With an album that listeners across the world have made love to, will Max feel his sexiest unlocking a review from the depths of his loins? Along the way they cover a Coldplay fight, and then set Sam some red-hat rappin' and rockin' for homework. Follow along with the songs we discuss with this week's Spotify Playlist. Discover more new music and h…

Max dials in with Illy around the release of his seventh album, "Good Life" to find out what inspired the genre-hopping record. Along the way they cover how a few of the bangers have been on the hard drive for nearly five years, what fans can expect on their return to Illy's triumphant return to the live stage, and whether a certain Manchurian band…

The boys are back from their little pre-recorded holiday, as Sam and Max find out if Australia is gate-keeping itself on our own Pop music, adjudicate on the correct date and time to play your first Christmas song, and definitively rank some big breakdowns. Follow along with the tracks we discuss with this week's Spotify playlist. Discover more new…

Sam's put on his deepest V-neck t-shirt and shutter shades to go back to 2009 and review Yeah Yeah Yeahs' "It's Blitz" album. Follow along with the tracks we discuss this week in our Spotify Playlist. Discover more new music and hear your favourite artists with 78 Amped on Instagram and TikTok.Oleh Sam Muggleton, Max Higgins

Starting with some medium roast for a missing Max, Sam dials in with Aston and Dan of Adelaide band TOWNS ahead of the release of their debut album "sentimental slowdown". They dive deep on the behind-the-scenes processes that go into recording and releasing a whole album, coming to grips with Hockey, and how to elevate a cheese toastie. Maybe even…

It's all over the shop as Sam and Max pre-record this week. They cover a deeply scientific theory that Max is working on, find a stack of new genres, and go to the most morbid place this podcast has ever been. Follow along with the songs we discuss with this week's Spotify Playlist. Discover more new music and hear your favourite artists with 78 Am…

Sam hands out a light roasting on Max's music taste, then Max has some mixed feelings about a 2010's hip hop classic. Follow along with the songs we discuss with this week's Spotify Playlist. Discover more new music and hear your favourite artists with 78 Amped on Instagram and TikTok.Oleh Sam Muggleton, Max Higgins

Sam and Max dial in with Aussie DJ Cyril as he releases his latest single, "Still Into You". They cover his non-stop travel itinerary, what Aussie punters could learn from European rave veterans, why Cyril's about to be bringing the heat on some country tracks, and how listeners can help get their favourite remixes released by sharing on TikTok. Co…

No time to waste as Sam and Max dive straight in to chat about their favourite new songs, reflect on a huge milestone for one of Brisbane's best music venues, and revel in the awe of a top-tier festival line up. Along the way, they cover some live music memories, welcome the drought-breakers, and flash back to the deepest recesses of their brains f…

It's time for bit of smooth crooning to hit the pod, as Sam swings his way through the greatest hits from Dean Martin. Alongside that, we share a couple more tales from the Big Pineapple Festival, and Sam sets Max some hip hop to listen through this week. Follow along with the songs we discuss in this week's Spotify Playlist. Discover more new musi…

Sam and Max dial in with Australia's smoothest singer-songwriter, Pete Murray off the back of his latest single "Wouldn't It Be Good", and ahead of his Summer tour. They chat about Pete's gym routine and footy career, before diving right into the music, how his latest album came about, Pete's journey to fight for the track's inclusion, and which Br…

After kicking off with some very philosophical chat, Sam and Max look back at their experience at the Big Pineapple Festival, look over the ABC's Live Nation reporting, debate the merits of secret acts on lineups, and dress down Travis Scott's fans. Follow along with the songs we discuss in this week's Spotify playlist. Discover more new music and …

Max really pours over the 2013 record from Australian metal band Northlane. Not a melodic hook in sight, but plenty to deconstruct. Then, bust out the horns section for next week's homework. Follow along with the songs from this week's episodes on the Spotify Playlist. Discover more new music and hear your favourite artists with 78 Amped on Instagr…

Off the back of her debut EP, "A Better Feeling", Max chats with Lotte Gallagher, covering how the release came together. They cover having an Aussie music icon staying over, which mates are getting secret writing credits, and how to sneak an extra song out for the fans! Connect with Lotte Gallagher on Instagram and Facebook and listen to her debut…

Brat Summer is arriving Down Under as the Laneway line up goes live, then Sam and Max try and predict that hot mask summer for the Knotfest line up. Alongside that, Sam looks to air a few musical grievances. Follow along with the tracks we discuss in this week's show in the Spotify Playlist. Discover more new music and hear your favourite artists w…

After a bit of correspondence from our faithful listeners, Sam becomes a Femininomenon reviewing Chappell Roan's "Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess". Then he sets some metal homework for Max to dive into. They also reminisce on some moments on the town in the glorious Fortitude Valley. Follow the songs we chat about this week on the Spotify Playl…

Sam dials in with Adelaide darlings The Tullamarines to chat about their most recent single, "Loser". They cover the most diplomatic way to decide on upcoming tracks, who has beef with Google, and which band is the sexiest in the City of Churches. Connect with The Tullamarines on Instagram and Facebook and listen to their latest single, "Loser", on…

Max and Sam tuck into our vegetables with some new music, then run through a rash of music news. Along the way, Sam has to tuck in his flap, Max flashes back to high school nerd-hood, and they both rejoice for the return of a fan favourite. Follow along with the songs we talk about in this week's episode on the Spotify Playlist. Discover more new m…

Max feels dejected that the tin foil hats didn't want him, Sam judges some punches, and then they run through a review of Void of Vision's latest release, "What I'll Leave Behind". Follow along with the tracks we chat through in this episode with this week's Spotify Playlist. Discover more new music and hear your favourite artists with 78 Amped on …

Sam and Max dial in with Emmy, front woman of Sydney outfit RedHook to chat about their upcoming second album, "Mutation". They chat about metal's WAP, very full inboxes, and the fear of how fans may have reacted to one of their most lyrically-charged tracks to-date. Connect with RedHook on Instagram and Facebook and listen to "Dr. Frankenstein", t…

Sam's feeling a little dusty after doing his part to help the Brisbane Lions bring home the flag, but he's unstoppable as he and Max unearth some new tracks, unpack the ARIA Nominations, and eat a stack of Shapes (bad flavours). Follow along with the songs we discuss this week in the Spotify Playlist. Discover more new music and hear your favourite…

The boys tee off with Australian snack food's biggest geometric argument, before Sam reviews one of Brisbane's favourites, Ball Park Music, and their 2014 release, "Puddinghead". Listen along with the songs we chat about in this week's episode on the Spotify Playlist. Discover more new music and hear your favourite artists with 78 Amped on Instagra…

After opening the party with some quick covers, Sam and Max look back a huge Parkway Drive show, dive into some new tracks, sleuth through the internet to see if Metallica might be about to announce an Australian, and then discuss is losing your hearing due to stubbornness falls into the "cool" category. Listen along with the songs we chat about in…

Sam highlights a few of the best comments from our listeners about his on-going Australian children's TV show content, and brings a DJ mix made especially for us. Then, Max dives deep into his review of the 2019 Metalcore album, The Dark Pool, before setting Sam some local homework for next week. Follow along with all the songs we discussed in this…

With the release of their fifth studio album, "SODA", Max sits down with Sam and Elliott of Australian music icons, The Rubens. They chat about the journey to getting to their most sonically dynamic album yet, the one spot on their tour that hasn't been locked in yet, and what it's been like adding "label managers" to their CV. Connect with The Rub…

After a look back at the Fidlar and Dune Rats show in Brisbane, Max goes absolutely bananas for The Dare's debut album. Then, we discuss yet more World Tours that are deciding that Australia's third largest city isn't worth the jet fuel, and Sam highlights some up-and-coming bands that need more love. Follow along with the songs we discuss on this …

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The club is open as Sam FINALLY reviews his birthday present, a copy of the Digimon: The Movie soundtrack on crisp 180g vinyl. It's a tour-de-force of the best of late-90s and early-00s pop, rock and electronic hits all encompassed in our favourite anime memories. Then, Sam sets Max a bit of Australian metalcore homework for his week. Follow along …

Sam and Max dial in with Newcastle producer, LUPO.THEBOY, after his blazing sets at BIGSOUND. They cover the journey that he's been on to reach this current project, how he works in both his chill, emotional electronic music and the harder drops, and what his best man's wedding speech will sound like. Connect with LUPO.THEBOY on Instagram and Faceb…

Note: Apologies for some of the dodgy mic work from Max - tech troubles. Sam and Max are joined by new Amper Kelsey, who makes her debut on the mic live from Catalog Music at BIGSOUND. We all catch up with Brisbane's own rock trio Bean Magazine and return friends of the show, NZ's Park Rd to chat about which acts were highlights, what it's like in …

After a huge week roaming the streets of Fortitude Valley, Sam and Max look back at a mammoth Bigsound. Then they look into a theory for what the sound of the decade may be showing itself to be, and it's getting us hot under the collar. Along the way, we cover a festival come back and a heavy hitter from a local artists. Follow along with the track…

Sam has set Max a very heart-on-sleeve, emotional and raw album as homework this week, in the form of Citizen's 2013 release, "Youth", but will Max's emo side finally shine through? Then Max delivers Sam a long-awaited, oft-talked about birthday present, only a month late. Discover more new music and hear your favourite artists with 78 Amped on Ins…

With the release of their latest EP, Real or Staged, we dial in with Melbourne Rockers Fan Girl. They chat about how they're blurring reality in the tracks, how they overcame a truly tragic event that reshaped their perspective, and whether they're feeling jazzy with these tracks. Connect with Fan Girl on Instagram and Facebook and listen to their …

Off the back of a long list of fresh new tracks, Sam and Max get excited to go back to the 90s, going beyond the Oasis reunion news with a batch of great Britpop classics, as well as the big announce that Brisbane is finally getting its very own Boiler Room set. Finally, Sam sets the task to discover which bands peaked right out of the gates with t…

Straight to the point with Vinyl Club this week, as Sam dives deep into the second album from the New Zealand dream pop band, Mild Orange. Will the slow builds and reverbed guitars sit tightly with Sadboi Sam, or will he not have the Time of [his] life? Follow along with the songs we discuss in this week's show on our Spotify playlist. Discover mor…

This week, it's an absolute scorcher of a chat with Sydney Singer-songwriter, tiffi ahead of her show at BIGSOUND. Along the way, we dive deep on just about every topic, including the Western Sydney/Inner West divide, have a frank discussion about trying to limit your own fame to save your mental health, how to get onto the Knotfest line-up, and sh…

Experimenting with a live call on the show, Sam and Max get a first-hand review from an old friend on a recent live show, before diving into their favourite new tracks from the week. Then it's looking through the big hitters hitting BIGSOUND in a few weeks, and re-visit to Festy Corner as the summer line-up drops don't stop. Sam unzips the suitcase…

After a quick drive-by on both the Paris 2024 Closing Ceremony and our social followers ignorance about pants-off dancing, Max tucks into the main course, reviewing Ocean Grove's The Rhapsody Tapes. Then, Sam's homework diary is topped up with a friend of the show! Follow along with the Spotify playlist of the week. Discover more new music and hear…

Max and Sam really get their wheels spinning on their new music picks for the week, then they send their little hopes sky-high by looking at some of the biggest and best summer festival line-ups dropping all this week, like Rolling Sets and Beyond the Valley. Then, it's bittersweet news as Byron Bay Bluesfest announces the end of an era next year, …

Scan in your club card and join the conversation as Sam and Max look back on "This Modern Glitch" by British indie darlings The Wombats as they're announced on the Rolling Sets line up. Sam discovers he might quite like a little bit of Synth, and sees the connection between a 2011 indie deep cut and an all-time Britpop classic. Follow along with th…

After Sam sets the tone early by nailing the band's name, we get an insight of Story of the Year's Page Avenue 20th Anniversary Tour live in Brisbane. They cover a huge range of physical injuries over the years, staying limber enough to flip around in your 40s, and pitch a rock supergroup between two narrative bands. Connect with Story of the Year …

Sam and Max wrap up on the greatest moment of Australian athleticism that has ever happened, then re-examine the Good Things line up now that we know when it's dropping, and look at Green Day's upcoming sequel. Then, buoyed by a growth in international listeners, they establish some of the most iconic Australian musical quirks so that everyone's on…

Stepping onto the stage for the first time as its own format, Vinyl Club finally has a chance to shine. We chat through the controversy of Sam's rock band rankings, then Max reviews "Discovery" by Daft Punk. Discover more new music and hear your favourite artists with 78 Amped on Instagram and TikTok.…

Ahead of their hectic week of back-to-back shows, Max sits down with Brisbane Pop duo Juno. They chat about how to get so much smouldering confidence into their sound, how they plan to analyse their run of shows over a huge week ahead, and how up-and-coming artists can know their worth in the face of sketchy industry types. Connect with Juno on Ins…

It's a format change for the show as we realise that it's so much nicer if we don't overstay our welcome. From now on, Wednesday drops will be just Sam and Max talking shit about the news and reviews that are big in the music world! This week, we continue with our Olympic inspired musical content, look at some shred that Disney is bringing to the t…

It's another day of sad news and Sam and Max have to report that yet ANOTHER Australian music festival is shutting the gates, but then they bring the vibes back by discussing which musicians could bring the heat at some Olympic events as competitors. Then, in vinyl club, it might have been Sam's birthday, but he's delivering Max a disco gift, follo…

Sam and Max cover the gamut from operatic metal to the best of modern country in the first ten minutes, then follow it up with a sad moment of silence for a fallen soldier: Splendour in the Grass (and Max's dignity). After they perk back up, they want to cement some modern day classics. Then, in Vinyl Club, the boys reminisce about the very first c…

Max challenges Sam to tell us which hits he would slap on if he was handed the aux cord at your next party, then they dive into some bands that are completely underrated. Over in Vinyl Club, Sam makes a massive reveal about his relationship with Radiohead, they check out the latest from some friends of the show, then Sam reviews M83.'s most iconic …

Sam and Max find what will really get our Olympians hyped to bring home the gold over our official track. Then, Sam tries to discover if he can be swayed by the Beatles, and chats with Max about the best of Nickelback. Then, they dial in with Joe Hansen from Australian Rock Royalty Grinspoon to chat about their latest single and mammoth touring sch…

Sam and Max unpack why the Aussie music scene is off Triple J currently, and unpack how and why the Australian media landscape broadly is letting down Aussie music. Then, they look back at a stellar Glastonbury that was, and then explore a real potpourri of strange thoughts from Sam's suitcase. Benny from Newcastle lax rockers Rum Jungle dials in f…