the...

It's been a wild ride since the last time we spoke, we decided to have an easy one and caught up at the local pub for a chat. After putting on a successful show in October Jake's organising a second show which is going to be even bigger than the last. As well as running his business he's the main boss dog on the Metal Music Discovery Australia page which after a year has over 3,500 members and growing at a steady rate. We talk all of this plus the current landscape of music and the local...

Tom and I met a while back and told me he recently started working with a bloke who was working on a local music app and I just had to find out more about it and why we haven't jumped on this sooner. It honestly never occurred to me to use an app for musicians and venues to promote on but luckily someone was. Both Tom and Hugh have a great passion for live music and and everything inbetween. I had such a great and informative chat with the guys and genuinely can't wait to see GigUp launch....

Episode three brings in the beautiful Ila, who has just started playing live acoustic shows and her other half Ethan the guitarist from Goon on the Rocks. This episode discussed the mental challenges in dealing with isolation during the lockdowns, how much music has an impact on your state of mind, how supportive the local scene has been and so much more. As well as learning more about Ila and Ethan's plans for the rest of this already ridiculous year and looking into 2021, at the end of this...

Kicking off the new season of the experience is a vocal hard man but really one of the nicest guys in the world Githaine from the Brisbane hardcore band Deathbed. We talk about musical upbringings, what the hardcore/metal scene was like back 10-15 years ago to what it is now, what's next in store for Deathbed during crazy covid times, and much more. it's looking like good things are heading our way from the death camp including a side project and shows on the horizon as well so be sure to...

Jack has been involved in music for a damn long time, it shows with the impressive list of bands he's played for (no doubt I've forgotten a few) This is the kind of normalcy I've grown used to hearing though as being an amazing drummer in Brisbane especially is always in demand. He's also an active supporter at the protests for the release of the refugees from the Kangaroo Point Hotel where over 100 detainees are being held (some up too as long as 8 years) Originally his new Doom band SLUGG...

The latest (skype) episode is out now featuring Legionnaire Cap Gangsta Tom Tanuki of YARD notoriety. We talk about his experience in hip hop from a younger time to the current times involving his activism roles and how it can affect you mentally and emotionally and lots more. Skype calls can we weird sometimes but Tom was a legend and it was a great yarn. Definitely worth getting behind what he does.

The bright and eccentric JJ enters the studio and great times we're had all round. We get talking about the EP he's currently working on along with with adjusting to isolation life, performing online, talking about the oldies but the goodies and how much influence they really have and so much more. This episode also includes 2 live performances at the end for a nice change up and be sure to follow and keep up to date with JJs adventures.

The bright and colourful man behind the noise came in and smashed out 3 hours of tangents out the earholes. We covered everything from world problems, the recent mini documentary Loki was apart of about The Underdog (now Netherworld) where the inspiration comes from, attempting the guiness record for the most playable pedals and literally so much more. Now restrictions are beginning to ease make sure to hassle the guys in Wise Man Say to play a show in a town near you and witness some chaos

It felt strange recording in my own bedroom, not in a bad way since distance rather than the virus made that happen, probably more so the fact it was my second attempt at a skype recording and normally I record in the studio. Dreamworm has a fascinating story and the lore behind the band is pretty mindblowing, Harshmellow is a comedic musical combo started by a shared love for art and each other. We talk about coping in crazy times, storytelling in music and so much more. I had such a good...

Well hot damn it's good to be back. First episode since the craziness of COVID19 had the owner of King Lears Throne aka King of the shit talk Kenny onboard for a chat and it stayed on track relatively early but as you guessed it we talked a lot of shit. Being someone directly affected by the lockdown I wanted to check in and see how the industry is holding up as well as having a chat with such a lovely human being after the lockdown. We talk favourite shows played at his pub, getting the foot...

Hip hop has never been the genre I go too first but I've never held a grudge, it's thought provoking, catchy and lyrically captivating. With the help of local brisbane legend Late1, we sat down for a few beers to talk about Brisbane's hip hop scene, what seperates his style from the rest, the comradery between other artists and collaborations and plenty more. You can reach out to Late1 through the usual platforms like facebook and Instagram as well as soundcloud and spotify for his music...

These girls in the short amount of time being a band have accomplished so much it's mental. Kelly, Stacey & Sophia we're so much fun to have in the studio and definitely appreciate them taking the time to do so ♡ we get to know more about the origins of Blussh, where the journey started, the odd conspiracy here and there and so much more. Catch the girls playing at Sol Bar up the Sunny coast on the 20th of March then at the Greaser bar on the 26th and keep your eyes and ears peeled for...

I hadn't been to a Thursday night show in a while, of course I picked a rainy night to do so. Absolutely worth it though to catch up with the guys in Cowboys and Injuries, Andy and Nick are such good dudes and I'm a little bummed I couldn't get them in the studio but this is exactly why the live format has come into play. The goldy punks have just dropped a 2 track release on spotify and have more shows and songs coming at you in the near future. The audio does get a little dicey here and...

Sometimes guests can't make it in to the studio because of schedules, life, you name it; that's totally okay ❤ in this instance I had the chance to meet up with the Garlic Nun boys for a few beers down the road from The Bearded Lady in West End before their show and full disclaimer, the sound won't be the greatest, there's background noise from the markets next door and a lot of back and forth chat it's hard to work out at times, but this is the feel I'm going for and especially more so for...

You'd think managing a band would be busy enough but apparently not. Karl lends not only that but bass skills to well known punk band The Gastons, runs his own promotion company and also has a seriously cool sounding side project on the way in Meth Teeth. We talk origins, family, the love of music and the passions we draw from it and so much more. Keep an eye out on all three groups Karl's in for 2020, definitely some cool things coming!

New year, new group ♡ Vegan duo Plant Based Disgrace, enriched in the art of theatre and production have formed to make a cabaret punk show with ukuleles, toy pianos and plenty of dick jokes. We talk about parenthood, when the idea started and the upcoming trek to Adelaide for the Fringe Festival.

It's the end of the year, what better way to send it out with the two brothers and good friends from the ever disgusting Decapitated Mum crew ♡ Inbetween all the nonsense we get up too this episode we talk a little about the family dynamic and growing up together listening to the same tunes, the stereotypical brother scraps with each other, secret instrumental skills and what Dmum's plan is for 2020. It's been a good year for music in 2019 so let's keep the ball rolling on to the new decade.

It's always easy talking to your mates, especially ones you grow up with in your teenage years. From Byron trips to Frenzal Rhomb gigs, Den days to the formation of Goon it's been a wild ride that's for sure. We rehash some of the old days and the history of said 3 bands the fellas play in. 2019 closes up with the Goon boys playing at the Zoo on the 21st of Dec alongside some cracker bands all put on by Punkfest. Party times and good vibes are what Goon and the guys are all about so don't be...

The more episodes I record with local musicians, the more bands I find out they play in. Turns out I haven't seen all of Josh's bands play yet but I'll be sure to fix that. Josh is a fantastic artist and incredibly involved within the local scene. We talk about it in this episode along with where the passion of music came from as well as playing in a diverse group of bands and heaps more. I had a wonderful time talking to Josh and you can keep up to date with what he's up too through his...