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Seja talks to her guest Robert Forster (The Go-Betweens) about where it all started; making music with friends. They chat about their shared German-ness, swap stories about the connections music can make across the world and dissect their latest obsessions. Robert provides insight into the difference between his public and private personas, his aversion to meeting people he admires, his extraordin...

Seja talks to her guest Kav Temperley (Eskimo Joe) about his Sannyasin upbringing in Fremantle, how travelling to India and England shaped his music from an early age and why he was drawn to the bass guitar. They discuss their shared regional tour experiences back in the day and deconstruct Australian swearing. Kav tells Seja about his feelings surrounding the success of Black Fingernails, Red Win...

Seja talks to her guest Mikey Young (Eddy Current Suppression Ring, Total Control) about learning guitar, tour anxiety and growing up in Frankston loving Rod Stewart and Kiss. Mikey tells Seja about how he got into recording bands and his process of trying to capture live energy on albums. They discuss the future of Eddy Current Suppression Ring, gear nerdery, working with Royal Headache and meeti...

Seja talks to Olivia Bartley (Olympia) about deeply immersing herself in the writing process for her second album, isolating herself for 12 months, creating a ten point achievement plan/hypothesis and the trials and errors of getting to the finished product. Olivia tells Seja about working with producer Burke Reid again, her goal to make her audience levitate and utilising visual diaries to create...

Seja talks to her guest Ben Lee prior to touring Australia with his new project with Josh Radnor ‘Radnor and Lee’. They chat about the musical Ben is writing with iconic author Tom Robbins entitled ‘B is for Beer’, what it was like growing up in the public eye, his experiences as a ‘death doula’ and his passion for the psychedelic experience. Ben tells Seja about his relationship with streaming mu...

Seja talks to her guest Patience Hodgson (The Grates) about podcasting, early days of the Grates and living parallel lives with Missy Higgins. They chat about their first impressions of each other, their fast friendship and their strong bond over playing in bands with their partners (and initially keeping it a secret!). Patience tells Seja tales of touring overseas, her Hanson obsession, singing t...

Seja talks to her guest Mike Stroud (Ratatat, Kunzite) about his new band and the difficulty to stay up with social media trends to support album releases these days. They talk about the first songs they learned to play, their soundcheck songs and their issues with never knowing when to stop layering instruments when they record. Mike and Seja discuss first impressions, how classical music theory...

Seja talks to her guest Courtney Barnett about her live experiences; spanning from her first experiences on stage in Tasmania to her overwhelming success playing on American talk shows and collaborating with some of her heroes. They discuss the intricacies of hustling as a new artist and the the do’s and don’t’s of how to get gigs. Courtney and Seja bond over being introverts who like performing a...

Seja talks to her guest Tom Lyngcoln (The Nation Blue, Harmony) about his record label Solar / Sonar, his time in the Tasmanian music scene, learning guitar by playing along to ads in isolation and the dangers of wood crafting. Tom tells Seja about the physical compulsions that take over whilst performing, how important writing and playing music is to him and the good and bad experiences he has ha...

Seja talks to Sam Cromack (Ball Park Music) about being in Brisbane’s politest band, their connection with fans and how he started loving music listening to his parent's classic 60s and 70s vinyl collection. Sam talks about how learning instruments gave him a sense of identity, his progression as a guitarist and singer including his experiences being transformed into a different person on stage an...

Seja talks to Shane Parsons (DZ Deathrays) about growing up in Bundaberg and being starved for live music, supporting heroes, working with Burke Reid, DZ’s strange recording mishaps pre first album, the golden times of old Brisbane venues and the ins and outs (literally) of his pedal board. Shane tells tour stories and they bond over hip hop, worry about their livers and discuss the lengths one ha...

Seja talks to her guest Ben Ely (Regurgitator) about his dog Michael, hair metal, the punk scene in Brisbane that got him excited about playing music, working out how to get a show, and his first impressions of his future bandmate Quan. Ben tells Seja about being in the middle of band conflicts and how after years of history with the police, he finally got his ‘fuck you’ moment on stage at a ‘save...

Seja talks to her guest Lindsay McDougall (Frenzal Rhomb) about their love of greyhounds, Lindsay’s recent road trip through Australia with his wife, and regrettable tattoos (great podcast topic!). They cover his formative years, how he almost became a multi-tiered keyboardist, how being able to play guitar helped him to not get beaten up in school, and how this all led him to audition for and pla...

Seja talks to Darren Cross (Gerling, Jep and Dep) about old times playing in Gerling, how the band was formed, got signed and changed lineup 4 days before a Big Day Out show. They chat about band uniforms, how they got signed to Fellaheen, and his eventual departure from backing tracks and dance music to start playing folk. Seja and Darren chat about the development of his folk noir duo Jep and De...

Seja talks to Tim Nelson (Cub Sport) firstly about their collective failing immune systems, their dogs and what its like being a in a band with your partner. Tim shares the story of coming out to his parents and fans and the different reactions people had, pushing himself to be the frontman of the band without hiding behind an instrument and gets into his songwriting process. Tim’s strange show st...

Mel and Seja unsuccessfully start the podcast trying to speak German, but then much more comfortably chat in English about how Mel developed her persona in comedy and that addictive feeling she got after her first open mic performance. We also get a re-do of her first ever opening joke! Mel and Seja discuss the important issues: stage outfits, dog uber, regional touring, our parents and allergies....

Seja talks to her guest Josh Pyke about their first shows as kids, liking metal and grunge transforming Josh into a lifelong drop D guitarist and hero worship gone wrong. They disagree on how they met, but agree on many things such as their instant overwhelming love for Elliot Smith, how valuable writing in New York can be (even if it was a miserable time), and the right and wrong ways to sing low...

Seja talks to her guest Johnny Mackay about what it was like moving around a lot as a child, going to seven different schools and how his stepsister introduced him to guitar music. They chat about his musical projects such as Phillips Sisters, Children Collide and how with the help of Darren Seltmann (Avalanches) he started his most recent project Fascinator. Johnny talks about teaching himself ho...

Seja talks to her guest Tim Levinson (Urthboy) about being embarrassing in front of Paul Kelly, the ups and downs of touring and how easy it is to use alcohol as a coping mechanism. They chat about bad reviews, how they reconcile liking sexist rap songs and the intricacies of sample clearance. Tim’s strange show story is illustrated by Brisbane artist Adam Lester. All podcast illustrations can be...

Seja talks to her guest Darren Hanlon after many scheduling conflicts. They firstly talk deportation and injuries, then about Darren’s childhood and how he started playing in a country/western style dance band at 15 and got kicked out for knee sliding whilst playing Johnny B. Goode. Darren chats about meeting Rik Mayall and Billy Bragg as a kid, to then going on to support Bragg for the first time...

Seja talk to bass player and photographer Luke Henery (Violent Soho) in a rare interview about spending his childhood tripping out about angels and demons in the pentecostal church, tuning a guitar so low he could play bass on it, living on a hill so steep his friends couldn’t get to him and learning how to use his mother’s SLR camera. Luke tells many funny tour stories about accidentally smashing...

Seja talk to her guest Megan Washington about her ambitions to be Judy Garland when she was younger, deeply regretting lyrics in retrospect and the three things people bring up the most to her and can’t seem to let go of. They also talk about Meg’s dissatisfaction with the American jazz songbook, Keith Urban calling her out of the blue and how to write songs on dogs. Megan’s story is illustrated b...

Seja talks to her guest Scott Edgar (Tripod) about how he went from playing in a covers band to discovering his comedic talent and starting the comedy sketch group Tripod. Seja and Scott discuss comedy heroes, podcasts (Tripod’s podcast ‘Perfectly Good Podcast’ is up to episode 29 this week) and Dungeons and Dragons. You can see more of Scott and Tripod at @scodmanisfine and/or www.3pod.com.au Sco...

Seja talks to her guest Sarah Blasko about how she grew to love singing at a young age, and how she went from playing in youth group and cover bands to writing her own music and performing under her own name. Sarah chats about the different approaches she took on her albums and some of the incredible people she has worked with throughout her musical career. Sarah’s strange show story is illustrate...

Seja talks to her guest Laura Imbruglia about growing up on the central coast of NSW as the youngest of four sisters, listening to the Seekers and the Carpenters. They discuss the beginning of Laura’s musical career and how she started her web series Amateur Hour. Her awkward show story is illustrated by Rosa Morgan (@redghostsounds) and can be seen on Instagram (@hearsejpodcast) or the HearSej Fa...