Best of 2018

2018 has been a big year for the Take 5. So before I take a little break, I thought it was worth celebrating some of the greatest moments of the last 12 months, and Frankenstein a Turbo co-host. It’s honestly hard to keep the list to 7, but these conversations capture what I love about the Take 5. They can be at one moment hilarious, at another, devastating. What they always reveal, are the musical hearts of artists we love. Songs have a way of triggering and open up people’s memories, and there are many moments when – in the midst of playing these songs – some of our favourite musicians reveal something about themselves and their story that you’ve never heard before.

You'll get a peek behind the scenes at the Big Day Out with official photographer Sophie Howarth, find out how Beck reacted the first time he heard Nirvana’s 'Smells Like Teen Spirit', hear what lesson in music Snoop Dogg taught Kamasi Washington, find out what happened when Dylan Lewis' mates would visit the set of Recovery, how Anohni’s ‘Drone Bomb Me’ changed the way Kimbra thought about her own music, what song completely blew Peaches' mind, and you’ll hear Ice Cube, and the moment that made him and 1200 people well up with tears in our first every live take 5, on stage at the Opera House. 

Beck: Nirvana - 'Smells Like Teen Spirit'

Sophie Howarth: Magic Dirt - 'Super Tear'

Kamasi Washington: Rick James - 'Bustin' Out (On The Funk)'

Peaches: PJ Harvey - '50 Ft Queenie {4 Track Demo Version}'

Kimbra: Anohni - 'Drone Bomb Me'

Dylan Lewis: Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - '2 Kindsa Love/Flavor {Live on Recovery 1997}'

Ice Cube: Sam Cooke - 'A Change Is Gonna Come'