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"We’ve toured with bands who don’t have the sense of humour we have and they’ll all be tense and saying, ‘Shut the fuck up!’, and we’ll be cracking jokes and snapping fingers. We were born to be Hives.”

With a second EP ready to drop, Hannah Shepherd from Brisbane’s Charlie Mayfair tells Chris Yates what they did differently this time around, and how before joining the band her life was about to take off in a very different direction.

Released from recording contract shackles, 28 Days are free to step up the tempo once again. Benny Doyle chats with a relaxed Damian Gardiner about their version of Chinese Democracy and older siblings leading the way.

Germany’s big new export product is tech-house duos. Peter Buck of Kaiserdisco can't wait to bring the party to Australia.

We take Sid O'Neil of The Vasco Era through the ever-rigorous taste test.

"I was battling demons in my head for ages," 360 tells us how he managed to stay true to himself as he tries to figure out how it all went so right.

Hound are an enchanting 6 piece folk band from Melbourne, and once you hear them we guarantee they're going to be hard to forget.

Two-man guitar and drum attack Jackson Firebird took their sweet time getting there, but as guitarist Brendan Harvey tells Michael Smith, it’s all good.

Drunk Mums take some time to share their Top 5's with Purple Sneakers. Dudes definitely have interesting taste.

"We’re a band who loves everything but punk is part of our DNA," says Simple Plan’s Charles-André “Chuck” Comeau.

We’re about to get a taste of America’s black metal underground in the form of Seattle’s bleakest duo Inquisition. Mark Hebblewhite tracks down guitarist Dagon and finds out that Australian metal is revered worldwide.

It's been way too long since the last I OH YOU party, so this one, with Flume and City Calm Down, is going to blow up. You've been warned.