Melbourne band Press Club have only played together for a handful of years, but in that time they’ve made a name for themselves; their live gigs are the stuff of legend, with frontwoman Natalie Foster throwing herself around the stage while belting out pitch perfect indie rock. Press Club have always recorded their albums with the same kinetic energy - short, sharp bursts in the studio that capture the essence of who they are. Their latest album was done a little differently… the pandemic killed...
Dec 08, 2022•34 min•Transcript available on Metacast It’s a treat from the archives this ep, with Deftones back in Australia for the Good Things festival I thought it’d be a good chance to revisit a beautiful and eye opening chat with the legendary Chino Moreno. Back in 2016 he joined me to Take 5. Deftones have always balanced the brutal with the beautiful, and I wanted to discover the different parts of his musical heart. So I asked him to share five sides of Chino, across five songs. What he showed up with, was a heartfelt connection to Austral...
Dec 01, 2022•21 min•Transcript available on Metacast It’s a treat from the archives this ep, with Deftones back in Australia for the Good Things festival I thought it’d be a good chance to revisit a beautiful and eye opening chat with the legendary Chino Moreno. Back in 2016 he joined me to Take 5. Deftones have always balanced the brutal with the beautiful, and I wanted to discover the different parts of his musical heart. So I asked him to share five sides of Chino, across five songs. What he showed up with, was a heartfelt connection to Austral...
Dec 01, 2022•21 min•Transcript available on Metacast It’s fair to say that most of us have a connection to Groove Armada. Whether you’re a turbo fan, or you’ve been at a festival going off to one of their bangers, their connection to Australia is huge. Andy Cato and Tom Findlay are celebrating 25 years together, and with it a new box set of greatest hits, and their final live shows all over the world. In Australia to perform for the last time with all the bells and whistles, I asked them to Take 5 with their quarter century. Cos when you think bac...
Nov 24, 2022•41 min•Transcript available on Metacast It’s fair to say that most of us have a connection to Groove Armada. Whether you’re a turbo fan, or you’ve been at a festival going off to one of their bangers, their connection to Australia is huge. Andy Cato and Tom Findlay are celebrating 25 years together, and with it a new box set of greatest hits, and their final live shows all over the world. In Australia to perform for the last time with all the bells and whistles, I asked them to Take 5 with their quarter century. Cos when you think bac...
Nov 24, 2022•41 min•Transcript available on Metacast If you talk about country in Australia today, one name comes immediately to mind. Troy Cassar-Daley. The proud Gumbaynggirr and Bundjalung man is one of our most celebrated artists; he holds the record for Golden Guitar Awards and has been making music and telling stories for more than 30 years. Many of those stories are of Australian life, from people in towns big and small, and so I asked him to Take 5 “on country”, and share the songs of place that meant something to him. From Gadigal Land to...
Nov 17, 2022•35 min•Transcript available on Metacast If you talk about country in Australia today, one name comes immediately to mind. Troy Cassar-Daley. The proud Gumbaynggirr and Bundjalung man is one of our most celebrated artists; he holds the record for Golden Guitar Awards and has been making music and telling stories for more than 30 years. Many of those stories are of Australian life, from people in towns big and small, and so I asked him to Take 5 “on country”, and share the songs of place that meant something to him. From Gadigal Land to...
Nov 17, 2022•35 min•Transcript available on Metacast One of the most exciting bands of the last five years, is IDLES. The Bristol group grabbed our attention early, and have held it; prolific in their output, profound in their outlook. Joe Talbot is their lead singer, and it’s his life experiences that fuel their songs. Loss, mistakes, gratitude, redemption and joy fill their four records, and their latest is all about forks in the road. In Australia to tour it, Joe Talbot joined me to Take 5 with songs that had marked crossroads for him. What he ...
Nov 10, 2022•37 min•Transcript available on Metacast One of the most exciting bands of the last five years, is IDLES. The Bristol group grabbed our attention early, and have held it; prolific in their output, profound in their outlook. Joe Talbot is their lead singer, and it’s his life experiences that fuel their songs. Loss, mistakes, gratitude, redemption and joy fill their four records, and their latest is all about forks in the road. In Australia to tour it, Joe Talbot joined me to Take 5 with songs that had marked crossroads for him. What he ...
Nov 10, 2022•37 min•Transcript available on Metacast She's one of Australia's best songwriters
Nov 03, 2022•36 min•Transcript available on Metacast She's one of Australia's best songwriters
Nov 03, 2022•36 min•Transcript available on Metacast He’s the guy that famously brought Nirvana to Australia on their one and only visit, he toured bands like Beastie Boys and Sonic Youth, and put on the Summersault Festival in 1995.
Oct 27, 2022•45 min•Transcript available on Metacast He’s the guy that famously brought Nirvana to Australia on their one and only visit, he toured bands like Beastie Boys and Sonic Youth, and put on the Summersault Festival in 1995.
Oct 27, 2022•45 min•Transcript available on Metacast Join Zan as she travels to Los Angeles, Nashville, and Melbourne, and sits down with extraordinary people to hear about the songs that made them who they are today. Guy Pearce, Keith Urban, Missy Higgins, Tony Armstrong and Tori Amos join Zan as Take 5 premieres on ABC TV and can be heard exclusively on the ABC Listen App.
Sep 18, 2022•1 min•Transcript available on Metacast Join Zan as she travels to Los Angeles, Nashville, and Melbourne, and sits down with extraordinary people to hear about the songs that made them who they are today. Guy Pearce, Keith Urban, Missy Higgins, Tony Armstrong and Tori Amos join Zan as Take 5 premieres on ABC TV and can be heard exclusively on the ABC Listen App.
Sep 18, 2022•1 min•Transcript available on Metacast I still remember the first time I heard Santigold. It was like a bolt from the blue, an upload to Myspace that sounded like nothing else around. The trilling high vocal, that deep bassy ownership of song. She came onto the scene demanding to be noticed, and I stood to attention with my ears wide open. Her debut album would be a big hit, and I’d soon learn her backstory; in punk bands, working at labels, understanding the wild 360 of the music industry and spitting it back and making it her own. ...
Sep 16, 2022•33 min•Transcript available on Metacast I still remember the first time I heard Santigold. It was like a bolt from the blue, an upload to Myspace that sounded like nothing else around. The trilling high vocal, that deep bassy ownership of song. She came onto the scene demanding to be noticed, and I stood to attention with my ears wide open. Her debut album would be a big hit, and I’d soon learn her backstory; in punk bands, working at labels, understanding the wild 360 of the music industry and spitting it back and making it her own. ...
Sep 16, 2022•33 min•Transcript available on Metacast One of the most beautiful voices performing today, is that of Marlon Williams. The New Zealand singer has been a rising star over the past few years, not only with his music but increasingly on screen with roles in A Star is Born, The Beautiful Lie, and True History of the Kelly Gang. It’s been around four years since his last solo record, but he’s just returned with My Boy. And it’s quite the flip from his last, full of jaunty rhythms, 80’s synths, and a lighter quality all round. On the day he...
Sep 08, 2022•27 min•Transcript available on Metacast One of the most beautiful voices performing today, is that of Marlon Williams. The New Zealand singer has been a rising star over the past few years, not only with his music but increasingly on screen with roles in A Star is Born, The Beautiful Lie, and True History of the Kelly Gang. It’s been around four years since his last solo record, but he’s just returned with My Boy. And it’s quite the flip from his last, full of jaunty rhythms, 80’s synths, and a lighter quality all round. On the day he...
Sep 08, 2022•27 min•Transcript available on Metacast If you’ve ever worked in hospitality, you’ve seen things. The long hours, the patrons, those blurry lines between work and play, and, if you’re Jess Ho, the complex world of what is good and bad taste. Jess has game in hospo. They may have started off as a waiter, but would become one of the most iconic gatekeepers at Melbourne’s coolest restaurant, would go on to be a venue owner themselves, a food writer, a podcaster, and now, a debut novelist. They capture it all in their memoir Raised By Wol...
Sep 02, 2022•37 min•Transcript available on Metacast If you’ve ever worked in hospitality, you’ve seen things. The long hours, the patrons, those blurry lines between work and play, and, if you’re Jess Ho, the complex world of what is good and bad taste. Jess has game in hospo. They may have started off as a waiter, but would become one of the most iconic gatekeepers at Melbourne’s coolest restaurant, would go on to be a venue owner themselves, a food writer, a podcaster, and now, a debut novelist. They capture it all in their memoir Raised By Wol...
Sep 02, 2022•37 min•Transcript available on Metacast Alexisonfire have been releasing brilliant albums for more than twenty years, but it’s been a good thirteen since their last. That changed recently when they returned with Otherness, a brilliant capture of a band renewed, and still holding the raw power and soaring beauty they always did. Dallas Green is one of three lead singers in the band, and one of the friendliest fella’s you’ll meet. He also has a hugely broad musical palette, which we learned when I asked him to Take 5. From Kimbra to Spi...
Aug 26, 2022•35 min•Transcript available on Metacast Alexisonfire have been releasing brilliant albums for more than twenty years, but it’s been a good thirteen since their last. That changed recently when they returned with Otherness, a brilliant capture of a band renewed, and still holding the raw power and soaring beauty they always did. Dallas Green is one of three lead singers in the band, and one of the friendliest fella’s you’ll meet. He also has a hugely broad musical palette, which we learned when I asked him to Take 5. From Kimbra to Spi...
Aug 26, 2022•35 min•Transcript available on Metacast Hilltop Hoods are legends. For more than twenty years they’ve dominated the local scene, with multiple Hottest 100 entries, ARIA’s and the record for the most #1 albums in Australian music. When they play a show, it’s an arena, and they’ve brought that energy to every one of their performances; on stage and on record. Those are the accolades you hear about… but when I invited them to Take 5 I wanted to hear about their highlights in an epic career in show business. From Def Wish Cast to Amy Wine...
Aug 19, 2022•33 min•Transcript available on Metacast Hilltop Hoods are legends. For more than twenty years they’ve dominated the local scene, with multiple Hottest 100 entries, ARIA’s and the record for the most #1 albums in Australian music. When they play a show, it’s an arena, and they’ve brought that energy to every one of their performances; on stage and on record. Those are the accolades you hear about… but when I invited them to Take 5 I wanted to hear about their highlights in an epic career in show business. From Def Wish Cast to Amy Wine...
Aug 19, 2022•33 min•Transcript available on Metacast It’s not overstating it to say that Spiderbait are one of Australia’s most loved bands. For more than 30 years, this power trio have ripped it up on stages and albums alike, and held a tight bond of friendship the whole way through. Their latest venture is a compilation album celebrating their bassist and singer Janet English. It’s called Sounds in the Key Of J, and off the back of it’s release I asked the main character and her bandmate Kram to Take 5. This is one of the wildest collections of ...
Aug 12, 2022•38 min•Transcript available on Metacast It’s not overstating it to say that Spiderbait are one of Australia’s most loved bands. For more than 30 years, this power trio have ripped it up on stages and albums alike, and held a tight bond of friendship the whole way through. Their latest venture is a compilation album celebrating their bassist and singer Janet English. It’s called Sounds in the Key Of J, and off the back of it’s release I asked the main character and her bandmate Kram to Take 5. This is one of the wildest collections of ...
Aug 12, 2022•38 min•Transcript available on Metacast Casey Donovan, is one of Australia’s greatest voices. We first met her as a 16 year old on Australian Idol. Her audition grabbed us immediately, and she would go on to win the second series. Since then, she’s been a star on musical theatre stages, written a memoir, made podcasts, and become our official Queen of New Years – belting out the biggest songs on ABC TV’s big broadcast. But what are the songs that have been guiding lights for her? That have led Casey through an extraordinary life, and ...
Aug 05, 2022•36 min•Transcript available on Metacast Where do you start with Phil Jamieson? If you grew up in Australia, he’s been part of the musical fabric for decades. His band Grinspoon were the first band to ever be Unearthed by triple j, they dominated festival line-ups and made more than a few appearances in the Hottest 100. His music with Grinners has soundtracked our lives, and whether on stage or having a chat, Phil has often been the most entertaining fella in the room. So I was stoked to finally have him Take 5. The catalyst was Phil J...
Jul 28, 2022•27 min•Transcript available on Metacast The South London singer joins Zan Rowe to Take 5. It’s so good to be back with a new Take 5 in the feed! ICYMI, over the last few weeks I’ve been off making Take 5 into a TV show. We’ve captured some incredible conversations with big names, everywhere from Melbourne to Los Angeles, to Nashville Tennesee. Take 5 will be coming to ABC TV later in 2022, and in the meantime, I’m stoked to be back where it all began; here in your ears on the Take 5 podcast. And what a return we have, with Joy Crookes...
Jul 22, 2022•29 min•Transcript available on Metacast 
