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
Backstage while they were here on tour in August, Briton and Cody from Florida band Wage War sit down with Sam and Max to talk about their most recent album, Landfall. They cover their unbelievable work schedule to crank out EPs and an album in one year, how they (surprisingly) sat on a few of these songs for months, and why they're opening submissions for breakdown call-outs.
Max is nursing a hangover thanks to a hefty friend-of-the-show event, but that doesn't stop the new music hits from rolling in this week! Then it's dissecting the Laneway line-up and the reaction to it, the world's biggest AI music troll tweet, and giving some running advice to a listener.
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Dialling in on the eve of the release for their latest record, "Axis Mundi", Imminence frontman Eddie Berg dials in with Sam and Max. They cover how the through-line narrative of the record accidentally came to be, how they discovered that melody and softness made the heavy songs more raw, and how they took on their most stressful project to-date in film.
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Is it getting hot in here? Max reviews one of metal and alternative's sexiest records, the debut full-length album from Sace6. He's already across the sound, but will he feel the heat?
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Sneaking in a chat in a hotel lobby during BIGSOUND week, Sam and Max catch up with rapper/producer/musician-extraodinaire Daniel Rankine, aka trials. They chat about some of the harrowing tales that sit behind his debut record "hendle.", how he wants his kids to experience his story, and why this is just setting the table for the real tales.
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The whole city is celebrating after a mammoth weekend as Sam and Max bring some fresh tunes to the show. Then, they dive into the return of one of Australia's most beloved bands, tours from two enormous artists, and the ARIA Awards nominations, and finally get into the eye of the beholder with some beautiful music.
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Off the back of his announcement on the CMC Rocks Festival 20th anniversary lineup, Parker McCollum dials in with Sam. They talk about Parker's expectations ahead of his first trip to Australia, how his self-titled record came about from a deliberate process of discovery, and why great melody still drives his love for music.
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Time to get your dancing shoes on, because Sam is reviewing the debut album from one of Brisbane's best producer sons (or Lil' Jethro, as Sam labels him). How will our resident emo boy go with all that groove?
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Max and Sam catch up at Quivr bar with Brisbane faves Bugs ahead of the first night of the final two-show run to chat about their latest album "Head Noise". They cover some surprisingly horny lyrics, which Nickelodeon character led to some sexual awakenings, and find out which track the band is most proud of Jordan's performance on.
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Big news for Max this week, but that's all put aside to dig through new music. Then new tours and cancellations are revealing a lot about the state of the Australian live industry, while young fans are getting a boost from discounts from some of the most iconic festivals. Finally, Sam unzips the suitcase to showcase his new love of electronic music, and Sam and Max build their ultimate shows right now.
It's the music between the notes as Max reviews Shady Nasty's "Trek" in this week's Vinyl Club. The band is known to be divisive and listeners either get it or they don't, but does make have enough Scrabble-winning words to properly explain his thoughts?
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Sam and Max dial in with indie singer-songwriter Searows ahead of his Australian tour. They cover how his debut record opened up a new world of collaboration, how fan responses have completely changed his songs, and whether we might see a collaboration with another iconic artist who has backed his work.
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Sam and Max nail Italian restaurant orders, unmask an already unmasked band, and add plenty of crass jokes as they navigate their favourite new music for the week. Then, it's jam-packed with the ghosts of gigs past, present and future in the news. Finally Sam maroons Max and goes to the florist.
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Sam's putting on back-to-back episodes of Grey's Anatomy and The Office as he reviews the Irish rocker's 2006 magnum opus album. He's chasing cars, opening eyes and hands, and setting fire to third bars, but will he come away with a new love for Snow Patrol.
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Between all the new bands, Sam and Max caught up with Brenton and Tyson from the Breaking Through Podcast to record a quick back-to-back double episode. In this version, they each bring a few artists that listeners need to add to their playlists right now, cover what they think the biggest genres of the next decade will be, and unpack the term "urethral".
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In our final interview from Bigsound, Max sits down with Adelaide hardcore band Win Big. They dive deep on which Militarie Gun album takes the gold medal, How the band have opened up writing with new members, and get a live rendition of their only sample.
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Sitting down for their first ever interview, Sam chats with Ella and Will from Adelaide band Blinder. They cover the big range of sounds in their first EP, how the band came together from different musical projects, and why pop music might be alternative's biggest secret weapon.
Connect with Blinder on Instagram and TikTok, and listen to their debut EP "low-res" on Spotify and Apple Music.
It's episode 250 (if you ignore the other 300+ pieces of content that have dropped on the feed, so the boys are celebrating with a nearly completely usual episode. After some fresh new tunes, they talk about Radiohead's mammoth tour run, an iconic Queensland band returning, and breakdown the week that was at Bigsound. Then, we open up the DMs to see the artists that listeners submitted!
Live from Bigsound, Max sits down with Melbourne rockers Divers. They chat the inspirations behind the band and their debut record, why beans for brekky makes for a great song, and when the Divers DJ set will be hitting a club near you.
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The boys are online to get their reviews in after a long Bigsound week, but Max gives his thoughts on the latest album from Phoebe Bridgers. Sam's already shared his many positive thoughts on the record, but how much does Max align?
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