Record Royale

We're back for 2021! And what a couple of albums to kick off the new year with. Queens of the Stone Age's 2002 'Songs For The Deaf' is up against Foo Fighters sophomore record 'The Colour and the Shape'. The nicest guy in music - Dave Grohl - features on both albums and both albums absolutely rock, enjoy!

Get into the Christmas spirit with the last episode of 2020! ‘Merry Christmas’ by Mariah Carey (the best selling Christmas album of all time) is going up again ‘Christmas’ by Michael Bublé (the second best selling album of the 2010’s! Both records chart every year at this time, and for good reason. They’re classic Christmas albums! Enjoy, and we’ll see you back in 2021 for another huge year. 

Season three kicking off with a couple of 2011 bangers! Pop punk heroes The Wonder Years and their record 'Suburbia I've Given You All And Now I'm Nothing' and hardcore-punk heroes Title Fight and their debut effort 'Shed' are the topics of discussion this week, with very special guest Daniel Seymour from Brisbane bands Columbus and Waxflower! Follow us on the socials...

That's right, it's bracket episode time! We've covered 32 albums in season two, and it's time to see which one is truly the best! The albums have been seeded 1 through to 32 based on the score that we gave them in their respective episodes, and we're chucking them in an elimination style tournament! Plus, we give out our coveted season two awards.

The last episode of Australian Music Month and the last episode of season two is here! Julia Jacklin and her huge 2019 album 'Crushing' squares up with the Melbourne-based Jade Imagine and their debut effort 'Basic Love'! Rip in for the last episode of November.

One of Australia's best bands from the 2000's, Kisschasy and their sophomore album 'Hymns For The Non-Believer' goes up against one of Australia's best current bands, Ceres, and their sophomore album 'Drag It Down On You'! Two absolute rippers, enjoy!

Thanks to the members of our Facebook group, we are chatting about two of Australia's most notable children's artists  on this episode. 'Toot Toot!' is The Wiggles ninth studio album, and it's up against 'Celebrate' by Hi-5! Hits after hits with these two, enjoy! Make sure to subscribe and join the Facebook group here - https://bit.ly/38LtSuY

One of the Australian music industry's nicest guys, Nathan Wong, has joined the show this week, and he's brought with him Dear Seattle's debut record 'Don't Let Go' and Slowly Slowly's recent album 'Race Car Blues'! Two of the best bands in the Aus scene at the moment with lots of similarities and lots of banging tunes make for a banging ep! Enjoy frien...

We have reached November, so it is time to celebrate Australian music all month long! And what better way to kick things off than have Dave McCarthy, one of the best blokes in the country, come on the show and talk about 'Sheplife' by Briggs and 'Made For This' by JK-47. Enjoy!

Joe and Nette from Canberra band Sputnik Sweetheart are on the show this week to chat about two of their favourite albums from two of their favourite bands! The UK's Wolf Alice and their 2017 record 'Visions Of A Life' is going up against Irish born and bred Fontaines D.C. and their recent album 'A Hero's Death'! Also Joe and Nette give us the best movie pitch's...

It's metal week. 27 weeks in and we're finally getting dirty with it. Metallica's second studio album 'Ride The Lightning' takes on Megadeth's 1990 'Rust In Peace' record. Two of the big four metal bands face off!

Noah Church, the frontman of one of Newcastle's greatest bands, Dave The Band joins us this week to chat 'Cardinal' by Pinegrove and 'Masterpiece' by Big Thief! Two albums with some damn brilliant songwriting and an episode with some damn brilliant movie pitches. And yep, we cooked the audio again. We're making a checklist from here on out, if happens again we'll...

It's a battle between two of the past decade's biggest popstars - Justin Bieber and his 2015 record 'Purpose' is up against Miley Cyrus and her 2013 effort 'Bangerz'! This one is an absolute doozy. 

Campbell and Jake from Vacations join us this week and they brought with them 'Sam's Town' by The Killers and 'Disintegration' by The Cure! We also chat about Vacations' new album 'Forever In Bloom' which you should go listen to right now. P.S. we very much apologise for the crusty Skype audio, we cooked it again! Last time we promise.

It's the battle of Britpop, but only way bigger now that it's on the podcast! Two of the UK's most successful bands, Oasis and their album '(What's The Story) Morning Glory?' vs. Blur an their 'Self-Titled' effort. 

Lewis Armstrong and Brendan Iredale from Sydney band Blue Velvet (as well as Paul Blart and the Blart Blarts, Presqué Vu and one of Newcastle's best extinct hardcore bands Pasha Bulka) join the podcast this week for a battle between Idles 'Joy As An Act Of Resistance' and Viagra Boys 'Street Worms'! 

One of Newcastle's most exciting new artists, Teleah Riordan AKA Teddie joins us this week to chat another couple of cool albums from a couple of cool artists - Clairo 'Immunity' against Rex Orange County 'Pony'! 

Two of the coolest artists with two fire debut albums hit the show this week! 'Lush' by Snail Mail and 'Clean' by Soccer Mommy! Also, our new segment 'The Pitch' really hits a new gear.

Joe Willis from Newcastle's Split Feed (also the band that we happen to play in) joins the podcast this week to chat a couple of recent punk beauties! Pup 'The Dream Is Over' and Remo Drive 'Greatest Hits'. Both albums hit us at the right time in our lives and are still on our heavy rotations!

Luca Brasi guitarist and absolute legend Thomas Busby joins us this week to chat about two of his all time favourite albums - 'Sometimes Things Just Disappear' by Polar Bear Club and 'A Flight And A Crash' by Hot Water Music. Both albums heavily influenced Busby and the rest of Luca Brasi in their formative years, and both are right up our alleys as well! Plus, we debut a new s...

We've covered 32 albums so far on the podcast, and it's time to see which one is truly the best! The albums have been seeded 1 through to 32 based on the score that we gave them in their respective episodes, and we're chucking them in an elimination style tournament! Plus, we give out our coveted season one awards.

Tilly Murphy AKA Fritz joins us this week for two of her all time favourite albums - Alvvays' self-titled debut and 'Stratosphere' by Californian slow-core trailblazers Duster! Both albums heavily influence Tilly's music in different ways, but we give just one the nod!

Brae Fisher from Dear Seattle joins us this week to chat two of his favourite albums from two of Britain's biggest bands - 'The Bends' by Radiohead and 'Parachutes' by Coldplay! A damn fine chat with some damn average tattoo ideas. 

Two bands with die-hard followings go up against each other this week on the pod! Modern Baseball and their sophomore album 'You're Gonna Miss It All' takes on Melbourne's The Smith Street Band and their record 'Throw Me In The River'. Two albums that hold a special place in all of our hearts - this was a fun one! We apologise for Adam's tattoo in advance.

The first Australian album hits the podcast this week, courtesy of The Avalanches’ 2000 debut ‘Since I Left You’ (we know it's taken 13 weeks for our Australian podcast to cover an Australian act - get off our backs pls). And it’s taking on another huge debut effort, ‘In Colour’ from Jamie xx!