A Conversation with Ellen Reid: Insights into Crash Test Dummies' Iconic Album In a recent episode of The Mixtape Podcast, we dove into the enduring legacy of Crash Test Dummies' groundbreaking album, 'God Shuffled His Feet,' celebrating its 30th a…
A Retrospective on 'Flood' Recently, my guest on The Mixtape Podcast was John Flansburgh from They Might Be Giants, we were talking ahead of the bands previously postponed Australian Tour, celebrating the 30th anniversary of their landmark album, '…
The Influence and Legacy and The Jesus and Mary Chain The Early Days The Jesus and Mary Chain were formed in 1983 by brothers Jim and William Reid. The brothers had grown up in a working-class family in Glasgow, Scotland, and they had been e…
A Journey Through Time: Belle & Sebastian's Musical Evolution Since their humble beginnings in the mid-1990s, Scottish indie legends Belle & Sebastian have consistently evolved their sound while maintaining their distinctive charm. From the…
An Introduction to......Electric Six In a recent episode of The Mixtape Podcast, I had the pleasure, albeit at 5am, of chatting with Dick Valentine, frontman of electro-disco, new wave, and garage rock legends Electric Six. This brief introdu…
Fire In The Disco, Fire In The Taco Bell Hello! Back with a bang after a few weeks away from the old Pod. I loved the headspace, but I must confess, I did miss it a bit. So? What News?? I picked up where I’d left off several weeks …
The Second I got behind the desk at KCR, I wanted to put on a fundraising concert for the station. Not just to raise money, but also to raise the profile of the station. There are people in Kalamunda, who have never heard of Kalamunda Community Radi…
I often get asked, who my dream guests would be, and obviously there’s the unattainable, out of reach names like Springsteen, Keith Richards, Dylan, The Gallaghers, but when I started the pod I did have a top 5 list of guests who I’d lov…
Ok, where were we? I had recorded my first Interview for the radio show and decided to put it out as a podcast. I found the whole process of setting up and publishing the pod, really easy, aided and abetted by my old school mate Stu back in the UK …
Very often, when I interview bands and solo artists, I ask them to talk to me about their origin story, well for my very first Podcast blog entry, I’m going to tell you mine. I received my first record player for Christmas 1981, I was 9 years…
