The Band Next Door on 2SER

14/07/2024

Just because I'm quiet on the radio front, doesn't mean I'm not active on the gig front!
Last week at Waywards, got to catch the soft rock popsters of Hot Apple Band and the whimsical sounds of Misty Lanes open for the psychedelic entanglement of Nice Biscuit.
Earlier in the month, PURE MASS put on a earth shattering set at MoshPit Bar with the DIY stylings of Daily Toll and the dynamic experimental alt-rock of Shoeb Ahmad.

08/07/2024

Last week on The Band Next Door on 2SER, I went through some of my favourite cuts from 2024 so far. Listen back via the link below.
See you all in early August!

Amyl and The Sniffers U Should Not Be Doing That
Marilyn Maria Self Help Tape
GAUCI Over Myself
Metdog Consumer Affair
Grace Cummings Ramona
The Kill Devil Hills This Is Karrakatta
loveshovel - Decalogue
Jordan Kenny All Of This ‘F’
Sunscreen Kick
HighSch00L Doesn’t Matter
Full Flower Moon Band Devil
Antenna - Cubes
Dionysus Silhouette
Garage Sale Hard to Be Kind
Bad Drip Black BMW
Jack Davies and The Bush Chooks Clothes Peg
SPORTS BRA That I Still Love
SPEED HC The First Test
Muscle Mary Boy Toy
Battlesnake Pangea Breaker
Sachet Myriad
Yirinda - Galangoor Baya
Ela Stiles Mummy's Back
Greyhound Big Farmer
Forest Hall Sun Drenched Dread

Heyyyyyyy! The first week of July, another year of hosting The Band Next Door on 2SER. However as you might know, I’m taking a short break after this week to recharge. So I thought I’d just hang out and play through some of my favourite cuts of 2024 so far. Including (but not limited too) […]

03/07/2024

Heyyyyyyy!
The first week of July, another year of hosting The Band Next Door on 2SER.
However as you might know, I'm taking a short break after this week to recharge. So I thought I'd just hang out and play through some of my favourite cuts of 2024 so far.
Including (but not limited too) Marilyn Maria, Battlesnake, Bad Drip, Jack Davies and The Bush Chooks, SPEED HC, Full Flower Moon Band, Grace Cummings, Garage Sale, SPORTS BRA and more.
Looking forward to hanging out wiht ya :)

Two hours of Alternative Australiana.
From 8pm.
Only on 2SER.

30/06/2024

Hey folks.
This week marks the time of the year where I first took on the reigns of The Band Next Door on 2SER.
11 years now, how time flies. I'm constantly amazed by the sounds being cooked up in the bedrooms, backyards, garages and minimal studios of Sydney and beyond.
However, like all jobs or volunteer roles, burn-out is a real thing. So I will be taking a short break after this week, taking a much needed respite to let my ears rest, decompress and let that passion rekindle.
I'll be back in just over a month and in my absence, you'll be joined by a bunch of different voices from the 2SER cannon. Giving you each week a different perspective of Alternative Australiana.
You'll be in good hands 'till I get back :)

28/06/2024

Had been a while since I last caught Body Type, so all the more special to see them perform in the round at Phoenix Central Park, with a mini choir to enrich it!

27/06/2024

Playlist for last nights show!
Find everything and stream back via the link below.

Straight Arrows Don’t Shoot Me
Lonesome Dove Bully
Jerome Blazé Let Your Heart Fill Up
Rochelle Salt Out of Control
Vital Sparks Diversion
Gut Health Seperate States
DEDPAN Monday Blues
Slyvia - Remorse
Charlie Gradon Burning Out
The Nagging Doubts Panic Growth
Regionals 291
The Dharma Chain Riders
Obscura Hail Paranormie
Parsnip Clear Blue Sky
Dom Sensitive - R&D
Lady Lyon Blaze
Girl and Girl Call A Doctor
PARTY DOZEN The Big Man Upstairs
5G - Stille Nacht
Inaugural Strigoi
Totally Unicorn Parrot
Large Mirage Be My Friend
Drunk Mums From The Hip
Th Bisks - Do You Bless It?
Low Stakes - werk (bounce it)
Full Tone Generator Find Out

Only the strongest will survive tonight on The Band Next Door on 2SER with new sounds from the likes of.. Sonic architect Jerome Blazé. Sound sisters Rochelle Salt. Medicinal jangle rockers Girl and Girl. Fuzzed out garage punks Straight Arrows. Indie balladeers Vital Sparks Emo shoegazers Regional...

26/06/2024

Only the strongest will survive tonight on The Band Next Door on 2SER with new sounds from the likes of..

Sonic architect Jerome Blazé.
Sound sisters Rochelle Salt.
Medicinal jangle rockers Girl and Girl.
Fuzzed out garage punks Straight Arrows.
Indie balladeers Vital Sparks
Emo shoegazers Regionals.
Angular anabolics Gut Health.
Retroactive psychedelics Large Mirage.

Plus the latest from Sydney locals The Nagging Doubts & PARTY DOZEN.
All that and more with two hours of Alternative Australiana.
From 8pm.
Only on 2SER.

23/06/2024

Had a great time with a bunch of friendly faces (and a couple of new ones) at TO THE LOST #2 Syd/Eora on Saturday at Marrickville Bowling Club - despite the wet weather.
Big thanks to Enclave for putting this on. Was great to feel their barrage of wallowing post-punk angst. I got there just as alt-rockers Bennetts Grove took the stage and really got me in mindset of the evening. The sonic gurgle of industrial synth legends Scattered Order was a delight, as was the barrage of Bract and TBX.
Special mention to Soma Plume, for their crushing sonic weight. So much so it flipped the circuit-breaker.

21/06/2024

A big thanks to Pat and Neens of Enclave for coming on the show this week ahead of TO THE LOST #2 Syd/Eora.
50% of proceeds will go to the Black Dog Institute for su***de prevention and awareness. Get your tickets and i'll see ya there!
Full playlist and on-demand stream below.

GIMMY Watered A Fern
Crocodylus Bad Reception
Meghna Music I See Red
Boats The Flower That Hurt Itself
Signal Chain Engine
The Blamers Out Of It
Shawnee's Angels - OMICHRONIC
Bennetts Grove Chuckle Berry
TBX - Uranophobia
Enclave Doubt
Ducks! Time For Landing
Boiling Hot Politician - Birdworm
Emma Volard Brooklyn Loft
SUPAHONEY Wishing In A Fishbowl
The Vovos Horse Of Freedom
Cannon - Band Comet’s Coming
Platonic S*x Hanging Out the Window
Bench Press Personal Best
Reliqa The Flower
DEAD Patricia Perfect
Scattered Order Spinning Cradle
Soma Plume Bait the Vultures
Diploid Denial Defensive

Tonight on The Band Next Door on 2SER, we’re going to be joined by Pat of Sydney’s own subterranean howling goths, Enclave ahead of the second edition of their su***de prevention/awareness fundraiser TO THE LOST! Also coming your way on the show. New music from Crocodylus, GIMMY, SUPAHONEY, Boat...

19/06/2024

Tonight on The Band Next Door on 2SER, we're going to be joined by Pat of Sydney's own subterranean howling goths, Enclave ahead of the second edition of their su***de prevention/awareness fundraiser TO THE LOST!
Also coming your way on the show.
New music from Crocodylus, GIMMY, SUPAHONEY, Boats, Signal Chain, Reliqa, Emma Volard, Cannon - Band, Platonic S*x and more!
Two hours of Alternative Australiana.
From 8pm.
Only on 2SER.

14/06/2024

Playlist for Wednesday night!
Big thanks to Claudia Forever for coming in and chatting about her debut mixtape WHEN IT GETS LATE. A dreamy and ethereal affair.
Listen back to everything below.

Antenna - Lost
Mututal Colour - Running the Game
2RU Slither
BATTS Sell You The Sun
The Brights Waiting
Bodywire - Co***ne, Red Wine
POND So Low
Claudia Forever Even Cowgirls Get The Blues
Claudia Forever 4everstay
Claudia Forever Riding In Cars With Girls
Cong Josie 1300 Scorpio
RABBIT Dollarmites
Radium Dolls Hit Song
VOIID L’amour Fou
Human Noise Fervour
Creeping Jenny Kill Bill
Negative Gears - Ants
Wicked Envy Final Descent
Bad Absalom Misanthropic Manifesto
Doris quinn
ARSE Level Skipper
Blind Girls Dissonance
Possible People - 300% Etch
BIFF BLUE PIGS TO THE SLAUGHTER

Tonight on The Band Next Door on 2SER, we’re going to be joined by art-pop princess Claudia Forever, who recently released their crystallined and glowing debut mixtape WHEN IT GETS LATE. Also coming your way on the program.. Strumming psyh-popster BATTS. Synth cowboy Cong Josie. grungy alt-rockers...

12/06/2024

Tonight on The Band Next Door on 2SER, we're going to be joined by art-pop princess Claudia Forever, who recently released their crystallined and glowing debut mixtape WHEN IT GETS LATE.
Also coming your way on the program..

Strumming psyh-popster BATTS.
Synth cowboy Cong Josie.
grungy alt-rockers Creeping Jenny.
Riffing heavyweights Bad Absalom.
Bedroom noise-addicts Doris.
We'll cram in some skramz with Blind Girls.
Indie folksters The Brights.
Plus more..

Two hours of Alternative Australiana.
From 8pm.
Only on 2SER.

11/06/2024

Playlist for last week's show!

O.M.R Lover, Lover, Lover
Moaning Lisa Wayside
Royel Otis Claw Foot
Hachiku Time Wasted Worrying
Sour Worm - Teeth
Arabella and The Heist Electric
Teens Burning Bridges
Milly Strange In Fire
Casual Fan Sun
Kosmetika Pictures Are Gone
Minor Premiers She Belongs To Nobody
OUZO Upside Down
Great Australian Bank Don't Call Me
Cammy Cautious and the Wrestlers Pick It
Battlesnake The Key Of Solomon
Toque F**k Me
Big Yawn 2Stroke [Feat. Teether]
The Dharma Chain YSHK
Volatile Ways The Invocation of Doom
Gloam Hinder
Jen Cloher Annabelle
Totally Unicorn Parrot
Backhand Get Your Hands Off Me
heartholder Skim
Rocky's Pride and Joy Revenge

A big show of all Australian sounds coming your way tonight on The Band Next Door on 2SER.. Garage ringleaders Arabella and The Heist. Art-pop purveyor Hachiku. Indie game-players Minor Premiers. Experimental jazz entaglements with Toque. Morose alt-rock loansharks Great Australian Bank Psychedelic....

05/06/2024

A big show of all Australian sounds coming your way tonight on The Band Next Door on 2SER..

Garage ringleaders Arabella and The Heist.
Art-pop purveyor Hachiku.
Indie game-players Minor Premiers.
Experimental jazz entaglements with Toque.
Morose alt-rock loansharks Great Australian Bank
Psychedelic brewers The Dharma Chain.
Shiny guitar welders Gloam.

Plus the latest from Sydney locals Royel Otis, Totally Unicorn & Battlesnake.
All that and more tonight from 8pm with two hours of Alternative Australiana.
From 8pm, only on 2SER.

31/05/2024

Playlist for this weeks show!
Big thanks to a Jules, Caroline and Isabel of Lady Lazarus for coming in. Wrap your ears around their debut BLONDES EP if you haven't already :)

Program - One By One
GIMMY Bathrooms
Blokbstr Apartment
lucidbloom Signals In the Skies
Sweet Talk Music Real Good Cookin’
Glycereens Electric
Ceres Want / Need
Lady Lazarus Eat Spit
Lady Lazarus Dog C**t
Lady Lazarus Blondes
Melaleuca On And On
Haiku Hands All Around The World
Boyfriend TV Replacement Boyfriend
Nice Biscuit Rain
dog world FISHSACK
Adored - Blush
Psychoda Backbone
Summer Flake Nothing Lasts Forever
Sydney Water - Paris
Serpette - Dehumanise
5G - Geschlossen
Beryl Table Manners
Yirinda Galangoor Baya
dust x GAUCI The Gutter

Tonight on The Band Next Door on 2SER, we’re going to be joined by Sydney punk four-piece Lady Lazarus , hot on the heels of their debut BLONDES EP. A roaring 5 track release that harnesses the group’s own frenzied take of riot grrrl infused gurgling garage punk. Also coming your way on the prog...

29/05/2024

Tonight on The Band Next Door on 2SER, we're going to be joined by Sydney punk four-piece Lady Lazarus , hot on the heels of their debut BLONDES EP. A roaring 5 track release that harnesses the group's own frenzied take of riot grrrl infused gurgling garage punk.

Also coming your way on the program.
Twilight twinklers lucidbloom.
Southern blues boogie group Sweet Talk Music.
Embracing indie rockers Ceres.
Psychedelic kraut indulgers Nice Biscuit.
Heavy alt-worshippers dog world.
Riff purveyors Psychoda.
Plus GAUCI remix dust.
All of that and more with two hours of Alternative Australiana.
From 8pm, only on 2SER

28/05/2024

The business side of the Australian music industry can be brutal if you're not sure what you're doing or where your money is going.
Never hurts to double check all the boxes!
Thanks APRA AMCOS!

APRA AMCOS : Tax Time Tips

Are you unsure how to declare your finances from your artistic endeavours? Presented in conjunction with AMIN - comprising QMusic, MusicNSW, Music Victoria, Music SA, MusicNT, WAM, Music Tasmania and MusicACT - APRA AMCOS are presenting an overview of what you need to know when declaring your APRA AMCOS royalties at tax time. On 13 June they're hosting a webinar featuring Emma Brophy from tax consultants Generate to launch the 'Tax Pack' for musicians, providing artists with resources to use each financial year.

https://www.apraamcos.com.au/about-us/news-and-events/insights-tax-time-tips

23/05/2024

Playlist for last night!
Thanks to Johnny and Curtis of Mac The Knife for coming in and havin' a yarn.
Check out the on-demand stream below.

Jungle Breed Machiavellian
Destrends Mindfulness
teddie - strawberry cake
Regurgitator Co***ne Runway
Rat Boy School Excursion - It's Nice
CLAMM Change Enough
Amyl and The Sniffers U Should Not Be Doing That
Mac The Knife Labour In Vain
Mac The Knife Blood Of My Blood
Mac The Knife Flee
Emilee South Control
Royal Headache So Low [Live]
Ela Stiles Mummy's Back
Johnny Hunter Frustration
Dead Wi†ch Saturns Return
Plovers Putrid Thoughts
CURSES - THE LAST WORD
BATPISS Time
No Rego - Resto
Cantona - Cantona
Naretha Williams Tender Kill
Tarot - Echoes Through Time
Yomi Ship oo Many Have Vanished Into These Woods
ORB Morph

Coming your way tonight on The Band Next Door on 2SER, we’re going to be joined by a few members of Sydney outfit Mac The Knife, who recently just wrapped up a short tour on the back of their IN THE SHADOW OF IT ALL EP. We’ll also be hearing new sounds from the likes […]

22/05/2024

Coming your way tonight on The Band Next Door on 2SER, we're going to be joined by a few members of Sydney outfit Mac The Knife, who recently just wrapped up a short tour on the back of their IN THE SHADOW OF IT ALL EP.

We'll also be hearing new sounds from the likes of..
Pub punks Amyl and The Sniffers.
Psychedlic coven Dead Wi†ch.
Leather daddies Johnny Hunter.
Heavy jangle droppers Destrends.
Darkwave maiden Ela Stiles.
Noise wranglers BATPISS.
Plus lots more.

Two hours of Alternative Australia.
From 8pm.
Only on 2SER.

16/05/2024

A big thank you to Violet, Kirby and Andie of THE TYPICAL GRRRLS for coming in and talking us through the themes of their debut LP.
Listen back to everything via the link below.

Tile - I Can Wait
Bad Bangs Hips
MAVER Lay Down
Inaugural Strigoi
Armlock Ice Cold
Lady Lazarus Hannah Banana
The Blamers S*x Trail
The Typical Grrrls - Kibbles
The Typical Grrrls - I Don't Want To Have Rapey S*x Tonight
The Typical Grrrls - Sh*tkicker
Sun Run - Dust
ENOLA It’s Not Love
Dick Dudley - Meditation
Full Flower Moon Band Devil
Night Rites Black Diamond
Raising Ravens Nails
Tongue Dissolver Freaky People
Aquatico Billions
The Maggie Pills Gold
BaK Aghori
Religious Observance Incremental Incompetence

Tonight on The Band Next Door on 2SER, we’re going to be joined by a few members of Blue Mountains based DIY punk revivalists THE TYPICAL GRRRLS who throw all their life experiences into their debut self-titled album. The combination of lo-fi rackets through to frenzied outburts makes for an incre...

15/05/2024

Tonight on The Band Next Door on 2SER, we're going to be joined by a few members of Blue Mountains based DIY punk revivalists THE TYPICAL GRRRLS who throw all their life experiences into their debut self-titled album. The combination of lo-fi rackets through to frenzied outburts makes for an incredibly heated listen.

Also coming your way on the program..
Scuzzy indie popster MAVER.
Folk fragilities with Armlock.
The sonic senance of Night Rites.
Self proclaimed 'dreg-wave' duo Inaugural
Alt rockers The Maggie Pills.
Twilight terrors Full Flower Moon Band.

Plus a whole lot more.
Two hours of Alternative Australiana.
From 8pm, only on 2SER.

10/05/2024

Playlist and on-demand stream for this week's show below!

Loveshovel - GOT BIT
lounge tourist Dogpile
GAUCI Under My Skin
Kirin J Callinan It's The Truth
Ullah What Nightmates Are Made Of
West Thebarton Cold Feet
Blanco Tranco Lara
Wilding Free
Parsnip - Turn To Love
DEDPAN Lie To Me
The Stripp Gotta Go
A D O R E R - Silk
WORKHORSE Letter
Up at night - S*x
Zipper - Hamburger
The Engine Mobile The Mascots
Ov Pain Silver Gate
Photogenic - Destroyer
Sequential Zero It's Not About You
FUXACHE Seedy
screensavermusic No Vacation
Holy Forrest Disco Elysium
Grytt - Different Kind of Beast
REBEL YELL Destiny [Feat. California Girls]
Robot God Illusion Of Order

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08/05/2024

Yes! There is a show tonight.
Music. Lots of it.
Cool stuff too. You know the type.
We're talking GAUCI, Wilding, West Thebarton, Ov Pain, SPEED HC, Robot God, Holy Forrest The Stripp and other stuff.

2 hours of Alternative Australiana from 8pm.
Only on 2SER

02/05/2024

A big thanks to Jess of Raising Ravens for coming past the 2SER studios and talking about their forthcoming MOTIVES EP.
Don't forget it's being launhed in Sydney on May 17th at Marrickville Bowling Club.
Listen back to everything from last night via the link below.

Grand Final - Sporting Nation
Q+TB Little Holes
Autosuggest Phaedrus
Bridge Dog Standard Issue
Gallery One Rent Boy
Sachet The Lodger
Tambourine Jesus Rain & The Fire
Raising Ravens Don't Stay
Raising Ravens Jealousies
Raising Ravens Bright Side
Fox Company Highway Woman
KINO MOTEL Sleeper
RINSE Kiss Me (Kill Me) [Feat. Hatchie]
SLOMO Do What I Mean
smallways. Cool Down
Emma Donovan Blak Nation
Arugula Bask In The Sun
Giant Hammer Spills
Enclave 12 Steps
Soma Plume The Bottom of the Well
Presqué Vu Devil You Know
SHOVE Excess
World of Joy Falling Forever
Pine Point Paperbark

Coming your way tonight on The Band Next Door on 2SER, we’ll be joined by a few members hard-rock three piece Raising Ravens and having a sneaky peaky of a few tracks from their forthcoming MOTIVES EP before they launch it with a tour throughout May. Also coming your way on the show.. Indie outfit...

01/05/2024

Coming your way tonight on The Band Next Door on 2SER, we'll be joined by a few members hard-rock three piece Raising Ravens and having a sneaky peaky of a few tracks from their forthcoming MOTIVES EP before they launch it with a tour throughout May.

Also coming your way on the show..
Indie outfit Q+TB.
Experimental guitar drivers Gallery One.
Riff lickin' lovers Fox Company.
minimal punks smallways.
The cinematic tones of KINO MOTEL.
Howling post-punks Presqué Vu.
Psychonauts Tambourine Jesus.
Dream folk threshold with Pine Point.
Electronic grinders Autosuggest.
and much more

Two hours of Alternative Australiana.
From 8pm
Only on 2SER.

29/04/2024

It is a week of triumph as 2SER, celebrates 45 years of broadcasting the fabled 107.3 frequency across the greater Sydney airwaves. I've been lucky to have been a part of the station for over a decade now and it's a place that will always be a home-away-from-home and a chance to unwind every Wednesday night on The Band Next Door on 2SER.
So this Friday, come on down to the The Loft UTS to enjoy DJs spinning 45s and live sets from Bodywire, Malaika Mfalme and Bridge Dog.
Hope to see you there.

25/04/2024

Hope you all recovered from the TBND show at Yulli's Brews last week! A HUGE thanks to Layman Band for getting things started, Bad Drip for bringing the fuzzed out riffs and Pan-Pacific Grand Prix for strutting their way across the stage while bringing up plenty of friendly faces. Was such a nice time and hopefully another one to come soon.
Cheers all!

25/04/2024

A big thanks to Jordan Kenny for coming into the 2SER studios and diving deep into his debut album Who's Seeing Who?
Playlist and on-demand stream below :)

Molly Rocket God Damn
Marilyn Maria Self Help Tape
Sunscreen Kick
Nick Griffith …While We Wait
Elsie Lange Sally
Prime Minister - Lapwing
Bad Bangs Sympathy
doris - I Want To Grow
RYU Point Blank
Mt. Nadir Knife’s Edge
Jordan Kenny What A Scene!
Jordan Kenny Sleep (Is Good)
Jordan Kenny Pretend To Care
Moaning Lisa Fainter
Belvedeer - Ballroom
Free Live Sports Sweaty Thighs
Human Noise Fabric & The Lining
The Buoys Subject A
Marcus Whale Void
Zsa LaFine RPT [Stereocenter Remix]
Slowrip Wall
Swab - Not Like You/Nothing To Lose
Eight Count - Extinction
Kitchen Witch Glitch

Coming your way tonight on The Band Next Door on 2SER, we’re going to be joined by charismatic multi-instrumentalist Jordan Kenny, who’s sonically rich debut album WHO’S SEEING WHO? is an episodic and effortless tapestory that transverses the realms alternative rock, psychedelica plus even Lat...

24/04/2024

Coming your way tonight on The Band Next Door on 2SER, we're going to be joined by charismatic multi-instrumentalist Jordan Kenny, who's sonically rich debut album WHO'S SEEING WHO? is an episodic and effortless tapestory that transverses the realms alternative rock, psychedelica plus even Latin American.
Also coming your way on the program..

Indie outfit Molly Rocket.
Hazy folk rockers Mt. Nadir.
Guitar popster RYU.
The Gothic sounds of Slowrip.
Strangle jangle with Free Live Sports.
Desert riffers Kitchen Witch.
Plus the latest from Sydney locals Nick Griffith, Marilyn Maria and The Buoys.
All that and more with two hours of Alternative Australiana.
From 8pm only on 2SER.