All My Friends Are in Bar Bands David James Young

Just wanted to say goodbye properly. I can't do this anymore. I tried and I failed. I couldn't finish this story. Sorry if you were waiting on me to do so. I was too. I gave podcasting a go for nearly 10 years but I'm done. Thanks if you listened.
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Almost 20 years ago, Luke Steele emerged as one of the great modern eccentrics of Australian music. An ebullient personality (one was a spider, one was a bird), he started the decade as a scrappy underdog and ended it as one of the biggest pop stars in the world. Who else could get to that kind of A to B, from Jebediah to Jay-Z? With a new solo album looming, Luke spoke openly about his one-of-a-kind journey that took him from blues bars in Perth to the Hollywood Bowl and back again.

Luke's debut solo album Listen to the Water is out May 13.

With thanks to Mariam Dib and EMI Music Australia.

Recorded by David James Young and Luke James Steele.Produced and edited by Paul McWhirter.Additional editing by David James Young.

Follow Luke on Facebook: @lukesteeleofficialFollow Luke on Instagram: @lukesteeleofficialThis podcast was recorded on Dharawal land and edited between Wirundjeri and Dharawal land.
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Few could have predicted that the scrawny Jewish kid with the guitar in Sydney's eastern suburbs would go on to conquer the world. Hell, even fewer could have predicted his second-ever gig would be opening for Sonic Youth. Still, that's just how Ben Lee's career has unfolded - just when you think you have all the answers, he changes the questions. An ARIA winner, a two-time Hottest 100 runner-up and a keen collaborator with everyone from Josh Radnor to Joel Madden, Lee's life can't be summed up with a mere hour of conversation. Still, it's worth a shot.

With thanks to Ben Lee, Caitlin Harnett and Wollongong UniBar.

Produced by Paul McWhirter, edited by David James Young.

Follow Ben on Facebook: @benleemusicFollow Ben on Twitter: @benleemusicFollow Ben on Instagram: @benleemusicFollow Ben on TikTok: @benleemusicThis podcast was recorded on Dharawal land and edited between Wirundjeri and Dharawal land.
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When then-triple j breakfast hosts Alex Dyson and Matt Okine decided to surprise Melbourne singer-songwriter Gretta Ray with news she'd won a competition through the station’s Unearthed initiative, they did not head to her place of work. Nor did they go to her place of residence. Instead, they ended up at Princes Hill Secondary College, where Ray was a student. A prodigious singer and budding songwriter, Ray could not have predicted the ensuing years of national and international touring, millions of streams and a steady ascent to the top of Australian pop's echelon. Now barely in her 20s, a debut studio album awaits - but not before a quick Bar Bands debrief on her choral background, conquering festivals, genre code switches and meeting her heroes.Gretta Ray's debut album Begin to Look Around arrives August 27 via Ballarat/EMI Music Australia.

Special thanks to Mariam Dib.Recorded by David James Young and Gretta Louise Ray.Produced and edited by David James Young.

Follow Gretta on Instagram: @grettarayFollow Gretta on Twitter: @grettarayFollow Gretta on Facebook: @grettaraymusic

This podcast was recorded on Wirundjeri and Tharawal land, and was edited on Tharawal land.
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Lonely and dreaming on the west coast, Jono Mata and Sam Blitvitch both aspired to be the guitar heroes they saw on their screens at an impressionable age. With Sly Withers - both men's first in-earnest band - they were able to achieve something far greater. With their open, honest every-man take on pub rock and pop-punk, the band quickly carved a niche that soon became bigger than either could have anticipated. With the release of their second studio album Gardens, the band find themselves among the top of the food chain in Australian rock - which is quite the feat for a band that was barely out of high school when it started. Reflecting on their story over a drink on the patio of a Newtown Airbnb, Mata and Blitvich connect the dots to explain how a fledgling guitar band ended up on the national airwaves and touring the country with Amy Shark.

Gardens is out now via Dew Process.Special thanks to Amy Simmons, Deathproof PR, Nathan Wood, Dew Process and Skinny O'Leary.Produced and edited by Paul McWhirter. Additional editing by David James Young.

Follow Sly Withers on Instagram: @slywithersFollow Sly Withers on Twitter: @slywithersFollow Sly Withers on Facebook: @slywithers

This podcast was recorded on Gadigal land and edited on Wirundjeri and Tharawal land.
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Much like the inner rings of a cut-open tree, there are a surprising degree of layers to Sydney trio STUMPS. Although they boast a confident, extroverted frontman in Kyle Fisher, he had never actually even so much as sang a note on stage prior to the band's formation in the late 2010s. Their rhythm section, meanwhile - bassist Merrick Powell & drummer Jonathan Dolan - had never played indie-rock before; instead, their bread and butter was hardcore punk matinees - making songs to literally scream at the sun in scene stalwarts Perspectives. So, how did all three end up making jaunty post-punk-revival-revival indie-disco? Gather round, and we'll tell you a tale.Special thanks to Kyle Fisher, Pat O'Hara, Beau Somers and The Lansdowne Hotel.Produced and edited by Paul McWhirter. Additional editing by David James Young.

Follow STUMPS on Instagram: @stumpsthebandFollow STUMPS on Twitter: @stumpsthebandFollow STUMPS on Facebook: @stumpstheband

This podcast was recorded on Gadigal land and edited on Wirundjeri and Tharawal land.
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