Hey You Listen to This

Find more on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Hey You Listen to This⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.Emerging from Brooklyn in 2016, Nation of Language have released 4 brilliant synth-pop albums that have put them at the forefront of the genre. I caught up with the band at Green Man Festival in August to chat about musical evolution, subverting genre conventions and more.Intro music used:Jazz by Pulsebox under Creative Commons.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

Find more on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Hey You Listen to This⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.Very few bands in 2026 have made a splash in quite the same way as Gilla Band. Formed in Dublin in 2011, the group just released their gargantuan 4th album Pugnello to an incredible reception. I caught up with the band ahead of their first ever in-the-round show in London to talk about the role of adversity in the creation of art and more.Intro music used:Jazz by Pulsebox under Creative Commons.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

Find more on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Hey You Listen to This⁠⁠⁠⁠.Nirosta Steel is the project of Steven Hall, a Scottish-born musician who until the release of his archival record My Skyscraper, remained a totally obscure member of the 1980s New York underground arts scene. The record, which spans more than 40 years of work, has been met with extraordinary praise from critics and audiences alike. I caught up with Steven in August to chat about creativity, Arthur Russell and his sudden prominence in the public eye.Intro music used:Jazz by Pulsebox under Creative Commons.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

Find more on ⁠⁠⁠Hey You Listen to This⁠⁠⁠.Emerging from South London in 2017, Dry Cleaning have since become one of the most celebrated bands in post-punk.At the start of 2026, the band released their third album, Secret Love, to universal acclaim and have toured it globally since.I caught up with Florence Shaw, Nick Buxton and Lewis Maynard at Green Man to chat about expanding their sound and fusing the mundane with the surreal.Intro music used:Jazz by Pulsebox under Creative Commons.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

Find more on ⁠⁠Hey You Listen to This⁠⁠.Hailing from Detroit, Protomartyr have become one of the defining bands in contemporary American post-punk. The band have just released their 7th formidable studio album, Hotel Usona, in collaboration with Dave Fridmann, which takes aim at American imperialism, cultural hegemony and modern geopolitics while expanding on their well-established sound. I sat down with Greg and Joe during their tour of Australia to chat 50’s exotica, music as a place and more.Intro/outro music:Jazz by Pulsebox under Creative Commons.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

Find more on ⁠Hey You Listen to This⁠.An artist unafraid of cross-genre experimentation, Daniel Avery is a leading innovator in contemporary electronic music. Spanning shoegaze, ambient, techno and industrial electronica, his latest effort Tremor siphons the best of these into something uniquely his own. I caught up with Daniel ahead of this record’s live debut at Rising in Melbourne to chat about the consolidation of influences, rock music and more.Intro/outro music:Jazz by Pulsebox under Creative Commons.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

Find more on Hey You Listen to ThisTwo years on from the release of The New Sound, and nearly a year since our last conversation, I sat down with Geordie Greep to chat about how his relationship with working as a solo artist has developed, online music discourse and the shaping of personal taste. We also get into music criticism, Letterboxd-style rankings and the superiority complex of having an encyclopaedic knowledge of music. #geordiegreep #blackmidi #musicdiscovery #musicrecommendations #artistinterview

More music you've never heard on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Hey You Listen to This⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.Hailing from Manchester, Westside Cowboy are quickly becoming one of the biggest bands in Britain. Dual lead vocals underscored by a punk sensibility and Americana twang, all driven by a restless percussive momentum. This frenetic nature of their punkier work is beautifully balanced by the softer moments in their catalogue, echoing the scope of bands like Black Country New Road or Honeyglaze. I sat down with Aoife and Reuben in Oslo after their set at Øyafestivalen.Intro/outro music:Jazz by Pulsebox under Creative Commons.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

More music you've never heard on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Hey You Listen to This⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.Fusing bossa nova, chamber pop, folk and jazz to make her own singular brand of indie rock, Mei Semones is one of the most exciting artists in contemporary music. I caught up with Mei ahead of her Sydney headline show to chat jazz music, touring and her fantastic record Animaru.Intro/outro music:Jazz by Pulsebox under Creative Commons.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

More music you've never heard on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Hey You Listen to This⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.Of all the experimental music released in the 2020s, few bands have entered the zeitgeist in quite the same fashion as YHWH Nailgun.Formed in Philadelphia in 2020, the band have just released their ferocious, second studio album, Magazine on 4AD.I caught up with the band at a Thai restaurant in Sydney to chat about everything from gatekeeping, the band's name, to the albums that have shaped their sound: from The Knife and Clipse to traditional Colombian music.Intro/outro music:Jazz by Pulsebox under Creative Commons.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...