Record Royale

Absolute legend Stevie Knight from Sydney band The Dead Love, as well as the producer for your favourite Aussie pop-punk bands, joins us this week to chat about two ripper alt-rock albums from last decade. Basement's 'Promise Everything' record is up against 'Proper Dose' by The Story So Far. Enjoy!

It's a battle of the Kiwis on this week's episode! Benee's debut record 'Hey u x' is up against Lorde's hugely successful 2013 debut 'Pure Heroine'. Both super unique artists who definitely let their personalities shine through their music. Enjoy!

Cody Stebbings, singer and guitarist from Sydney band Down For Tomorrow becomes our first ever two-time guest this week! Huge scenes. For his second time around he has put to the table a couple of fellow Sydney pop punk bands and their 2020 records - Yours Truly 'Self Care' and Stand Atlantic 'Pink Elephant'! 

One of our great mates Benny McIntyre, lead singer and guitarist of Newcastle band Rum Jungle, joins us this week for one of the most talked about debates in all of music - The Beatles or The Stones? He's chosen The Beatles last record 'Let It Be' to go up against The Stones' 1969 album 'Let It Bleed'. Enjoy!

Two of our favourites! Californian punks Joyce Manor and their 2014, 19-minute long album 'Never Hungover Again' is up against defunct emo outfit Glocca Morra and their record 'Just Married'. If you haven't listened before, do yourself a favour. 

We're back for 2021! And what a couple of albums to kick off the new year with. Queens of the Stone Age's 2002 'Songs For The Deaf' is up against Foo Fighters sophomore record 'The Colour and the Shape'. The nicest guy in music - Dave Grohl - features on both albums and both albums absolutely rock, enjoy!

Get into the Christmas spirit with the last episode of 2020! ‘Merry Christmas’ by Mariah Carey (the best selling Christmas album of all time) is going up again ‘Christmas’ by Michael Bublé (the second best selling album of the 2010’s! Both records chart every year at this time, and for good reason. They’re classic Christmas albums! Enjoy, and we’ll see you back in 2021 for another huge year. 

Season three kicking off with a couple of 2011 bangers! Pop punk heroes The Wonder Years and their record 'Suburbia I've Given You All And Now I'm Nothing' and hardcore-punk heroes Title Fight and their debut effort 'Shed' are the topics of discussion this week, with very special guest Daniel Seymour from Brisbane bands Columbus and Waxflower! Follow us on the socials @recordroyale and join our Facebook group 'The Record Royale Epic Facebook Group Royale'! 

That's right, it's bracket episode time! We've covered 32 albums in season two, and it's time to see which one is truly the best! The albums have been seeded 1 through to 32 based on the score that we gave them in their respective episodes, and we're chucking them in an elimination style tournament! Plus, we give out our coveted season two awards.

The last episode of Australian Music Month and the last episode of season two is here! Julia Jacklin and her huge 2019 album 'Crushing' squares up with the Melbourne-based Jade Imagine and their debut effort 'Basic Love'! Rip in for the last episode of November.