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Hot Dub chats to Kram from Spiderbait. It's an awesome conversation with music from Vivaldi, the Sex Pistols and everything in between. You can hear all the songs here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5Bn20XlCQ1IEiQeLA3CoB0?si=0e42159c989a450b

Hot Dub chats to brothers Oli and Louis Leimbach from Lime Cordiale.  Recorded in October this is a delightful and rambly conversation covering everything from why apple crumble is the GOAT desert, the tragedy of Amy Winehouse and heaps of great music.  There's a spotify playlist of the songs here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1kd21UzTOZMAb3ufYk3rzz?si=9bf2a57558cb47d9

Tom chats to Australian Blues Guitar Legend: Nathan Cavaleri. Nathan is known to most to aussies as the guitar prodigy who achieved phenomenal success at a ridiculously young age by shredding the blues on tv while also battling leukaemia. His life story is amazing, and I highly recommend you watch this doco about him: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UIf8wlYjVw This conversation was recorded in October 2021 over zoom, and features plenty of great music you can find here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4Dfq7tCNg0WBeLUTSQAVtv?si=2ccc723d33c74701

Hot Dub chats to Jack from Bag Raiders. Tunes from the interview can be found here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2HinxXCubqyJYmw86fUe4w?si=7aaba1b4fd3349f2 Jack is one of our favourite people to talk to about music. In this episode we get into West African drumming, Zimbabwean thumb pianos, Japanese solo piano music as well as east 17, dua lipa, daft punk and much more. We hope you dig it!

Tom chats to aussie music legend, Ben Lee. Ben is a singer, songwriter, and Australian music legend who has had a amazing career where he’s done everything from writing huge hit songs like 'Catch My Disease' and 'Cigarettes Will Kill You,' to musicals about beer, albums about islam and inventing electro yoga. Songs from the pod are here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3e243EcYARglH6pptsQ34I?si=8c0ef0edede34db5

Hot Dub chats to musician, comedian and tiktok superstar: Tom Cardy. Tom creates incredible, hilarious viral videos that have seen him create a vast online audience. Check out HYCYBH here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--9kqhzQ-8Q Here's the songs from the interview: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2HvthJelSXyEQxpzlTpiJD?si=d015054bcbf64a73

Tom chats to KLP. Recorded in August 2021 KLP or Kristy Lee Peters is best known for her growing back catalogue of bangers, featuring her distinctive vocal sound. She’s worked with Skrillex, What So Not and many more, and 2020 she teamed up with Stace Cadet for her biggest hit yet: Energy.  In this interview we chat about her incredibly musical upbringing which saw her singing on ad jingles in primary school, in a girl band signed to major label at 13, and how some early knock backs made her even more determined to succeed in music. Playlist of tunes from the pod is here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4Ml2SHor3miCJs0wcrg9JL?si=f02c34cce2f24d3f

Tom chats to Adam Hyde from Peking Duk and Keli Holiday. Recorded in August 2021.  This conversation is joyful, chaotic and featuring a diverse and surprising collection of music.  You can listen to all the songs in full here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4AE0pAM80bdJFAvGoKLKkk?si=5a0111b20b98407a

Tom chats to Sam Hales from Jungle Giants. Recorded in August 2021 Sam makes gorgeous, funky, soulful music and has created an amazing career fuelled entirely by his own talent and hustle. He writes, produces and releases his own tunes and has become one of the biggest artists in Australia.  They listen to some gorgeous, eclectic music along the way, you can find those tunes here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2QagV4acNB2u5tT6TpqISd?si=7310c37b229e4097

Paul Mac is a legend of Australian Dance music. He was there for the birth of the sound in the 80's, he was there for the first, huge raves at Sydney's Hordern Pavilion, he has been an underground legend and mainstream superstar, winning Arias, making number 1 hits and sustaining a 30 year career in electronic music. Now is the perfect time to look back and reflect on the origins of dance music and remember the love and idealism it stood for. And there is no better person to tell that story than Paul Mac.

Wes Carr is known to most as the winner of Australian Idol back in 2008, but there is so much more to the music and mind of this wonderful man. His musical history starts with his first paid gig at the age of 8 and he’s lead a true musician's life ever since: full of ecstatic peaks and lonely troughs. His music ranges between rock, folk, roots, Americana, blues and he’s passionate about the art of song writing. He’s toured and performed with Tom across Australia and this interview was a rare moment for the two friends to learn a bit more about each other.

Pat Stevenson is pretty much the best music photographer in Australia. He shoots for all the key members of Australia’s dance music scene, gets free tickets to every music festival in the country and is constantly in demand. He’s also a great DJ, having performed for massive crowds as part of Sosueme DJs and rocked literally thousands of parties around the country. In this episode we find out about Pat’s delinquent teenage years that saw him expelled from school, and how his love of dance music and photography became his obsession. Tom and Pat also have a great chat about what hedonism and what makes a perfect party, and Pat shares some tips for young photographers trying to get into the biz.