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Sam dials in with Jake Taylor of Metalcore band In Hearts Wake as the band embark on a huge year of touring in 2025. They cover how the band have re-embraced the DIY ethic for the tour, where to find…

Launching with some Karaoke from Max, the boys jump into a wash-up from the Hottest 100 countdown over the weekend,  try to understand why Bruno Mars is leading the charge on horny boy pop in 2025, a…

Sam is in his musical theatre era, and has tasked Max, a person who famously doesn't enjoy musicals, with a review of the soundtrack to the film version of Wicked. The result will shock you.

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Sam and Max sit down for a bittersweet chat with Jack Bergin, lead singer of Void of Vision, ahead of their final shows. They chat about what led to the band pulling up stumps, what fans can expect o…

Time to break out the 2025 playlist as we serve up our first helping of new music for the year, followed by unveiling out Hottest 100 votes, and coming clean about bands we have absolutely never, not…

Sam and Max chat through the vinyl hauls they scored over the Christmas break, and then Sam sets Max a big broadway production for homework.

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Sam and Max are back for the year as they talk through their Summer listening, breakdown the Bonaroo lineup, and discuss whether it's better to vote with your heart or your head when it comes to the …

We're back for 2025, and to kickstart the new year, we've tinkered with an old favourite format to relaunch Hot Singles in Your Local Area. Once a month, we'll be checking in with guests from inside …

Warning: A bit of blue language in this one.

Here's a collection of some of the dumb jokes, weird one-liners or stupid stuff-ups that didn't make the final cut throughout the year.

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Sam and Max are set up in a new studio as they look back at 2024, and think about the best moments in music across the year, before looking ahead to 2025. It's a look back at what we found, what we l…

In our final Vinyl Club episode for the year, Sam snuggles up next to the fire to review the "MMMBop" hitmakers' 1997 festive feature, "Snowed In".

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To celebrate the festive season, Sam and Max build the ultimate(?) Christmas playlist, bouncing between old favourites, soon-to-be classics, and some out-there options. Happy Holidays, y'all!

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Benny from The Gaslight Anthem joins Sam and Max as they wrap their interview run. They cover some of the big moments since the band's return from hiatus, including a duet with the Boss, as well as g…

Max sits down to a quiet cup of tea and a relaxing run through Counterparts' latest EP, "Heaven Let Them Die", and along the way he and Sam discuss why Metalheads are the worst gatekeepers.

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[Editor's Note: This was the only interview that had major tech issues, apologies for some shoddy sound quality.]

Max and Sam are joined once again by Marcus from Northlane just before he hits the sta…

Sam and Max are joined in the sauna by Liverpool's genre-defying metal band, Loathe. They cover some inter-band beefs, compare themselves to that other band from Liverpool, and get a heads-up on a bi…

Sam and Max catch up with Kellin and Nick from Sleeping with Sirens after their first chat at Good Things 2022. They find out their research skills are lacking, but also hear about the band's big cal…

Joining us after their waterfall-of-bodies pit at their live show, Mitch from Alpha Wolf dishes the goss on how they got so tour-tight, what it's like being in tour therapy, and his takes on the late…

Reporting from the backstage area at Good Things Festival, Sam and Max chat with Mark from Australian rock icons, Jet, about their latest single, "Hurry Hurry", a unique musical fact about their huge…

Sam and Max look back at their sweaty, moist day at Good Things Brisbane, debate whether it's blasphemous to seek out a setlist before seeing a show, and then talk deep about the formative albums tha…