Listen Carefully

Listen Carefully with Nathan Jolly

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Listen Carefully is a love letter to music. Each week, Australian music journalist Nathan Jolly talks to a different artist about their lives in and around music. Unlike other (unnamed) podcasts that take delight in mining uncomfortably personal topics, or just promote new music while calling it 'fresh content', Listen Carefully gets into the weeds.

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Latest episode

Jul 10, 2026

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Episodes

Episode 152: Sam Shinazzi 16.01.2026

Sam Shinazzi is a Sydney singer-songwriter who just released his seventh solo album, On A Highway Somewhere. Visit samshinazzi.com to listen and/or buy a copy.

Episode 151: Toshi Maeda - Mach Pelican 09.01.2026

Toshi Maeda is the songwriter and drummer for Mach Pelican, a Japanese-Melbourne pop punk band who are releasing their first new music in twenty years, the excellent Remember It? b/w Summer Sun single. Visit cheersquad.com.au to pre-order the vinyl, or to listen to Remember It?

Episode 150: Martin Kennedy - All India Radio, Pray TV 02.01.2026

Martin Kennedy makes ambient instrumental music under the name All India Radio, and has made over a dozen albums with The Church frontman Steve Kilbey -- as Kilbey Kennedy. He was also in Melbourne band Pray TV, who played between 1987-1997. All India Radio's new album The Unified Field is available at allindiaradio.bandcamp.com

Episode 149: Ross McLennan - Snout 26.12.2025

Ross McLennan is the singer and songwriter for three-piece Snout, whose 1994 debut album What's That Sound has just been reissued. Visit cheersquad.com.au to buy a copy on vinyl.

Episode 148: James Taylor 24.12.2025

James Taylor is a singer-songwriter who has sold over 33 million records and counting. Listen to 'Christmas Time' at samshinazzi.bandcamp.com

Episode 147: Darren Cross - Gerling, D.C Cross 19.12.2025

Darren Cross was the lead singer and songwriter in Gerling back in the day, but now he records intricate instrumental acoustic albums under the name D.C Cross. His seventh album under that moniker, Open Guitar (Volume One) is out now. Visit darrencross.bandcamp.com to buy it.

Episode 146: Glenn Richards - Augie March 12.12.2025

Augie March's third album Moo, You Bloody Choir turns 20 next year, and to celebrate they are touring the capital cities and playing the record in full. Visit augiemarch.com for tickets.

Episode 145: Diesel 05.12.2025

Diesel is heading out on the 21-date Diesel By Request tour next month, starting in Tassie in January and winding up with two shows at the Sydney Opera House in late April. Visit dieselmusic.com.au to buy tickets. For more Diesel, listen to episode #29 of Listen Carefully.

Episode 144: Mick Turner - Dirty Three, Bleak Squad, The Moodists 28.11.2025

Mick Turner is the guitarist from Dirty Three and Bleak Squad, to name but two of his many projects. Bleak Squad is his new band with Adalita, Mick Harvey, and Marty Brown, and they are touring Australia in February and March. Visit bleaksquad.com for more, and to grab their debut album Strange Love. Dirty Three's European tour kicks off tonight in Glasgow - and they'll be playing all arou...

Episode 143: Peter 'Blackie' Black - The Hard-Ons 21.11.2025

Peter 'Blackie' Black is the guitarist and occasional vocalist for Australia's busiest band The Hard-Ons, as well as a solo artist and a member of Nunchukka Superfly. Visit hards-on1.bandcamp.com for more.

Episode 142: Stephen Cummings - The Sports 14.11.2025

Stephen Cummings was the lead singer of legendary Australian band The Sports, and has released dozens of solo records. His new EP Joy is out next Friday, November 21, and is a collection of four Australian covers. Visit cheersquad.com.au to pre-order it on vinyl.

Episode 141: Charles Jenkins - Icecream Hands 07.11.2025

Charles Jenkins is the lead singer, guitarist, and songwriter from Icecream Hands, who have just released their seventh album Giant Fox Pineapple Tree. Visit icecreamhands.com.au to buy the album and to get tickets to their upcoming launch shows in Sydney and Melbourne.

Episode 140: Jack Ladder 31.10.2025

Jack Ladder is a Sydney-based singer songwriter who has just released his eighth studio album Separation Rock. For more, visit jackladder.bandcamp.com or jackladderandthedreamlanders.com

Episode 139: Dave Larkin - Dallas Crane 24.10.2025

Dave Larkin is the singer, songwriter, and guitarist of Dallas Crane, whose new single Trouble Knows My Name is out now. Visit dallascrane.com.au for more.

Episode 138: Emma Swift 17.10.2025

Emma Swift has just released her second studio album The Resurrection Game. It's the follow up to her 2020 debut Blonde On The Tracks, a collection of Bob Dylan covers that has attracted fans including Elvis Costello and Bernie Taupin. Visit emmaswift.com or emmaswift.bandcamp.com to buy CD, vinyl, or cassette copies of her new record.

Episode 137: Dave McCormack - Custard, The Polaroids 10.10.2025

Dave McCormack is the lead singer and guitarist in Custard, and he has a new album out this Friday with his band The Polaroids. It's named 'A Complete History of Popular Music', and you can pre-order it on vinyl or cassette at davidmccormack.bandcamp.com. For more of Dave on Listen Carefully, go to episode 88.

Episode 136: Paul Dempsey - Something For Kate 03.10.2025

Paul Dempsey is the singer, guitarist and songwriter for Something For Kate. He has a new solo album coming out later this month, Shotgun Karaoke Vol. II, a set of acoustic covers, and the sequel to his 2013 covers record. He is also doing a covers tour. pauldempseymusic.com for tickets and to pre-order the album, on CD or vinyl.

Episode 135: Ashley Naylor - Even, The Church, The Paul Kelly Band 26.09.2025

Ashley Naylor is a member of Even, The Church, The Stems, Paul Kelly's Band, and a handful of other rock bands. His fifth solo album Alexandria Sunset is out now, and available at ashleynaylor.bandcamp.com.

Episode 134: Hamish Cowan - Cordrazine 19.09.2025

Hamish Cowan is the lead singer of Cordrazine, who have recently released a cover of Bronski Beat's 1984 hit Smalltown Boy, the second single from their forthcoming EP You See In Me.

Episode 133: Joe Boyd - Pink Floyd, Nick Drake, Nico 12.09.2025

Joe Boyd has produced records by Pink Floyd, Nick Drake, Nico, REM, The Incredible String Band, Vashti Bunyan, Fairport Convention, Richard and Linda Thompson, Soft Machine, Billy Bragg, and many more. His latest book 'And The Roots Of Rhythm Remain - A Journey Through Global Music' is out now.

Episode 132: Mick Harvey - The Bad Seeds, The Birthday Party, Bleak Squad 05.09.2025

Mick Harvey was Nick Cave's right-hand man throughout The Birthday Party and in The Bad Seeds until 1998. He has also produced albums by Robert Forster, PJ Harvey, Rowland S Howard, and more. Together with Adalita, Mick Turner, and Marty Brown he has formed Bleak Squad whose debut album Strange Love is out now. Get it from bleaksquad.bandcamp.com, or get tickets to their upcoming shows at feel...

Episode 131: Adalita - Magic Dirt, Bleak Squad 29.08.2025

Adalita, singer and guitarist of Magic Dirt, has a new band. It's called Bleak Squad, and is comprised of Adalita, Mick Harvey from The Bad Seeds and The Birthday Party, Mick Turner from The Dirty Three, and Marty Brown from Art of Fighting. Get their debut album Strange Love from bleaksquad.bandcamp.com.

Episode 130: Davey Lane - You Am I, The Pictures 22.08.2025

Davey Lane is the guitarist for You Am I, and has just released his sixth solo album: Finally, A Party Record - which he is launching this week in Melbourne, Sydney, and Brisbane. Details and vinyl at cheersquad.com.au .

Episode 129: Lindy Morrison - The Go-Betweens, SnarskiCircusLindyBand 15.08.2025

Lindy Morrison was the drummer for The Go-Betweens, and is now songwriter and drummer for SnarskiCircusLindyBand, a group featuring herself, Rob Snarksi, Dan Kelly, Graham Lee, and Shane O'Mara. Their debut album, What's said and what's left unsaid, is out September 26 - and you can listen to the single 'You're So Adorable' now at robsnarksi.bandcamp.com - where you can als...

Episode 128: Erica Dunn - Mod Con, Tropical Fuck Storm, Palm Springs, Harmony 08.08.2025

Erica Dunn is a prolific musician who sings, writes, and plays guitars, keys, and other assorted instruments in Mod Con, Palm Springs, and Tropical Fuck Storm - whose fourth studio album Fairyland Codex is out now. TFS are also touring Europe, UK, US, Canada, and Australia. Visit tropicalfstorm.bandcamp.com for dates, tickets, and records.

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