Out of the Box

Joining us today is London-based alternative pop artist Mr Beale! On her newest track,  Skin , Beale anthropomorphises herself into Ordovician prey. Cold and doomed, you swim toward warmer waters. Harnessing themes of evolution and body horror, she drowns you in her underwater world. She’s also a multimedia artist and vocalist in British Jazz band, Palafico Honey. Joining us all the way...

In times like these, we need coalescence. Now Always Fades’ newest album,  Coalesce , is a euphoric odyssey in reuniting old sounds with new. Featuring blockbuster features from Locust’s Olive Kimoto, Alias Error, and Lili Hall, Xavier Bacash scribes a sonic love letter to trip hop. No stranger to fbi radio, he was our Independent Artist of the Week last year with his release,&nbs...

On the show today, we have one of my absolute favourite artists from Sydney. For 10 years, Grace Stevenson has been making music under the name Rebel Yell fusing dark industrial techno with her pop and melodic sensibilities. There aren’t many artists who seem to find the perfect middle ground between the two contrasting styles of music as seamlessly as Rebel Yell. Just last week, she release...

Today’s guest is Filipino and Murrawarri musician DOBBY! Dobby started making waves as a self proclaimed ‘drapper’ as he incorporates his incredible drumming skills into multiple projects and his live performances. His debut album, “Warrangu: River Story”, was a record about the Murray Darling Basin and the degradation humanity has caused it over the years. That album...

On today’s episode, we have Sydney’s alt-pop veteran, Sparrows. Corporeal and fantastical, Jess Nitties microdoses whimsy and manifests her internal worlds. Her music is a tapestry of sound design, weaving familiar pop elements with ornamental percussion. No stranger to the airwaves, she was awarded fbi’s Independent Artist of the Week in 2018. She makes her radio return in lieu...

Today's guest is one of the most distinctive voices in hip hop today. For more than two decades, New York rapper Billy Woods has built a reputation for his vivid storytelling and thoughtful, densely layered political lyricism, which mirror his fiercely independent approach to making music. Following his sensational show at Manning Bar, we're so excited to welcome him to Out of the Box.  This...

In a digital age where misinformation propagates - originality thrives. Our guest on the show today, Gigi’s Theory, creates a space for the culturally curious. Deep diving into the pockets of music, fashion, and art, she identifies tastemakers, highlighting black art and sounds. Her artisanal commentary has solidified her as a trusted voice within the Melbourne art scene. Gigi joins us here...

Today’s guest is one i’ve been trying to get on the show for almost a year, seriously, our conversation starts back in November. A DJ and producer who really questions the idea of “genre” by fluently floating between every different form of electronic music you can think of, from IDM, bass, pop, glitch, noise, hip-hop and putting them all on the same record or mix. Technica...

Making his grand return on Out of the Box, we have the ironclad king of Western Sydney, it’s SOLLYY! Since he was on last, he’s continued shaking up the rap scene with his euphonic beats and die-cast bars. Scribing tongue-in-cheek delinquency on the T1 line, he’s brought that kid-in-the-back of the class energy to the world stage. After leaving his heart out west with last years&...

Today’s guest is T Breezy, a Gamilaraay rapper from Inverell NSW. Coming onto the scene with his debut EP ‘2360’, which won album of the week honours here at fbi radio, T Breezy brought a harder, southern hip hop influenced style of trap which quickly set him apart from the rest of Australian hip-hop. A mainstay in the underground, his 2024 collaborative album ‘Souths Most...

Today’s guest is the next big thing in alt rock, joining us all the way from LA is Violet Grohl! Violet’s new album, Be Sweet to Me, which came out just a few weeks ago harks back to classic punk with a sleek modern twist, though it’s punctuated by some truly beautiful tender moments that reveal her other side. This episode was presented to you by Matt Do and produced by Kass Vin...

Put your mirrorshades on! Our guests today are the one and only industrial hip-hop trio clipping. Making their appearance on the scene back in 2009, they’ve been pushing the envelope ever since. Their sonics infuse afrofuturism, horrorcore, and sci-fi storytelling, as seen in their sibling concept albums, There Existed an Addiction to Blood , and  Visions of Bodies being Burned . Their...

Today’s guest is an artist that never stands still. One who’s not afraid to play in the darkness, he has an incredible discography that spans countless genres. From ambient, to drone, IDM, techno, jungle and more often than not all of these in the same record. On his newest and seventh full length album,  Tremor , he experiments with his first true musical love - shoegaze! Daniel...

Girls! Grab your cool cabana, and an espresso martini - we’ve got a very special guest on the show today. It’s social commentator, influencer, and beauty advisor - Guncle Diaries! His witty, hilarious, and unsolicited takes on all things Sydney have taken social media by storm. East to west, nowhere is safe from the wrath of Guncle! Nic, the man of the hour, joins us here in studio tod...

Our guest today are one of the most iconic surf rock bands to ever come out of Australia, so much so that they have become synonymous with their own brand of this - Yolngu surf rock. Coming together in 2020, King Stingray have been making waves for their unabashedly optimistic music and blending of the Yolngu language with english in their lyrics. I’m joined by Roy Kellaway and Ngalakan "Bil...

On the show today we have up-and-coming Sydney electronic duo - Bad Hoax! Both dancefloor and cry-in-the-car ready, their sound is effortlessly emotive. Alex’s somber siren vocals and Will’s thumping, dynamic production create an unfamiliar heaven. Trading the comforts of the studio with the duo’s car, and room in their apartment, a heaviness weighs on their newest singles, ...

Every episode of OOTB is special, but today is a bit different… today is the release day of  “double take recognition violence,”  the second album from sydney producer and dj gi. This is gi’s follow up to  thought makes music , one of the best albums of 2024, and nominated for record of the year at the 2024 smac awards, and with this, she picks up where she...

Shrouded in smoke, poppers, and footy shorts, we have two very special guests on the show today. An enigma injecting eurohouse with sex, sweat, and starlight, 2charm sugar-coat the Berlin dancefloor. Their newest project, star scum city, co-produced by friend of the show Ninajirachi, fast travel you to a club where nights are long, kisses are french, and love is omnipotent. We’re joined by t...

Today we’re joined by heather and josh from the fantastic Sesame Girl! Hailing from Canberra, but now based in Wollongong, sesame girl have hit the ground running with their Self Titled EP in 2023 and having toured with artists like Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers, MAY-A and British India! Bringing you some of the most gorgeous shoegaze, angelic vocals, their recent song Superstar brings you...

Joining us on the show, we have actress and Inner West princess - it’s Janet Anderson! Ahead of her main stage premiere of Griffin Theatre Company's SISTREN, and fresh from a sold-out run last year, SISTREN was nominated for FBi’s SMAC Awards 2025 for Best Theatre. It stars Janet alongside IRL bestie, creative partner & playwright Iolanthe. By night, Janet is a resident of the fant...

Today on the show we're joined by local dance pop artist Zsa Zsa! You have surely heard Zsa Zsa’s music played on fbi over the past few years and probably a lot more recently as they just released their fantastic debut album Weak Spot in February. Weak Spot, and Zsa Zsa as an artist in general, is part of this incredible lineage of queer artists that have experimented with the ideas of dance...

Today we have the most wonderful, gorgeous and hardest working girl group in all of Australia, Blusher! Releasing brand new re-imagined remixes of their tracks, along with their new song Rager, they’re here to give us booming beats well over 120 bpm and make your heart race! On top of that, they’ve finished touring with pop icon Ke$ha, and playing at Fair Day and Mardi Pardi XXL. Let&r...

Michaela Gleave has had her work displayed all around the world whilst also permanently exhibiting  at Bendigo Art Gallery, Salamanca Arts Centre, and The Rechabite. She’s a recipient of the prestigious Churchie National Emerging Art Prize in 2015 and the Creative Australia Fellowship in 2013. Her current Exhibition, Event Horizon , is available to see right now at Artspace until June 7...

Today on the show we have a very special guest. Fresh off the plane from New York is ambient pastel princess, james K! Last year brought her third studio album, Friend, a favourite here at fbi radio. It’s sonic world is an all-encompassing daydream, filled with different memories at every turn. Her die-cast steel blades tenderise your heart. Off the back of her tour with Smerz, she joins us...

Today, we have the hottest art rock band to enter the Sydney scene - Saturn’s Angel! After playing their first show at Gifts of Mercy for Wings’ festival, Saturn’s Angel just dropped their first single ‘Rapture’ in February which you may have heard right here on fbi. they are spooky, gothic, ready to eat Sydney’s heart out and fill it with the angel of Saturn.&n...