The Breaking Through Podcast

Max and Ryan from Loose Goose join the pod this week to chat about their first 12 months of playing shows, going into record an EP without finishing songs and how they've created a loving fanbase!

Mark Pico joins the pod this week to chat about the upcoming Big Pineapple festival. We chat about why the festival is returning in 2024, how they chose their lineup and how festival organisers need to adapt to survive!

Booking Agent for Collective Artists and Artist Director for Overpass April Terzis joins the pod this week for the last episode of 'Women to the Front' Month to chat about diverse lineups, creating safe places for acts at gigs and going to see music by yourself!

Brenton and Jaz discuss Triple J's One Night Stand lineup announcement and where we think they should take the festival, why Ability Fest is such a great festival to support and seeing bands come back after breaking up!

Brenton and Jaz discuss the future of Spilt Milk, if men can cover women's songs and what is good gig etiquette!

Zoe from The Buoys joins the pod this week for 'Women to the Front Month' to chat about their debut album, their Like A Version and what needs to improve for women in the scene!

Brenton and Jaz chat about the recent Big Pineapple announcement and what they got right, falling in and out of love with gigs and what festivals need to stop doing!

Aisling from Dizzy Days joins the pod this week for 'Women to the Front Month' to chat about their tracks so far, being Triple J Unearthed Feature Artist, being judged on appearance and dodgy sound engineers!

Lyric jumps on the podcast for the first ep of 'Women to the Front' month to chat about her new single, recent TikTok success and how far fans will travel just to see her!

Brenton and Jaz are back from their mid year break to breakdown our predictions for Spilt Milk, if co headline shows are good and the one ingredient for a good like a version!

Jess from POP CULT joins the pod this week to breakdown the Listen Out lineup, the big issues around the 16+ entries and if it sells out!

Seb joins the pod this week to chat about their recent headline show, playing garden gigs and making music in the UK!

Park RD join the pod this week to chat about their new album, their SXSW experience and their upcoming Aus tour with The Rions!

Brenton and Jaz discuss the changes for Listen Out this year, who we want on the lineup and how little festivals can be done right!

Brenton and Jay chat about the pod turning 4, the perfect Aus Eurovision act and what the zoo closure means for the aussie music scene!

This week on the pod Hope D joins the pod to talk about her upcoming Sundown festival performance, hindsight on her album from last year and her thoughts and feelings on the zoo closure in Bris!

FBi's Managing Director Tanya Ali joins the pod this week to chat about the importance of community radio in the aussie music scene, the relationships they make with artists and what needs to change in order to fix the issues we are facing!

Muhaan from Hey So Hungry joins the pod this week to chat about their new track 'Nocturnal', supporting Pacific Avenue and his thoughts on the current issues in our music scene!

LOVELOVELOVE joins the pod this week to chat about creating true TikTok content, the reality of touring and the Spotify algorithm!

Festival/Artistic Director Jesse Higgs from Party in the Paddock joins the pod this week to talk about the Aussie music scene, Triple J's effect on their festival and how they connect with their punters!

Brenton and Jay discuss gigs as a first date option, if FOMO is still a huge thing and Jaz reveals her imaginary lineup for her festival!

Paddy from The Dreggs joins the podcast this week to chat about their debut album, being on the cancelled splendour lineup and their upcoming tour!

Brenton and Jay discuss the secret to a good week, 'Stick or Icks' and 15 years of the festival song....do we need another one?

Tyson from Tiny Minds Agency joins the pod this week to chat about being a booking agent/artist manager in the current climate, who's to blame for the high costs and what festivals need to do to succeed again!

Brenton and Jaz discuss the new Royel Otis cover,nepotism and another festival cancellation!