Local Roots

Welcome back to Local Roots. Host Hannah Torregosa takes listeners through the latest and greatest in Australian music. Tracklist: Kylie Minogue – “Love at First Sight” My Daydreams – “I’m Still Searching” Birdland – “Maybe Lately” Liam Conner – “Love Me With A Like” RARIA – “WE WERE NEVER REALLY FRIENDS&#822...

Welcome back to Local Roots. Host Hannah Torregosa takes listeners through the latest and greatest in Australian music. Tracklist: Memphis LK – “Some Kinda Heaven” ELISHIA – “As Good as it Gets” Genesis Owusu – “STAMPEDE” EMEREE – “Locked Up” aleksiah – “Bullshit, Baby!” gemma ylana – “jealousjeal...

Welcome back to Local Roots. Host Hannah Torregosa takes listeners through the latest and greatest in Australian music. Tracklist: Mia Wray – “When We Were Young” Spacey Jane – “Do You Really Love Her” The Roulette Generation – “All Talk Is Small” WAAX – “Hands” DeepFaith – “Don’t Know Who My Friends Are&#822...

Welcome back to Local Roots. Host Elliot Attard takes listeners through the latest and greatest in Australian music. Tracklist: G Flip / The Beaches – “Lez Go!” 2charm – “girls” Kiid Koda – “Keep It All” Ian Buller – “Lovers Under The Sun” Stephanie Milostic – “Check It” Savanna Kate – “Home By 5” Dami Im / Electric Fields – “Sound of Silence” Alesso &...

Welcome back to Local Roots. Host Elliot Attard takes listeners through the latest and greatest in Australian music. Tracklist: LMNT115 / Daya – “Paradise” RACH – “Jump Up and Down” Tame Impala / JENNIE – “Dracula” PNAU / MEDUZA – “Rollin” Kaiyah Mercedes – “3 Month Blackout” VASSY / Mind Electric – “On Me” Running Touch – “Capri” Becca Hatch – “Gard...

Welcome back to Local Roots. Host Hannah Torregosa takes listeners through the latest and greatest in Australian music. Tracklist: Mia Wray – “Nice To Meet Me” Ama – Metro – “Girl” Camille Trail – “Postcard” Ninajirachi – “It’s You (underscores’ It’s U Remix)” Alesso / Pendulum – “FADE” Odd Mob / Lizzy Land – “Never Alone” Gretta Ray &#82...

Welcome back to Local Roots. Host Hannah Torregosa takes listeners through the latest and greatest in Australian music. Tracklist: Sonny Fodera/ D.O.D/ Poppy Baskcomb – “Think About Us” BEL! — “I’m Not Jeaulous” Cooee — “Welcome” Boox Kid — “Barang Ngalang Kadjin (SOS)” D’Arcey Spiller — “Bring me Back” Israel Carter — “Waripa (Vocal Version)” Yorke/ Alice U — “i wanna hate you”...

Welcome back to Local Roots. Host Elliot Attard takes listeners through the latest and greatest in Australian music. Tracklist: ISHAN — “Chasing Cars” Yes Boone — “Best I’ve Found” Dylan Wright — “Those Nights” Mia Wray — “When We Were Young” Miya Zawa — “BIG Love” ONIQ — “NEBULA” Go-Jo — “SUPERSONIC” WIN BIG — “Pack It In” ZIPPORAH — “Some Typa Way” Adam Noviello — “Ballet Boy” Naomi Diane — “Sam...

Welcome back to Local Roots after a 5-year hiatus. Temporary host Elliot Attard takes listeners through the latest and greatest in Australian music. Tracklist: Alice Ruby — “xx” 2charm — “invisible wings” JORJ — “Plan B” Leni feat. Mo’Ju — “KINGS & STARS” BEL! — “Stop Bothering Me” Djanaba — “Buster” Stevan — “Maeby” Ian Buller — “Take A Ride” Lazy Ghost — “Chubby Money” Brad Mullins — “Sit Ti...

Nik Navy joined the Local Roots team in the JOY 94.9 studio to play four tracks live for you. NIK NAVY is a Melbourne queer artist who makes sad songs. Known for his honest storytelling and powerful vocals, his lyrics tell of love and queer resilience. Blending soulful vocals, piano and warm electronics, NIK NAVY is the solo project for Melbourne singer, producer and songwriter Nik Mitchell. Influ...

Daniel Elia joined the Local Roots team in the JOY 94.9 studio to play four tracks live for you. Producing music with a strong political and spiritual message, Daniel Elia encapsulates the trials and tribulations faced by the Melbourne South-Sudanese community, and what it means to be black in Australia. With an extensive background in dancing and touring, Elia was inspired by watching his favouri...

KÖDA joined the Local Roots team in the JOY 94.9 studio to play four tracks live for you. Accomplished Melbourne based singer-songwriter KÖDA is truly one-of-a-kind. Renowned for her powerhouse vocals, bubbly yet fierce personality and electric stage presence, KÖDA presents a whole new world of musical eclecticism and delivers it with a trademark rebel strut. Never one to shy away from stretching...

Woodes joined the Local Roots team in the JOY 94.9 studio to play four tracks live for you. After writing her first song at age 11, it was clear that Elle Graham was going to make a career in music. Growing up in tropical North Queensland, Graham used her upbringing as inspiration; pairing it with training garnered at the Victorian College of the Arts to launch her solo project WOODES. Elle releas...

Val Flynn joined the Local Roots team in the JOY 94.9 studios to play four of their tracks for you. Val Flynn, a born performer and refreshing new voice in the Australian music. With foundations laid in fashion and styling, Val Flynn’s passion for music was ignited during a late-night studio session with good friend Miss Blanks, ‚”She pretty much pushed me into the booth and said bitch...

Tender Buttons joined the Local Roots team in the JOY 94.9 studios to play four of their tracks live for you. Tender Buttons are a 4-piece alternative dream-pop band from Footscray, Melbourne, bringing together dream-pop, shoegaze, and indie-pop influences. In 2016, Tender Buttons was born out of a collaboration between Jessicca Bennett (Love Shack Studios, Lash, Preytells), Rachel Sztanski (Reii)...

Maxon joined the Local Roots team in the JOY 94.9 studios to play four of their tracks live for you. Maxon is currently shaking audiences with her trademark vocal and boundless song-writing talents. A gifted and versatile artist, Maxon burst onto the Melbourne music scene in 2016 with her own brand of raw, emotionally-driven pop songs and a dynamic vocal range that earned her comparisons to the li...

Diamonds of Neptune joined the Local Roots team in the JOY 94.9 studios to play for of their tracks live for you. Diamonds of Neptune are a five-piece Melbourne band with a unique take on the indie-rock genre. They take you on a journey from a dream-like state, blending sounds of psychedelic-pop with heavy synth and heavenly guitar tones. Diamonds of Neptune are a five-piece Melbourne band with a...

Nancie Schipper joined Rachel & Dinah in the Local Roots studio for this week’s live Jam Session. A Local Roots Jam Sesh is where a local independent artist stops by the studio to play 4 tracks live to air, along with a nice long chat about their music. Nancie is no newcomer to the stage, having spent the last six years tirelessly working her way around the local music scene, cutting her...

Louise Terra joined Dinah & Jason in the Local Roots studio for this week’s live Jam Sesh! Each week a local independent artist stops by the Local Roots studio to perform a set of 4 tracks live to air for you. Nothing is off limits and we go deep into finding out who they are and why they chose to release music. They’re artists we love and think you’re going to fall in love with too. Lou...

The boys from local band Black Snake Whip joined us in the studio for this week’s Local Roots Jam Sesh! Each week a local independent artist stops by the Local Roots studio to perform a set of 4 tracks live to air for you. Nothing is off limits and we go deep into finding out who they are and why they chose to release music. They’re artists we love and think you’re going to fall in love with...

Ellery Cohen joined in the Local Roots studio for this week’s live Jam Session! Each week a local independent artist stops by the Local Roots studio to perform a set of 4 tracks live to air for you. Nothing is off limits and we go deep into finding out who they are and why they chose to release music. They’re artists we love and think you’re going to fall in love with too. Melbourne alt-pop...

Kids at Midnight joined Sarah & Dinah in the Local Roots studio for this week’s Jam Session! Each week a local independent artist stops by the Local Roots studio to perform a set of 4 tracks live to air for you. Nothing is off limits and we go deep into finding out who they are and why they chose to release music. They’re artists we love and think you’re going to fall in love with too. K...

Cam and Ben from local act The Attics joined Dinah and Laura in the Local Roots studio for a Jam Session. Each week a local independent artist stops by the Local Roots studio to perform a set of 4 tracks live to air for you. Nothing is off limits and we go deep into finding out who they are and why they chose to release music. They’re artists we love and think you’re going to fall in l...

Elisabeth from local Melbourne act No/Trauma joined Jason on the phone to chat about their very new band and the new track they’ve just released. No/Trauma is a band made up of three queer people making emo folk music. Singing about vulnerability, connection and identity. It’s a bit like Paul Kelly meets Kelly Clarkson, but sadder and queerer. Their new track Six Foot Flawless is a three min...

Lucy and John from Melbourne band Forest Falls joined Jason & Nat on the phone to talk about their new EP you’re going to love, especially when you hear the story behind their track ‘Lady Luck’ Big, bold and heartrendingly honest, it’s the Forest Falls sound that strikes you first. Multi-part vocal harmonies weave amongst a warmly orchestrated palette of guitars, keyboards, s...