Listen Carefully with Nathan Jolly

Wayne Coyne is the frontman for The Flaming Lips, one of the best American bands of all time. They are touring Australia in celebration of their 2002 masterpiece Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots - get tickets from flaminglips.com.

Geoffrey O'Connor new album I Love What We Do comes out on Valentine's Day, and yesterday he released the second single from it: Let's Make Love Feel Good Again. He is also the singer, songwriter, and creative force beyond the beloved band The Crayon Fields. Visit geoffreyoconnor.bandcamp.com

Bob Mould was the frontman for legendary hardcore band Hüsker Dü in the 1980s, and power pop band Sugar during the 90s. Bob is touring Australia this month, solo and electric - get tickets from bobmould.com/tour.

Dave McCormack is the frontman of Custard, whose new double album 'Suburban Curtains' is out now, as well as the Polaroids, who released the album 'Get Old' earlier in the year. Custard are currently touring Australia with The Fauves - visit consume.com.au for dates and tickets.

Hayley Mary is the lead vocalist of The Jezabels, and has just released her debut solo album: Roman XS. She's currently touring the record - get the album, tickets, and tour dates at hayleymary.com.

Marty Willson-Piper was the guitarist and a songwriter in Australia's most prolific band The Church for 33 years, and is owner of the In Deep Music Archive, a recording studio and collection of over 65,000 records. Visit martywillson-piper.com for more information.

Tim Steward is the singer, guitarist and principal songwriter of Brisbane band Screamfeeder, as well for as the excellent outfit We All Want To. Screamfeeder has shows with The Superjesus and Bluebottle Kiss this November. Go to screamfeeder.com for more.

Jon Toogood is the frontman and songwriter from New Zealand band Shihad - and he has just released his first solo album, the very personal and tender Last of the Lonely Gods. Jon is on tour now, with shows in NZ, Australia, and the UK. Visit jontoogood.com for more.

Kasey Chambers released her thirteenth studio album Backbone yesterday, and also has a new memoir out: Just Don't Be A Dickhead. Kasey is playing a bunch of shows over the next few months, including some author-in-conversation appearances, a number of festivals, a Sydney Opera House gig with Vika & Linda, as well as her own national album tour. For all this and more, visit kaseychambers.com

Rebecca Barnard is a solo artist, and was the lead singer of Rebecca's Empire, who landed songs in four consecutive triple j Hottest 100 charts in the 1990s. Visit rebeccabarnard.com for music and shows.

Rob Snarski is the frontman of The Blackeyed Susans, SnarskiCircusLindyBand, and new project Snarski vs Snarski, whose album Waiting For The Bell is out October 17 on CD and vinyl. Visit robsnarski.com to pre-order the record.

Lo Carmen is an Australian singer, songwriter, author, artist, and actor. Her seventh solo album Transatlantic Light comes out this coming Friday, September 20th, and you can pre-order it on ⁠locarmen.bandcamp.com⁠ now.

Ray Ahn is the bass player and co-founder of Australian punk legends The Hard-Ons, whose 15th studio album I Like You A Lot Getting Older is out October 4, before the band embark on a 40th anniversary tour across Australia and Europe. Visit cheersquad.com.au for more details.

Dan Kelly releases his fifth album Gold Feels this coming Friday, and will be setting out on a tour this November in support of it. For more information, visit dankelly.live.

Damon Gough is Badly Drawn Boy, an English singer songwriter who has released nine studio albums, including the popular About A Boy soundtrack, his Mercury Music Prize winning debut The Hour of Bewilderbeast, and his most recent release, 2020's Banana Skin Shoes.

John Brewster and his brother Rick formed The Angels in 1974, part of a long lineage of great Adelaide musicians. The band's new album Ninety Nine is out now. Visit theangels.com.au to buy the record or CD - or 50th birthday merch.

It's been twenty years since Black Betty was the highest-selling single in the country, and Spiderbait are hitting the road to mark this milestone, with a new vinyl of 2004's Tonight Alright record to boot. Kram talks about the shock and joy of hitting #1 six albums into their career, after the earlier success of singles like Buy Me A Pony and Calypso, and the double-platinum selling 1997 album Ivy and the Big Apples. Get tickets, tour dates, and vinyl at spiderbait.net.au.

Reg Mombassa is the lead guitarist, songwriter, and founding member of the bands Mental As Anything and Dog Trumpet, and designer of iconic artwork for Mambo. He has also designed album covers for PIL, Crowded House, Mondo Rock, and Paul Kelly. Check out dogtrumpet.net to buy tickets to Dog Trumpet's upcoming tour.

Mark Arm is credited with inventing grunge - although if you ask him, it originated in Australia in the early '80s. He is fronting a new iteration of The Saints, who will tour Australia in November. Go to feelpresents.com for tickets.

Ed Kuepper was the guitarist and songwriter for The Saints during their legendary first run, and led art/jazz/punk band the Laughing Clowns in the 1980s. He also has a bunch of great solo records, albums with The Aints - an enviable body of recorded work. Ed has assembled a new lineup under the name The Saints 73-78 to tour those first three Saints records this November, and has also been reissuing a number of his solo records on vinyl. Get tickets and tour dates at feelpresents.com and vinyl at edkuepper1.bandcamp.com.

Zoë Randell is the singer and songwriter of Australian-born, Brooklyn-based duo Luluc, who have released five great albums, including their most recent offering, Diamonds. Visit luluc.org for more.

Stuart Murdoch is the lead singer, songwriter, and driving force behind legendary Glaswegian band Belle and Sebastian, who are touring Australia this August. Details at belleandsebastian.com

Jeff McDonald is the lead singer and guitarist for Redd Kross, the legendary LA pop/punk band, who have just released an 18-song self-titled double album. They are also the subjects of a new documentary and a forthcoming book.

Mike Rudd is the frontman of two legendary Australian rock bands: Spectrum, and Ariel. Spectrum landed a #1 single in 1971 with the classic song 'I'll Be Gone', and released the first Australian rock double-album that same year. Check out mikeruddbillputt.com to buy CDs, or see when Mike is playing next.

Brian Cadd is an Australian songwriting legend, who has written hits for Glen Campbell, the Masters Apprentices, the Pointer Sisters, and John Farnham - plus for his own iconic 1960s band The Groop, and Axiom. Check out briancadd.com/live for tour dates.

Frank Turner is a UK singer-songwriter who just released his tenth solo record, Undefeated.

Paul Leary is the guitarist, songwriter, producer, engineer, and much more for Butthole Surfers. Here he talks about the band's catalogue, which Matador is reissuing, plus working with Daniel Johnston, the Meat Puppets, and Led Zeppelin's John Paul Jones.

Olivia Bartley writes, records, and performs music under the name Olympia. She released her new Love For One EP yesterday, which she will be launching with three solo shows, starting May 30 in Melbourne.

Details at olympiamusic.com.au.

The classic Underground Lovers album Dream It Down turns 30 next month, and to mark the occasion, there is a new double-disc vinyl reissue out, as well as shows in Melbourne, Sydney, and Brisbane. Find out more at linktr.ee/UndergroundLovers

Quan Yeomans is the singer, guitarist, and songwriter from Australian art pop legends Regurgitator, who released their tenth album Invader last week, and are about to embark on a massive tour of the country. Get tickets and buy the record from regurgitator.net.

Caiti Baker is an award-winning singer, songwriter, producer, vocal engineer, graphic designer, and artist from Darwin. She was one-half of soul group Sietta, has recorded and released a number of great solo records, co-wrote and sung on A.B. Original's landmark album Reclaim Australia, and won an ARIA for creating the artwork on Dr G. Yunupingu's final album. Her new single Stay Down is out now - find out more at caitibaker.com.

Mark Seymour released his eleventh solo album yesterday, The Boxer, his fifth to be credited to Mark Seymour and the Undertow. Add nine Hunters & Collectors albums to the mix, and that's a lot of music. Mark is touring currently, get tickets and check tour dates at markseymour.com.au.

Cameron Baines is the lead singer and guitarist of Bodyjar, one of Australia's best-ever punk rock bands.

James Baker is a legend of Australian music. He played on the classic Hoodoo Gurus debut Stoneage Romeos, wrote The Victims' legendary punk single Television Addict, co-wrote and played on the early Scientists' records, and drums for the Beasts of Bourbon - and, at the age of 70, he has just released his debut album, Born To Rock. The Beasts are touring right now. Buy tickets to that from texperkins.com, and buy James' album through strangeworldrecords.com.au.

Nic Cester is the lead singer of Australian rock group Jet, whose 2003 debut album Get Born sold over four million copies. Jet are touring in May, where they'll play the record in full. Get tickets at jetofficial.com.

Jim Reid is the lead singer of Scottish legends The Jesus and Mary Chain, who released their eighth album Glasgow Eyes yesterday.

Rob Younger is the lead singer and co-founder of legendary Australian band Radio Birdman, who are touring this year in honour of their 50th anniversary.

Chris Robinson is the lead singer of The Black Crowes, who release their ninth studio album Happiness Bastards on Friday. It's their first studio record for 15 years.

Kim Salmon is a founding member of Beasts of Bourbon, who are heading out on tour next month, forty years after their blistering debut album The Axeman's Jazz. He was also the driving force behind The Scientists, and the amazing art-rock band The Surrealists. He is also said to have invented grunge.

For tickets to the Beasts tour, visit texperkins.com.

Andrew Cox is singer and guitarist for The Fauves, who have written classic Australian tunes such as Dogs Are The Best People, Bigger Than Tina, Celebrate The Failure, Self Abuser, Everybody's Getting A Three Piece Together, Surf City Limits, and The Charles Atlas Way.

Lydia Lunch is a singer, songwriter, poet, artist, author, and long-time musical collaborator of both Thurston Moore and Rowland S Howard. She fronted influential No Wave band Teenage Jesus and the Jerks (produced by Brian Eno), and co-wrote and sung the epic Sonic Youth track Death Valley '69. She is touring Australia next month - get tickets at lydia-lunch.net/shows, and listen to some of her vast discography at https://lydialunch.bandcamp.com.

Brendan B. Brown is the frontman, singer, guitarist, songwriter, producer, and engineer of Wheatus, the man behind hits such as Teenage Dirtbag, Leroy, and a sterling cover of Erasure's A Little Respect. On this episode, Brendan talks about his breakthrough single, his love of production, and how he recorded a hit album in three weeks in his mother's basement.

Brendan is touring Australia from February 1 with last week's Listen Carefully guest, Art Alexakis from Everclear - to buy tickets, visit everclearmusic.com.

Art Alexakis is the singer, guitarist, songwriter, and driving force behind Everclear, one of the most successful rock bands of the past thirty years. Everclear had a slew of hit singles in the 1990s, including Santa Monica, Father of Mine, Heroin Girl, Everything to Everyone, I Will Buy You A New Life, You Make Me Feel Like A Whore, Heartspark Dollarsign, and Local God.

Art is touring Australia from February 1 - to buy tickets visit everclearmusic.com.

James Reyne is hitting the road over the next six months in celebration of the 40th anniversary reissue of Crawl File, the greatest hits collection from legendary 1980s band Australian Crawl. We discuss his time with the band, as well as his solo career (including his huge '90s hit Way Out West). To buy tickets or the vinyl reissue, visit jamesreyne.com.au.

Ashley Naylor is the frontman for Even, as well as guitarist for the Paul Kelly band, The Church, The Stems, the Rockwiz band, Vika and Linda's band, and The Ronson Hangup. His latest album is Soundtracks Volume 2 - which can be bought (along with his other records) from ashleynaylor.bandcamp.com.

Jamie Hutchings was the creative force behind Bluebottle Kiss, who released six albums between 1995 and 2006, plus a few lengthy EPs that probably should have been classified as albums, too. Jamie has a new solo record out, called A New, which he will be touring from January. For tour dates and to buy or stream the album (plus all his other work - he is a prolific artist) visit jamiehutchings.com

Earlier this month, the vinyl reissue of The Mark Of Cain's third album Ill At Ease crashed into the ARIA charts at #40 - its highest position since it first came out in 1995. Singer and guitarist John Scott talks about the album's legacy, about working with Henry Rollins and Steve Albini, and floats a pretty great theory that grunge originated in Adelaide. The band is touring off the back of Ill At Ease - for dates and tickets, visit tmoc.com.au.

Lenka is one of Australia's biggest pop exports: her 2008 single The Show appeared in hundreds of TV shows, movies, and advertisements, selling over 300,000 copies in the US alone. Her new album, Intraspectral, is out this coming Friday (November 17) and that evening, she'll launch it at the Gasometer in Melbourne. For tour dates, and to buy the record, visit lenkamusic.com.

Once Darren Cross fronted Gerling, electro punk anarchists who strode into the new millennium wearing backpacks. Now Darren is D.C. Cross, and yesterday he released his fourth acoustic instrumental record, Wizrad, which you can buy on vinyl, CD, or computer file from Darren's Bandcamp page. There, you can also find dates for his tour, which kicks off this Thursday in Sydney.

Bob Evans is the singer/songwriter project of Jebediah's frontman Kevin Mitchell. For those looking for Jebediah talk, go to the previous episode. This is pure Bob Evans chat.

Kevin Mitchell is lead singer and guitarist for Jebediah, who have just released 'Gum Up The Bearings', their first new music for twelve-and-a-half years. We talk about the entire Jebediah discography during this episode - if you are a fan of Kevin's other work, tomorrow morning I'll be releasing another episode, all about the Bob Evans albums.

Simon Day is the singer, songwriter, guitarist, and cartoonist for Aussie band Ratcat, who -- a year before Nirvana -- opened the floodgates for alternative music to rush into the mainstream. The Tingles EP, driven by the memorable clip for That Ain't Bad, rocketed to #1 on the national charts, before Ratcat became the first local artist to simultaneously hold the #1 single, with follow-up Don't Go Now, and the #1 album, with Blind Love. Last week, the band released All Stripped Back, their first collection of new recordings since 1997. For show notes, and links to buy records and tickets, go to listencarefully.com.au.

Chris Cheney is the singer, songwriter, and guitarist from legendary Australian three-piece The Living End. Yesterday, the band released the 25th Anniversary Edition of their self-titled debut album, which features hit singles West End Riot, Second Solution, Prisoner of Society, All Torn Down, and Save The Day.

Gareth Liddiard is the singer, songwriter and guitarist for The Drones, Tropical Fuck Storm, and Springtime. He is about to go on tour in honour of his 2010 solo album Strange Tourist, which has been reissued on vinyl. For tickets and records, go to tropicalfuckstormrecords.com.

Diesel, Mark Lizotte, Johnny Diesel -- however you may know him -- is one of Australia's most successful singer songwriters. He is about to release his sixteenth studio album, Bootleg Melancholy, and is currently touring Australia. For tour dates, tickets, and full show notes, visit listencarefully.com.au.

Deborah Conway is a singer, a songwriter, an actress, and an author. She is about to release her memoir, The Book Of Life, which hits stores on October 3. Pre-order her book here, or go to listencarefully.com.au for full show notes, including all the music we discuss in this episode.

Kav is the frontman of one of the most successful and beloved bands in this country, Eskimo Joe. Here, he talks us through the band's six albums - and even finds time for some Sweater chat.

Laura Imbruglia is a singer-songwriter who has released four excellent albums. She's also a radio broadcaster, and the creator of the popular web series Amateur Hour. For links and all that jazz, go to listencarefully.com.au.

Neil Murray was a founding member of the Warumpi Band, and wrote the Australian classic 'My Island Home'. He recently released his tenth solo album, The Telling.

Ben Lee is a madly prolific Australian singer songwriter who has spent thirty years in the music industry, despite being in his early forties. He is touring Australia, starting next month, and is constantly releasing new music. He also runs an entertainment production company with his wife Ione Skye, Weirder Together.

Bart Willoughby formed Australia's first Indigenous rock band, No Fixed Address, and has drummed in many of our country's finest groups, including Yothu Yindi, Goanna, and Coloured Stone, plus his own Mixed Relations, who landed in the JJJ Hottest 100 during the 90s.

Ian Moss, guitarist and vocalist from Cold Chisel, has just released a new solo record, Rivers Run Dry, which features a co-write with Don Walker, a vocal from his son, and a duet with Kasey Chambers. Diesel even gets involved. We chat about this album, but soon get into some serious Cold Chisel talk. Mossy is touring at the moment, visit ianmoss.com.au for tickets and dates.

Sarah McLeod is the leader of The Superjesus, who will be releasing their long-awaited fourth studio album in the not-too-distant future. Visit listencarefully.com.au for show notes, tour dates, and playlists.

Alexander Gow was the frontman and driving force behind Oh Mercy, and will release his debut solo album, Dizzy Spell, on October 27. He's also playing a free residency each Sunday in August at The Gem in Collingwood. For show notes and playlists of the music discussed, go to listencarefully.com.au.

Vika Bull from Vika & Linda (not to mention The Black Sorrows, the Paul Kelly Band, The RocKwiz Orkestra, etc. etc.) is this week's guest. If you enjoy this episode, you'll probably enjoy Episode 17, with her sister Linda. For show notes, tour dates, and playlists, go to listencarefully.com.au.

Linda Bull is half of Australia's best vocal duo Vika & Linda. This is part one of a two-parter, with Vika Bull on next weekend. For show notes, tour dates, and a playlist of music discussed, go to listencarefully.com.au

Nathan Cavaleri has a new album, Miracles, and if you last saw him on Hey Hey, It's Saturday jamming with Diesel and Barnesy, well, this new record won't be what you expect. This conversation took place the evening before Miracles was released. For show notes, and tour dates for his 26-date national run, go to listencarefully.com.au.

Lindy Morrison was the drummer for seminal Australian art-rock band The Go-Betweens, and is currently drumming for the SnarskiCircusLindyBand. Buy their mini-album Someone Said That Someone Said here, and check listencarefully.com.au for tour dates, and show notes.

Phil Jamieson is the singer of Australian rock band Grinspoon, who are touring the country this November. For show notes visit listencarefully.com.au.

Kate Ceberano is a singer songwriter who recently released her 30th album, My Life Is A Symphony, an orchestral reimagining of ten songs from throughout her four decade career, which she is currently touring. For show notes, visit listencarefully.com.au.

Jane Gazzo is a music journalist, radio deejay, television host, and rock historian. She played a major part in Australian alternative music culture in the 1990s through her work on RRR, Recovery and Triple J, wrote for Q magazine during its heyday, and wrote the definitive Farnesy book: John Farnham: The Untold Story. For detailed show notes, including Sound As Ever links, visit listencarefully.com.au.

Jake Stone was the frontman and songwriter for Australian band Bluejuice, who had three successful albums, two independent EPs, and a string of hit singles. For detailed show notes, visit listencarefully.com.au.

Holly Throsby is a singer, songwriter, musician, and author. She has released six solo albums, and two further LPs with Seeker Lover Keeper, her band with Sarah Blasko and Sally Seltmann. As an author, she has written three books, including her latest, Clarke. For all the music and books discussed in this episode, visit listencarefully.com.au for extended show notes.

Steve Kilbey is the frontman and creative force behind The Church, who recently released their 26th studio album The Hypnogogue. For tour dates, show notes, and more, visit listencarefully.com.au.

Robert Forster is an Australian singer songwriter, and one half of the legendary Forster/McLennan songwriting team, who steered nine Go-Betweens albums. Earlier this year, he released his eighth solo album, The Candle and the Flame. For more detailed show notes, including a Spotify playlist of the music discussed, go to listencarefully.com.au.

TOUR DATES: (get tickets here)

Friday, May 12 - Trinity Sessions, Adelaide
Saturday, May 13 - Freo Social, Fremantle
Thursday, May 18 - Theatre Royal, Castlemaine
Friday, May 19 - Brunswick Ballroom, Brunswick
Saturday, May 20 - Memo Music Hall, St Kilda
Sunday, May 21 - Archies Creek Hotel, Archies Creek
Friday, May 26 - Princess Theatre, Brisbane
Saturday, May 27 - Factory Theatre, Sydney
Sunday, May 28 - Lizottes, Newcastle

Ella Hooper just released her second solo album, Small Town Temple, an excellent country-tinged album, with shades of Linda Ronstadt, Lucinda Williams, and Stevie Nicks, plus some unmistakably Australian references peppered throughout.

She also released a version of Way Out West with James Reyne yesterday, to promote their forthcoming tour together.

Buy tickets to the tour here, and visit listencarefully.com.au for all show notes, tour dates, and a list of all music discussed on today's show (plus a Spotify playlist of it all).

Isaac Brock is the singer, songwriter, and guitarist of Modest Mouse, one of the most successful indie bands of the past thirty years. Modest Mouse formed in 1993 in Issaquah, Washington, and released their seventh studio album, The Golden Casket, in 2021.

The band is touring Australia from next week, headlining the Daydream Festival, as well as their own shows. Buy tickets here.

April 20: Powerstation, Auckland
April 22: Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne
April 24: Thebarton Theatre, Adelaide
April 27: Odeon Theatre, Hobart
April 29: Hordern Pavilion, Sydney
April 30: Riverstage, Brisbane

For full show notes, including a list of all the songs and albums mentioned, plus a Spotify playlist of them, go to listencarefully.com.au

Angie Hart is the lead singer of Frente!, who recently reformed to play a run of 30th anniversary shows for their classic debut record, Marvin The Album.

Marvin The Album 30th Anniversary Tour

Get tickets

Friday, March 24 – Castlemaine State Festival, Castlemaine
Saturday, May 6 – Corner Hotel, Melbourne
Thursday, May 25 – Oxford Arts Factory, Sydney
Friday, May 26 – The Zoo, Brisbane
Friday, June 9 – The Gov, Adelaide
Saturday, June 10 – Badlands, Perth

For full liner notes, including a Spotify playlist of all the songs discussed, visit listencarefully.com.au

Tex Perkins is the frontman for The Fat Rubber Band, The Cruel Sea, Beasts Of Bourbon, a member of Tex, Don, and Charlie, and involved in countless other musical projects.

Buy Tex Perkins & The Fat Rubber Band – Other World vinyl (or CD)

Get tickets to Tex Perkins shows

Check out the full liner notes at listencarefully.com.au with a list of the songs and albums discussed. Here's a Spotify playlist of those songs discussed.

Tim Rogers is the singer and guitarist for You Am I, The Twin Set, The Temperance Union, and more recently, the spankin’ new frontman for legendary punk band The Hard-Ons.

Buy the new Tim Rogers and the Twin Set ‘Tines Of Stars Unfurled’ album on cassette, vinyl, or CD.

Get tickets to the current national tour.

Adalita Srsen is the lead singer and guitarist of art-rock band Magic Dirt and author of three sublime solo records.
Get tickets for Adalita’s national tour, kicking off April 13
Adalita’s new album ‘Inland‘
Get ‘Young & Full Of The Devil’ on purple vinyl or CD

Get the full show notes, with all the songs and records referenced in this conversation, at listencarefully.com.au