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"The guys at Interscope made a great pitch. They essentially gave me a marketing plan that meant I didn’t have to change anything about how I do my business or compromise anything artistically."

“It’s in the last couple of years that we started on various occasions to work together again, which we’re very much enjoying."

“That was very important and a big thing that Sarah and I kept on talking about, what home means to us and how where you are at the time imbues what you’re creating and what you’re trying to do."

"Now, I like Bruce Springsteen, but I’m not going to drive to Hanging Rock, walk for ten miles and sit in a car for two-and-a-half hours on the way home for the privilege.”

“I didn’t have any specific ambitions when I started out. I just played music for fun. I didn’t have any intentions of being famous or anything like that."

"We were cutting down a lot of unnecessary guitar tracks. Also a lot less keyboard stuff, and also try and keep the other orchestrations as minimal as possible to get the best sound for the songs."

They are a band currently re-shaping possibilities for heavy music in Australia. A number one charting album and a host of sold-out shows in 2012, The Amity Affliction are at the top of their game. Killyourstereo.com caught up with bassist Ahren Stringer before the band took the stage for Push Over to have a brief, quick fire chat.

Want to be behind the decks next summer festival season? Pre-season training starts now, and Kris Swales has all the answers you need to complete your transformation from dancefloor dickbag to DJ.

Aden Mullens - the compilation manager of Ministry Of Sound - had a chat with us about MoS's newest compilation 'FUTURISM', amongst other things.

“I’m up for this, I really have stayed fit. I’m a worker bee, I get up early and I try and stay disciplined. You never throw away your work clothes, there are always things to do."

“In some way, all the stories are connected to a place of fear for me, or a place of longing, or a place that I’m grappling with anyway."