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"I have to say from start to finish Ride was pretty much firing on all cylinders all the way. And I think that’s why it has stood the test of time and it has got the legs that it’s got, which I’m really pleased about."

"It’s kind of funny, we haven’t played that many shows, but we’re really excited to come on tour because we feel like the live show is sounding amazing, and we can’t wait to play for people."

"I think the punk scene should be flattered that we’re even being associated with it."

We caught Hyfrydol for a couple of questions.

Announced earlier this morning, Grimes will join the 2012 Meredith Music Festival alongside The Sunnyboys and more yet to be announced.

Get to know MC Allday a little better!

"I think what people don’t like is the way that I look... I don’t think it’s the actual songs, because they’re not controversial. And in person, I’m actually not controversial either."

“Yeah, we had that famous party in Sydney Harbour on a yacht and it got in all the tabloids.” Did it get out of hand? “Well it did.” Did anyone go overboard? “Only in how many oysters they ate and how much sex was going on.”

"I view working on music as a kind of voyage, a way to break free from the routines and responsibilities of everyday life. It’s pure escapism."

“At that stage we had this purple fluffy drum kit... Bek had an outfit made out of the leftover purple furry material... One of the guys in the crowd called Bek a ‘fucking Gobbledock Sinead O’Connor’ and said that he had a dog that farts better music than that!”

"...we’ve got a lot of PMA going on as well as a lot of negativity", Lawrence Taylor of While She Sleeps explains to Benny Doyle.

"One of us went up and was like, ‘Hey, we’re in a band from Australia, we’re recording an album, and we were wondering if we could use your portrait for our album’. She was like, ‘Umm... yeah, okay’. She was a bit weirded out, but it was cool.”