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"We clashed musically during recording," says NZ's Bic Runga about her producer, and Mint Chicks member, Kody Nielson.“He’s my boyfriend now."

​The Androgyny​ introduce their new single, ​Like Air.

The rapper formerly known as Phatchance has ditched the pseudonym to release music under his “weird enough” given name, Chance Waters. Matt O’neill finds out why.

Will Learmonth of Teargas has spent the last five months getting a whole bunch of hardcore bands to come up to Brisbane for a full blown three day festival across three different venues. He tells Chris Yates about how the Total Attack Festival came together and what’s in store for Teargas.

Hitting the road with EP number three, Intentional Love, Gossling aka Helen Croome tells Michael Smith that right now, the EP format is the best for her.

“I don’t do all that fucking ArseBook shit," rants UK singer Richard Hawley, "I can’t cope with that. That really does my head in, the pointlessness. Hey, I’ve got 4,602 friends... I find it really fucking weird!”

Matt Corby: one hit wonder or king of the oooh ooh oohs?

"I thought we might even be a punk band by now. We’re trying to find a way for our sound to morph into something else,” threatens Mount Kimbie's Kai Campos.

And then our lyrics are very literal – I don’t get religious or anything, I just write lyrics about stupid stuff like cars and, like, UFOs,” Hill laughs. “There’s no deep meaning behind those lyrics, there just all things I see and like. It’s just stuff you remember.

"In Perth, it’s exploding with talented musicians and great songwriters desperate for more exposure."