The Rider, with Becko

The Jezabels superstar, Hayley Mary is all set to step into her solo persona with the debut album, "Roman XS."

You may have seen the Jezabels rise to fame in the early 2010s, being a festival staple and also the famous residency gigs at Sydney's Lansdown Hotel.

Hayley chose the worst possible time to launch her solo career - right at the beginning of the pandemic, but we finally get our hands on her new album 25 October.

With Oasis announcing their return, you'll hear some hilarious Liam Gallagher stories after she supported him on the last Aussie tour.

Catch Hayley Mary on tour this Summer celebrating this incredible album.

This is The Rider with Becko and Hayley Mary from the Jezabels.

Regurgitator are one of Australia's favourite bands and recently celebrated some huge milestones - 25 years of the album "Unit" and we're not far off from 30 years of "Tu Plang".

You'll see them on the 'Hotter Than Hell' tour, which kicks off 12 October in WA.

You'll hear about the highs and lows of the band, how they got through 'Band in a Bubble' and their unusual connection with Powderfinger.

This is The Rider with Becko and Quan from Regurgitator.

Jon Toogood reached legendary status in the NZ music scene many years ago.

Fronting the band Shihad, supergroup 'The Adults' and over 30 years of songwriting, producing and mentoring.

Finally, he has a solo project to his name: ‘Last Of The Lonely Gods’ is a rousing and optimistic 10-track collection that sees Jon back on the acoustic guitar, making meaning of being separated from his mother in lockdown as she passed away, losing his brother-in-law and experiencing tinnitus as a side effect of long covid.  

“This is a really honest record. It's healing for me, it comforts me, and it’s about looking to the future.” 

This is The Rider with Becko and Jon Toogood.

Missy Higgins has grown up with all of us and we've grown up with her.

The debut album 'The Sound of White' was mostly written when she was 15 and it was perfect.

Every Missy Higgins album was different moment in our lives, and hers too - from the highs to the lows.

The latest album is 'The Second Act' and it literally is the next step of her life.

Songs from Missy’s eagerly anticipated new album have already been previewed at 40 sold out shows across Australia, drawing unanimous rave reviews. Missy has explained that her new songs pick up on a lot of the same themes that she was exploring when she first started writing songs – “who am I and who do want to be?” – hence the tour’s unusual structure where new material was juxtaposed with a performance of her entire debut album across two distinct, but linked, acts.

This is The Rider with Becko and Missy Higgins.

Birds of Tokyo have returned with a new single, and it's not what you expect - 'Heartbreakers Bar'.

The band haven't lost their sense of humour and you'll hear from Adam that this has been a work in progress for a number of years.

This is Adam Spark from Birds of Tokyo, on The Rider with Becko.

Diesel is the legendary quiet achiever of the Aus music industry - constantly toiling away, touring and recording. You might find it hard to believe his latest album is his 17th!

"Bootleg Melancholy" is out now and the national tour kicks off in late-August.

Diesel is in a great zone, and this conversation - one of many I've had with him over the years would go down as one of his most honest.

We hear how it all happened, from "Johnny Diesel and The Injectors," touring with Jimmy and then making the hard (or easy) decision to go solo.

This is Diesel on The Rider with Becko.

The world was a different place in 2004 when Spiderbait went into the studio, armed with a somewhat crazy idea to cover 'Black Betty'. It was a year over great cover songs including 'Behind Blue Eyes', reworked by Limp Bizkit and we can't forget Shannon Noll's work with 'What About Me' - some kids even think that was the original!?

Spiderbait decided to not just cover the song, but to completely rework it.

We hear the story behind the album 'Tonight Alright' before Spiderbait hit the road to celebrate 20 years of the release.

This is The Rider with Becko and Kram from Spiderbait.

When you take two of the most respected Aussie musicians of the last 30 years and stick them in a studio - great things happen.

Powderfinger's Bernard Fanning and Something For Kate's Paul Dempsey have given us 'Fanning Dempsey National Park'. (You'll find out why they settled on that name a little later in this episode)

'The Deluge' is finally out and has straight away secured #2 on the ARIA chart.

You'll hear how this project got off the ground and also how they managed to keep it a secret. The initial recordings took them to Norway and San Francisco, or as Bernard referred to it - 'the great eating tour!!'

'The Deluge' is a brilliant album which you will listen from cover-to-cover. Also get set for the tour coming up in October.

The is The Rider with Becko and Bernard Fanning & Paul Dempsey.

After 8 years, Empire of The Sun are back with a sensational new album "Ask That God."

Their 4th album has been jam-packed with solid singles you expect from Luke Steele and Nick Littlemore - both songwriting machines.

In this chat with Luke, we delve into the circumstances of the recording of this album and how the setbacks of covid may have assisted their creativity.

The accompanying videos of the singles are visual masterpieces, filmed in Thailand and Luke explains when you're filming overseas, nothing always goes to plan.

Empire of the Sun go on tour in October, taking them across Australia and to the Hollywood Bowl.

This is The Rider with Becko and Luke Steele from Empire of The Sun.

The Tea Party is one of the great successes of the Canadian music scene.

They burst onto the scene with their 3rd album, "The Edges of Twilight, " bringing them to Australia for the first time. Jeff Martin fell in love with the place and ended up staying!

25 years ago, "Triptych" was released and this tour celebrates this much-loved album.

'The three of us are looking forward to bringing the magic of our fourth studio album Triptych to live audiences in Australia. The album features several timeless classics

The tour has kicked off in Perth, get your tickets through Livenation so you don't miss out.

This is The Rider with Becko and Jeff Martin from The Tea Party.