Humans of Music
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Humans of Music
Former Rolling Stone editor Rod Yates sits down with some of music’s biggest stars and behind-the-scenes players and asks: How did they get where they are today? What made them who they are? How have they navigated the ups and downs of life and their career, and what have they learned along the way?...
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Alexander 23
Alexander 23’s path to this point has been anything but a straight line. He was studying mechanical engineering at university before he quit to pursue...
Ken Casey (Dropkick Murphys)
Dropkick Murphys' 11th studio album is called This Machine Still Kills Fascists.
The record features a collection of Woody Guthrie’s unpublished...
Bartees Strange
There aren't many artists touring the world right now who can say they were once part of the Obama administration. Bartees Strange can, thanks to his...
Don Was
My guest for this 100th episode is bona fide musical legend Don Was.
Don was a founding member of Was (Not Was), and he’s a GRAMMY-winning produ...
Marlon Williams
Marlon Williams' voice has been turning heads since he was a teen singing in the church choir – it was enough to convince Bradley Cooper to cast him i...
Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs
When Orlando Higginbottom – AKA Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs – releases his new album When The Lights Go on September 9, it will be 10 years sin...
Moonchild Sanelly
In 2016, Moonchild Sanelly wrote down a list of goals she wanted to achieve in the next 10 years, and they included collaborating with Beyoncé, Diplo...
Alex The Astronaut
Alex Lynn – AKA Sydney singer-songwriter Alex The Astronaut – is one of those people who can seemingly do whatever she puts her mind to.
She mig...
James Bay
British singer-songwriter James Bay recently released his third album, Leap.
He finished recording it early in 2020, but – in an all too familia...
mxmtoon
mxmtoon is the definition of a modern pop star.
She grew up in Oakland making music in her bedroom and posting covers of pop songs she'd perform...
Alfie Templeman
Alfie Templeman is the very definition of a prolific artist.
He may have just released his debut album, Mellow Moon, but over the past few years...
Caleb Harper (Spacey Jane)
Spacey Jane have had a breakout few years. The Perth outfit's 2020 debut album Sunlight hit Number 2 on the Australian charts, and their just-released...
Ben Lee
Given that he’ll celebrate his 44th birthday in 2022, it’s crazy to think that Ben Lee has been part of the musical landscape for three decades. As a...
Conor Maynard
Conor Maynard was one of the earliest artists to embrace the power of YouTube. While he was in his teens he started uploading covers to the platform,...
Sasha Alex Sloan
Songwriting has been a part of Sasha Alex Sloan's life for a long time.
As a kid she struggled at school, but she would come home and dedicate h...
Chris Messina
Chris Messina is a GRAMMY-nominated producer, mixer, engineer and songwriter, and one of Bon Iver's main creative partners.
They struck up a fri...
Chris Cheney (The Living End)
The Living End frontman Chris Cheney releases his debut solo album, The Storm Before The Calm, on June 17.
Worlds away from the bombast of The L...
Pete Murray
Pete Murray has been a mainstay of the Australian music scene since he released his major label debut album, Feeler, in 2003.
One of the interes...
Jaguar Jonze
The debut album by Jaguar Jonze – AKA Brisbane artist Deena Lynch – is called Bunny Mode.
The record’s title may sound upbeat and playful, but t...
Stephan Jenkins (Third Eye Blind)
Stephan Jenkins was cast into the spotlight when Third Eye Blind's 1997 self-titled debut album exploded around the world. On the back of hits like "...
Matt Sorum (GN'R, The Cult, Velvet Revolver)
Matt Sorum joined Guns N'Roses in time to play on their 1991 Use Your Illusion albums. At that point they were the biggest rock band in the world, and...
Keli Holiday (Adam Hyde)
Keli Holiday is a fictious character created by Peking Duk's Adam Hyde to channel a different side of his musical personality.
While Peking Duk...
Skylar Grey
The name Skylar Grey might not be instantly recognisable, but you’ll definitely know the songs she’s co-written: "Love The Way You Lie" by Eminem, "Cl...
Tex Perkins
Tex Perkins is one of the finest and fiercest frontmen ever to stalk a stage, and the very definition of an artist who follows his instincts wherever...
Eric Pulido (Midlake)
Midlake recently released their fifth studio album, For the Sake of Bethel Woods.
It’s their first album since 2013’s Antiphon, and the second t...
Shamir
Shamir’s new album Heterosexuality is an intensely personal record.
While in the past Shamir has sung about his identity as a queer, non-binary...
Nilüfer Yanya
As the daughter of two visual artists, art has always played a central role in Nilüfer Yanya’s life.
Discovered at 20 after uploading demos to S...
BENEE
New Zealand indie-pop superstar BENEE recently released her latest EP, Lychee. It’s the follow-up to her 2020 debut album Hey u x, which exploded arou...
Midnight Oil
Midnight Oil recently released their 13th studio album, Resist.
It’s the Oils’ first full-length since 2002’s Capricornia, after which they disb...
Foxes
Foxes – AKA British singer-songwriter Louisa Rose Allen – recently released her third album, The Kick.
It’s her first full-length in six years,...
MØ
Danish singer-songwriter MØ has just released her new album, Motordrome.
The record’s title refers to the hamster wheel MØ felt she was on for y...
S-X
British artist Sam Gumbley – AKA S-X – first made a name for himself as a producer in his teens. He was 17 when he created an instrumental track calle...
Trentemøller
Anders Trentemøller started playing in bands in Copenhagen in the early '90s before moving into club music a few years later. But ever since he starte...
Eric Gales
In the years since he released his debut album as a 16-year-old guitar prodigy in 1991, Eric Gales has been to Hell and back. Prior to getting sober f...
Adam Dutkiewicz (Killswitch Engage/Times Of Grace)
Killswitch Engage guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz is one of the most colourful characters in modern heavy metal. While his band's music is brutal and their...
Isabella Summers
When Isabella "Machine" Summers met Florence Welch in the mid-2000s, they formed a deep connection that led very quickly to writing music together. On...
Twin Shadow
In 2021 Twin Shadow – AKA George Lewis Jr – released his fifth full-length, called Twin Shadow.
It brings together many of the influences he abs...
Joe Chiccarelli
There’s not much Joe Chiccarelli hasn’t achieved in music – as a producer, mixer and engineer he’s won 10 Grammys and Latin Grammys, and over the cour...
LP
At one point in this interview, LP says they’ve had nine lives. They’re referring to the fact that since they released their debut album in 2001, they...
Curtis Harding
Curtis Harding spent much of his childhood travelling with his family as his mother performed in churches and helped spread the word, immersing young...