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Last year, Australia's punk-rock stalwarts, The Meanies, released their first studio album in five years. Like their victorious 2015 comeback record, It’s Not Me, It’s You, their 2020 album, Desperate Measures, gave listeners a bunch of new hard-hitting numbers that evoke the classic Meanie sound that cemented the band in the annals of Australian music history over 25 years
This announcer spotlight was written by Michelle Gearon and first published in our biannual member magazine, Easey Mag, May 2020 edition. We hope you enjoy reading this insight into story of Acid Country announcer, David Heard. David Heard remembers sitting on a train between Geelong and Melbourne in 1978 reading an article in the Green Guide about a group of people who were “plotting a revolution” for the airwaves of Melbourne. The new station would be unique, innovative, and would focus on music that did not receive airplay on commercial stations. An avid music lover, David d...
Kate Lucas, Coda Chroma, performs songs that are drawn from personal dreamscapes and real-life encounters, delivering poetic honesty, with a nostalgia for the unknown. And that’s excatly how Kate Lucas does things, she recalls how she felt on the day of the performance: "I felt very nervous to perform that day - we had a brand-new drummer who was learning the parts up to the day of the set (mind you she played brilliantly and really nailed it), so my brain was being a pain and overthinking things. But the main thoughts for the day I had were on how supported I feel by peebs and how...
PBS revisits Studio 5 Live sessions with a return to past broadcasts. Tune in to The Afterglow on Wednesday February 3 as we rewind back to Sampa The Great's Studio 5 Live session during Drive Live 2019.
Danika Smith and the inimitable Sleep D. Big Yawn took to the studio with their uncompromising loud instrumental sound: the four-piece is raucous and thunderous yet tight and cool-headed. The audience felt this and loved every minute of their set. Headhunters announcer "The first time I saw Big Yawn live was at a Butter Sessions warehouse basement party back in late 2018. I remember being really entranced by the rawness of their sound, hanging on each moment to see where they would go next. Having them on Drive Live was a no brainer - that raw energy and spontaneity came through on air,...