The Sound of Now with Triana Butler and Alana Rosso

This week: Triana and Alana play new music from CHVRCHES. Out-and-proud Australian artist effie isobel drops the team a voice note to celebrate her new single Honey Drunk. Producer PJ joins the gang to react to the ARIA Award nominations. 

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This week: Brett Hibberd of JOY Breakfast joins Triana and Alana. The gang order KFC Picklecore delivery to the studio. Lofi Girl mysteriously disappears. Brett recaps the moment Alex Warren stacked it at his show at Rod Laver Arena.

The team play a Kylie Minogue edition of the Essentials Playlist Game in honour of her upcoming AFL Grand Final Pre-Match show. For the second time in as many weeks, one of our team suffers a chair malfunction.

Brett recaps his recent interview with Samantha Jade on JOY Breakfast. Brett and Alana swap favourite musicals. Triana wanders around Fitzroy Street. Troye Sivan releases a song with the words “party in the bush”. Brett watches the Veronicas performance of In My Blood from the 2026 ARIAs for the first time, and talks about how he missed it the first time around because he was working on a cruise ship at the time.

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This week: Triana and Alana play new music from 2charm and MAY-A, get excited for Kylie at the AFL Grand Final, and get a first sample of JXCKY’s new era. The team celebrate Bi Awareness Week with new music from Lydia Von Hof, and celebrate RARIA’s recent engagement (congrats!). Troye Sivan and Robert Baxter have released proper sweaty dancefloor belters. Plus, reflections on new music from Lamb, Pash, and Nathan Wong.

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This week: Alana talks about how they got free milk at school. Alana recaps the Vana gig. Triana‘s chair collapses. Triana uncovers a piece of ephemera from her messy bedroom that hasn’t been seen since 2006. Alana discovers a new kind of ASMR. Listener Keira recommends a song for the Wear it Purple Day playlist. The gang recap moments from the past week from The Sound of Now’s secret group chat (which you can join, simply by reaching out on Instagram).

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After going away to be alone, Nate Hudson from Faker has returned with their first new music in 14 years. Nate joins Triana Butler and Alana Rosso to talk through longform writing, finding the queer fans who had been there all along, and the new album Enjoy Your Problems.

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This week: Triana and Alana play new music from Yes Boone and Keenan Te. Alana marvels at Triana’s ability to remove so many curse words from the new Slayyyter song. Triana talks up Mystic Tea Party. 

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This week: Triana recounts a phone call from someone looking for the wrong radio station. Alana can’t stop hearing about Babe: Pig In The City. The gang discuss JOY presenters who’ve been in movies. JOY presenter Rachel Morrison drops by, and gets introduced to Chick Bongo. Rach pitches Triana some merch ideas for the upcoming JOY merch store.

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Australian artist JACOTÉNE joins Triana Butler and Alana Rosso to talk through her growth as an artist, the Canvas Sessions live performance series she hosted for fans, her upcoming national tour, and her new single Aeroplanes.

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This week: Triana and Alana play new music from ADÉLA and Sycco. The team celebrate their nominations at the 2026 CBAA Community Broadcasting Awards. Gracie from Joan & The Giants recaps BIGSOUND 2026. Triana finds a press release about the new single by Australian artist Newport.

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This week: Triana and Alana review gigs by Vera Blue and Sidney. Triana introduces a new Vera Blue-inspired segment, Pissbolting To The Merch Booth, discussing great merch by artists. Alana tests Triana on her ability to determine the brand of t-shirt by feel alone. The gang discuss the power of journaling. Triana and Alana guess the contents of the Dolly Parton Essentials playlist. Local Roots presenter Hannah Torregosa drops by the studio.

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