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"I’m busy, but organised. I say ‘no’ to a lot more now, which is hard sometimes but necessary to keep moving forward.”

"Seeing people who still dig our brand and our music - whether they started in ’88 with us or ’99 with us - it’ll be great to see them.”

We're gonna look at WA's new shark laws from a few different angles.. If you're from Western Australia, you've no doubt copped a full frontal assault from the media about shark attacks in the region, especially since the death of another surfer a couple of weeks ago (RIP Chris Boyd, from what we hear you were an absolute legend). Today the WA government announced an ACTION PLAN to try and combat the fear of many WA beach-goers with regards to dealing with the threat of being eaten by sharks. You can get a full run down in the link above, but basically it boils down to any sharks over 3m in length, found less than 1km from the beach in designated 'kill zones', will be hunted and killed by professional fisherman. One of our contributors, Davey Bostelman, has decided to offer his thoughts on the issue. He's a keen surfer, and spends more time at the beach than any of us. We'll likely offer some other points of view in the next few days, hopefully to just stir up some discussion about it,

"I’m really in two minds about an album for a dance artist. Obviously, for some people it works really well – like you see Disclosure and Flume and how it did really well for them."

Kanye West or El-P? The latter. Please. Anyday.

"There is one ugly jerk in the front row calling out my name and flipping me the bird between songs. Weird way of getting into it!"

We managed a quick chat with POND before they boarded a plane last week.. Last week we managed to get a bit of time with Shiny Joe Ryan from POND before he jumped on a plane to go to the ARIAs. A far cry from POND's humble beginnings around the various backyard sheds of Fremantle. Unfortunately we didn't get a hell of a lot of time with him, but we learnt about their plans for next year, which sound rather exciting. You can catch POND at one of the following dates, and at Southbound/Falls Festival next year.

Future Classic legend Charles Murdoch made a sweet 1/2 hour mix for us - d/l it for free.. So we thought this one got lost to the big wide world of internet backlogs of stuff you upload then it goes missing for some reason. Whatever the case, this bad boy has miraculously re-appeared on our Soundcloud so now we're very happy to share it with you! You can download it for free too, just click buy and it'll take you to our Facebook to make sure you like us, 'cause ain't nothing really come for free these days.   Tracklist: Machinedrum - Vizion The Internet - You Don't Even Know ft. Tay Wa Samuel Truth - Caspian Sampha - Without VVV - Dolven A1 Bassline - Lust In Warsaw James Welsh - M62 (Medlar remix) Axel Boman - The Best Ever Made Ever Lone - Begin to Begin    Like Charles on FACEBOOK // SOUNDCLOUD

We have a chat to the Melbourne based street artist, graphic designer and illustrator.. Peche is the moniker of Australian artist, illustrator and graphic designer Dipesh Prasad. His work pretty much speaks for itself, and we caught up recently for a Q&A.

Rising out of the ashes of seminal punk trio Mclusky in 2005, Welsh outfit Future of the Left have spent almost a decade garnering a reputation for their distinctive, nuanced brand of alternative rock, blistering live shows and notoriously charismatic frontman Andrew 'Falco' Falkous. Ahead of an Australian visit next month, Killyourstereo.com chats with Falco about new album 'How to Stop Your Brain in an Accident', crowdfunding and the band's creative process.

The Butterfly Effect have been reborn, with a new vocalist, Paul Galagher, added to the fold. Killyourstereo.com chats with drummer Ben Hall...and it's not always a rock 'n' roll lifestyle with the musician talking in between preparing lunch for his kids after arriving home from an airport drop-off. We talk to Hall about all things the Butterfly Effect circa 2013.