Listen Carefully with Nathan Jolly

Damon Gough is Badly Drawn Boy, an English singer songwriter who has released nine studio albums, including the popular About A Boy soundtrack, his Mercury Music Prize winning debut The Hour of Bewilderbeast, and his most recent release, 2020's Banana Skin Shoes.

John Brewster and his brother Rick formed The Angels in 1974, part of a long lineage of great Adelaide musicians. The band's new album Ninety Nine is out now. Visit theangels.com.au to buy the record or CD - or 50th birthday merch.

It's been twenty years since Black Betty was the highest-selling single in the country, and Spiderbait are hitting the road to mark this milestone, with a new vinyl of 2004's Tonight Alright record to boot. Kram talks about the shock and joy of hitting #1 six albums into their career, after the earlier success of singles like Buy Me A Pony and Calypso, and the double-platinum selling 1997...

Reg Mombassa is the lead guitarist, songwriter, and founding member of the bands Mental As Anything and Dog Trumpet, and designer of iconic artwork for Mambo. He has also designed album covers for PIL, Crowded House, Mondo Rock, and Paul Kelly. Check out dogtrumpet.net to buy tickets to Dog Trumpet's upcoming tour.

Mark Arm is credited with inventing grunge - although if you ask him, it originated in Australia in the early '80s. He is fronting a new iteration of The Saints, who will tour Australia in November. Go to feelpresents.com for tickets.

Ed Kuepper was the guitarist and songwriter for The Saints during their legendary first run, and led art/jazz/punk band the Laughing Clowns in the 1980s. He also has a bunch of great solo records, albums with The Aints - an enviable body of recorded work. Ed has assembled a new lineup under the name The Saints 73-78 to tour those first three Saints records this November, and has also been reissuin...

Zoë Randell is the singer and songwriter of Australian-born, Brooklyn-based duo Luluc, who have released five great albums, including their most recent offering, Diamonds. Visit luluc.org for more.

Stuart Murdoch is the lead singer, songwriter, and driving force behind legendary Glaswegian band Belle and Sebastian, who are touring Australia this August. Details at belleandsebastian.com

Jeff McDonald is the lead singer and guitarist for Redd Kross, the legendary LA pop/punk band, who have just released an 18-song self-titled double album. They are also the subjects of a new documentary and a forthcoming book.

Mike Rudd is the frontman of two legendary Australian rock bands: Spectrum, and Ariel. Spectrum landed a #1 single in 1971 with the classic song 'I'll Be Gone', and released the first Australian rock double-album that same year. Check out mikeruddbillputt.com to buy CDs, or see when Mike is playing next.

Van Dyke Parks is an arranger, according to him. He is also a songwriter, solo artist, producer, and -- clearly, obviously -- a genius. He co-wrote the mystical Beach Boys album SMiLE with Brian Wilson. His 1967 debut album Song Cycle is one of the great psychedelic classics of the era. He arranged The Jungle Book song The Bare Necessities. He claims to have owned the first ever Sony Walkman on Am...

Brian Cadd is an Australian songwriting legend, who has written hits for Glen Campbell, the Masters Apprentices, the Pointer Sisters, and John Farnham - plus for his own iconic 1960s band The Groop, and Axiom. Check out briancadd.com/live for tour dates.

Frank Turner is a UK singer-songwriter who just released his tenth solo record, Undefeated.

Paul Leary is the guitarist, songwriter, producer, engineer, and much more for Butthole Surfers. Here he talks about the band's catalogue, which Matador is reissuing, plus working with Daniel Johnston, the Meat Puppets, and Led Zeppelin's John Paul Jones.

Olivia Bartley writes, records, and performs music under the name Olympia. She released her new Love For One EP yesterday, which she will be launching with three solo shows, starting May 30 in Melbourne. Details at olympiamusic.com.au .

The classic Underground Lovers album Dream It Down turns 30 next month, and to mark the occasion, there is a new double-disc vinyl reissue out, as well as shows in Melbourne, Sydney, and Brisbane. Find out more at linktr.ee/UndergroundLovers

Quan Yeomans is the singer, guitarist, and songwriter from Australian art pop legends Regurgitator, who released their tenth album Invader last week, and are about to embark on a massive tour of the country. Get tickets and buy the record from regurgitator.net .

Caiti Baker is an award-winning singer, songwriter, producer, vocal engineer, graphic designer, and artist from Darwin. She was one-half of soul group Sietta, has recorded and released a number of great solo records, co-wrote and sung on A.B. Original's landmark album Reclaim Australia, and won an ARIA for creating the artwork on Dr G. Yunupingu's final album. Her new single Stay Down is o...

Mark Seymour released his eleventh solo album yesterday, The Boxer, his fifth to be credited to Mark Seymour and the Undertow. Add nine Hunters & Collectors albums to the mix, and that's a lot of music. Mark is touring currently, get tickets and check tour dates at markseymour.com.au.

Cameron Baines is the lead singer and guitarist of Bodyjar, one of Australia's best-ever punk rock bands.

James Baker is a legend of Australian music. He played on the classic Hoodoo Gurus debut Stoneage Romeos, wrote The Victims' legendary punk single Television Addict, co-wrote and played on the early Scientists' records, and drums for the Beasts of Bourbon - and, at the age of 70, he has just released his debut album, Born To Rock. The Beasts are touring right now. Buy tickets to that from...

Nic Cester is the lead singer of Australian rock group Jet, whose 2003 debut album Get Born sold over four million copies. Jet are touring in May, where they'll play the record in full. Get tickets at jetofficial.com .

Jim Reid is the lead singer of Scottish legends The Jesus and Mary Chain, who released their eighth album Glasgow Eyes yesterday.

Rob Younger is the lead singer and co-founder of legendary Australian band Radio Birdman, who are touring this year in honour of their 50th anniversary.

Chris Robinson is the lead singer of The Black Crowes, who release their ninth studio album Happiness Bastards on Friday. It's their first studio record for 15 years.