Well, well, well, what do we have here?! Jack and Miks are back for a sneaky little bonus episode, picking their five top songs of the year, making this one a bit of a bumper bonus episode! 2019 has been a big year for Australian music, and Jack and Miks guide their way through it all, chatting bare about the gosh darn power of music to soundtrack …

It’s the final episode of the season! Jack and Miks run through their fave new songs of the past couple of weeks. Grievances, fashion choices, birds (an old AMD fave), and weather (hey Australia - keep your cool with the whole weather thing yeah?) all get a look in this ep AS WELL AS OUR FAVE NEW LOCAL RELEASES! We chat about all these: Jess Day - …

It's funny how sometimes you feel like you slave away at something and it takes a while until you get good at it, hey. It's something Jack and Miks feel about this pod, especially this episode. We open up, reflect, walk through waterfalls (kinda, not really), and, of course, there are those pesky birds. The songs that soundtrack it all come courtes…

It’s pretty special, this little pod we do. The music especially. You’ll hear it this episode! The business of life gets in the way a little this ep and we go back to our dump of voice memos from previous seasons - no back and forth here, but it’s still full of all you’ve come to expect from a classic AMD episode - travel, interruptions, wind (sorr…

It’s half way through the season! Jack and Miks have had a bit going on over the past two weeks, what with work, work, gigs, and work. Amongst all of this, we realise the importance of those around us, practicing some self-care, and most importantly, the role local music plays in it all! The tunes that soundtrack it all are: Hallie - Wink Wink, Nud…

It’s another episode of your favourite mid-range Australian music podcast! Full of reflections about work, touring and what the hell we’re doing with our lives. It’s a goodun! The tunes that soundtrack it all are: Tram Cops - Happy As Can Be Don’t Text Ur Ex - My Neck, My Back, Please Help Me, I’m Really Sad Alexander Biggs - Miserable Kwame - STOP…

Sickness, travelling, shows and birthdays. This ep has it all! Jack and Miks have had a big week and are ready to share the songs that soundtracked it all. The tunes we have a rave about are: Hannah Blackburn - Tiny Car Kelso - I’m Okay, Life Goes On, I Don’t Mind Cousin Tony’s Brand New Firebird - No Surprise Brightness - Feathers Carla dal Forno …

We are back! Jack and Miks are settling into the last bit of the year with some incredible new Australian music to soundtrack it. The tunes we have a rave about are: Essie Holt - Last One Wolfjay - Together City Calm Down - New Years Eve BANFF - Pettigrew Pt. 1 GL. - Night Habit Face Face - Kill the Deputy You can stream the tunes on Spotify. Pleas…

Miks and Jack are BACK! Tune into Season Three of AMD on playonradio.live 6PM on Monday night, or in your podcast feed Wednesday morning. ... Support the show on Pozible: bit.ly/AMD-pozible Thank you to the incredible and generous Adam Jones for the theme music you hear throughout the poddy. Check us out online! australianmusicdiaries.com Facebook.…

Elliot J O'Neill hosts The Simpsons Index, a podcast that ranks each and every episode of The Simpsons. It's a great, fun listen, especially if you're a product of parents who let you watch more than just ABC! It was a real pleasure to have Elliot jump on the pod to talk his other love, Australian music, specifically his fave song of 2019 so far. E…

Tanya Batt is a Melbourne-based musician who performs under the name BATTS. She has had an incredible 2019 so far with the release of her debut album 'The Grand Tour' back in April. We were stoked to have Tanya jump on the pod to tell us about her fave song of 2019, so far. Tanya's fave song of the year so far is Your Mum by Ruby Gill. You can stre…

Emily Duncan is a Wollongong-based musician who released a stellar single last year, Silence Is Safe. She jumped on the pod to chat bare about her fave release of the year, so far. Emily's favourite song of the year so far is Inside Outside from The Buoys. You can stream the track here. You can follow Emily on Instagram here. Thank you to the incre…

Mickey Cooper sings and plays guitar in Kilns, a band that are slowly developing a strong following down in their hometown of Melbourne. They've just released a brand new tune 'So Close' (stream link below). We were lucky enough to have Mickey jump on the pod to chat about his fave release of 2019, so far. Mickey's fave song of the year so far is L…

Cry Club are shaping up to be our favourite band of the year (again), so it was a gosh darn pleasure to have Jonno Tooke from the band jump on the pod to chat bare about their favourite song of 2019, so far. Jonno's fave song of the year so far is Ice Cream by Bonniesongs. You can stream the track here. You can find Jonno via his website. Thank you…

Paul Waxman is an all round legend of the Melbourne music and radio scene. He has been a contributor on SYN and 3RRR down in Melbourne, and has an incredible music knowledge. Up until recently, Paul also hosted 'The Modern Age' on Play On Radio which sadly finished up recently. Paul is currently on a much needed break, travelling through Europe, bu…

The song Ghost from Melbourne band Rat!Hammock was one of Miks' favourite songs of 2019, so far, and Jack has supported the band on recent shows up in Sydney. To say they're faves for us here at AMD is an understatement. So, we are beyond stoked to have their front person Jackson Phelan jump on . the pod to talk through his favourite song of 2019, …

Dean Valentino performs under the name Slowcoaching. He returned with new music earlier on this month with a brand new single Between The Walls, a song that has garnered him a heap of coverage. It was a real pleasure to have Dean jump on the pod to talk through his favourite new discovery of 2019, so far. Dean tells us of discovering Stella Donnell…

Totally Unicorn released 'Sorry', their second full length album earlier this year. Heroes of the Sydney punk scene, it's a real pleasure to have front person Drew Gardner jump on the pod this week to chat bare about his favourite song of 2019, so far. Drew shares his love of incredible Sydney band, ARSE, and their single Safe Word. You can stream …

Tess Guthrie released a stellar single earlier on this year, WUTO. It was a release that clearly put her on the map amongst the Australian folk scene. You may have also caught her launch the tune last week in a sellout bandroom show at the Gaso. So, we are super stoked to have Tess jump on the pod to share her favourite song of 2019, so far. Tess's…

Mel Dine is one of the most supportive people in the Melbourne music scene. As part of youth music industry organisation The Push, Mel has helped launch the career of a heap of your new favourite Victorian artists. In addition to her work at The Push, Mel also manages Melbourne pop artist Zoe A’dore. Mel chats bare about the excellent Nancie Schipp…

We featured the incredible Alice Ivy in Episode One, Season One of this little podcast. Alice has a brand new single out, In My Mind and features the incredible Ecca Vandal on guest vocals. There's also talk of a debut full length out later this year too! It was a real pleasure to have Alice jump on the pod and share a story about her fave release.…

I mean, what can we say? Bec Sandridge is a big favourite amongst us AMD hosts. Bec has released a couple of stellar releases so far this year, and is set for her debut full length to reach our ears later this year. To say we’re excited about this is an understatement. In the meantime though, let Bec tell you about one of her favourite releases of …

Gemma Bastiani is just one of those people. She runs Play On Radio (where you can hear episodes of this little podcast!), hosts her own podcast Australian Jams, and runs a music management org called Riot Expert. Jack and Miks are super stoked to have Gemma jump on the pod for this mini bonus episode! You can hear Gemma chat bare about her love for…

Lindsay ‘The Doctor’ McDougall is an icon of Australian music. He’s been a constant on Australian radio for years and of course has been a member of seminal punk band Frenzal Rhomb since those early 1996 days. We’re really excited to have Lindsay jump on and do a guest episode of the pod this week. You can hear Lindsay have a good chat about Lunch …

Bonus Episode time! Fresh off the back of our second season, we're back with our favourite songs of 2019 so far. In no way exhaustive (choosing three (plus another honourable three) is incredibly difficult. Our favourite songs of the year so far though: Rat!Hammock - Ghost Cry Club - Two Hearts Eilish Gilligan - The Pull WAAX - I Am Huntly - Low Gr…

It’s the final episode of season two of Australian Music Diaries! We’re really excited to close out this season with some excellent tunes from some AMD faves and some brand newies. Plus, Jack takes us on a tour of Sydney, and Miks feels old at a 1st birthday and a 30th. The tunes that soundtrack this ep: Floral Sheets - Sever Feelds - Glass Arms Mo…

It’s Episode Seven of AMD, and both Miks and Jack are back in their respective states (geographically), and ready to share some thoughts and the tunes that soundtrack them. This ep is full of emerging changes, ‘passable reviews’, song structure appreciation, and of course birds (this time with added dog). The incredible tunes in this ep: Ainslie Wi…

It's the international edition of Australian Music Diaries. Miks is in Tokyo, Japan, and Jack is in Melbourne, Australia. We're both super stoked to share some tunes this episode. They soundtrack some sightseeing, some cold nights and, staying on brand, there is at least one bird. The tunes are: Market - Everytime (Feat. Tanaya Harper) Kira Puru - …

It’s a new fortnight and a new round of tunes! Jack and Miks share some updates - big and small, recalling some old AMD mates, coffee (of course) and those bloody birds. The tracks that soundtrack these moments this ep are: Emma Russack - Winter Blues Bec Sandridge - EYES WIDE Tim Shiel - Spirited Home - Extended Edit (Feat. Luke Howard) Pure Insti…

It's a hangover free episode this week! Some excellent new Australian music soundtrack Jack feeling very awake and Miks feeling very tired. Friendship and new music. What else could you want? The tracks we rave about: Totally Unicorn - The Island Stevan - Timee Chemical Restraint - Stop Killing Women Braille Face - Mir Droves - Bloodline Body Type …

The second in our ‘The Hangover Episodes’ run (not really a thing but hey why not?!). Features additional birds chirping in parks, illness, near death experiences, and yet more hangovers Soundtracking all of it is: Blyolk - Dogspeed Moonbase - Everyday Raver (feat. Eyez) Gena Rose Bruce - Angel Face Sly Withers - Sad Guy Nearly Oratorio - Juniper C…

Hangovers, getting coffee and birds chirping. There's always those pesky birds. It wouldn't be an episode of AMD without those wretched birds chirping. Jks, birds are great - great atmospherics! In this ep, Jack and Miks chat bare about a whole heap of excellent new tunes: Angie McMahon - Pasta RAAVE TAPES - Stabs Huntly - Reckoning STUMPS - Your O…

They said we'd never make it. But hey, we did! It’s Season Two and we’re here! An episode full of shenanigans, travel, moving and meeting up irl (rare occurrence!) The tunes that helped us through this fortnight are: Cry Club - DFTM Yeo - Restless Sweater Curse - (Hear You) Batts - Folding Chairs Waax - FU Egoism - Enemies You can stream the tunes …

And we’re back! The first episode of Season two for Australian Music Diaries will be in your feed next week! We are also on Play On Radio! This means you can hear the episode before anyone else 6pm Monday nights and then replayed at 7am on Tuesday mornings. And then it’ll be available in podcast form, right here on Wednesday mornings, just like usu…

Rob Carrol is the latest guest for our bonus mini-episode run. Rob is a music publicist, writer, and general supporter of all things Australian music. Seminal indie night Rare Finds was one of Rob’s baby’s, growing it to a full east coast tour after a while. Rob now heads up Good Intent, a music publicity org. He also writes for the very good UK mu…

Adam Jones is a name you might not know. You definitely have heard his work though. In, fact you're probably about to hear it soon - Adam is responsible for the incredible theme music you hear each and every week on the pod. Adam and Miks go back a fair few years after meeting at an early Gang Of Youths show in 2013. Adam is a brilliant musician in…

Melbourne music legend, Sabi Robertson has had a big couple of years. Sabi runs Maths and Magic, a boutique music management and publicity company. She currently manages Alexander Biggs who has also had quite the year or two. Sabi also runs Melbourne music site Mistmatch, as well as working in music publishing at Native Tongue. We’re super stoked t…

Very excited to have Zac Abroms from Viceroyalty jumping on this bonus mini-ep. Zac manages an AMD fave Alice Ivy as well as a couple of others. If you've ever participated in the Melbourne music scene, you've probably come into some sorta contact with Zac. He's either organised the event you went to, did PR for the artist you love, or you've seen …

Eilish Gilligan jumps on the the latest of our bonus mini-episodes to tell us about her favourite Australian release from 2018. We’ve been fans of Eilish for a while now. Eilish has just released her new single, ‘The Pull’. You can stream that here. We were big fans of her single, ‘Patterns’ last year, so it’s a bit exciting to have Eilish herself …

We got an extra special bonus mini-ep this time ‘round, featuring not one, but two guests! Adam Buncher and David James Young make up half of the excellent podcast Hottest 100s and 1000s, that poddy that unpacks every single song of every single Hottest 100 poll. They’ve been going for a fair few years now, and finished their fifth season, talking …

Another one of our bonus mini-episodes, this time with Spencer Scott. Spencer plays in excellent Newcastle punk band, Paper Thin. He also has a solo project, under his own name. If you're up Newcastle way, go see him play. On this episode of the poddy, you can hear Spencer talk bare about Ben Leece's track 'Villians'. Stream it on Spotify here. Pur…

It’s the second of our bonus mini-episodes featuring guests sharing their favourite song from 2018! Marc Deaz is a Melbourne based musician, playing in bands like Grandstands and Tenderhooks (we featured their song ‘Headcase’ in episode one last year!). Both Grandstands and Tenderhooks have records coming out in 2019. Marc is also releasing a solo …

Over the next little while we’re going to be sharing some bonus mini-episodes of Australian Music Diaries! Each episode will feature new and old friends of the show sharing their favourite song of 2018. First up we have Gemma Bastiani, an excellent friend and supporter of Australian music. Gemma runs and hosts the Australian Jams podcast, and also …

Well, umm, surprise! We got a bonus episode this time around with our favourite tracks of the year. Both Jack and Miks chose 5 songs each which was just a little bit difficult. It’s been a YEAR in Australian music, that’s for sure. In absolutely no particular order, going back and forth, our fave songs of 2018 are:Jack: Hockey Dad – I Wanna Be Ever…

They said we'd never make it. But hey, we did! Episode Eight, the final one of season one is here. Jack and Miks share a whole heap of faves. Tunes in this episode:Neighbourhood Youth - Aim For The HeadCLEWS - CrushedObscura Hail - Bad MathKeeskea - ForfeitHemm - SkinEmily Duncan - Silence Is SafeYou can stream the tunes at australianmusicdiaries.c…

New Australian music! Two people talking about and sharing their inner most thoughts!It’s the Australian Music Diaries podcast!We’ve both had a super busy couple of weeks, so we both sound somewhat exhausted, but still sharing in the excitement that is excellent new music from some of our friends and those we’ve never met before. Tunes in this EP:J…

Dear Diary,AMD here. I mean, I know you already know that and everything, but still.Anyways, everything is going to plan! Episode Six is here, ready to be streamed and loved and shared and all of the good things. This one is really good. Like, it's actually the best (Sorry episodes 1-5 ?). The music is also sooooo good too. There’s tunes from a who…

Episode Five. Well, I mean, now it’s just showing off. A great little mix of tunes this time around, accompanied by some lost voices, trips away and some general excitement. Tunes in this EP:Huntly - Drop Gear Treehouses - Old Friends Tim Shiel - Golden Satin Handsome - No Cowards Julia Jacklin - Body Polish Club - ClarityYou can stream the tunes a…

It's Episode Four!!We hang with mates, get all quiet, and faff about. Big love to Obscura Hail, Sabi and Gemma (her poddy Australian Jams is heaps better than this one!) for hanging out in this ep!Soundtrack for this ep is from:Kilns - Go Slowly Bec Sandridge - Animal Tram Cops - This Is It Moaning Lisa - Comfortable Kira Puru - Say Something Enter…

We made it! Episode Three of Australian Music Diaries! Lunch breaks, meetings, late nights, and drinks. We also get a little heavy, in music mainly. The tunes that soundtrack these moments are:Homesick - Never CededNat Vazer - Struggletown Burn in Hell - The CowardARSE - Shit FutureFRITZ - Summer HolidayCandy - ThankfulFull playlist available here:…