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Hit Different

Mushroom Studiosmushroom.com

Your weekly music culture podcast.

Host Mikey Cahill is joined by fellow seasoned music writers Marcus Teague, Sose Fuamoli, Milo Eastwood and Andy Hazel to talk all things music culture.

Trends, buzz, hype and the juiciest goss with a special correspondent each week.

Find a new friend in Hit Different!

 

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Credits

Producer - Courtney Carthy, Mushroom Group

Theme Music - Mark D'Angelo, The Backlot Studios

Artwork and web design - Mushroom Creative House

Recorded in the Fitzroy studio of Nearly Media

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Episodes

BONUS: Jack McEwan's Hit Different Journey

Subscribe to Mushroom podcasts and support original Australian music journalism. You'll get them early and ad-free. Only $4 per month. FREE trial on Apple Podcasts . Part of Jack McEwan's journey through music that hit different House of the Rising Sun on at the smoky pub with his Pa/Dad Red Engine Caves were the catalyst for the Porn Crumpets Back in time a bit, started out playing 'pots and pans' to Sabbath, Simon and Garfunkel, Led Zeppelin and others. The Mars Volta in his teens - "I think I...

Dec 08, 202126 min

Spotify Wrapped, Vinyl double bounce and Psychedelic Porn Crumpets' Jack McEwan

Subscribe to Mushroom podcasts and support original Australian music journalism. You'll get them early and ad-free. Only $4 per month. FREE trial on Apple Podcasts . Hello in the chair Mr Jack McEwan, guest co-host and part of Psychedelic Porn Crumpets! This episode! Spotify released they're yearly personalised advertising campaign - Spotify Wrapped. It's a clever and insightful - who are we kidding, you've probably already gone through yours. For Apple Music subscribers, they received a 'versio...

Dec 06, 202147 minSeason 1Ep. 30

BONUS: Alex The Astronaut

Subscribe to Mushroom podcasts and support original Australian music journalism. You'll get them early and ad-free. Only $4 per month. FREE trial on Apple Podcasts . Alex's journey through music that hit different Songs her parent's played; James Blunt, Damien Leith, Paul Kelly, Bitter Sweet Symphony, 22 Steps, Damien Rice. Lilly Allen when she lived in England around age 10 - she swore in her songs! Jack Johnson & Taylor Swift when she was learning guitar Teenage years; Gordi, Urth Boy, Waf...

Dec 01, 202130 min

Order of Adele, gender-specific awards are finished and Alex The Astronaut!

Subscribe to Mushroom podcasts and support original Australian music journalism. You'll get them early and ad-free. Only $4 per month. FREE trial on Apple Podcasts . This episode! The Brit Awards have removed gender categories. Everyone's in it together - The Guardian Adele asked Spotify to change how they play her and everyone else's albums - IN THE ORDER THE ARTIST INTENDED. Adele asks and Spotify acts. Alex The Astronaut, friendly co-host and purveyor of delightful new music, "Growing Up". Ch...

Nov 28, 202154 minSeason 1Ep. 29

BONUS: Harvey Sutherland AKA Mike Katz

Subscribe to Mushroom podcasts and support original Australian music journalism. You'll get them early and ad-free. Only $4 per month. FREE trial on Apple Podcasts . Mike Katz's journey through music that hit different The Doobie Brothers Saturday morning RAGE on ABC, Seal's Kissed By A Rose James Brown at 14 or 15 years old Brunswick Street Melbourne in its hay day Theo Parrish, Andrés & Sadar Bahar Matthew Kirkis What's hitting different right now? MIKE - "Already" by Rochelle Jordan SOSE ...

Nov 24, 202124 min

Extreme on-stage antics, Bitcoin artist advance & Harvey Sutherland, our man in LA

Subscribe to Mushroom podcasts and support original Australian music journalism. You'll get them early and ad-free. Only $4 per month. FREE trial on Apple Podcasts . This episode! Sophia Urista urinated on a consenting fans face during a live show. Wow. Apologised, insisting she's not a shock artist. Things get a bit crazy on stage! N ME - Brass Against’s Sophia Urista urinates on fan’s face during festival set . US label EMPIRE paid a $1m advance to artist Money Man in bitcoin. It was calmly tr...

Nov 21, 202145 minSeason 1Ep. 28

BONUS: Jack Ladder's hit different journey (bonus Marcus story)

Subscribe to Mushroom podcasts and support original Australian music journalism. You'll get them early and ad-free. Only $4 per month. FREE trial on Apple Podcasts . Music that hit Jack Ladder different Michael Jackson's album Dangerous, separating the art from the artist Doggy Style, the seminal Snoop Doggy Dogg album, on a yellow sports Walkman Parliament and The Meters Playing the school band Herbie Hancock, John Coltrain Rancid and pop punk Aphex Twin Live from a Shark Cage, Papa M Never lik...

Nov 17, 202136 min

Travis Scott show tragedy, Regionalism of music and Jack Ladder on Jack Ladder

Subscribe to Mushroom podcasts and support original Australian music journalism. You'll get them early and ad-free. Only $4 per month. FREE trial on Apple Podcasts . This episode! Tragedy at Travis Scott's Astroworld festival in Houston. Regionalism in music. More in this interview with Martin Douglas on Music Journalism Insider Jack Ladder, co-host and with a new record Hijack ! Jack Ladder! Check him out. Facebook - www.facebook.com/JackLadderAndTheDreamlanders Instagram - www.instagram.com/ja...

Nov 15, 20211 hr 2 minSeason 1Ep. 27

BONUS: Ngaiire's hit different history

Subscribe to Mushroom podcasts and support original Australian music journalism. You'll get them early and ad-free. Only $4 per month. FREE trial on Apple Podcasts . Music that hit Ngaiire different Maria Carey & Deep Forest Sexy Eyes by Whigfield Jeff Buckley, introduced to her by a music teacher, changed her life Sevendust's Angel Song, thanks to her brother Diorama, Silverchair's 2002 album Ngaiire! Check her out. Facebook - www.facebook.com/NGAIIRE Instagram - www.instagram.com/ngaiire L...

Nov 10, 202124 min

Anderson .Paak's instrumental new label, Nirvana-sync & Ngaiire's "breaking out"

Subscribe to Mushroom podcasts and support original Australian music journalism. You'll get them early and ad-free. Only $4 per month. FREE trial on Apple Podcasts . This episode! Anderson .Paak's new label focuses on live and instrumental performance. Divergent from kids making stuff on their computer in the bedroom. Good vibes about the prospect of this one. Succession (the hit HBO show) used/synced Rape Me by Nirvana in episode 3 of season 3. Courtney Love is happy about it and more money goe...

Nov 08, 202135 minSeason 1Ep. 26

BONUS: KYE's music journey, eyes wide and Beyoncé talking to her from the stage

Subscribe to Mushroom podcasts and support original Australian music journalism. You'll get them early and ad-free. Only $4 per month. FREE trial on Apple Podcasts . Get KYE's latest EP out in November. Listen to her song Tuesday now KYE's music journey in chronological starting in Zimbabwe Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Destiny's Child, Show Tunes! Looney Tunes - 'beautiful orchestral music' Jamiroquai, Kylie when KYE hits London Mouse T's pop hit Horny, but with the wrong lyrics :P Daniel C...

Nov 03, 202125 min

KYE! The new Kylie, Paul McCartney on collaboration, kicking scalping in the stubs

Subscribe to Mushroom podcasts and support original Australian music journalism. You'll get them early and ad-free. Only $4 per month. FREE trial on Apple Podcasts . This episode! Scalping the scalpers - ticketing companies are teaming up to PUT. A. STOP. TO. IT. "Oztix Launches New Partnership With Tixel To Combat Unfair Resale Practices" via - TheMusic.com.au Paul McCartney still on about collaborating, talks to David Remnick editor of The New Yorker. Marcus has come to terms with his own Beat...

Oct 31, 202151 minSeason 1Ep. 25

BONUS: Thando - starting out with Queen and Zimbabwean house girls dance parties

Subscribe to Mushroom podcasts and support original Australian music journalism. You'll get them early and ad-free. Only $4 per month. FREE trial on Apple Podcasts . Get Thando's latest album Life In Colour from Thando.com.au Here's the journey (as always, incomplete) Queen at Live Aid, their bonanza 15 minute set Destiny's Child and TLC, blasting it from the TV with the house girls while parents were at work Paramore took care of the teen angst Akon Leisure Centre (Melbourne), Bella & The M...

Oct 27, 202132 min

Young Thug's lo$t bag, Adele's new album 30 and Thando's new album

Subscribe to Mushroom podcasts and support original Australian music journalism. You'll get them early and ad-free. Only $4 per month. FREE trial on Apple Podcasts . This episode! Young Thug is suing an apartment building for losing his bag after he "accidentally misplaced his Louis Vuitton bag next to his Lamborghini." - via Tone Def Adele's new single (breaks the internet) and new album, 30. Breaking records and looking fab. Thando's new EP " Life In Colour ", embracing the Zimbabwean communit...

Oct 24, 202150 minSeason 1Ep. 24

BONUS: Liam Parsons of Good Morning

Subscribe to Mushroom podcasts and support original Australian music journalism. You'll get them early and ad-free. Only $4 per month. FREE trial on Apple Podcasts . "I started a Spice Girls fan club in my bedroom... my brother started an anti-Spice Girls club in his bedroom. My Mum joined both which I've never forgiven her for." - Liam Parsons, one of two people that make up Good Morning Here's the journey (as always, incomplete) Spice Girls Speakerboxxx/The Love Below, Outkast Is This It, The ...

Oct 20, 202132 min

Good Morning (the band), Artists need (media) Champions! And Four Corners impressions

Subscribe to Mushroom podcasts and support original Australian music journalism. You'll get them early and ad-free. Only $4 per month. FREE trial on Apple Podcasts . This episode! One week on from 4 Corners' investigation into Denis Handlin and Sony. It was big story for the music industry. After some days to digest what's the wash up? Artists need champions. Music writing and music media should be diverse and take risks to support writers who'll support artists who'll go on to great things. But...

Oct 18, 202154 minSeason 1Ep. 23

BONUS: Winston McCall, lead singer of Parkway Drive

Subscribe to Mushroom podcasts and support original Australian music journalism. You'll get them early and ad-free. Only $4 per month. FREE trial on Apple Podcasts . Yeah, reggae, thanks to his father's record collection. Then in his early teenage years Punk Rock; Blink 182, Pennywise, Vans Warped Tour. We get a little off course but it's for the best. Music making waves lately Mikey - Call Me Back , Tim Shiel Winston - When Will Gods Work Be Done , Unto Others Sose - Shatter & Knives (two d...

Oct 13, 202134 min

Jaguar Jonze hits out, texting artists and Winston McCall of Parkway Drive co-hosts!

Subscribe to Mushroom podcasts and support original Australian music journalism. You'll get them early and ad-free. Only $4 per month. FREE trial on Apple Podcasts . This episode! Jaguar Jonze releases "Who Died And Made You King" as song clearly pointed at some of the toxic culture in the music industry, just as the 4 Corners story about Sony (Australia) airs Monday night. Warner Music wants fans to have direct SMS contact with artists. Where's the boundaries and does being always-on diminish t...

Oct 11, 202148 minSeason 1Ep. 22

BONUS: Johann Ponniah, I OH YOU Records - "The Beatles are underrated, they don't get enough credit"

Subscribe to Mushroom podcasts and support original Australian music journalism. You'll get them early and ad-free. Only $4 per month. FREE trial on Apple Podcasts . Johann's hit different journey includes (but not limited to); Till there was you , The Beatles, sitting in the back of his parents' car Country Grammar , Nelly (2000) The Ataris , famous for their Boys of Summer cover Kisschasey Frank Ocean - "I think he's the greatest songwriter of our generation" Check out I OH YOU Records here - ...

Oct 06, 202124 min

The Kid Laroi ≠ Scooter, fighting friends and I OH YOU founder Johann Ponniah

Subscribe to Mushroom podcasts and support original Australian music journalism. You'll get them early and ad-free. Only $4 per month. FREE trial on Apple Podcasts . "I did the deal with AJ in my final year of high school when I was 17, turned 18, and then 3 months after I finished High school I'm on the Soundwave tour with The Offspring" - Johann Ponniah, teenage tour manager and contract repurposer. Hear the bonus episode now by becoming a subscriber - first month only $1 then $4 per month aft...

Oct 03, 20211 hr 1 minSeason 1Ep. 21

BONUS: Jen Cloher - Peter and the Wolf to PJ Harvey to Patti Smith and beyond

Subscribe to Mushroom podcasts and support original Australian music journalism. You'll get them early and ad-free. Only $4 per month. FREE trial on Apple Podcasts . Bounding through the hit different experiences beginning at 4 where Jen fled the scene, all the way to recent times where she arrived into the presence of Patti Smith. Jen's hit different journey includes (but not limited to); Peter and the Wolf (and the David Bowie version) Aretha Franklin, Billie Holiday ABBA KISS, the Dynasty alb...

Sep 29, 202129 min

Jen Cloher's got news, Lorde's te reo Maori mini-album and Ageing In (the music industry)

Subscribe to Mushroom podcasts and support original Australian music journalism. You'll get them early and ad-free. Only $4 per month. FREE trial on Apple Podcasts . It's not until you hit the end of the this episode that you realise how the stars have aligned this week; Jen , Mikey, Sose & the stories shine. This episode! Anonymous "Ageism Anarchists" are out to change kick out ageism in the music industry. ( Read in The Music Network ) Lorde's released 5 songs from Solar Power in te reo Ma...

Sep 26, 202154 minSeason 1Ep. 20

BONUS: Gabriella Cohen's personal story of music and performance is what hits different

Subscribe to Mushroom podcasts and support original Australian music journalism. You'll get them early and ad-free. Only $4 per month. FREE trial on Apple Podcasts . Gabriella Cohen - Special Link | Spotify | Facebook | Instagram Gabriella Cohen interviews Maple Glider - HappyMag Some of Gabriella's current playlist Kacy & Clayton - Spotify | Web Ashe - Spotify Natalie Bergman - Spotify Favourite songs right now Marcus - Country , Good Morning - Spotify Gabriella - Easy to Love, Sam Evian - ...

Sep 22, 202128 min

Praise The Kid Laroi, Gabriella Cohen makes salads & Marcus Teague on Jack Ladder

Subscribe to Mushroom podcasts and support original Australian music journalism. You'll get them early and ad-free. Only $4 per month. FREE trial on Apple Podcasts . Deep into what it means to be an artist this episode as we break down the segment walls to flow from The Kid LAROI being massive, young and in the US, then Marcus Teague has been pondering auteurs through Jack Ladder's latest record and Gabriella Cohen's two sides of the coin experience. This episode! Praise be The Kid LAROI. The 18...

Sep 19, 202147 minSeason 1Ep. 19

BONUS: Michelle Grace Hunder - West Coast dedication, a rekindling thanks to Kendrick and the Aussie Hip Hop family

Subscribe to Mushroom podcasts and support original Australian music journalism. You'll get them early and ad-free. Only $4 per month. FREE trial on Apple Podcasts . 12 year old Michelle Grace Hunder was floored by a Snoop Dogg film clip. And the rest is.... on this Bonus episode of Hit Different! Snoop's always been there but a West Coast obsession, the genre kicking off again with Kendrick Lamar, what Aussie Hip Hop can give fans and the leading ladies of contemporary hip hop culture. Check ou...

Sep 15, 202126 min

ABBA-tars, #VaxtheNation & Michelle Grace Hunder - photographer to the (hip hop) stars!

Subscribe to Mushroom podcasts and support original Australian music journalism. You'll get them early and ad-free. Only $4 per month. FREE trial on Apple Podcasts . To kick start her photography career Michelle Grace Hunder began a two year journey to document Australian Hip Hop. Rise was first printed in 2014 and that's exactly what her music photography career has done since. But she's a super fan first - “(Kendrick Lamar) came over... and waved. So instead of shooting I waved back!” This epi...

Sep 12, 202159 minSeason 1Ep. 18

BONUS: Paul Dempsey started out musical and was concerned about David Bowie

Subscribe to Mushroom podcasts and support original Australian music journalism. You'll get them early and ad-free. Only $4 per month. FREE trial on Apple Podcasts . There's two episodes in one, quite nicely intertwined and directly relevant to each other. You'll hear their paths cross as the time ticks away and you're taken on a journey into what it's like to be, or be near, Paul Dempsey. One episode is the story of his musical influences, the other of his time spent with David Bowie. This is a...

Sep 08, 202136 min

Paul Dempsey, triple j tweet says move on and Kaiit is crowdfunding her independence

Subscribe to Mushroom podcasts and support original Australian music journalism. You'll get them early and ad-free. Only $4 per month. FREE trial on Apple Podcasts . Some things change - like your sentiment about a radio station or career outlook - and some things stay the same. "There’s a lot of talk that the artists don’t exist any more or the quality isn’t the same or you know whatever, it’s just not fucking true. There’s amazing people making amazing music every day, just try getting through...

Sep 05, 20211 hrSeason 1Ep. 17

BONUS: Courtney Barnett on the music hitting different for her

Subscribe to Mushroom podcasts and support original Australian music journalism. You'll get them early and ad-free. Only $4 per month. FREE trial on Apple Podcasts . Looking back over the highlights, influences and inspirational songs the really stuck with Courtney Barnett. Courtney mentions someone she's listening to at the moment - thanks algorithm! - Susumu Yokota's album Sakura - Spotify Courtney's new album is Things Take Time, Take Time Get it here - https://courtney-barnett.lnk.to/ttt-tt ...

Sep 01, 202119 min

Courtney Barnett, Classic Aussie hold music and outdoor tours only, please

Subscribe to Mushroom podcasts and support original Australian music journalism. You'll get them early and ad-free. Only $4 per month. FREE trial on Apple Podcasts . So generous with her time on this episode (and the bonus ep), Courtney Barnett. Courtney's new album is Things That Take Time, Take Time, out November 12. Pre-save the album here - https://courtney-barnett.lnk.to/ttt-tt This episode! Phoebe Bridgers moving ALL indoor gigs on her tour to outdoors due to Covid-19, depending on city, c...

Aug 29, 202144 minSeason 1Ep. 16
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