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Pink Skirt was the demo title.

As Emma explains, The Putbacks have a habit of using in jokes to title their demo songs. But this one simply stuck.

As a single mother managing two young children and her career she found herself at a crossroads – would she move back to  her family in New South Wales or stick it out in Melbourne pursuing her love of music.

Thankfully she’s chosen Melbourne and word is we can expect at least a few more studio albums from her in the coming years -  as soon 2022 we’re told.

Emma’s choice for this episode is steeped in family – inspired by older and younger generations.

It’s from the 2020 album Crossover, from Emma Donovan and The Putbacks.

Their latest album is Under These Streets, released in September 2021.

 

 

About the host Jane Rocca

Jane lives in Melbourne and has been writing about fashion, music and lifestyle over two decades.

She’s written for Australia’s best music publications; Rolling Stone, Loudmouth, Hot Metal, The Face, i-D UK and more.

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In 1997 John Safran was chosen to be on Race Around The World, a TV show that sent 8 aspiring documentary maker around the world.

In Ivory Coast, with a love letter and photo, he asks a voodoo priest to put a curse on his ex-girlfriend in "The Right To Bare Grudges".

Watch the mini doco from 3:40 mins here on Race Around The World here -  https://archive.org/details/BestOfRaceAroundTheWorldJohnSafram26-1-97

 

John's latest book is Puff Piece, about big tobacco rebranding itself.

Wild, hilarious and thought-provoking, Puff Piece is a probing look into Big Tobacco and the vaping industry, and how words can be literally a matter of life and death.

 

About the host Jane Rocca

Jane lives in Melbourne and has been writing about fashion, music and lifestyle over two decades.

She’s written for Australia’s best music publications; Rolling Stone, Loudmouth, Hot Metal, The Face, i-D UK and more.

More from Jane - Instagram | Twitter | SMH

 

Web - Some of My Best Work

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Geronimo is a massive song, not just for the band.

It charted around the world, particularly in Europe.

The band came together as a duo – George with sister Amy, who features in a future episode.

They were joined by another sibling Emma and other friends to become Sheppard.

It was at the end of an Australian east coast tour playing back to back concerts at schools that the gem for Geronimo was captured on an iphone, minutes before going on stage in Melbourne.

 

About the host Jane Rocca

Jane lives in Melbourne and has been writing about fashion, music and lifestyle over two decades.

She’s written for Australia’s best music publications; Rolling Stone, Loudmouth, Hot Metal, The Face, i-D UK and more.

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Web - Some of My Best Work

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Deena Lynch, AKA Jaguar Jonze has chosen her song Astronaut.

Astronaut began as a poem and an expression of her feelings of anxiety, secretly released as a B-side track.

It became a song after four years, some work on the lyrics and four attempts at getting musical arrangement right.

In 2021 Jaguar Jonze is nominated for a Do Good Award, one of the J Awards and will be back at SBS’ Eurovision Australia Decides.

Deena opens up about her mental health, her process and the multi-disciplinary project that is Jaguar Jonze.

Her latest album is ANTIHERO (Spotify), out now wherever you get your music.

www.jaguarjonze.com

 

About the host Jane Rocca

Jane lives in Melbourne and has been writing about fashion, music and lifestyle over two decades.

She’s written for Australia’s best music publications; Rolling Stone, Loudmouth, Hot Metal, The Face, i-D UK and more.

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Released in 1996 when Australia was in its own punk rock revolution – this was the era when music festivals were packed, where a recognizable counterculture sound had hit the mainstream and CD sales had yet to peak.

College radio was huge in the USA, underground stations in Melbourne like RRR and PBS were pivotal in bringing the sound from this scene to the loyal fans that craved every fuzzed out hook every night at a live music venue around the country.

Buy Me A Pony was also the first Australian song to be voted number 1. Every. And it made it in the 1996 Triple J hottest 100, beating Stinkfist by Tool in second place and Underground by Ben Folds Five in third.

Funnily enough, inspiration for the melody came from old 1980s Australian commercial. 
And if you’ve got an ear for time signatures, Kram gets into the song’s musical complexity during this interview.

 

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About the host Jane Rocca

Jane lives in Melbourne and has been writing about fashion, music and lifestyle over two decades.

She’s written for Australia’s best music publications; Rolling Stone, Loudmouth, Hot Metal, The Face, i-D UK and more.

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Web - Some of My Best Work

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Break Out is taken from his 2008 studio album “Fish Out Of Water”

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ABOUT "BREAK OUT"

Created with producer Countbounce, a founding member of Australian hip hop group T-Z-U.

The song was fully realised at the annual Falls Festival when performed in the sun and dust among 8000 people jumping in unison to Ash on stage. Listen out for that.

Ash's brand new album Shout Into The Noise is out January 2021

The first single, I Want You To Know, is out now.

Listen to Break Out on YouTube or Spotify

 

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About the host Jane Rocca

Jane lives in Melbourne and has been writing about fashion, music and lifestyle over two decades.

She’s written for Australia’s best music publications; Rolling Stone, Loudmouth, Hot Metal, The Face, i-D UK and more.

More from Jane - Instagram | Twitter | SMH

 

Web - Some of My Best Work

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DZ Deathrays new album is Positive Rising: Part 2. Check it out here - dzdeathrays.com

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"It was a cool turning point for us to learn how to sort of pull apart a song and develop it in that kind of way" said Shane Parsons, DZ Deathrays, about Night Slave and writing the album Black Rat.

"Which is maybe a bit more of a sort of dance music or pop music sort of thing, rather than just getting in a room and thrashing it out."

Night Slave is the final song on their ARIA award winning album Black Rat, released in 2014.

Thanks to ARIA for letting us use the clip from the ARIA Awards.

Check it out on YouTube - DZ Deathrays win Best Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Album | 2014 ARIA Awards

You can see Johann from I OH YOU Records slapping Shane's knee when they win.

 

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About the host Jane Rocca

Jane lives in Melbourne and has been writing about fashion, music and lifestyle over two decades.

She’s written for Australia’s best music publications; Rolling Stone, Loudmouth, Hot Metal, The Face, i-D UK and more.

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Web - Some of My Best Work

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One Guitar - the same Gibson J45 has made its way into the hands of Australia's best singer-songwriters.

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Inspiration struck Shane Nicholson in 2013. Recently divorced and after his first first date in many years the concept of Secondhand Man came about.

"I've never been good at talking about my feelings in the real world. I just do it through songs, that's always been the way I've done it. If I was maybe I wouldn't have been divorced!"

It travelled with him to Alice Springs where he spent time roaming remote parts with a pad and pen, writing songs that would become "Hell Breaks Loose", his ARIA award winning seventh studio album.

"I feel like that is a whole separate chapter of my career to everything that came before it... I fell like that (secondhand man) was the start of me getting really good at what I do."

 

New music from Shane Nicholson

Shane has recently released his new single ‘And You Will Have Your Way’. 

Watch the track by track video here for the single. 

The single is taken from Shane’s album ‘Living In Colour’ which is out now.

Listen to 'Living in Colour' here. 

Shane's also touring in parts of Australia. More information on his website.

www.shanenicholson.com

 

See Matt putting down the bass here YouTube, behind the scenes of Hell Breaks Loose.

 

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It was a five year wait between albums when Josh Pyke released Rome. The album’s first single “I Don’t Know”, was released just as Covid-19 kicked in across the globe.

Coincidentally this song and the album explore emotions and experiences brought about by the pandemic; themes of love, loss, anxiety, growth and the concept of what ‘home’ is.

Listen to the full song - Spotify | YouTube

His latest album is "Rome".

More information at www.joshpyke.com

Check out Josh's latest single "You won't always weight a tonne".

 

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Paul asked Vika what was going on in her life at the time and the lyrics came quickly.

The song and their album came at a transformative time in their career, 1994.

There's a fantastic story about Michael Gudinski and Warren Costello, indicative of their competitive and compassionate streaks.

Towards the end, one about Iggy Pop and Johnny Depp.

Vika and Linda’s new album is out now - The Wait.

Hear it here

 

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She’s written for Australia’s best music publications; Rolling Stone, Loudmouth, Hot Metal, The Face, i-D UK and more.

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180 Grams - season one is a documentary about The Teskey Brothers difficult, but quite remarkable, second studio album Run Home Slow.

Hit Different - weekly music culture with of music journalists and industry insiders.

One Guitar - the same Gibson J45 has made its way into the hands of Australia's best singer-songwriters.

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