Record Royale

Cody Stebbings from Sydney band Down For Tomorrow joins us this week to chat about a couple of punk mega albums - Green Day ‘Dookie’ and Blink-182 ‘Enema of the State’! Laughs were had, memories were made, and one album came out on top.

The lovely Darren James from Newcastle band's FRITZ and Underlay joins us this week to talk about and compare 'Is This It' by The Strokes and 'Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not' from the Arctic Monkeys! Two of the biggest and most important debut albums of all time brings about some delightful discussion for this week's episode. Enjoy!

It’s a battle of the Odd Future alumni this week! ‘IGOR’ by Tyler, The Creator takes on ‘channel ORANGE’ by Frank Ocean. The two grammy award winning albums provide us with the closest episode yet!

Dialled up the early 2000's pop this week on the pod ~ Beyoncé 'Dangerously in Love' and Justin Timberlake Justified'! The debut albums from two of the biggest stars at the turn of the millennium go head to head, and we didn’t hold back. Dig in!

This week on the show Ruairi Burns and Andrew Jago from the rock band Jacob join us to talk mid-2000's pop punk royalty: Panic! At The Disco 'A Fever You Can't Sweat Out' and Fall Out Boy 'From Under The Cork Tree'!

A couple of communal favourites from everyone involved, the lads dish their takes on these two classics, whilst Ruairi and Andrew recite one of the worst, yet best parts of the two albums - an absolute must listen. 

Brad's two favourite house albums go head to head this week on the show! The lads try to decide which 14 track album is better - British duo Disclosure and their crisp debut effort 'Settle' or French icons Daft Punk and their classic 2001 album 'Discovery'. Also, Brad creates the best tattoo idea yet - someone absolutely needs to get it inked.

The first albums to come from 2020 hit the podcast this week! Charli XCX’s full lockdown album ‘How I’m Feeling Now’ takes on Dua Lipa’s disco-pop throwback ‘Future Nostalgia’ in episode number six! Shout out to James Bond and Tamagotchis. 

Two honest indie rock classics go head to head this week on the show - Phoenix’s breakthrough album ‘Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix’ and Two Door Cinema Club's debut record ‘Tourist History’! Two bands with a plethora of similarities and connections, the boys dig in to see which album comes up trumps!

Newcastle alternative-rap duo Craterface join the boys this week to chat all things ‘Rodeo’ by Travis Scott and ‘Mista Thug Isolation’ by Lil Ugly Mane! Two hugely respected records in the rap world, Craterface share how the two albums changed their lives and inspired them musically, whilst the boys try and decide which album they liked better! 

Two of 2019's biggest albums do battle on this weeks show - Billie Eilish's 'When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? and Ariana Grande's 'Thank U, Next'! These records won all of the awards possible last year, but which one will reign supreme on Record Royale? The boys take a deep dive into the elements this week, and come up with some incredibly out of proportion tattoo ideas!