Introducing with Tim Blackwell

This week Tim takes you across the ditch to hang with Kiwi reggae-Royalty, L.A.B! In town for their Aussie tour they haven’t stopped since getting together in 2016. Meet Joel and Miharo as they talk releasing a new album every year and taking their tunes around the world! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wallice was born and raised in Los Angeles so she was destined to be a star! Tim catches up with her backstage before the last show of the Aussie tour supporting The 1975. We talk jazz, growing up in Hollywood and playing in front of 60,000 since the start of the tour. Not bad for her first time in the country! Her new EP ‘Mr Big Shot’ is out now - go check it out after listening to this chat! Hos...

Tia Gostelow is an FNQ gal all the way from Mackay in Queensland! And she’s been on fire since the release of her debut 'Thick Skin’ in 2018. Her second release ‘Chrysalis’ was produced by Holy Holy and cemented Tia as one to watch, hitting number 1 on the AIR Charts. She chats to Tim about touring and finding her musical feet in her home town… plus we tease the release of album number 3. Enjoy! H...

DYLAN is full of musical beans, in the best possible way! From writing her first song at age seven to supporting Yungblud & Ed Sheeran across Europe, we chat to DYLAN fresh off the plane from London on her first whirlwind trip to Oz… and she couldn’t be happier! Her music is infectious and her latest mix-tape 'The Greatest Thing I’ll Never Learn’ is available to stream now so, do it! BBC Radio...

Tim returns to the old stomping-ground of the DMA’S! Their recording studio, rehearsal space and good time dirty hangout above a pub in inner Sydney. If these walls could talk. Wait, no one wants that. Ever. We spoke to Matt Mason in Ep 6 and now many, many chats later here we are with songwriter, producer, multi-instrumentalist and all ‘round good guy, Johnny Took. We talk all things DMA’S from h...

This chat is a long time in the making, Idolising Nova first reached out to Tim because he works on Nova in Australia - a match made in heaven! Tim caught up with Jack and Kyle on their tour bus somewhere in Europe while they're supporting The Vamps. The Peterborough boys talked growing up in small city, lad-ish crowds and their dreams of featuring on a FIFA soundtrack. Hosted on Acast. See acast....

King Princess is a KING… Princess! Tim sits down with the Brooklyn local who describes Mark Ronson as her ‘Daddy’ and has shared stages with Julian Casablancas, Florence Welch and is about to go on tour with the Red Hot Chili Peppers. We dive deep into the making of her second album ‘Hold On Baby’ and her love for Australian and our wildlife. She even shouts out to the hot lesbian she met at the z...

Maisie Peters is a decade into the music business at the age of… 22! She’s gone from busking in Brighton in the UK, to playing stadiums around the world with Ed Sheeran on his Mathematics Tour. In this chat, she’s sound-checking at Adelaide Oval before the second last leg of their Aussie tour.  From releasing her debut single independently, to being the first signing to Ed’s Gingerbread Man Record...

ARIA Award winning Conrad Sewell is back with his sophomore album, Precious… three years in the making! Tim talks about releasing his single “God Save The Queen” on the day the Queen passed, moving between LA & Brisbane, the state of Pop Music in Australia and there’s even cheeky lil cameo from superstar Ricki-Lee.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kimbra is responsible for one of our generation’s greatest ear-worms, teaming up with Gotye for the 2011 mega hit “Somebody That I Used To Know” adding Aria Awards and Grammy’s to her long list of credits.  She has packed a lot into her 30 years - from singing the New Zealand National Anthem in stadiums as a kid to performing on SNL.  Beaming in from her adopted home-town, Manhattan we chat about...

Introducing Aussie rap superstar Illy!  The Melbourne-based ‘jack of all trades’ has been pushing out catchy hip-hop tunes since he first burst onto the scene with his debut album Long Story Short in 2009.  And it’s been banger after banger ever since!  Here he sits down with Tim & the occasional pop-ins from Johnny Took from the DMA’s and Peking Duk’s Reuben Styles.  Hosted on Acast. See acas...

Introducing Sticky Fingers!  Their new album LEKKERBOY is out now; We caught up before they flew off for some downtime OS! We chat about the first meeting in Newtown… being banned by the Newtown Festival then being made the headliners… the making of ‘Australia Street’ and how I first met the boys while drinking their rider at the Bad Friday festival in Marrickville! Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See aca...

Hanson MmmBopped into our lives over 25 years ago! Issac, Taylor and Zac were back in Oz recently and caught up with Tim for the one millionth chat!  So, they decided to kick off with a series of subjects they had never tackled in interviews to date! Have a listen to find out & enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Introducing Phil Jamieson! The frontman for Grinspoon, we sit down at the Enmore Hotel and chat about meeting at Splendour in The Grass Winning the first ever triple J unearthed and his solo stuff. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Introducing Luke Pritchard! The Kooks front man talks about his first meeting with Tim in London in 2006 and how they were both in desperate need of a hot feed! The band are back in Oz for the anniversary of their killer debut, Inside In, Inside Out.  A special thanks to Coopers who has sponsored this episode, Roll The Beer - Unlock the Flavour. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more info...

Alex Cameron is by no means a stranger to the Aus music scene. Originally from Sydney and now living in NYC he knows NO musical boundaries. With an impressive career that stretches from performing at some of Australia’s best festivals, to collaborations with Jimmy Barnes, and more recently writing with Brandon from The Killers - amazing, right?  Tim and Alex chat about moving to NYC, life as a wri...

Jack White needs no introduction…  He has 12 Grammy’s to his name and has spent the past year making two records and touring the world. What a lazy bones! He’s chatting to Tim in his ONLY Australian interview ahead of his ONLY Australian show at Adelaide’s Harvest Rock Festival on Nov 19. Grab your tickets now at  HarvestRock.com  and enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informat...

Tim has loved Kurt Vile since he bought a copy of his album,  Walking on a Pretty Daze .  The born and raised Philadelphian chats to Tim before hitting the stage in Buffalo, New York. They chat about his upcoming album  (watch my moves) , his relationship with Adam from 'The War on Drugs', as well as his past life on a forklift with a banjo. Kurt is coming to Australia for one show only for the in...

Introducing you to Kav Temperley. Yep, one of the reasons you’re still humming ‘Sweater’!  As front man to Aussie rock royalty, Eskimo Joe, Kav is here to talk kicking around in Perth with Tim 20 years ago and making Aria award winning albums with his two best mates.  Now, he’s here to talk going solo. His latest project ‘Machines of Love & Grace’ is out now.  We talk about the thriving WA sce...

Introducing Kevin Parker, who needs no introduction! Tame Impala are in the billion streams club. They’ve headlined every major festival around the world and are coming back home this month for their first headline shows since 2015. We chat long-haul flights with small kids, ‘Lonerism’ turning 10, collaborating with Diana Ross & the Gorillaz and we get the surprise of our life when we discover...

Keli Holiday aka Adam Hyde knows no musical boundaries.  If you’ve been to a festival anywhere in the world in the last few years there’s a high chance you’ve seen Adam play high energy, dance floor fillers as 1/2 of Peking Duk, but this episode isn’t about the Duk.  In 2020 after arriving home from an extensive US tour and going through a break-up, Adam picked up the guitar and began writing what...

Finneas O'Connell. AKA Finneas. AKA Eight-time Grammy Winner. AKA Billie Eilish’s big bro and collaborator!  The siblings have just wrapped up their Happier Than Ever World Tour here in Oz and he takes time out of his mad-tour to chat to Tim from Melbourne.  He’s set the world on fire with his lil sis and now, Finneas is talking ‘Optimist’, his solo record, more colabs, the latest sounds on his vo...

What So Not aka Chris Emerson is a pioneer of the Australian Dance music scene! From his early days of spinning records at Chinese Laundry in Sydney to playing Coachella, there is no stopping him.  In this Episode Tim and Chris chat the early days, the art of remixing, and the importance of checking your emails for huge collab offers.  His new album 'Anomaly' is out now and features Aus hero's the...

Tim fell in love with this band's name before he heard a song and instantly bought the t-shirt! After their debut single “AAHHHH!’ the four Canberra punk-rockers were hard to ignore. They’ve just wrapped up a tour off the back of their ‘Pretty Good For a Girl Band’ EP. Sit back and enjoy this chat from CrowBar before their rockin’ Sydney show.  You’re guaranteed to see more of these guys in the fu...

Tim first met Jamie T in Melbourne in the early 2000’s at Ding Dong Lounge. ‘If You’ve Got the Money’, was the tune that sucked him in and he’s been addicted to his sound and energy ever since. Jamie got up early to chat about growing up in Wimbledon on the drums; stealing poetry from his older brother and his keen eye on Aussie punk. Plus, we dive into his first new release in over six years “The...