Hit Different
Mushroom Studios
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.
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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
New Gov who dis? The Kid Laroi re-signs and Jaguar Jonze joins in - "Bunny Mode" out now.
On this episode: The new Labor Government is declaring it's got the Arts Sector's back. Albo went to a play and Arts Minister Tony Burke is turning up to events. What's ahead and what needs to be patched before things get better than business as usual? The Kid Laroi is back with manager Scooter Braun. The biggest artist from Australia at the moment had switched, now he's back. (This was recorded before The Kid Laroi cancelled his big stadium gig due to illness so that's missing.) 'Bunny Mode' i
Simone Schinkel, CEO Music Victoria, and the music that hit different
Get the bonus episode early and ad free by subscribing on Apple Podcasts - Only $4 per month! The music that hit different for Music Victoria CEO Simone Schinkel Accidentally Kelly Street, Frente! Walk the Dinosaur, The Tin Lids Unwritten Law, Frenzal Rhomb, Bodyjar Siamese Dream, The Smashing Pumpkins No Doubt & Livid (festival) Listening to & recommending now Simone - You should do this for a living, Ruby Gill Milo - Latest album from Knucks (UK rapper) & The C
Do a Tik Tok! Party to midnight 🕦 and CEO of Music Victoria, Simone Schinkel
Ad-free and early eps when you subscribe on Apple Podcasts - Only $4 per month! Big thanks to Music Victoria for letting us use their studio or this ep. Helps when you know the CEO - she's on the show! On this episode: Artists are taking to TikTok to complain about being made to do TikTok videos. "TikTok pressure machine is going viral" - Axios. Annie Mac has started a club night going to midnight ONLY! She's doing you a favour if you like your sleep. "Annie Mac to launch club night
Jess Ribeiro and the music that hit different
Get the bonus episode early and ad free by subscribing on Apple Podcasts - Only $4 per month! Jess Ribeiro! Her new album is Love Hate, out now. Big thanks to the Victorian Music Development Office for hosting us in the Green Room of the Music Market at Collingwood Yards. About - Music Market is primed to support a range of music industry residents and partners, including artists, managers, labels, booking agents, event and project managers, advocacy bodies and other industry associations.
🎟️ Scalper appeal rejected! 🍔 Maccas x The Kid LAROI & 🎸Jess Ribeiro
Ad-free and early eps when you subscribe on Apple Podcasts - Only $4 per month! Big thanks to the Victorian Music Development Office for hosting us in the Green Room of the Music Market at Collingwood Yards. About - Music Market is primed to support a range of music industry residents and partners, including artists, managers, labels, booking agents, event and project managers, advocacy bodies and other industry associations. On this episode: "Viagogo loses court appeal, will be for
Removing music for the planet, Kendrick Lamar and Australia's music lawyer, Brett Oaten
Ad-free and early eps when you subscribe on Apple Podcasts - Only $4 per month! Hiya :) On this episode: No Music On A Dead Planet campaign - What else can you do? Kendrick Lamar - The Heart 5, deep fakes and a new album. Going from the world's biggest law firm to starting the world's smallest (music law firm). Brett Oaten happened to be representing Australia's pre-Nirvana alternative rock bands when the genre went mainstream. With time on his hands he could finally marry his consuming pa
Lady Gaga's Top Gun song, Arcade Fire return and Genneah Turner's career
Ad-free and early eps when you subscribe on Apple Podcasts - Only $4 per month! On this episode: New song from Lady Gaga to go with the film Top Gun: Maverick. It's called Hold My Hand. If you haven't listened to it yet, go here, have a listen, maybe more than once, then come back for the episode. Arcade Fire and other massive, well-loved bands from the 2000s are getting on the tour bus. Genneah Turner's excellent (music industry) adventure, managing huge artists, sending unsolicite
New music prize, pill testing at GITM and lay off The Wiggles, ok!
Ad-free and early eps when you subscribe on Apple Podcasts - Only $4 per month! On this episode: Environmental Music Prize - https://environmentalmusicprize.com/ Pill testing is coming down, Groove In The Moo forced to drop the service due to an insurance issue! ABC NEWS - Groovin the Moo cancels pill-testing at Canberra musical festival after insurers pull out The Wiggles selling out and getting in the way of cool music? Lil NasX is keen! People.com - Lil Nas X Jokingly Asks T
Sampology and the music that hit different
Get the bonus episode early and ad free by subscribing on Apple Podcasts - Only $4 per month! The musical journey that lead to Sampology. Listening to & recommending now Sampology - Marcos Valle - Azimuth Sosefina - Freddie Hubbard - Straight Life Mikey - Trentemøller: Moan (Trentemøller Dub Remix) More Sampology Regrowth Rearranged EP VividLIVE with Gordon Koang Tumbalong ParkAddress:11 Harbour St, Sydney NSW 2000See Map4 Jun Hosts Mikey Cahill - Instagram&n
Surgery + music, NFT signatures & Sampology!!!
Ad-free and early eps when you subscribe on Apple Podcasts - Only $4 per month! On this episode: Different music will change how surgeons operate - study from Germany's Heidelberg University. Covered by TheMusic.com.au. Recommended also is Annaliese Redlich’s podcast All Ears, she covered this topic too. A new NFT startup is doing it for signatures of artists and others. INK raised money from Ashton Kutcher's fund and is partnering with artists. Check out WorldNewsEra for more
Jeremy Furze, manager of The Teskey Brothers, and music that hit different
Get the bonus episode early and ad free by subscribing on Apple Podcasts - Only $4 per month! Music (among others) the hit different for Jeremy Furze; Ten, Pearl Jam. One of the best debut albums You Am I Silverchair Old Crow Medicine Show Country music - "It always starts with words over chords, and for me that's music in it's purest form." 2004 Basement Jaxx played the Big Day Out Big Thief Listening to & recommending now Jeremy Furze - Waxahatchee album St. Cloud (a
Ken West legacy, Tyler the Creator's stage frustration and Jeremy Furze, manager of The Teskey Brothers
Ad-free and early eps when you subscribe on Apple Podcasts - Only $4 per month! On this episode: Ken West's legacy. Big Day Out founder recently passed away. Tyler the Creator stopped a gig and said “I don’t want your shit” Jeremy Furze on how to be a band manager Hosts Mikey Cahill - Instagram / Twitter / Facebook / mikeycahill.com Sosefina Fuamoli - Instagram / Twitter / sosefinafuamoli.com Marcus Teague -
Jason Arrow, star of Hamilton, and the music that hit different
Get the bonus episode early and ad free by subscribing on Apple Podcasts - Only $4 per month! Music (among others) the hit different for Jason Arrow; Luther Van Dross, Earth Wind and Fire, Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson Jamiroquai Rage on Saturday morning with 90s beautiful R&B, like Nelly - Dilemma (Official Music Video) ft. Kelly Rowland Rage Against The Machine (seen at the end of The Matrix) Wicked, the musical Listening to & recommending now Jason Arrow -
The Slap, Vale Taylor Hawkins and star of Hamilton, Jason Arrow!
Ad-free and early eps when you subscribe on Apple Podcasts - Only $4 per month! On this episode: THE SLAP. Will Smith. Chris Rock. There's more going on and the clues are in a biography. Vale Taylor Hawkins from the Foo Fighters. This knocked us around. Jason Arrow, the star of Hamilton, the musical. Brilliant co-host this episode. Something in the backend Mikey mentioned... moving to a new recording space home at the Music Market, run by the Victorian Music Development Offi
Monte Morgan, Prince fan AND in Client Liaison, on the music that hit different
Get the bonus episode early and ad free by subscribing on Apple Podcasts - Only $4 per month! Music (among others) the hit different for Monte Morgan; Bridge Over Troubled Water, the album by Simon & Garfunkel Michael Jackson, the History tour (huge!) Nile Rodgers biography, with a great backstage story Prince - the whole discography. Monte would hand out Prince CDs to his friends. Stevie Wonder, Earth Wind and Fire Baker Man, Laid Back (Danish band) Paul Simon's Hot Str
Acraze's repeat hit, Winter festivals and Monte of Client Liaison
Ad-free and early eps when you subscribe on Apple Podcasts - Only $4 per month! On this episode: "Do It To It" is working for Acraze over and over again - how??? Sliding into Winter festivals, where Co-host Monte Morgan of Client Liaison - cult band, fashion label, live stream superstars. New music and some intimate shows - clientliaison.com Something in the backend Mikey mentioned... moving to a new recording space home at the Music Market, run by the Victorian Music Develo
Georgia Maq and the music that hit different
Get the bonus episode early and ad free by subscribing on Apple Podcasts - Only $4 per month! Music the hit different for Georgia Maq, starting early; One Step Closer, Linkin Park, 5 years old with a CD player for a birthday present Kryptonite, 3 Doors Down, on Rage ABC TV The Lizzie McGuire Movie (soundtrack) Blink 182, Simple Plan, Green Day Oasis, Hole, Lady Gaga Philadelphia bands - Hop Along, Bright Eyes for example Katy Perry Limp Bizkit Mac Miller First concert - 5 years old
Georgia Maq, Heardle is Wordle and ALP backs Double J FM
Ad-free and early eps when you subscribe on Apple Podcasts - Only $4 per month! On this episode: Heardle is Wordle but for music. Double J FM??? Following the enthusiasm from a group of artists to get digital radio station Double J on the radio, the Australian Labor Party has backed the move. Co-host Georga Maq, nurse, Taylor Swift Fan, leg day work outs and in the fantastic band Cape Cope! New album out - campcopemusic.net Hosts Mikey Cahill - Instagram / Tw
Genesis Owusu floors it, Double J RADIO and Richie McNeill, founder of Stereosonic (and much more)
Get the bonus episode Monday and ad free by subscribing on Apple Podcasts - Only $4 per month! On this episode: The Enmore Theatre's floor buckles under Genesis Owusu's fans. Literally. The Guardian: ‘It felt very bouncy’: Enmore theatre floor caves in during Genesis Owusu concert The push is on to get Double J to be a proper radio station, not just a digital one. Some big names in Australian music are backing the call. NME: Missy Higgins, Kasey Chambers and more petitio
Richard Moffat - The (live) music that Hit Different
Get the bonus episode Monday and ad free by subscribing on Apple Podcasts - Only $4 per month! "I'm pretty sure I wore a cape and some frilly white shirts as if I was an extra in a vampire movie" - Richard Moffat, as a goth, thinking The Cure wasn't cool. A rich history of subcultures and genre experimentation from Richard Moffat Rather than specific tracks Richard takes us through his live music history and experiences. Follow Rich-Spanning-Time on Spotify for his amazingly d
Dua Lipa's hot water, Bandcamp SOLD and Richard Moffat, festival booker
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. On this episode! Dua Lipa sued by Florida reggae band Bandcamp, the artist ecommerce site, bought by EPIC games Richard Moffat on booking Groove in the Moo and many others Hosts Mikey Cahill - Instagram / Twitter / Facebook / mikeycahill.com Sosefina Fuamoli - Instagram / Twitte
Eliza & The Delusionals and the music that hit different
Get the bonus episode Monday and ad free by subscribing on Apple Podcasts - Only $4 per month! Doubleheader with Eliza and Kurt from Eliza & The Delusionals Music that hit different for Eliza Klatt Avril Lavigne The Veronicas Coldplay (Viva La Vida era, but her favourite album is Parachutes) and their live show Paramore Green Day Music that hit different for Kurt Skuse Coldplay, ditto on the live show Biffy Clyro The Offspring American Pie & Tony Hawke Pro Ska
🎆 non-English music, 🇪🇺 Euro-straya-vision and 💫 Eliza & The Delusionals!!!
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. MILO EASTWOOD - Big welcome to new Hit Different co-host and host of PBS' Breakfast Spread. On this episode! Spotify data shows the DECLINE of English language music - The Economist Australia (aspirational European country) nominates a Eurovision contender Eliza & The Delusionals are busting out a tour and new EP.
Janet Planet and the music that hit different
Get the bonus episode early and ad free by subscribing on Apple Podcasts - Only $4 per month! Music that hit different for Janet Planet (sort of in order) Talking Heads' album "77" (Is Psycho Killer having a moment?) Van Morrison Massive Attack's song Teardrop on Rage Kylie Minogue, Slow Milkshake by Kelis Anything by Pharrell Radiohead, "probably Kid A" Ring Ring, ABBA And this - Salvatore Ganacci - Horse Mikey mentioned sending Janet this - Connan Mockasin - Forever Dolphi
🕺 Elvis biopic by Baz, 🏈 Superbowl $$$ and 💃 Janet Planet of Confidence Man
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. On this episode! The Baz Luhrmann Elvis biopic! Check out the Baz! Black turtle neck and gold chains. FYI - filming now - Robbie Williams' "Better Man", but he's a chimp. How to make bank from exposer? Play the Superbowl halftime show. Janet Planet on Confidence Man and their new album TILT. Top Secret underwater figh
Jacob Webb, Methyl Ethel and the music that hit different
Get this episode Mondays by subscribing on Apple Podcasts - Only $4 per month. Support original Australian music journalism! Music that hit different for Jacob Webb (in order) Batman Forever soundtrack (on CD), with a BIG list of artists Cassette tapes on the way to trips - Morning of the Earth (soundtrack to a surfing film), Doo Wop tracks, Del Shannon, Beach Boys and loads of The Beatles. The rock revival of The Vines and Queens of The Stone Age Early Syd Barrett and Pink Floyd wi
Jacob Webb of Methyl Ethel, Snoop Dogg buys a label and how to release an 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. On this episode! - Snoop Dogg buys Death Row Records, the brand not all their music.- Releasing an album in 2022 ain't what it used to be. So many expectations to get "CONTENT".- Methyl Ethel's new album is out soon - Are You Haunted. Proof, the new single, is already out featuring Stella Donnelly. Check it out. New co-
It's 2020-2. With Mikey, Sosefina and Marcus
It's good to check in. Welcome. A catch up episode to get us all 'how ya been' again so we can tackle the tougher stuff that inevitably lies ahead. Relax with friends among friends as we slowly kick off 2022. What's the rush! Some mentions from the episode Frenzal Rhomb, always fun/ny Alewya Red Right Hand, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds (Mojo Filter remix) Number 1 Dads Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever Changes for 2022 Marcus' time is limited so the number of appearances on Hit Di
Live @ Music Market - Maple Glider and Genneah Turner
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 is part two of two LIVE from the opening of Music Market at Collingwood Yards! Big thanks to Katie Stewart, Victorian Music Development Office (VMDO), Creative Victoria, Music Market, Joanna Greenaway of The Boss Agency and everyone who came to the show! Genneah Turner, and Maple Glider a.k.a Tori Zietsch get into
Live @ Music Market - Tony Di Blasi and Soju Gang
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 is part one of two LIVE from the opening of Music Market at Collingwood Yards! Big thanks to Katie Stewart, Victorian Music Development Office (VMDO), Creative Victoria, Music Market, Joanna Greenaway of The Boss Agency and everyone who came to the show! Tony Di Blasi of The Avalanches and Soju Gang shed the burde
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
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
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 B
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
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
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! NME - 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.
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 Ne
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.in
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.instagra
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 mo
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 D
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 o
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 $4 per month. FREE trial on Apple Podcasts. Get Thando's latest album Life In Colour from Thando.com.au Here's the journey (as always, incomplete) Queen at Live Aid, their bonanza 15 minute set Destiny's Child and TLC, blasting it from the TV with the house girls while parents were at work Paramore took care of the teen angst Akon Leisure Centre (Melbourne), Bella &
Young Thug's lo$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 com
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
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
Good Morning (the band)! Artists need (media) champions and 4 Corners x Sony one week on
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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
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 latelyMikey - Call Me Back, Tim ShielWinston - When Will Gods Work Be Done, Unto OthersSose - Shatter &&nb
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 dim
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 Rec
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
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, t
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 i
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
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
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 cultur
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 bac
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 i
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
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 &
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
Archie Roach's intergenerational influence, The Cure clash and Alex Lahey shoots an open letter at the Feds
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. We've combined the regular episode and the bonus episode into one this week. It's a thoughtful conversation covering the state of live music, what it means to be in a band and Archie's incredible gravity as an artist and as a human. Consider a subscription to podcasts made by Mushroom. Early access, ad free and more. Ch
BONUS: Max Shand - founder of Serenade.co, Linkin Park, genre jumps and German
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. From jumping on his car bed to founding an NFT music marketplace. Always saw himself as a rock guy - hence Linkin Park - but a few historical connections along the way between one genre blossoming from another allowed him to spread his appreciation wider. Check out www.serenade.co Max on Twitter - www.twitter.com/max_shand &nb
Empowering artists with NFTs, Frank Ocean Incorporated and The Voice, relaunched
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. How artists get paid by any means other than making music. The options are multiplying faster than the number of alt-coins. Consider a subscription to podcasts made by Mushroom. Early access, ad free and more. Check it out here - https://mushroomstudiosaccess.supercast.tech/ This episode! The Voice has relaunche
BONUS: Jane Rocca, on the music journalism journey and hanging up on Henry Rollins
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. Check out Jane's new podcast Some of My Best Work. It's out where you're listening to Hit Different. Latest music to hit different for Jane - Army of Me, Julia Jacklin and RVG (YouTube) Jane lives in Melbourne and has been writing about fashion, music and lifestyle over two decades. She’s written for some of the best mus
Corporates should play more Australian music, Prince's Estate blues and Jane Rocca,
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. Seems like such a no-brainer - if you're an Australian company playing music why not play as much Australian music as you can? #localproduce Please leave a review where you're listening and consider a subscription to podcasts made by Mushroom. Early access, ad free and more. Check it out here - https://mushroomstudiosa
BONUS: Ben Lee - how to get into metal, Luke Steele worried and traipsing.
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. Hitting different over Ben Lee's life so far is music hard and soft and neither. Starting out with Pet Shop Boys, Walking in Memphis, Aussie rock then grunge then punk then metal (maybe not in that order) then it's off to LA. Big thanks to Ben for being so generous with his time and conversation. In this and the regular episod
Ben Lee, band t-shirts are/are not cool and Tik Tok for artists
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. Mikey & Marcus chop it up with Ben Lee, back from the USA to play Sunset Sounds and soon to release I'm Fun. Longer episode this week as Ben was so generous with the conversation. He hits the ground running! This Episode! The complexities of TikTok helping the local music industry while also being an ethically ques
Shouse sleeper club hit, Donda by Kanye, Clapton (and a bit of Morrison) on the anti-vax
Riff with SHOUSE’s Ed Service about dinosaur acts becoming COVID misinformation super spreaders, the 411 on Kanye West’s Donda launch & behind the scenes on how an Australian cult club track is now streaming 2 million times per day.
It's an episode of big names, big pandemics and big love bangers.
Let's break it down.
This Episode!
Eric Clapton wants no clampdown on vaccinated concert attendance
Donda, Kanye's long awaited album, has arrived (The Guardian)
SHOUSE! Love Tonight's 5 year-o
The year so far - Mikey, Sosefina & Marcus
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. "The fun thing about doom metal bands is you can't read the font, so who knows who's playing?" - Marcus Teague Has it been 10 episodes already? Let's take a moment with the three to have a squiz at the year to date. This Episode! The Avalanches big year among the pandemic Australian music in post-MeToo The b
BONUS: What So Not's history of music and inspiration
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. What So Not snuck into the Sydney Big Day Out when he was a teen and Justice's Waters of Nazareth changed his ears forever. Rock 'n' Roll techno? Why not so? He tells us about the music that hit different. New podcast from Mushroom - Some of My Best Work, where artists tell the story of their career high poin
What So Not, solo pursuits and the joys of artistic collaboration
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. The good and bad of the collab and why, Tones and I keeps beating the world and What So Not (aka Chris Emerson) talks Coachella 2015 breakthrough to now. Quiet heads up, the trailer for a NEW Mushroom podcast is out - Some of My Best Work. This Episode! Why do some collaborators smoke (Charli XCX, The Kid LaRoi, Gotye etc) a
BONUS: Hayley Mary looked down and the mic said "The Cure"
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. Hayley Mary, the 70s rocker here in 2021 taking us through her music journey. Starting with the artist that hit different for her early on. In a nice piece of serendipity her musical taste has shone through artists that first her school friends, then her Jezebel band mates, were all about. And Johnny Took Shazams a song.  
Hayley Mary with us, Lil Nas X snogging and wanting to get your music 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. Hayley Mary talks about her immaculate conception as a solo artist after voguing out front of The Jezabels (who are on hiatus while she flourishes with a new EP, The Drip, out on I OH YOU Records) We mentioned Hayley Mary in the great white jacket on Instagram, too. AND, Hayley stuck around for the bonus episode out Wednesday.
BONUS: Bob Evans in a bedroom KISS cover band, Nirvana and Philip Glass
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. When Bob Evans heard Kurt Cobain speak about equality & the dismantling of rock tropes he knew that’s how he’d roll. Hear which albums sent him to Nirvana. KISS KISS. Hosts Mikey Cahill - Instagram / Twitter / Facebook / mikeycahill.com Sosefina Fuamoli - Instagram / Twitter
Bob Evans from his garage, auto-tune creativity and a new Lorde 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. Co-host and Ocean Grove special correspondent Kevin Mitchell, a.k.a Bob Evans is with us on the journey this week. Two albums and a back story nestled in a new Netflix series. This Episode! Lorde's got a new album out. How to compare it? New Netflix series This Is Pop, T-Pain, auto tune. Bob Evans records an album in a studio
BONUS: Tamil Rogeon saw AMADEUS and boy did it hit different
Tamil Rogeon loved grunge until he saw Smashing Pumpkins live and Billy Corgan whinged like a tool. The next night he went to a jazz show with a charismatic frontman “telling these wild stories” and he was never the same. The film that started it all - AMADEUS Find him on Twitter @tamilrogeon Hit Different Hosts Mikey Cahill - Instagram / Twitter / Facebook / mikeycahill.com Sosefina Fuamoli - Instagram / Twitter / sosefinafuamoli.com Marcus
Dandy Warhols symphonic (Australian) tour, star of Hamilton and Live Music vs Sport
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. Special guest (expect bonus ep this week) is a composer, producer & violinist Tamil Rogeon of The RAah Project, Bermuda, ex-True Live & now solo artist with Son of Nyx debut album. This Episode! Shifting goal posts for live music vs sporting arenas Hamilton actor Jimmie JJ Jeter’s multidisciplinary career
Ladyhawke, Dark Mofo user guide and streaming trade-offs
Kiwi iconoclast Ladyhawke, a.k.a. Pip Brown, joins us from Auckland to talk Broods, bubs & (come)backs. She's touring Australia soon! This Episode! Spotify’s mysterious algorithm deal for fledgling artists A Dark Mofo User’s Manual from our man on the ground Ladyhawke playing with our lockdown delirium, twitching to get back on tour. Ladyhawke Tour - Time Flies Tour - Check it out! 27 October to 5 November Australian east coast New album out 5 October - Tim
BONUS: Allday and the music that hit different early on
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. What do The Monkees, The Rolling Stones and Adelaide's hip hop underground have in common? They've all played a part in transforming Tom Gaynor into Allday. Having re-established himself in Melbourne after chasing success in L.A., Allday now celebrates a whole new creative chapter with his defining fourth album, Drinking With
Allday, fewer bands these days and Splendour XR
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! What is Splendour XR going to be/do/have/hold/show us? There are fewer bands these days. Why and how? Allday. He's been up to plenty. Super special guest this week Allday a.k.a. Tomas Gaynor, the fantastically talented artist who's latest record is out now! Get Allday's new album Drinking with my s
Why suing songwriters is escalating, an unspeakable festival, and rejoicing in rejection.
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. Quick note - this episode was recorded before this week’s Melbourne lockdown was announced. This episode! The inner-city festival no one is allowed to talk about. How useful is failing as part of an artistic career and is there honour in rejection? Music copyright law can’t keep up with the streaming era and lawsu
BONUS: Hannah Joy from Middle Kids
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. Lying in the dark on the carpet in her family loungeroom in Turramurra NSW as her dad cranked up Strauss from 2001: A Space Odyssey. It was interstellar. Hanna Joy talks frankly about falling out of love with creating music when her newborn baby was sick then coming back to the healing power of songs through Radiohead, Kate B
Masked Wolf lockdown, live gig rebirth & Access All Areas at Meadow Festival
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. Welcome! This is the first proper episode of Hit Different. Wrap yourself around the format and set your alarms for Monday morning when we drop the latest. This episode! Australian artists can't get to the US to capitalise if they're blowing up! How good's Live at the Bowl been? Where's it going next? Meadow Music Festival wa
Hello Mikey. Hello Sosefina. Hello Marcus.
Share in some beautiful memories of when music has Hit Different. Not a regular episode but a once-off special introductory offering for you to get to know our hosts a little better before embarking on what's ahead! More Hit Different Facebook Group Hit Different on Mushroom.com Hosts Mikey Cahill - Instagram / Twitter / Facebook / mikeycahill.com Sosefina Fuamoli - Instagram / Twitter / sosefinafuamoli.com Marcus Teague - Twitter / The Guardian /
Welcome to Hit Different
Your weekly music culture podcast. Hosted by very well credentialed Mikey Cahill, Sosefina Fuamoli and Marcus Teague with special correspondents around the world. More Hit Different Facebook Group Hit Different on Mushroom.com Credits Producer/editor - Courtney Carthy Theme music - Mark D'Angelo, The Backlot Studios Artwork - Mushroom Creative House Microphones thanks to Audio Technica Get more Hit Different: http://mushroom.com/podcast/hit-differentSee omnystudio.com/listene