If you've listened to The Tuckshop over the last four years, you would have heard us play Djanaba's music regularly. She has been growing as an artist ever since we heard her breakthrough track, 'Big Titties' in 2021.

A proud Wiradjuri and Bundjalung woman with connections to the Wollombi people, Djanaba combines the traditional dance and song she was raised on with contemporary influences. 

She has just released her debut album, 'Did I Stutter?' and it's an honest and personal guide to surviving in your 20s. She says it's been worth every second....

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Producer, DJ, record label boss and beloved radio host, Nina Las Vegas has been a driving force in Australia's music industry for over 15 years.

She's played some of the biggest festivals in the world and collaborated with some of the biggest artists and for the last 10 years she's headed up one of the country's most interesting and innovative labels, NLV Records.

What better time to dive into the history of the label and how Nina Las Vegas has built something special in the Australian scene.

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Not many bands had a bigger 2022 than Death By Denim. 

The Perth band released their critically acclaimed second album Moonbow, they hit the road on a huge album tour, they signed a new record deal, and casually took on Harry Styles’ Watermelon Sugar for triple j’s Like A Version. 

And in classic fashion, the band are now keeping the good vibes going by releasing a brilliant, gleaming new EP called My House Is A Club. They’re currently in the middle of their tour, and we were so happy to be joined by Nik and Palle from Death by Denim.

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Music can make you feel a certain way, or can you make music feel a certain way? When you listen to Gena Rose Bruce’s music, you’re never quite sure if you were in that wistful, thoughtful and dreamy state before you started listening to it, or after. But one part always prevails. Love.

Gena’s music has the ability to make you really feel and transport you to a place where love endures. It’s full of emotion, place and whimsy, but also a definite drive to help you discover (or destroy) yourself.

'Deep Is The Way' is the second album from the Melbourne singer-songwriter’s music and like her first from 2019, ‘Can’t Make You Love Me’, it’s packed full of heart-on-the-sleeve passion, admissions and a few little bops!

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Is there a band in Australia that has more fun than Private Function? We think not. 

Since they first cracked onto the scene in late 2016, the punks from Melbourne have made it their mission to deliver music that is punchy, energetic, enjoyable, and absolutely irreverent. Their new album, Hello Asshole, or as you might see it written, 370HSSV 0773H, is another blistering collection of tracks, including some we’ve already played on this show: ‘jusavinageez’ and ‘Seize & Destroy’. 

We  welcomed Private Function’s frontman, Chris Penney, to the show to talk through why PF are still on top. 

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Not many artists have made as big an impact on Australian music as our guest today. 

From his early years releasing music in the late ‘90s with his mates Luke Dubs and El Gusto (aka Hermitude), through to the ground-breaking outfit The Herd, his acclaimed solo career, and his tireless work with the label Elefant Traks, Urthboy has dedicated his career to uplifting those around him – and also, you know, releasing some bloody epic music. 

He’s just released his seventh studio album Savour – an album full of heart, nostalgia, and reflection. We were so incredibly pleased to welcome Urthboy to the Tuckshop. 

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If you’ve been to a festival or been near any stage over the last decade in Australia, you’ve probably encountered our next guest.

Sydney’s Georgia Mooney is a beloved fixture of the local music scene, most prominently as a member of the stellar group All Our Exes Live In Texas, who’ve toured the global and snagged an ARIA Award for their album When We Fall. 

Now, Georgia Mooney is stepping out on her own with her debut solo single called War Romance. It’s a gorgeous song, and we were so happy to welcome Georgia to the Tuckshop to tell us all about it! 

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Hazlett may not be a household name in Australia, but if you have a quick glance on Spotify, you will see that he has streaming numbers in the tens of millions. His chillingly beautiful indie-folk has a way of soothing your soul, and also telling a delicate story.

His brilliant debut Album, Bloom Mountain, is out now and already it’s being noticed all around the world, and certainly in his home country as well!. All the way from Sweden, we were excited to welcome Hazlett to The Tuckshop!

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When you make the move to the city from a rural area, there’s no doubt it’s a scary proposition. Making friends and fitting in can be a challenge, let alone pursuing your passions. Our guest today not only did that, but has established herself into the local music scene so well, you may not even realise she is actually a country gal.

Babitha burst onto the scene in 2019 seemingly out of nowhere, but with such a complete sound, thoughtful lyrics and a stunning voice, you take the time to stop and listen and appreciate this talent that we are so lucky to have in our midst.

With her debut record, Brighter Side of Blue, out now and a busy 2023 laid out in front of her, Babitha joined us in the 2ser studios for a chat!

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Ever since the opening lines of Wisdom Teeth in 2014, we’ve been hooked on the driving and passionate Brisbane-based punk of WAAX. Their path has been a tumultuous one, but after Big Grief, their debut album was released in 2019, the band delivered some visceral live shows to legions of fans before everything suddenly shut-down a year later.

With so much uncertainty around the future of live music, it was a tough time to know what was coming next, and for WAAX, a band reliant on performing, what was next?

Now we know, as their second album, ‘At Least I’m Free’ has been unleashed on the world and it’s a huge step in the evolution of this band.

Driven by personal experience and delivered with the same passion we’ve come to know and love from the whole group, but in particular, lead singer, Marie ‘Maz’ Devita.

She’s not yelling, she just Italian, and we were excited to welcome Maz from WAAX to The Tuckshop!

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In a handful of years, Gang of Youths have grown from a beloved Sydney band into a global sensation, and arguably Australia’s biggest export playing right now. 

Earlier this year, they released angel in realtime, the long-awaited and highly anticipated followup to 2017’s Go Farther In Lightness, which won them basically every award it could at the ARIAs and was one of the best rock records of the decade. 

In so many ways, angel in realtime is classic Gang of Youths – full-hearted, open, stadium-sized. But there are also plenty of new sounds and influences bubbling under the surface. 

They’re back in Australia on their biggest ever tour, and we’re so excited to welcome bassist Max Dunn to the Tuckshop this week. 

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So, what happens when lead singers of mighty rock bands branch out on their own, taking all of that powerful stage presence and musical drive into the solo sphere?

What happens when the collective becomes a singular? How does it affect the creative process, but more importantly, what happens to the psyche of someone branching out on their own?

We found out on The Tuckshop as we chatted to Grinspoon’s charismatic, cheeky and super talented front man, Phil Jamieson about his debut solo record, Somebody Else and he performed the title track live in the 2ser studio!

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Lottie McLeod is one of the hottest new talents in Australian music, so the release of her debut EP, BUG, is an exciting step into more people hearing and loving her authentic, beautiful songwriting and vulnerable lyrics.

BUG is a celebration of love, pain, angst and growing up and we spoke to her about her journey so far..

Buy, stream and check out BUG here.

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A debut album is a huge moment in an artists life - it’s a statement, an arrival, a declaration of who you are and what you stand for. And you won’t find many more powerful debuts than Emma Volard’s electric album, Deity. 

Deity is a neo-soul and fusion triumph, a 12-track body of work that pushes at the boundaries of genre and carves a way forward for Australian jazz music. 

It’s one of the year’s most arresting releases, and we’re so excited to welcome Emma Volard to the Tuckshop to chat about how it all came together.

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“We’re both just overcook noodles that are floundering about on the stage” – Jaguar Jonze

Australia is not short of incredibly talented pop stars, and Jaguar Jonze is right at the top. 

Jonze’s music is explosive and challenging, an ambitious melding of alt-rock, bubblegum pop, punk, and something else that’s entirely unique to her. 

Through EPs like ANTIHERO and Diamonds & Liquid Gold, she’s asserted herself as one of this country’s most arresting songwriters and performers, and that has only been cemented with the release of her debut album BUNNY MODE. 

It’s a powerful reckoning of an album, and we were so happy to speak to Jaguar about how it all came together on The Tuckshop!

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Some bands work a little, some work hard and then there’s Royal Chant.

Back in 2009, a new trio from Port Macquarie, the central coast of NSW, released a track and video on Bandcamp. It was called Coughing Fits and it started something glorious! 13 years on, almost to the day and Royal Chant have released their 9th album, ‘Anyways and also Sorry’ and it continues the prolific, but high quality of a group driven to release, perform and share their musical path with the world.

To celebrate number nine, the fact they played 2ser’s own The Band Next Door last week and just because it’s well overdue, we welcomed Mark Spence to The Tuckshop!

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Watching the evolution of Sahara Beck from up-and-coming Brisbane artist to full-blown alt-pop stardom has been a joy to behold and it continues as Sahara releases her latest EP, And Her Kryptonite. 

Serving as bookends to the last couple of years, 2019’s Queen of Hearts and this EP are actually part of a pair and will be released as a double EP on vinyl, showing two sides to Sahara’s music, including a killer nostalgic cover!

As Sahara prepares to perform in Sydney, we caught up with her beforehand!

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Musicians start solo. This would be true of every budding artist that picks up the stick, a pick or places their fingers on a keyboard. From learning their craft, to finding their voice, the pursuit of creating music yourself and broadcasting it to the world is a visceral and emotional outlet.

Our next guest has travelled the world, had her music in the top 10 of the charts and met fans and artists from around the world, but has never released a solo debut album, until now.

Baby Velvet, aka Hannah Crofts, has delivered an album to our ears that will make you melt, make you think, all the while flowing through your body with warm and rich tones.

‘Please Don’t Be In Love With Someone Else’ is the name of the record and we were stoked to chat to Baby Velvet on the Tuckshop!

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The return of Vivid to Sydney has seen the return of an artist whose AnAfroFuture show was to be a cornerstone of last year’s event. Instead, she exploded onto the Sydney Opera House stage in 2022 with a performance that brings her African home of Zambia to the main stage of Australia and delighted her fans, starved of watching her blossoming talent.

Sampa the Great is just getting started, even though she has already claimed the Australian Music Prize, TWICE as well as a pile of other accolades. Her sheer dynamic performance, her mash of hip-hop, R&B and homeland influences have sent waves around the world with performances at Coachella and Glastonbury festivals on her 2022 calendar.

On the eve of her long-awaited live return to her second home of Australia, Sampa the Great took some time to chat to Jules and Mick about the silver linings of remaining in Africa during the pandemic and what that means for her own future.

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From the first strains of Eliza & The Delusionals debut album – Now and Then – you’ll have a smile on your face. The glistening guitar is from another time and the vocal of lead singer, Eliza Klatt rises above the power pop like a beacon of hope. 

Together with Kurt Skuse and an international mix of talent, the group have created something that feels like a perfect representation of love, life and the pieces in between. 

Now and Then brings Eliza & The Delusionals to the present and its a world that we want to live in. 

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Annie Hamilton is a long-time friend of the station and a favourite of the Sydney music scene. Since going solo, after being a part of the trio that was Little May, we’ve watched as she’s steadily and surely built up a devoted fanbase, drawn to her incredible voice and powerful, instinctive songs. 

Now, Annie Hamilton has arrived with her debut album – the future is here but it feels kinda like the past and it’s a gorgeous journey of an album, traversing mystical territories and parallel realities, but in the hands of Annie’s expert songwriting, there’s no place you wouldn’t travel with her.

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Bands can be fluid. It’s not unheard of for group members to ebb and flow and for sounds to evolve along with the members, but what happens when a band known for being a collective cuts it all back to three members?

This is what Dorsal Fins have done with their third album, Star of the Show, their most eclectic yet, or did they?

Starting back in 2014 as a mixture of artists from Saskwatch, Eagle & The Worm, The Bamboos and New Gods, they released two albums in as many years, but now, six years since their second they return as a trio with core members, Ella Thompson, Liam McGorry and Jarrad Brown continuing the Fins story, with a bunch of friends still very much close by!

Jarrad Brown joined Mick and Jules to discuss the new album and all things Dorsal!

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Whilst Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever's third album is out just two years after their lockdown affected second, they've hit a sweet spot in music-making.

Recorded in a rural Victorian house, utilising spacious recording methods and isolated contributions from all members, Endless Rooms is the most diverse and exciting record yet.

The band have also - finally - been able to tour their last album in an attempt to catch up.

Fran and Joe White joined The Tuckshop to discuss album making, a return to tour life and how they're evolving.

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In 2019, a singer-songwriter from Wollongong released an EP called Persevere. It was a collection of urgent, emotional, and endlessly memorable tracks, and it clearly connected with fans, because the EP was certified Gold in Australia. 

It was a prophetic start for Tyne-James Organ, who went on to release an excellent debut album called Necessary Evil in 2021, propelled by the immensely popular single Sunday Suit. 

Now, Tyne-James has returned with second album The Other Side, an album that is both gut-wrenching and life-affirming, just like life itself really? There are many twists and turns on the record, which is another excellent collection of songs from the now Sydney-based artist. 

He’s just about to head out on tour, and we welcomed Tyne-James Organ to The Tuckshop Takeaway. 

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He has described himself as a disco minimalist. An artist that can create a vibe, a groove, a beat from what sounds like the smallest of sounds. Of course, he can also blow you away with bombastic synths and dynamic melodies. Harvey Sutherland has a way of taking you on a journey with every song.

Harvey (or Mike Katz to his friends) has been on the electronic music scene for over a decade, but the artist has not yet released a full-length album – until now. On Friday, Boy was released and it’s an album full of luscious layers of synths, Motorik beats, funky-ass bass and the occasional surprise vocal!

He joined Mick & Jules for a chat on the eve of his album release!

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Sometimes the greatest part of being an Australian music fan is watching the progression of artists from their first tentative steps into the industry to fully-fledged musicians being listened to worldwide.

The Lazy Eyes are a band that have been plying their trade, slowly but surely over the last 5-6 years and this has culminated in their debut album, Songbook, released on Thursday, and surely an album that will see them explode.

It’s a big, bold and exciting record, combining the sounds of the Beatles-esque ‘60’s, psych-rock ‘70s,  and a little micro-tonal King Gizz influence on the side.

The Tuckshop welcomed Harvey and Itay to the show! 

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Since her debut album Wonder was released in 2009, spearheaded by the single Coin Laundry, Lisa Mitchell has been a beloved fixture of the Australian music scene. 

Her sound has evolved steadily and surely over albums like the wild Bless The Mess and considered Warriors, and now she’s returned with her first new album in six years, titled A Place To Fall Apart. 

It’s a beautiful, gentle album that sees Lisa delivering a full sound with a live band and a little help from Tom Iansek.

She joined The Tuckshop to discuss the process behind the album, what has changed in her life and what it means to evolve.

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“Gorgeously restrained and gentle” is probably not a phrase that would have been used to describe our guest a few years ago. 

Melbourne’s Camp Cope made their name with scorching records like their debut self-titled and 2018’s How to Socialise and Make Friends – they were albums that railed, with fury and passion, against the sexism and inequality that exists within Australia. 

On their new album, Running with the Hurricane, the trio – which consists of Georgia Maq, Kelly-Dawn Helmrich, and Sarah Thompson – changed tack a bit, switching out the punk fury for gorgeous alt-country. 

It’s a moving listen from one of Australia’s best bands The Tuckshop were excited to welcome back Kelly to tell us all about it!

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They’ve both been involved with some of the biggest local bands of the 21st century. Alister Wright with Cloud Control and later Vlossom, and guitarist Sam Lockwood with The Jezabels. Through those bands they’ve released albums that have changed the course of Australian music. 

Now, Alister and Sam have teamed up for a new duo called Goddess911 – a beguiling, indie, electronic project that sees them tackle some pretty big themes: the concept of utopia, destruction, humanity’s innate selfishness.

It’s all captured on a recently released EP titled IFIU – or I Fucked It Up, and Mick & Jules from The Tuckshop chatted to Sam Lockwood, just days before making their live debut at the Phoenix Central Park. 

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With years of releases and touring under their belt, Sydney indie-rockers, PLANET have released their debut album, Information Overload, bringing together the old and new into a rousing and brilliant package.

Despite touring and recording plans changing over the last two years, the band still managed to work with legendary producer, Adrian Busby, on this record which will surely set a new bar for a band that are aching to break out around the world.

Singer, guitarist and main songwriter, Matty Took, joined The Tuckshop to discuss the long-awaited debut, what the future holds and why it’s handy to know people with access to studios!

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The path that Fergus James has taken into the music industry could be something you’d find in a movie script. After being accepted into the famous Newtown High School of Performing arts, the teenager would find himself performing in front of Justin Timberlake which was filmed and went on to go viral and seen around the world.

His first single ‘Golden Age’, released in 2018, racked up over 7.5 Million plays on Spotify, he has played at Splendour in the Grass and he has supported Ed Sheeran on some of his shows on the biggest stadium tour in Australian history. 

With a few more years of experience under his belt, Fergus James is looking to further establish his guitar-based pop credentials with his second EP, A Slow Separation, release last Friday via the 100s and 1000s label.

He joined The Tuckshop for a light-hearted chat about what's next in his highlight reel.

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Sydney inner-west four-piece, Coconut Cream, dabble in the great Australian indie-rock sound, but bring freshness and life to a well-worn, but loved gangly guitar rock sound. It’s no wonder they’re gaining a big local following and looking to invade the rest of the country!

Their second EP, What Kind Of Music Do You Like To Listen To?, not only asks the big questions, please provides the answers with six joyful and sometimes introspective tracks.

Astari and Jasmine from Coconut Cream join The Tuckshop with their sunny disposition (despite the rain), how they became friends and what brought these wonderful sounds together.

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As live music teases to return in all it’s glory, one weekend has been hovering and waiting for it’s opportunity to signal to great return to the stage. In it’s third reschedule, the King Street Carnival is finally set to go ahead on the 11th – 13th of March across the Newtown, Enmore and Sydney Park. Venues will be bursting with live sounds as bands from all around Sydney (and beyond) will gather to celebrate, perform and (hopefully) signify a new beginning for the live music sector in NSW.

The celebrate all things live, we were joined by Solo from Horrorshow to chat about the epic Elefant Traks party that will kick off the Carnival. Solo brought in a few tracks from artists on the ET party to play and talked about why they fit right into the fam!

We also discussed the last couple of years, how we’ve gotten through it and why 2022 is shaping up as a big one for Horrorshow!

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From dressing up as George Harrison, to fronting a hit band in the ‘90s to making enduring, eclectic and inspired music, Jamie Hutchings has done it all.

The former front-man of seminal Sydney band Bluebottle Kiss has traversed many musical paths with bands, as a solo artist and as a producer.

Infinity Broke is one such project that has come and gone over the years, but has triumphantly returned with a third album, ‘Your Dream My Jail’, which came out in the thick of Sydney’s lockdown last year.

Belatedly, he and the band are about to launch this album with a show at The Great Club next Saturday, alongside good buddies, Peabody for what is sure to be an all-encompassing night of musical exploration and disparate tales.

The Tuckshop welcomed Jamie Hutchings and Reuben Wills into the studio for a chat!

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Melbourne’s Press Club began the way a lot of Australian bands do, jamming away to their heart’s content in a garage in Brunswick. In the years since they’ve become one of the most respected punk-rock acts in the country, off the back of three incredible records - their debut Late Teens, Wasted Energy, and Endless Motion, which arrived in 2022 to a landslide of critical acclaim. 

The band have now returned with their fourth record, To All The Ones That I Love. It’s undeniably Press Club - frenetic, shifting, emotional punk rock, but it also pushes at their boundaries more than ever before. 

As always, it’s an epic listen, destined to be one of the best Australian albums of the year. We welcomed drummer Frank Lees to the Tuckshop Takeaway to chat through how it all came together. 

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Methyl Ethel have evolved. With Jake Webb’s fourth album, the Perth-based polymath has penned a new chapter,  not only delivering a gorgeous piece of prose, delicate musicianship and explorative sonic landscapes, but laying the platform for a new path. It’s a path that still straddles the line between catchy melodies and dreamy harmonies all delivered with the serene voice of Webb.

Jake Webb joined Mick & Jules to reveal what the studio meant to him, where the themes of the record come from and just what is the Latin phrase used and where did it come from?

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For over a decade now, Jack Carty has been steadily producing some of Australia’s best and most important songwriting. 

From his debut, One Thousand Origami Birds, back in 2011, through to albums like Home State, Esk, and Hospital Hill, Jack has chronicled the joy, sadness, and absurdity of life with a piercing clarity – something only truly great songwriters can do.

He’s just dropped his new single Giving Up, which is going to appear on his upcoming sixth album, Wake To A Bright Morning, an album he has declared his most accomplished to date.

Before it drops on the 11th of March, we welcomed Jack Carty to The Tuckshop!

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Usually, The Tuckshop would chat to an artist who has just dropped an album, we’d discuss how it all came together and the stories and experiences that made it. But this week, they chatted to one of the judges of the prestigious The Amp (Australian Music Prize) – the winner of which is set to be announced in just over a month. Pretty much every one of our favourite albums is in the running – Amyl & The Sniffers, Emma Donovan, Genesis Owusu, Parcels, Maple Glider – and winning the prize is a big deal, past winners have included Sampa the Great, The Jezabels, Big Scary. Fanny Lumsden, is of course, not only a judge – but a wildly successful artist in her own right. So successful, that her 2020 album Fallow scooped up an ARIA award for Best Country Album and was also nominated for The AMP that year and luckily for us, she has new music on the horizon as well!Find out how many albums were in contention for the awards this year and what’s involved in the judging as well as hear about the upcoming re-imagined album!

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Music has the ability to transport you, not only to a place personal to you, but to a different time or era. This is the magical quality of Gabriella Cohen’s music.

On her third album, Blue No More, Gabriella has stirred up the past, combined it with a fresh future and given us an eclectic mix of style and genre with many well placed throwbacks that will make you smile and reminisce but also bloody well dance and maybe cry!

Mick & Jules at The Tuckshop were excited to welcome Gabriella as their first interview for 2022!

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With her debut album, Milan Ring brings together years of artistic exploration and a mastery of her many skills into an album of hope, confidence and honesty.

I’m Feeling Hopeful is nothing short of a brilliant album, oozing with soul, superb song writing and slick production. Milan has delivered one of the years’ best albums with just weeks to spare.

How did the songs come about? What has inspired Milan to stand up and be seen? Where to from here?

We find out all of these answers as she joined Mick & Jules for the final interview of the year on The Tuckshop.

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The Predators have been lurking. The trio of Steven Bishop, Ian Haug and John Collins – friends since school, have always had the idea of creating a debut album – and 16 years after forming the group, which was the original core of Powderfinger, they have released their debut album, Everybody Loves.

It’s a powerful exploration through retro post-punk sounds, with a healthy dose of classic Australian rock influence thrown in and stands as a worthy milestone for three musicians that have explored many genres (and jobs!) throughout their careers.

The Tuckshop caught up with with Ian Haug and Steve Bishop as J.C. set up their gear in the background for their rehearsal!

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Artists enter into music for many reasons. It may be an escape, an outlet of creativity or to communicate important messages. For Birdz, it feels like all three are relevant as he delivers his ground-breaking second album, Legacy.

As the title suggests, this album of ten powerful and ultimately bop-worthy tracks, establish a line of communication from Birdz to the wider community. There are themes of identity and self-determination, but also tracks that seek to educate and reveal some of Birdz’s personal story and heritage.

The Tuckshop was very excited to not only talk to an artist that is on the rise, but someone who will always have the esteemed position of being the first artist ever played on The Tuckshop!

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Camp Cope returned this week with a brand new single after three and a half years away – although, of course, they didn’t really go away. Singer Georgia Maq recorded a solo album, Pleaser, and she and bassist Kelly-Dawn linked up for a project called The Garageband Split back in 2020.

But the track Blue officially marks the return of Camp Cope. Bassist, Kelly-Dawn Helmrich, joined The Tuckshop to chat through how it all came together and what’s coming soon!

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When a band like The Hard-Ons gives you a call and asks you to be the lead singer, you probably don’t take too long to answer. This was the situation when the band, with 40 years of history, found themselves (again) without a singer and the search for a front-person began.

On a whim, it seems, they gave fellow Australian music royalty, Tim Rogers a call, and the rest, as they say is history.

That history has now etched Hard-ons 13th album, The rocking, riffy and rollicking Sorry Sir, But That Riff’s Taken.

Peter Black joined the Tuckshop to uncover some of the stories behind lucky 13.

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The many faces of Tim Shiel come together, along with a swag of talented artists to make the superb album, Distractions One. It’s a celebration of the power of music and a marvellous meld that spans time, genre and lush landscapes of synth-laden electronica layered beneath swoon-worthy acoustics.He joined Jules and Mick on The Tuckshop to uncover some of the meaning and makings of the album, that could be considered his debut solo long-player (if you don’t count video game soundtracks!)We also discuss how a social media platform is becoming an important tool in the musician arsenal as well as the biggest challenges the music industry going forward.

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Since the moment we heard the first strains of ‘Edge of Town’ and ‘Your Love’ back in 2016, we’ve been in love with Middle Kids. 

Through each release – 2018’s Lost Friends, 2021’s Today We’re The Greatest, and their new album Faith Crisis Pt 1 – the band have given us songs to cry to, songs that hug us, songs that make us want to sprint towards the horizon until we can’t run anymore. Faith Crisis Pt 1 is a very special record, sketching out the anxieties and joys of life in vivid colour. 

The Tuckshop was excited to welcome Tim Fitz and Harry Day onto the show live!

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With years of touring, EPs and singles under their belt, Moaning Lisa’s debut album has been hotly anticipated, but with such a pedigree of song-writing and musicianship in their repertoire, it was never going to disappoint.

Something Like This But Not This has proved to be one of the Australian albums of the year and comes packed with punchy, challenging, hooky tracks and incredibly sharp lyrics. The album urges you to push through and come out the other side, better, and stronger.

Bassist, guitarist and singer, Hayley Manwaring, joined The Tuckshop on 2SER for a revealing look behind the making of the album and how their move from Canberra to Melbourne saw them come into their own.

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Sydney four-piece, The Buoys are hitting their stride with tight, driving pop-punk as they prepare to release their third EP, ‘Unsolicited Advice for Your DIY Disaster’.It is anything but a disaster and they would need little advice as this six-track powerhouse of an EP further establishes the melodic punk that has seen them become famous for their live shows.Zoe and Hilary from the group talk about the production of the EP, the personal inspirations behind the lyrics and how the pair manage to balance all of their musical projects!

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Some songwriters write music to get things off their chest. Some do it to flex their creative muscle. Others do it because it’s what they were born to do.

Dominic Breen may fit into all of these categories and as a prolific song-writer, it’s been a tough task to narrow down his assemblage of songs into a succinct group of tracks that will forever be enshrined as his debut album.

But that’s what he has done with Blue Volume, an album that traverses life through the lens of a musician, a wordsmith and somebody that knows exactly how to say it all without saying too much.

He joined Mick & Jules on The Tuckshop to dive into the making of his record.

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Great pop music is all about capturing moments. From Carole King to Joni Mitchell to Taylor Swift, great pop songwriters can make the most intimate moment feel completely universal. 

On Gretta Ray’s debut album Begin To Look Around, she does just that. Exploring pain and heartbreak and hope and laughter, the album can sometimes feel like it’s echoing thoughts in your own head - like all great albums should do. 

It’s an incredible debut record and statement from Gretta, and she joined Mick & Jules on The Tuckshop to chat through how it all came together! 

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