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"I’ve always been of the opinion that [touring] has to be about a good lifestyle."

"I do the topical stuff and the political stuff better than a lot of other people do so I think I should do it."

"I think if anything we felt pressured to just keep evolving as artists, like we had to do something different."

"I used the model of Dinosaur – the new material for Dinosaur really revitalised the band."

"I think music appreciation is culturally enshrined or culturally guided."

"We never had any premeditated idea of whether we should be new romantics or psychedelic or anything – it was just how we were."

Hailing from the East Coast of Tasmania, Luca Brasi have been delivering sincere, honest melodic punk since their 2009 inception. Currently on the road in support of latest album 'By a Thread', Killyourstereo.com caught up with frontman Tyler Richardson to chat about the record and tour.

It would be a great disservice if we were to talk about Flying Lotus' recent Australian tour without mentioning the local talent brought along to support.

We chat to Greens Senator Scott Ludlam ahead of the WA Senate re-election.. A couple of weeks ago you probably saw a Youtube video doing the rounds featuring WA Greens Senator Scott Ludlam "Welcoming" Tony Abbott to Western Australia. Obviously we use the term welcoming with tongue firmly in cheek, as it addressed pretty much every problem all your 'lefty' friends have been complaining about on Facebook since Abbott & Co. came into power last year (If you haven't seen it, you definitely should down the bottom). Anyway it inspired us to reach out to the Senator (inbetween him going to Nine Inch Nails/QOTSA CONCERTS), go a little deeper into what he is trying to achieve, and how he's going about getting back into the Senate at the upcoming WA Senate re-election (after last year's was discounted following a recount and a bunch of missing votes). [UPDATE] Before you read below, enjoy this sweet little video of DJ S Ludz on the decks at a recent fundraiser with the legends at Death Disco -

We've held off on text interviews for a while, but decided Skrillex was a good reason to start them again.. Last week saw the - somewhat surprising - release of Skrillex's debut album, Recess, via a mysterious App/game he put up on his website. Unlocking a new track every 30 minutes, you could stream it via said App until its ACTUAL RELEASE in Australia last Friday - tomorrow in America. What it also meant was we had an opportunity to not only revive a format which we put to bed for a while in the Text Interview, but chat to an old friend who we hadn't seen around this part of the world for a couple of years. What ensued was plenty of bro-ing out, some emoji descriptions, how Recess came to be, Australian producer discussion and some TV show called Heavyweights.