While Sam and Max spend the week at Bigsound, in Something New, it's big pop times across the board for both of the lads. In the news, a fan-favourite music venue in Brisbane is getting a facelift, and Apple Music is actively hunting disaffected Spotify users, and, over in the suitcase, we unpack which acts we're expecting to see as future headliners.

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Max is going back to the heyday of Australian alt-rock, with the 2003 #1 record from Something for Kate, "The Official Fiction". Will he be a Paul stan or a Dempsey  detractor?

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Sam and Max dial in for a chaotically fun call with U.S. rockers Hot Mulligan around the release of their latest album. Along the way they chat some of the wild song titles, which song might have been named "Boobs", and hear an exclusive live announce of an Australian tour... of sorts.

Connect with Hot Mulligan on Instagram and TikTok, and listen to their latest record, "The Sound A Body Makes When It's Still" on Spotify and Apple Music.

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The summer festival lineups just don't stop, so we're covering the latest from Lost Paradise, Beyond the Valley and Wildlands, as well as Valley Fiesta. Then it's a rundown of Max's hot recommendations on who to catch at the Bigsound conference.

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Sam's checking out the latest from Surf Rockers The Terrys, and ranking it against his long-term love of Australian indie rock.

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Before they drop their second album, "Sex Ed", and embark on a supporting tour, Sam and Max dial in with Playlunch. They chat about giving some rap bars to Barry Hall, whether there's a Milo ice cream song on the horizon, and which kids' TV theme song bettered anything from Bach.

Connect with Playlunch on Instagram and TikTok and listen to their upcoming album, "Sex Ed" on Spotify and Apple Music. Find information and tickets to their upcoming tour here.

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Our very own Sam is under the weather, but battles as he and Max chat new music, a very wholesome fundraiser for the Brisbane scene, a Splendour-killing line up, Good Things finally dropping their line up, and asking the big question: "where are they now?"

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Max takes the opportunity to wax lyrical about the history of Disco and its impacts on dance music and release formats as he reviews Boys Town Gang's disco disc.

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Ahead of their second album, "Stay Relentless", Sam and Max dial in with Chas from Sydney heavies, Justice for the Damned. Along the way, they discuss what it's like to face a sophomore drop after a long gap, how personal struggles get shared across the band, and whether there's a secret Sleep Token connection.

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Sam takes aim at over-priced VIP packages at live shows, one of our YouTube commenters offers a wise insight on artists leaving Spotify, we both fret about how we discover new bands, and we both agree on the Mount Rushmore of Video Game soundtracks.

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