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Five minutes with Jess Cornelius.

"About six months ago I was thinking about making an album, but now I’m glad I didn’t do that," says Tim Wheatley aka Crooked Saint.

“I don’t think you can ever call it a career, it’s just gettin’ away with it really,” multi-instrumentalist Jonathan Boulet tells Bryget Chrisfield of his so-called chosen profession, aka “livin’ the dream”.

“For the old stuff, I dunno if I’d call it punk but what people call punk these days is, like, The Used or Green Day or something. You know, both not very good.”

Douglas Quin is renowned for his groundbreaking work with Antarctica – but it’s a mere component of a much larger, more diverse career. Matt O’Neill speaks to the American iconoclast about the thread between contemporary dance and video game design.

"It’s a great time to be in a band in Brisbane,” says Dominic Haddad of Millions. On the eve of his band's EP release he tells us why.

“I got into a real bad routine. I need to have things happening – I can get four hours sleep a night, then I need to be doing shit all day long. Instead, I got stir crazy. I put on about eight kilos.”

Sydney’s Kid Mac has been surfing with the Bra Boys for years. Now he’s ready to make a splash in the Australian music scene. He spoke to Aleksia Barron about his new album, No Man’s Land.

"In order to grow as a group, we had to know what each other’s strengths and weaknesses were," says Charge Group's Matt Blackman.

“I distrust stuff that comes too easily."

"My favourite highlights... breaking into the old Hydey during renovations to play a secret battery-operated gig to friends and fans. We got front page news... the headline read ‘Anarchy at the Hyde Park’."

Gudinksi: "I’ve been doing it a long time and it’s nice to get a bit of recognition but really I think it’s very much a tribute to Melbourne and the people around me.”