78 Amped
Helping you find the next great song in your playlist. Each week, the team from 78 Amped bring you the news, reviews and interviews you need to find the next great song for your favourite playlists!
Episodes
Sam debuts a character on-air which changes the vibe of the entire episode, as he and Max chat through the stack of winter tours heading Brisbane's way, Peking Duk's debut album announcement, and the AFL Grand Final locking-in with an Australian icon. They also provide an overview on the criminal case unfolding adjacent to Parkway Drive and family.
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Following the release of his latest album, "Kiss All the Time, Disco Occasionally", Sam is reviewing Harry Styles' penultimate record, Harry's House. Sam's been surprising the gang with his pop music takes recently, but will it be continued love?
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After getting a sneak peek at some work-in-progress tracks, Sam and Max joined Don Broco's Rob Damiani while they were in Brisbane on tour in September, and with the album, "Nightmare Tripping", dropping, they're stoked to drop a behind-the-scenes look at how the record came together. They cover how the band wanted something that their fans could describe, how they wanted to go back to their roots, and how Rob ...
Sam has flown into town just to podcast this week, so alongside new music to grace your eats, he and Max cover the continuing fallout from the collapse of Bluesfest, deliver more news about Violent Soho's possible reunion, speculate on Good Things, and think ahead to airport security.
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It was one of their big transition albums from deathcore origins to alt-pop modernity, but will Max get onboard with Oli and the gang's 2015 album?
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Max sits down with Dom from the electronic music duo Felsmann + Tiley to chat about their latest album, "Protomensch". Along the way they cover how the album started as a narrative manifesto, what led them to create music without any drums, and why you might be seeing them pop up at your local planetarium soon.
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After jumping into the new tunes of the week, Sam and Max look into how and why Bluesfest might have failed, how Hilltop Hoods brings the dads together, what's up with Future Islands, and how a beloved Brisbane band might be making a little comeback...
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Sam has made his feelings known about Coldplay both positively and negatively. But after a look back at their second full-length release, which side of that ledger will it land on?
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Diving back into the archives, we're bringing our 2021 conversation with Dune Rats back to the fore. They cover what the big late-00s/early-10s scene was like in Brisbane as it spawned some of the biggest bands in the country, what wisdom was dropped on him by a religious icon, and what it's like to run their own record label.
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The race is on as Sam opens up with a Melbourne Grand Prix recap, before he and Max bounce through some new albums on the scene, and then tackle one of the most important questions on the scene: what makes a song feel sexy?
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Fresh off Sam's recent visit to see Thornhill live backed by Ocean Grove, he's dropping the latter's fourth album for Max's homework this week. Will he get the vibe to shake that tree?
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Alongside the release of their latest record, The Warning, Max dials in with Ed and Josh from Melbourne's Telenova. They chat about whether there's a live drum kit anywhere on the record, how smokey the room should be to enjoy the album, and whether you'll ever see a extended jam at a Telenova live show.
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Sam and Max are taking on income inequality and heavy drops in this week's new music mix, then it's a look back at Sam's pinnacle of the year with Ethel Cain's live show, and a quick recap of the flurry of tours that have been announced over the week.
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Ninajirachi's debut album defined a new generation of EDM and won the critics hearts the world over. But will it win Sam's heart as part of his homework for this week?
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Joining us at Catalog Music around his recent Brisbane shows, Max chats with U.S. Country singer-songwriter Wyatt Flores. They cover how his hometown pushed him into his career (alongside some other Country and Punk greats), what new music is on the horizon, and how he learned to let music love him again.
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The Foo Fighters are returning to Australia and bringing a swathe of great local acts to reach the limelight they deserve, Groovin' the Moo is back (kinda), and gig etiquette is back on the agenda after Sam was a medical saviour at a Thornhill gig.
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Max is going back to the grunge era with a review of the 2013 debut from the Doylestown outfit Superheaven. He's torn between his love of Triple M sweepers and his dislike of repetition, but where will he land in the end?
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Backstage ahead of their Brisbane show, Sam chats with Landon from The Plot in You. They cover the band's biggest ever headline show right here in Australia, how it feels when the intimate songs get shouted back, and then into the release strategy for business meetings.
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After a wild smooth Jazz coincidence in the new music rundown, Sam and Max dive deep into a quick wrap of some of the stack of tour news for 2026, a hint pointing to the return of one of Australia's most storied festivals, then trial a new game at the end of the podcast (spoiler: it probably won't make a return).
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Sam's getting his lip ring polished and donning some three-quarter pants as he reviews Blink-182's huge 2001 release (and their album). He's discovering more about the band's output and finding out that his favourite albums might not be holding their title forever.
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