The BackBeat Podcast

I caught up with Joel Shadbolt from NZ reggae inspired icons L.A.B to chat about their upcoming trip to Aussie shores for Over The Ditch festival this month - Feb 22 and 23 in Newcastle NSW. Listen now to hear about Joel's perspective on working for yourself in a numbers-based industry, burn out, musical influences, political, spiritual, and cultural commentary, creative control and development, his current top 3 NZ/AU music recs, and more!

In this episode I catch up with new Hands Like Houses vocalist, Josh Raven, post-recovery and pre-tour for his first live shows with the band. This might just be my favourite episode yet, as another bucket-list item checked off! We talk all things HLH, including joining the band and transitioning between projects, vocal techniques, moving into new themes and musical styles, collaborating with old and new friends, Josh's current bookworm reads, and of course preparing for the upcoming tour (starting this week!) and his top 3 current Aussie artists.

I caught up with Luke Bevans, founder of Impressed Recordings, and - through a handful of technical difficulties - we caught up about all things Aussie music and vinyl. industry sustainability and collaboration, upcoming plans, and of course, his current top Aussie artists. Be sure to check out Impressed Recordings, as well as the upcoming Record Store Day special releases on April 20! You'll need to visit your local record store IRL to snap up what's on offer, so make sure to put it in your calendar!

Spearheaded by Melbourne/Naarm-based creative Allison Watters, the DIY independent 'zine PULSE makes a comeback this year for PULSE: Issue 2. In what might be one of my favourite episodes/conversations to date, I chatted with Allison about all things PULSE, and pick her brain about her experience entering the heavy music and media industry, and why its so important to push for representation and support of non-men in the industry.

I got to chat with Callum and Jack from The Snuts all the way over in Glasgow, ahead of their first independent album on their fresh record label 'Happy Artist Records'. 'Millennials' is a content and carefree leap away from their previous album - and it's so dang happy I might cry (in a good way).

I catch up with Leo Davadi Sundli, AKA STORM, ahead of his slot with Download UK in June this year. The audio for this episode is a little iffy (good ol' Zoom Calls), but at just 15 years old STORM is smashing expectations and we're psyched to see where he goes.

Back with the second ever 2024 episode in the last month of the year - but we're here!In this one I got to chat to Ed and Todd who've directed and produced a huge list of incredible projects with names including Gerard Way, The Veronicas, I Prevail, Fender, Northlane (and a bunch of early days Backbeat guests including Warwick Hughes from our FIRST guest episode, and Jess and Jay from Episode 5!).I was lucky enough to be involved with the latest Northlane music video shoot for ‘Dante', where I connected with the guys and we managed to squeeze a near-2-hour episode into what has been a crazy past couple of weeks!We go over video production and directing, lessons learned over their years in the industry, with a sprinkling of mental health and personal wellbeing, and ofcourse their current Aussie favourites.

Back with a new episode for the first time in a YEAR. Oops.In this one I'm chatting to someone who I'm personally a huge fan of, while also being my first episode back in a LONG time, and my first international guest (as older listeners of this podcast and platform has previously been solely focussed on Australian music and artists). Safe to say I'm excited for this one. On what is possibly the longest distance zoom call I've ever done, I'm here with Orla Gartland!

I caught up with The Last Martyr and Some Heard Trouble at Freeza and Yo Bendigo's ‘BendiGLOW' Youth Fest in September for my first FACE TO FACE interviews in over a year and a half (!!!). Part 2 with Some Heard Trouble is finally HERE!

I caught up with The Last Martyr and Some Heard Trouble at Freeza and Yo Bendigo's ‘BendiGLOW' Youth Fest in September for my first FACE TO FACE interviews in over a year and a half (!!!). In Part 1 we go over The Last Martyr's recent single ‘Sugar' and it's background, upcoming releases (including a special debut we got to witness on the night), mental health, Ben's obsession with Twix, touring with their idols, stylistic inspos, their top 3 Aussie acts right now, and more!I caught Some Heard Trouble right before they went on stage, so look out for that in Part 2 coming next!

Ahead of their mammoth 22-date national album tour for October - December, I chatted to Maz from WAAX on their latest album ‘Atleast I'm Free', with the tour kicking off this coming week on October 6. “You might consider At Least I'm Free something like a second debut album for WAAX — a creative and emotional rebirth that's resulted in some of the band's finest, punchiest songs ever” and that's exactly what this ep is all about. Songwriting, hardships, mental health, industry struggles, and coming out the other side. Enjoy.

Without a doubt, the “feel-good” vibes of Spici Water will continue to grow their following throughout Western Australia & beyond. Their songs of love, heartache, good times & bad will become the soundtrack of “Good Night(s)” across Australia. I chat to the band about their new track 'Truth' and catch up about the bands' history, their first show and first tour, mental health, adulting, ADHD, and why in the world they're called 'Spici Water'.

Madi is a long-time friend and live events and boudoir photographer and model, who started out down here in VIC and has moved up to Brisbane to follow her passions. Having covered locals like Tonight Alive, Trophy Eyes, Northlane, The Amity Afflication and internationals such as All Time Low, Paramore, Fall Out Boy, Good Charlotte, and Mayday Parade, moving up in the world with her business, Madi is one to watch!

James makes a noble return and gives the run down on Australian Owned, Melbourne based Drumstick and Apparel company, Big Sound Percussion.

In this episode, I catch up with Cam and Pat from Tassie-based indie. punk-rockers, The Sleepyheads, while they recover from covid and other fun stuff. We go over their debut album ‘Something to Balance the Sonder'. Coming full circle a little here as my old co-host Gabby mentioned them in a super early episode as one of her hometown favourites. ‘Something to Balance the Sonder' is out NOW - definitely check it out, and enjoy the episode!

In this one, I'm chatting to Ben and James from Melbourne alt-rock band Rumours, who have the launch for their latest single ‘Blood Eagle' next Friday (July 15) at Cherry Bar. A slightly more lighthearted one, where we go over the new release, the upcoming single launch, mental health and supporting each other, dream collaborations, their songwriting process based on their influences and inspirations, and what to expect from them going forward.Check out this weekend's sister episode with Yours Truly as well!

Another short one, this time with Mikaila Delgado from Sydney ‘alternative bright lights', Yours Truly.Their new EP ‘is this what I look like' comes out next Friday July 15th and in this episode we go over the background of the EP and prior releases, the surprise video debut for ‘Lights On' at Unify 2022, working with Josh Franceschi from You Me At Six for ‘Hallucinate', Mikaila's fem-focussed collab wishlist, rebranding their feeds for new releases, and we touch on feelings of imposter syndrome & mental health, and how that's changing over time for Mikaila and the band.

It's sweet, it's fluffy, it's tasty, it's Bakers Eddy. In this absolute biscuit factory of an episode, I catch up with Ian and Ciarran from Bakers Eddy, to chat about their mammoth tour announcement, their freshly baked not-so-debut album ‘Love Boredom Bicycles', emo origin stories and their change in confidence over the years, cats, fashion, the lot. It's got a sprinkle of occasional chaos and a litre of laughs. Enjoy.

A quick one with Montaigne in lead up to Groovin' the Moo!We chat about that ‘fucked music' we fondly know as 'Hyperpop', the development of her track ‘Always Be You' with none other than American new-wave idol, Talking Heads' David Byrne, her acting debut with ‘Time to Buy', and hints for her upcoming album.Catch Montaigne around Australia for Groovin', and be sure to check out her latest release ‘Always Be You', and keep your eyes peeled for new music later this year.

After debuting a new name with their late 2021 track ‘Now Or Later', Sydney indie pop quartet 90ivy (formerly The Flowers) are thrilled to soon be revealing their brand new single ‘Tiffany'. We chat about the band's personal and creative inspos, introspection, mental health, soap-box trash TV, and of course, their Aussie faves.

In this smashing solo return, I've got the scoop with Dale Tanner from Ocean Grove, chatting a little more in depth about the intention behind upcoming album 'Up In The Air Forever', mental health and wellbeing, and the development of Ocean Grove's personal mantra 'PMA'.

The end of an era! I say goodbye to Gabby and we go over some of her highlights in her time as co-host on the BackBeat. Will we see her on here again? Only time will tell!

We catch up with Nick & Tristan from Brisbane band, Waxflower, about songwriting, search engine optimisation, mental health, developmental changes, and of course their latest single 'Soak'

We jump on a call with Maddy Herbert of neo-soul band Velvet Bloom to chat all about their latest release, their upcoming EP, christmas carols, songwriting processes, recording for vinyl, and fundraising for the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre, all featuring some adorable adopted kits and pups.

We chat to our very own photo whiz, Lauren, to chat about all things photography, study, imposter syndrome, touring, rebranding, career dreams, and....geese? It's a long one, so strap in.

This episode we've got another all girl party, with Jaz Yates from JY Management Group and 'Your Music, Your Business' podcast, talking about mental health, cancel culture, artist management, and "proving how being a young, entrepreneurial, and driven woman comes with strength & mistakes."

Moaning Lisa give us the low on their latest album release 'Something Like This But Not This', touring plans, living and gigging in Canberra, their experiences and focusses on gig etiquette and social activism, and of course, their 'BIG 3' star signs (the important stuff, we know)

We're super excited for this one - we get to chat to Ben Lee about social media presence, indigenous awareness, personal identity, tik tok, collaboration, and heaps more; and of course his latest release 'Born For This Bullshit'.

We're back and almost better than ever, with everyone on their own mic and sounding great!In this episode we chat to Sez, a comedian, musician, tik-tok creator, podcaster, and otherwise creative Brunswickian originally from the Blue Mountains NSW. As her triple j unearthed bio confirms, she has stories that will scare you and make you feel warm and fuzzy at the same time, and we've caught just a few of them in this hour and a half episode!Check her out online - including her very own podcast ‘Child of 98', and check in early next month when we chat to Ben Lee!

We've returned from another unplanned hiatus and this time we're back with Jimmy and Cam from The VANNS! We chat about the new single 'Feels Good Now', COVID life, Triple J lols, BTS funnies, and more.

This episode is a hot mess. It's been a while and we're out of practice, but settle in for 45 mins of updates, shit-talking, and a chat with Sly Withers!

Welcome to BackBeat's first episode of 2021!In this one we are out in the field, on-site at Stay Gold in Brunswick for the Teenage Joans / TOWNS co-headliner, chatting to them about all things tour, new releases, crazy Adelaide stories, and their Aussie faves.Due to being recorded on-site at the actual venue right before their show, there is a bit of background noise, mostly music from the front bar in Ollies Pizza Bar (check it out, amaaazing food), but hopefully it's not too bad post-edit. Be sure to check out both of these amazing Adelaide duos doing amazing things and keep your ears and eyes peeled for a super cool next ep!-J + G xo

Hello and welcome back to The BackBeatIn this short episode, I chat with Josh Walker from local rock band Stuck Out about their new EP, the process and meaning behind it, the niche of the Australian music scene, collaboration and inspiration, and of course his current Aussie faves. 

Stuck Out have just yesterday released their new EP ‘Lie Through Your Teeth' and TONIGHT have their EP release show at Stay Gold so I hope to see some friendly faces there! 

Enjoy this short chat and we'll be back with full episodes soon enough!

CW: Mental Health and Suicide Otherwise, welcome to this funky, albeit short, episode with Sydney indie-pop artist Carla Wehbe!Given the mention of mental health and the trigger warning at the start, if you are in need of assistance, attention, help at all or just a shoulder to cry on, please reach out. Be sure to check on your mates, especially in these weird times, but also year round.Coronavirus Mental Wellbeing Support ServiceCall 1800 512 348 Chat onlineSuicide and crisis supportFor immediate support, call Lifeline on 13 11 14 or the Suicide Call Back Service on 1300 659 467.If you are in an emergency, or at immediate risk of harm to yourself or others, please contact emergency services on 000. There is also an online web chat service, available at https://cmwssonline.beyondblue.org.au/#/chat/startAs always, thanks for listening and be sure to check out Carla Wehbe's new EP Half Past Nine, out now, let us know who you'd like to hear us chat with, and keep your eyes and ears peeled for the next episode!

Hello everyone and welcome back to the Backbeat Podcast!In this episode we chat with Cath Haridy. Cath is the executive director of the Association of Artist Managers, and is also an artists manager herself for her own management company. She is an ambassador for APRA/AMCOS and Support Act and a member of the board for Music Victoria.We talk all about supporting womxn in the industry, the two fantastic new programs coming from the AAM (Association of Artist Managers). The AAM has announced two mentor programs, one for womxn, and one for Victorians. These are two groups who have been adversely affected by the pandemic, so giving those managers access to this mentor program is a real boost.

In this week's episode we chat to the wonderful Odette, and her Bull Arab Kenneth.. We go over mental health and depersonalisation, her songwriting influences, her latest release 'Dwell', the story of her parents meeting on the set of TITANIC(???), and of course her Aussie faves and more!Check out ‘Dwell' and the incredible music video for it out now, and keep your eyes peeled for her upcoming releases.The next few weeks of episodes are a little less planned out than usual but we'll be sure to keep you updated!

This time we chat to the duo behind Bubble Productions, a local ‘ethically focussed' photography and videography production company who cater to events, advertising, documentaries, weddings and modelling - and now, music! Nick and Sheri chat with us about their early beginnings since meeting at uni, funky production stories, favourite documentaries and films, the end of the world, and of course their Australian faves.At this point, our next guest is Alex from Groover, a networking and feedback platform being brought to Australia to help artists gain industry feedback on their tracks before releasing them. WE also have some really funky guests planned going forward so fingers crossed all goes well.In the meantime, enjoy!

In this hilarious episode we chat to Dylan and Liam from local alt-rock band ‘Reside', who've recently released their track ‘Fallen'. We chat about all things beginnings, lockdown, creativity, emotional support, memes and local band ‘beef', and more! This is probably one of our favourite episodes so far so we hope you enjoy as much as we did!Next week we chat to the due behind Bubble Productions about their involvement with local brands and businesses, and their movement into the local music scene.Catch!

This episode we chat to Josh Hicks, founder of Robot Jaw Records, to go over their latest project 'The Be Good Project' - a creative collaboration album and artwork collection all about mental health awareness.As of right now we believe the digital version of the Be Good project is available, and the physical version will be out next week so be sure to check out Robot Jaw Records and all the awesome artists they've collaborated with for this awesome cause.Next week, we chat to the local alt-rock boys from Reside, and we think it might be one of our favourite interviews so far. Keep your eyes peeled for that one, and we'll catch you next week!

In this episode, we spoke with jazzy soul babe Miss Emilia about her latest solo release 'Woman With Needs', and what it's like being a woman in the modern industry and working world. We go over female empowerment, competition between the sexes (and amongst themselves), personal industry experiences with sexism, objectification, discrimination, and more, including some of her positive experiences as a woman.As it turns out, we actually have a HEAP more content to pump out to you guys, so for a while we will once again be publishing on a weekly basis. Next week, we have an episode with Dylan and Liam from Melbourne alt-rock band Reside, where we chat a lot about mental health, social media skits, Liam's famous GLITTER TEARS, and their 'beef' with Liam's prior band, Windwaker. It's hilarious.

We Skype chat to Ben Stewart - Slowly Slowly frontman - about his new-ish project, 'Congrats', and the process in the creation of the pop solo project. Ben goes over mental health, philosophy, his new pupper Rosie, his personal influences, and more! We had a ball chatting to Ben and are absolutely loving the new Congrats releases - Lobotomy is out now on Spotify and wherever you consume your fave music! At this point we're looking to be back to our regular upload schedule so you'll hear from us again in two weeks time, when we chat to Miss Emilia, a local Melbourne based, jazz soul rnb queen, where we talk all about her new solo career, managing herself and her band The Mamas, and female empowerment and what that looks like to her.These recent and upcoming episodes are all being recorded remotely, between Gabby, Jahmiele, and our guests, so apologies for any background noise and Skype chat fuzz.

This is another mini episode Due to face to face and travel restrictions, we've had a few more phone interviews than usual, serving as our episodes for this little whileIn this minisode I chat to Aussie indie-rocker Jack Bratt. We go over his change to a solo career, his creative process, the story behind his latest single ‘The Outsider', staying humble, his love of basketball and Rolling Stone, some doggo chats, and more!Listen up and check out the new single ‘The Outsider', with its adorable, bittersweet video of a stranded astronaut, finding love and belonging on earth - out now!We had a small technical issue so the first little part of the first question and answer are cut off, so for a little opening context, jack is talking about what provoked his change from performing with a band to going solo.Enjoy!

This is another mini episode, as given the covid situation, Gabby and myself are separated between cities and lets just say, we weren't entirely prepared for it. Due to face to face and travel restrictions, we've got a few more phone interviews than usual, serving as our episodes for the next little while. In this minisode I chat to Aussie folk troubadour Josh Pyke. After a 5 year break, Josh is back with his new album Rome , which was released just yesterday, and its absolutely gorgeous - but don't take my word for it, check out our review of the album on our website now and have a listen to the 11 track collection now on Spotify and wherever else you get your music fix.This episode, Josh tells us about how times have changed, his issues with anxiety and overcoming mental health issues, the process of writing not just songs but also children's books, and more!We tried to pack it all in to a 15 minute call but we did pretty well, if I do say so myself!Listen up and check out the new album ‘Rome' out now!Enjoy!

This is more of a mini episode, as given the cove situation, Gabby and myself are separated between cities and lets just say, we weren't entirely prepared for it. Due to face to face and travel restrictions, we've got a few more phone interviews than usual, serving as our episodes for the next little while. In this minisode I chat to Harper Bloom about her upcoming debut EP ‘Faith, Sex and Skin', and we go over current and past life struggles, mental health, what she's up to at the moment, how the writing and recording process has been for her during isolation, and a few other casual pop-culture chats.

In this episode we chat with with Jack Pierce, one half of acoustic folk duo The Pierce Brothers, where we chat all about what isolation has looked like for him, the new Pierce Brothers' releases, working with a twin, and his new-found passion for woodwork. Check out The Pierce brother's latest release KANKO and keep your eye out for the new singles coming over the next few months in lead up to the new album. As always, thanks for the support thus far, and we hope to get back into a semi-regular posting schedule soon. Stay safe and we'll catch you next time.

Once again, we've been a bit absent on the episodes front, but we hope to make up for it with new episodes both this week AND next, not to mention they feature some amazing local guests. In this episode we bring you up to speed on our iso-hiatus and new developments, and we chat to Ryan from The Motion Below about their latest releases, his advice on how to make the best of your band, and his Aussie heavy favourites, enjoy!

In this episode we chat to the wonderful Alex and Fergus from Melbourne-based band, Kingswood, talking about their brand new album, their creative processes, their experiences with mental health, and how they're feeling about the end of the world. It's a big one for us, with both our biggest guests so far and our first time using some brand new Rode Podmics. Up and up!We're excited to be back with some new fancy equipment for this one and it's with what is potentially our biggest guest to date, so enjoy! This one was partially recorded on location, mid-sound-check at the Corner Hotel so there's definitely some background noise, but sit back and enjoy as we help you put together your soundtrack to the apocalypse. Skip past our introduction chats to the 16:47 minute mark if you wanna get straight to the Kingswood interview - it's okay, we won't be offended…much.

In this episode we're talking to local emerging artist YARA about her new release ‘Manhater', her experiences as not just a woman but also a person of colour in the music industry - and life in general, and her personal experiences and perspective on physical and mental health as someone dealing with PCOS and depression.

Catching up after our brief hiatus before getting ready to really jump into the next few months. In this episode, it's again just Jahmiele and Gabby havin' a chat, talking about Gabby's time at the last ever Party In The Paddock, my brief time at Laneway Festival, our first reviews and NEW reviewers! And both of our upcoming birthday plans, and plans for the podcast in the coming months. It's been a while and we've missed you, so we promise not to go AWOL this time!

Gabby and Jahmiele have gone back to basics for this one, taking a look a the year that was for BackBeat in 2019; recounting our previous episodes, our December of 2019 which featured Good Things Festival and New Years, along with our plans for BackBeat in 2020 - including some funky new announcements coming super soon!

In this episode, we're talking to Australian musician and industry pro, Laura Imbruglia from Music Victoria. We talk about her personal development as an artist and industry professional, working in event and video production and marketing, the music Victoria awards, and of course her Australian favourites.