Podcasts by All My Friends Are in Bar Bands

Across over ten years of going to shows, I've met countless fascinating people that are joined together by the fact I love their music. This is a medium in which I look to find out the bigger picture, the extended story and the journey that brought them to where they are. No genre or topic is off limits. I'm David James Young - and all my friends are in bar bands.

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March 21, 2023. from 2023-03-21T04:49:06

A largely unfiltered explanation of what's happened since I last posted an episode, and what I plan to do next. If you care, or if you have ever cared, about this podcast, I thank you.

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Episode 185: My Friend Luke Steele from 2022-04-21T23:00

Almost 20 years ago, Luke Steele emerged as one of the great modern eccentrics of Australian music. An ebullient personality (one was a spider, one was a bird), he started the decade as a scrapp...

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Bar Bands Farewell Tour: An Update from 2022-03-21T01:00

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All My Friends Are in Bar Bands: The Farewell Tour (2015-2022) from 2021-12-10T01:44:36

All My Friends Are in Bar Bands is coming to an end in 2022 on its 200th episode.

That's what this episode is, so if you don't want to listen to a 10-minute ramble then skip...

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Episode 184: My Friend Ben Lee from 2021-08-19T22:00

Few could have predicted that the scrawny Jewish kid with the guitar in Sydney's eastern suburbs would go on to conquer the world. Hell, even fewer could have predicted his second-ever gig would...

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Episode 183: My Friend Gretta Ray from 2021-07-23T07:19:29

When then-triple j breakfast hosts Alex Dyson and Matt Okine decided to surprise Melbourne singer-songwriter Gretta Ray with news she'd won a competition through the station’s Unearthed in...

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Episode 182: My Friends Sly Withers from 2021-07-16T08:22:05

Lonely and dreaming on the west coast, Jono Mata and Sam Blitvitch both aspired to be the guitar heroes they saw on their screens at an impressionable age. With Sly Withers - both men's first in...

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Episode 181: My Friends STUMPS from 2021-07-09T09:44

Much like the inner rings of a cut-open tree, there are a surprising degree of layers to Sydney trio STUMPS. Although they boast a confident, extroverted frontman in Kyle Fisher, he had never ac...

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Episode 180: My Friend Charlie Collins from 2021-05-21T02:05

Charlene Bailey has lived a life of reintroductions. A promising country upstart in the heart of Tamworth, the singer-songwriter got her start as a child prodigy in a family band. She later emer...

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Episode 179: My Friend Hachiku from 2021-04-16T03:49

Growing up outside of Cologne, Anika Ostendorf had lofty but headstrong ambitions to get into the world of music. She ended up there, but not in the way her younger self may have initially expec...

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Episode 178: My Friends Palms from 2021-04-09T05:19:42

There are few intergenerational figures in a music scene that sees bands come and go on a weekly basis. Chief among those that are, however, are Al Grigg and Tom Wallace. Best friends since coll...

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Episode 177: My Friend Dylan Baldi (Cloud Nothings) from 2021-03-18T21:00

It's an increasingly-common modern story. A project born out of a bedroom, a dorm room, a laptop, a loose collection of ideas, shifts from the micro to the macro. Few of these stories, however, ...

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Episode 176: My Friend Huck Hastings from 2021-03-12T00:24

Huck Hastings is a relatively new name on the Australian music scene, although the Sydney-based singer-songwriter has had his eyes on the stage well before his current solo iteration. Born into ...

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Episode 175: My Friend Kevin Mitchell (Jebediah, Bob Evans) from 2021-03-04T21:00

Good Evans, it's a crossover! A week on from David featuring on Kevin Mitchell's Good Evans, It's A Bobcast!, the Jebediah frontman and solo singer-songwriter under the Bob Evans m...

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Episode 67: My Friend James Alex (Beach Slang/Weston) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Rock & roll is a world that rarely gives second chances - so, when James Alex decided to give it another go-around, few could have predi...

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Episode 33: My Friend Jess Locke from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Avoca Beach is a quaint little hideaway on the central coast of New South Wales. It's where Jess Locke was raised and subsequently began pla...

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Episode 174: My Friend Tony Di Blasi (The Avalanches) from 2020-12-17T21:00

You all know the story by now. Formed in 1997, megastars by 2000, whatever-happened-tos by 2004, has-beens by 2006, comeback kids by 2016 - and, finally, comeback kids again i...

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Episode 173: My Friend Imogen Clark from 2020-11-26T21:00

It's rare to be simultaneously a decade-plus performance veteran and also still under the age of 30, and yet Imogen Clark happily exists within that Venn diagram. This ain't no child-star operat...

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Episode 172: My Friends Something for Kate from 2020-11-19T21:00

They're one of the most distinctive figures in the history of Australian rock music - not least of all because their frontman is nearly seven foot tall. They're a platinum-selling Hottest 100 ru...

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Episode 171: My Friends Sarah Blasko, Johnny Mackay (Children Collide, Fascinator) and Patrick Matthews (Youth Group, The Vines) - LIVE! from 2020-11-12T21:00

After a super-fun first round, the late crowd shuffled in for a second round of Bar Bands banter. This time around, it was a celebration of some of David's formative years in ...

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Episode 170: My Friends Alex the Astronaut, L-FRESH the LION and Brae Fisher (Dear Seattle) - LIVE! from 2020-11-05T23:14

On the eve of Bar Bands' fifth birthday* (*not really) and David's 30th* (*also not really), a diverse but elite crew of Australian musicians descended upon The Vanguard in Sydney ...

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Episode 169: My Friend Kate Miller-Heidke from 2020-10-29T15:37

Are you all ready? Are you ready? Get set, let's go. We're heading on a journey through the career of one of Australia's most unique and powerful voices - the kind that can elicit tears as quick...

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Episode 168: My Friend Maddy Jane from 2020-10-23T04:18

Imagine an island within an island. Pretty isolated, right? That was life for a young Maddy Jane, whose connection to music was her ticket to the world. Now a resident on the mainland - Wollongo...

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Episode 167: My Friend Lisa Caruso from 2020-10-15T23:15

Don't let the electric guitar and the sultry singer-songwriter stuff fool you - Lisa Caruso didn't always dream of glamourous indie rock & roll. As a child she was an aspirational pop star, ...

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Episode 166: My Friends Phil Stack&Abby Dobson from 2020-10-09T05:22

Phil Stack has hauled his trusty double bass into just about every RSL, pub, club, theatre and arena you can think of. Abby Dobson has sung all the way from tiny restaurants in Europe to the ope...

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Episode 165: My Friend Fanny Lumsden from 2020-10-02T02:34

Fanny Lumsden is a household name - provided, of course, that your house is located at least 50kms or so from the nearest city. She's at the helm of the Country Halls tour, which has seen her pe...

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Q&A 2, plus An Announcement! from 2020-09-18T00:43:16

Coupla questions, but more importantly WE'RE DOING A LIVE SHOW!

Sorry, I did I say live show? I meant live shows!

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Episode 164: My Friends Knocked Loose from 2020-09-03T23:40

Knocked Loose are just what the Colonel ordered: A fresh batch of Kentucky-fried, scorched-earth, brutal-beatdown hardcore to throw bodies off stages to. The band's menacing and unrepentant appr...
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Episode 163: My Friend Kate Cooper (An Horse) from 2020-08-28T07:25

Growing up in the concrete slabs of the Gold Coast, you can't always get what you want. It wasn't until Kate Cooper moved up north to Brisbane that she was truly able to get some degree of satis...
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Episode 162: My Friends RAT!Hammock from 2020-08-13T22:00

With a blend of psychedelia, pop, folk, jangle, indie, shoegaze and rock & roll, RAT!Hammock have assembled and curated a sound that is irresistible and wholly endearing. It's made them a lo...
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Episode 161: My Friends Starcrawler from 2020-08-07T04:49

Fresh out of rock & roll high school, LA's Starcrawler wasted little time in delivering their punchy blend of glam, punk and rock & roll to an unsuspecting but entirely appreciative audi...
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Episode 160: My Friend Newton Faulkner from 2020-07-24T03:52

It wouldn't matter if Newton Faulkner had one hit or not - he'd still be a wonder. Whether it's his inventive and dizzying guitar playing or his stirring, emotive voice, Faulkner has remained on...
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Episode 159: My Friend Henry Wagons from 2020-07-16T22:00

Here he is. The mayor of Goodtown. The king at the top of the Tower of Song. The alt-country frontman's alt-country frontman. Better at bingo! Better at chess! He even beat you on the NAPLAN tes...
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Episode 158: My Friends Obscura Hail from 2020-06-25T23:23

What started in a bedroom on the south coast of New South Wales has now spread its wings and traversed the country - singing songs, sharing stories and exploring a wide spectrum of musical ideas...
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Episode 157: My Friends The Carbons from 2020-06-11T22:00

Conroy Ross, Paul Minor and Tomy Thisdale grew up in small-town Canada, dreaming of the west coast. Each found their way to music in a similar fashion, and soon enough they ended up in a tight-k...
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BLACK LIVES MATTER from 2020-06-05T07:25

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Episode 156: My Friends Cancer Bats from 2020-05-29T07:46

Canada's Cancer Bats never formed out of any grand ambitions to change the world - indeed, it began as little more than a side project for Liam Cormier and Scott Middleton. Even so, the next 15 ...
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Episode 155: My Friends Crywank from 2020-05-21T22:00

There was never a universe in which such a strange band with such a strange sound and an unmentionable name would be successful. Except, of course, this one. A wholly DIY freak-folk expedition, ...
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Episode 154: My Friend Sasami from 2020-04-02T21:00

Sasami Ashworth grew up as a quiet achiever. She pursued music only on her own terms, and even when she ended up in a touring band it was as a side player. It's only in the last 18 months that...
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Episode 153: My Friend Damian Abraham (Fucked Up, Turned Out a Punk et al.) from 2020-03-20T04:03

Damian Abraham never wanted to be in a band or be involved with music above simply appreciating it. Whatever happenstance allowed it to happen, however, the man who would later become known as...
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David's Top 100 Songs of 2019, Part 2: 50-1 from 2020-03-03T03:11

As a belated bonus, here is a two-parter in which David goes through his 100 favourite songs of 2019.

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David's Top 100 Songs of 2019, Part One: 100-51 from 2020-03-03T02:47

As a belated bonus, here is a two-parter in which David goes through his 100 favourite songs of 2019.

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Episode 152: My Friend Andy Gill (Gang of Four) / In Memoriam from 2020-02-06T21:00

In November 2019, Gang of Four toured Australian to commemorate the 40th anniversary of their debut album, . This would end up being the final ever Gang of Four tour, as guitarist and founding...
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Episode 151: My Friends Dyson Stringer Cloher from 2020-01-31T02:46

Mia Dyson, Liz Stringer and Jen Cloher first joined forces in 2013 after nearly a decade of friendship and travelling up and down the east coast together. Between the three of them are ARIA no...
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Episode 150: My Friend Amanda Palmer from 2020-01-24T02:07

Amanda Palmer has never been the kind of artist that bows to the status quo. Existing outside the conventions of rock, folk, punk and cabaret, she's been making music that provokes, intrigues ...
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Episode 149: My Friends Girlpool from 2020-01-17T01:53

Growing up amidst the hustle and bustle of Los Angeles, Cleo Tucker and Harmony Tividad found both a lifeline and an escape through music. Encouraged by their families and their peers, they ea...
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Episode 148: My Friend June Jones from 2020-01-09T21:37

As a scrawny little teen playing Red Hot Chili Peppers covers, a young June Jones could have never seen the person that she'd end up becoming. In her late 20s, she now stands as one of the cou...
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Episode 147: My Friends La Dispute from 2019-12-30T01:23

They may be tiny dots on an endless timeline, but La Dispute have made their time together count. Over 15 years and four studio albums, plus a dozen EPs and countless tours, the band's unique ...
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Episode 146: My Friends Broncho from 2019-12-19T21:00

From the depths of small-town Oklahoma, garage rockers Broncho (rhymes with 'poncho') have spent the 2010s crafting a compelling and unique niche within their genre. It's a band unlike anythin...
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Episode 145: My Friends Cry Club from 2019-12-12T21:00

On paper, the two members of Cry Club couldn't be more different. Guitarist Jono Tooke, for instance, has been playing in bands for over a decade despite not even being 30 yet - from big-swing...
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Episode 144: My Friend Georgia Mooney from 2019-12-05T21:00

Georgia Mooney was a shy, awkward kid with Backstreet Boys posters on her wall and a dream of one day being a singer. Not only has she become one of the most celebrated folk artists in the cou...
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Episode 143: My Friend Barry Johnson (Joyce Manor) from 2019-11-21T22:07

Are they the most punk band in power-pop or the most power-pop band in punk? Really, it doesn't matter - any way you cut it, Joyce Manor have been one of the most consistent and engaging bands...
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Episode 142: My Friend Lonelyspeck from 2019-10-31T21:00

A quiet kid from suburban Adelaide, Sione Teumohenga always kept their passion for music private and locked away. Bit by bit and song by song, however, saw them unravel that shyness and insecu...
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Episode 141: My Friends at Yours&Owls Festival 2019 from 2019-10-25T02:26

The sun is out, the guitars are plugged in and the gates are open... Yours & Owls Festival is a go for yet another year. For the fourth year in a row, stuck the mic into the face of some ...
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Episode 140: My Friends Karnivool from 2019-09-27T02:14

In 2005, Karnivool became an overnight success story in Australian heavy music - and all it took was nearly a decade of pushing the band to get there. Nearly 15 years on, the Perth five-piece ...
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Episode 139: My Friends Ruby Fields from 2019-09-19T22:00

Friends plural, you ask? Yep, that's right. For all intents and purposes, Ruby Fields is not one singer-songwriter but four best friends: Adam, Patrick, Ruby and Tarzo. They've been kicking ar...
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Episode 138: My Friends Foxing from 2019-09-12T22:00

The big-time was never meant for a band like Foxing. They grew up on the outskirts of any real music scene in St. Louis, Missouri, often having to venture outwards or create their own scene an...
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Episode 137: My Friends Miss June from 2019-09-05T22:00

Warehouses, dive bars, boats... if there's a PA set up somewhere in New Zealand, there's a good chance Miss June have rocked it and then trashed the place. As one of the country's most sought-...
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Episode 136: My Friend SPOD from 2019-08-29T22:00

He's the new old guy on the block. The overnight success story with the 20-year career. He's the guy indie kids of multiple generations love - and the guy Duran Duran loved to hate. He's SPOD,...
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Episode 135: My Friends Charly Bliss from 2019-08-22T22:22

The world of Charly Bliss is a constantly evolving one. It's bunny-moshing and sugar-rushes one moment, slow-dances and sombre synths the next. Across two albums, it's made them one of the mos...
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Episode 134: My Friend Dave Jenkins, Jr. from 2019-08-16T03:14

Behind every great solo performer, there is a killer session musician bringing their work to life. Just ask Dave Jenkins, Jr. - after all, he's made a career out of it. From Andy Bull to Reece...
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Episode 133: My Friend Azim Zain from 2019-08-01T22:00

This week's story is bittersweet. We're celebrating the musical journey of an incredibly talented young man, whose honest and emotive work was bolstered by a fruitful and prosperous DIY commun...
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Episode 132: My Friends I Know Leopard from 2019-07-04T22:00

The hills of Adelaide. The beaches of the Central Coast. The outskirts of Sydney's inner-west. Despite coming from three completely different worlds, the four members of I Know Leopard found c...
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Episode 131: My Friend Japanese Wallpaper from 2019-06-27T22:00

For many guests on , high school is a place to cut your teeth, learn some covers and jam in your friend's garage. Gab Strum - AKA Japanese Wallpaper - is not your average guest. He's not even ...
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Episode 130: My Friend Jake Webb (Methyl Ethel) from 2019-06-13T22:00

For many Australian music fans, Methyl Ethel didn't just arrive - they materialised, seemingly out of nowhere. With their sleeper hit "Ubu," the Perth natives took to national stages to increa...
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Episode 129: My Friend Carla Geneve from 2019-05-31T03:00

One of WA's most promising young upstarts, Carla Geneve forged out her love of music as a young kid in Albany. Persevering through hellish piano lessons, Geneve later discovered the healing po...
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Remembering Taz Roberts from 2019-05-29T22:00

A few words for a remarkable part of Canberra's music community.

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Episode 128: My Friends The Magic Numbers from 2019-05-17T03:00

"This is our music. These are rebel songs. Are you in or out?"

Ever since the Stodarts (Romeo and Michelle) crossed paths with the Gannons (Angela and Sean) on the out...
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Episode 127: My Friends Red City Radio from 2019-05-09T22:00

Red City Radio know they belong to the land, and the land they belong to is grand. As one of Oklahoma City's major musical exports, the band have been taking their barroom-ready take on melodi...
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Episode 126: My Friend Banoffee from 2019-04-11T22:00

Banoffee is regarded as one of the most forward-thinking and innovative pop/dance songwriters working today. With co-signs from the likes of SOPHIE and Charli XCX, not to mention a string of k...
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Episode 125: My Friend George Clarke (Deafheaven) from 2019-03-28T21:00

As soon as he was drawn to music as a teenager, George Clarke had an eye for the extraordinary, the outlandish and the unabashedly heavy. It would come to reflect in the music that he made him...
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Episode 124: My Friends Antonia Susan (The Lazy Susans) and Lande Hekt (Muncie Girls) from 2019-03-21T21:00

Although they grew up at different times in two different parts of the world, Antonia Susan and Lande Hekt have a lot more in common than you'd think. They both latched onto music young, they ...
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Episode 123: My Friend Joe Talbot (IDLES) from 2019-03-07T21:00

Most guests of the podcast spend ages traversing different bands before they land on The One. For Joe Talbot, all he has ever known as a vocalist, songwriter and performer has been IDLES since...
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Episode 122: My Friend Phoebe Bridgers from 2019-02-22T02:00

Growing up on the outskirts of LA, Phoebe Bridgers never had a specific moment where she decided to become a musician - truth be told, it was second nature. It wasn't long after Bridgers picke...
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Episode 121: My Friends The Beths from 2019-02-14T21:00

Outside of the land of the long white cloud, The Beths were somewhat of a well-kept secret up until about this time last year. With the release of their debut album, Future Me Hates Me, the Au...
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Episode 120: My Friends Polish Club from 2019-01-31T21:00

David Novak and John-Henry Pajak are Polish Club. They're born entertainers, leather-jacket-cool rockstars and purveyors of hip-swinging, soulful garage rock. They've also served time in punk ...
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Episode 119: My Friends The Bronx from 2018-12-27T21:00

The Bronx arrived on the scene some 15 years ago, all hardcore punk ethics and rock & roll showmanship. Through everything, they're still here and still raising hell on a global scale. Fiv...
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Episode 118: My Friend Cadien James (Twin Peaks) from 2018-12-07T02:43

Born out of house shows and boredom, Chicago jangle merchants Twin Peaks have provided damn good tunes to the masses since their late-teens formation. Their years in the trenches as a DIY tour...
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Episode 117: My Friend Josh Earl from 2018-11-29T23:51

Is this a crossover episode? Well, kind of. Josh Earl is best known as a stand-up comedian and the host of the incredibly funny quiz-show podcast If you've ever seen Earl perform, though, you'...
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Episode 116: My Friend Darling James from 2018-11-15T21:00

James O'Brien is Darling James. Before that, he was Jamezboat – bassist, vocalist and songwriter in Brisbane indie darlings The Boat People. Going back even further, O'Brien was a rural Queens...
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Episode 115: My Friends Skegss from 2018-11-08T21:00

Whether you know every word to every song or you're still trying to figure out if it's double G or double S at the end, Skegss have been more or less inescapable in the last 18 months and chan...
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Episode 114: My Friends Pagan from 2018-10-26T04:08

Melbourne band Pagan aren't concerned with round holes and square pegs – they're too busy trying to kick the door down and rip down the foundations. The genre-defiant quartet dropped their deb...
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Episode 113: My Friends at Yours&Owls Festival 2018 from 2018-10-11T21:00

It's the last weekend of September, the sun is out and the Gong is alive with the sound of music – you already know what time it is! For the third year running, Bar Bands is kicking back with ...
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Episode 112: My Friend Tim Commandeur (Operator Please, PNAU, Tkay Maidza) from 2018-09-27T22:00

When we first met Tim Commandeur, he was better known as Timmy. The baby-faced drummer was still in high school when he joined Operator Please, and by the time they'd graduated they'd become o...
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Episode 111: My Friends Tiny Moving Parts from 2018-09-06T22:00

Tiny Moving Parts have been keeping it all in the family since well before they formed - they're made up of two brothers and a cousin, after all. Coming out of a sleepy town in Minnesota, the ...
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Episode 110: My Friend Andrew W.K. from 2018-08-30T22:00

What can you say about this week's guest that hasn't already been said? Andrew W.K. is more than just a hard partyer - he's a prodigious multi-instrumentalist, motivational speaker and world ...
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Episode 109: My Friend Marihuzka Cornelius (Bloods) from 2018-08-17T03:01

They call her MC. She's a singer, guitarist, kickass mum and the leader of Sydney's resident garage-rock sweetheart gang Bloods. The band was born out of a desire to do new things, as three ma...
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All My Friends Are in Bar Bands - Q&A from 2018-08-09T22:08

Bonus episode this week in which David answers YOUR questions about everything from podcasting to Waluigi.
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Episode 108: My Friends Press Club from 2018-08-02T22:00

Press Club played their first show at the start of 2017. 18 months later, they'd opened for everyone from The Smith Street Band to Kingswood and sold out their first-ever headlining tour. Sure...
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Episode 107: My Friends The Bennies (Bowie and Nick "Complete the Set" Edition) from 2018-07-27T01:50

Gotta catch 'em all! Following on from Jules' appearance in episode 9 and Anty and Craig's appearance in episode 35, we're now completing the set with the two remaining members of The Bennies...
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Episode 106: My Friends RAAVE TAPES from 2018-07-05T22:00

There ain't no party like a RAAVE TAPES party. The Newcastle dance punks have been on a steady ascent for the last couple of years on the back of some dazzling live shows and killer singles. N...
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Episode 105: My Friend Rob Mills from 2018-06-21T22:00

Fifteen years ago, Australia was introduced to a cheeky Melbourne-born singer with a true-blue nickname and dimples out the wazoo. Rob Mills - or Millsy, as he's better known - was a breakout ...
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Episode 104: My Friends Eat Your Heart Out from 2018-06-08T08:05

In space, no-one can hear you scream. In Musswellbrook, they can hear you sing - they just don't care. From a small town in the Upper Hunter region of New South Wales, Eat Your Heart Out didn'...
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Episode 103: My Friends The Cribs from 2018-05-31T22:00

Raised on a diet of Queen and Nirvana in a small northern English town, the Jarman brothers - Ryan, Gary and Ross - knew they'd end up making music. What they could have never anticipated, how...
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Episode 102: My Friends West Thebarton from 2018-05-17T22:00

If two's company and three's a crowd, what the hell are West Thebarton? The Adelaide-based septet have been getting the party started over the last few years, taking them across Australia and ...
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Episode 101: My Friend Ben David Returns from 2018-05-10T22:00

In January 2015, Ben David - erstwhile troubadour, frontman of The Hard Aches and feeler of feels - sat in front of a microphone and got interviewed for the first-ever episode of All My Friend...
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Episode 100: My Friends Thelma Plum, Jay Whalley and Murray Cook (LIVE!) from 2018-05-04T06:44

It finally happened. Bar Bands hit triple digits, and we threw together a live episode at the Red Rattler Theatre in Marrickville to celebrate. Three musicians from very different backgrounds ...
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Episode 99: My Friend Gareth Liddiard from 2018-04-13T01:53

One of Australia's most celebrated contemporary writers - medium regardless - Gareth Liddiard has told stories to divided but uniformly attentive audiences for over 20 years at this point. He ...
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Episode 98: My Friend Gordi from 2018-04-05T22:00

Born Sophie Payten, Gordi was a wide-eyed kid falling in love with music out in country New South Wales on her family farm. After being particularly inspired by a Missy Higgins show in her tee...
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Episode 97: My Friend Evan Klar from 2018-02-22T21:00

Born in Perth, raised in Singapore before moving to London and then back to Australia, Stefan Niedermeyer - AKA Evan Klar - has seen more of the world in his formative years than most will se...
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Episode 96: My Friends Hockey Dad from 2018-02-08T21:00

It's a long road from Computer Town Australia to an Airbnb in Los Angeles, but in just under six years Hockey Dad have blazed the trail there and back again. Billy Fleming and Zach Stephenson ...
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Remembering Shane Collins from 2018-01-31T22:10

We have lost a giant of the Australian punk scene in every conceivable sense.
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The Best of 2017 from 2018-01-19T04:29

You voted, we compiled and now we have the top five episodes of All My Friends Are in Bar Bands for 2017! Thanks for casting your votes.

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Episode 95: My Friends AJJ from 2017-12-22T08:17

They started out as Andrew Jackson Jihad in 2004 - two friends in Arizona, taking on the weird and wonderful world of folk-punk. In the ensuing years, vocalist/guitarist Sean Bonnette and bass...
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Episode 94: My Friend Lauren Denitzio (Worriers/The Measure [SA]) from 2017-12-22T08:03

Growing up as an awkward music nerd in New Jersey, Lauren Denitzio never saw themselves fronting a band or playing punk rock. In 2017, they've done it twice - first as part of the crucially-un...
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Episode 93: My Friend Alex Lahey from 2017-11-30T21:00

For many music listeners, Alex Lahey arrived on their doorstep with no note and no explanation - just a twangy guitar and a brilliant pop song. For those that had been paying attention, though...
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Episode 92: My Friend Sarah Thompson (Camp Cope/Poison City Records) from 2017-11-23T21:00

It's amazing to have any time at all with Sarah Louise Thompson. Better known among friends as Thomo, the beanie-toting Melburnian divides her time between affairs of Poison City Records and b...
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Episode 91: My Friends WAAX from 2017-11-16T21:00

Things went from 0 to 100 in 2017 for Brisbane band WAAX. They've become festival favourites, sold out shows in their own right and rocked some massive venues alongside Dune Rats - all off the...
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Episode 90: My Friend Sadie Dupuis (Speedy Ortiz/Sad13) from 2017-11-09T21:00

She sings. She shreds. She slays. She's not taking your shit. She's Sadie Dupuis, AKA Sad13 - and if you're not already across her work, it's time to get thoroughly acquainted. Rising to an in...
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Episode 89: My Friend Caiti Baker from 2017-10-13T08:09

Caiti Baker is one of the most powerful voices in Australian music - and that is absolutely not a figure of speech. Tumbling through blues, soul, hip-hop and back, Baker is a striking and asse...
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Episode 88: My Friends at Yours&Owls Festival 2017 from 2017-10-05T22:00

We're back, baby! Once again, we're thrilled to take you backstage at Wollongong's amazing Yours & Owls festival; in which we get a moment to discuss first, worst and best gig experiences ...
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Episode 87: My Friend Jeremy Bolm (Touché Amoré) from 2017-09-28T22:00

Don't go into a Touché Amoré show expecting a gentle, easy listening experience. It's going to be emotionally quite brutal - both on and off the stage. Truth be told, fans of the band wouldn't...
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Episode 86: My Friends Jonathan Boulet and Kirsty Tickle (Party Dozen, Exhibitionist, Parades, Little Scout et al). from 2017-09-22T04:23

The 2010s are not over yet and the nostalgia seems to have already started. In the spirit of that, here's a chat with two Australian artists that originally came to prominence at the start of ...
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Episode 85: My Friends Japandroids from 2017-08-17T17:41

With only one guitar, one drum-kit and two full-throated voices, Vancouver's Japandroids made a quick ascent to the top of the indie-rock heap with loud, love-in live shows and anthems designe...
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Episode 84: My Friend Lincoln Le Fevre from 2017-08-03T13:38:51

"I should warn you," prefaces Lincoln Le Fevre of Lincoln Le Fevre and the Insiders at the start of his third album, Come Undone: "I'm not built to last." Still, if his two decades and change of pl...
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Episode 83: My Friend Jordan Hudkins (Rozwell Kid) from 2017-07-12T18:47

Mars ain't no place to raise a kid, and West Virginia ain't no place to rock & roll - or, at least, so you'd be lead to believe. Enter Rozwell Kid, whose love of big riffs and old-school powerpop h...
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Episode 82: My Friend A.W. from 2017-06-15T03:46:35

For years, Georgia's A.W. would write, record and play music in their bedroom; completely unaware of the impact their songs and albums were having on the world outside. The magic of the intern...
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Episode 81: My Friend Adam Gibson (The Ark-Ark Birds, Modern Giant, The Aerial Maps) from 2017-05-24T22:16:02

Some were born to sing. Some were born to shred. Adam Gibson was born to speak - his art is poetry and spoken word; matched up to everything from jangly indie-pop to dark and atmospheric rock. His ...
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Episode 80: My Friend Amy Shark from 2017-04-27T17:26:53

What do you do when you live on the Gold Coast and you've already visited the various amusement parks? If you're Amy Billings - aka Amy Shark - you take to learning guitar, working your way up to s...
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Episode 79: My Friend David Liebe Hart from 2017-04-16T13:25:51

David Liebe Hart has done a remarkable amount with his near-70 years on the planet. He's a singer, songwriter, visual artist, puppeteer, actor, punk rocker and one of the most celebrated outsider a...
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Episode 78: My Friends Rolo Tomassi from 2017-03-09T16:29:41

As angsty teens breaking out of a village near Sheffield in England, Rolo Tomassi always knew they'd have to stand out among the pack. 12 years on, they're adults with four albums under their belts...
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Episode 77: My Friends The Dirty Nil from 2017-02-22T21:00

It's time to rock and roll with some of our neighbours to the north. The Dirty Nil are loud and proud, straight out of Hamilton, Ontario with a game plan to kick arse and chew bubblegum. It's ...
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Episode 76: My Friends Jason Aalon Butler (letlive.) And Andy Williams (Every Time I Die) from 2017-02-15T16:18

One's a fearless frontman, at the helm of one of the liveliest and most exciting bands in post-hardcore, letlive. The other is a shredder of the highest order, having served as a sturdy sideman in ...
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Episode 75: My Friends Horror My Friend from 2017-02-02T16:29

Adelaide's Horror My Friend may have put out "Stay In, Do Nothing" at the start of 2016; but they spent most of the year doing exactly the opposite. As one of the most exciting and promising rock b...
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The Best Of 2016 from 2017-02-01T11:25

The votes are in, and here some clips from the best episodes of 2016 as voted for by YOU!

10. Meridian
9. Modern Baseball
8. Jeff Rosenstock
7. Frank Iero
6. Mere Women
5. PUP...
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Episode 74: My Friends PUP from 2016-12-26T14:25:53

You can't stop PUP. You can barely hope to contain them. Hundreds of shows a year? Bring it on. Destroyed vocal cords? 'Tis but a flesh wound. These Toronto natives have navigated the entire globe ...
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Episode 73: My Friends Sleepmakeswaves from 2016-12-26T14:09:06

From a whisper to a shout, Sydney band sleepmakeswaves have spent the last decade building up their name as perhaps our finest post-rock export. Theirs is a journey fulll of left-of-centre victorie...
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Episode 72: My Friends The Pinheads from 2016-12-22T19:41:21

To do battle against boring live shows, Wollongong recruited seven loose units with attitude and gave birth to The Pinheads. It's only been a short period of time, but the gang have already travers...
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Episode 71: My Friends Mere Women from 2016-11-27T13:00

From the leisure coast to the inner west, Amy Wilson and Flyn Mckinnirey have come a long way - and we're not just talking Bulli Pass here. Through early individual projects like Ohana and Little a...
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Episode 70: My Friends Cayetana from 2016-11-17T16:03:19

Cayetana are a divine sisterhood from the city of brotherly love. In only a few years together, they have assembled a cult global fanbase for their honest and heartfelt take on indie-punk and playe...
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Episode 69: My Friends Jacob from 2016-11-10T12:33:17

Metallica. Slayer. Iron Maiden. Black Sabbath. AC/DC. These are just some of the many bands that Jacob has not played with. Still, don't get it twisted - this rock band is doing just fine for itsel...
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Episode 68: My Friends Drowning Pool from 2016-11-03T11:43:17

It's been 15 years since Drowning Pool - primitively-heavy by design and southern by the grace of God - first let the bodies hit the proverbial floor. A myriad of changes have faced them and the wo...
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Episode 66: My Friends Clowns from 2016-10-13T15:29:37

Let's get something straight - Melbourne's Clowns have been out terrorising unsuspecting victims in the dead of night long before any of these other posers. The Melbourne band are one of the countr...
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Episode 65: My Friends At Yours&Owls Festival 2016 from 2016-10-06T15:26:24

Slap on your sunscreen and flash your laminate pass like you're in Wayne's World - this week, we're taking you backstage at one of the biggest festivals of the year, Yours & Owls' birthday bash in ...
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Episode 64: My Friend Tom Lyngcoln (The Nation Blue, Harmony, Pale Heads Et Al.) from 2016-09-29T17:32:36

You may know Tom Lyngcoln for his years of service at the helm of The Nation Blue, one of the most high-octane and zero-bullshit rock bands this country has perhaps ever seen. You may know him from...
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Episode 63: My Friends Cub Sport from 2016-09-22T21:49:38

2016 has been a huge year for Brisbane's Cub Sport: They've released their long-awaited debut album This is Our Vice, played two huge shows with The 1975 and completed a totally sold-out national t...
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Episode 62: My Friends Philadelphia Grand Jury from 2016-09-07T13:37:36

Back when the colour spectrum of Australian music held the likes of Purple Sneakers and Yves Klein Blue, Philadelphia Grand Jury - aka the Philly Jays - reigned supreme as one of the most exciting ...
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Episode 61: My Friend Brad Fulton (Outright/The Gun Runners) from 2016-09-04T14:27:17

You can't keep Brad Fulton too far from a stage. The Melbourne native cut his teeth at the helm of a triple-pronged guitar attack in The Gun Runners before becoming a member of feminist hardcore re...
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Episode 60: My Friends Basement from 2016-08-04T13:47:04

Ipswich, Suffolk natives Basement are all about breaking down barriers. Across three studio albums, they've blended their love of second-wave emo, grunge, alternative rock and punk rock into some o...
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Episode 59: My Friends Turnover from 2016-07-28T16:52:35

Austin and Casey Getz are one half of pop-punk hopefuls turned dream-pop delights Turnover. Born in New Orleans and now living in Virginia Beach, the Getz brothers have lived their lives through mu...
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Episode 58: My Friends DZ Deathrays from 2016-07-21T14:38:02

For awhile there, every man and his dog were in a two-piece band. Let the record show, however, that Brisbane-via-Sydney-via-Bundaberg's DZ Deathrays were making it cool before that shit was cool. ...
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Episode 57: My Friend Tom Lanyon (Ceres) from 2016-07-13T02:59:42

For most of his life, music was kept strictly behind closed doors for Tom Lanyon. These days, it's his life. As the lead singer, rhythm guitarist and chief lyricist of Melbourne upstarts Ceres, Lan...
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Episode 56: My Friends Fear Like Us from 2016-07-07T16:28:20

Fear Like Us are a shining example of a Newcastle band: They're raw and passionate, the music is direct from the heart and they all now live in Melbourne. Although a band technically now for going ...
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Episode 55: My Friends Tired Lion from 2016-07-01T16:13:22

G'day from WA! Perth upstarts Tired Lion have been at it for only a couple of years, but in that time they've been able to grace stages nationally and pack out rooms with their sharp and shredding ...
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Episode 54: My Friend Joel Martorana (Endless Heights) from 2016-06-23T15:11:58

Ever since Joel Martorana was a kid, he's had the music in him - he spent formative years singing in the choir and as part of an opera troupe. That was never going to be where he wound up, however ...
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Episode 53: My Friends The Gooch Palms from 2016-06-19T17:15:12

From the Cambridge Hotel to the Corner Hotel, Leroy Macqueen and Kat Friend - better known as The Gooch Palms - have laid waste to stage after stage with their stupidly-simple and seriously sensati...
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Episode 52: My Friend Jeremy Neale from 2016-06-09T13:58:19

You might know him as the head of the Velociraptor. You might know him as the Sega Dreamboat. You might know him as the space cowboy, the gangster of love, Maurice, the joker or the southern dandy....
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Episode 51: My Friends Meridian from 2016-05-26T17:26:03

More like Signals Mid-best! The adorable and charming Stern brothers - Max (Signals Midwest, The Skatastrophes) and Jake (Same, The Otis Wolves) - are in session this week. Having both gotten into ...
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Episode 50: My Friends Modern Baseball from 2016-05-19T14:37:59

Their union may have been one of pure circumstance and coincidence, but these days Modern Baseball are the four best friends that anyone could have. Over the course of three albums and just a few y...
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Episode 49: My Friend Heath Anthony from 2016-05-12T19:42:46

After a handful of false starts, Adelaide dad(elaide) Heath Anthony began forging his way as a solo artist in the early 2010s. Since then, he's racked up a bunch of shows around the country, made a...
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Episode 48: My Friends Die! Die! Die! from 2016-05-05T17:16:56

From the indie haven of Dunedin, New Zealand comes Die! Die! Die!, a (literally) in-your-face post-punk outfit that have laid claim to some of the wildest and most high-energy shows throughout Aust...
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Episode 47: My Friend Jeff Rosenstock from 2016-04-28T22:51:03

Jeff Rosenstock lives and breathes DIY. He was formerly the lead singer of a band that anyone could be in, Bomb the Music Industry!, and you can download literally every piece of music he has ever ...
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Episode 46: My Friends Carb On Carb from 2016-04-21T08:13:25

Nicole Gaffney and James Stuteley are carb on carb, an Auckland indie/math-rock duo that have formed an inextricable bond with the DIY music community of Australia and, in true NZ fashion, are well...
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Episode 45: My Friend Koby Geddes (Bagster/Dividers) from 2016-04-14T13:52:26

Don't let his youthful good looks fool you - Koby Geddes has played more punk rock shows in his life than you've had hot dinners. Currently, he is splitting his time between his new math-rock proje...
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Episode 44: My Friend Chris Farren from 2016-04-07T15:16:52

Yaaasss, queen! You might know him from his double-verified Twitter antics or his sweet Snapchat kisses, but Floridian singer-songwriter Chris Farren can do more than just make 'em laugh. Through h...
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Episode 43: My Friend Charlie Parr from 2016-03-31T13:22:25

Brian Wilson once said that he just wasn't made for these times. Imagine, then, how Charlie Parr feels - he's essentially the greatest 20s bluesman to have been born some 40 years after the fact. ...
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Episode 42: My Friend Marcus Whale from 2016-03-24T14:02:10

From choirboy to heathen, Marcus Whale has become one of Sydney's most consistently interesting singers, songwriters and performers. He pops and locks with Collarbones, raves to the grave with Blac...
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Episode 40: My Friend Brendan Maclean from 2016-02-29T12:51:58

Brendan Maclean dances like no-one is watching, sings like his life depends on it and performs the hell out of every role he finds himself in. Solo at the piano? You got it. Choreographed pop with ...
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Episode 39: My Friends Bad//Dreems from 2016-02-18T13:05:05

Bad//Dreems arrived on the scene less than five years ago, covered in dirt and spoiling for a fight. These days, they count themselves among the more popular guitar bands in the country, selling ou...
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Episode 38: My Friend Frank Iero (My Chemical Romance, Frnkiero Andthe Cellabration Et Al.) from 2016-02-11T17:31:04

10 years ago, Frank Iero was on the front-line of the Black Parade, leading the so-called emo revolution out of the alt-club nights and into the arenas, guitars and eyeliner in hand. As guitarist a...
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Episode 37: My Friend Courtney Barnett from 2016-02-04T15:42:16

Melbourne via Hobart via Sydney's Courtney Barnett has come a long way since kicking around in bands in her youth. This supposed overnight success story has come through years of DIY touring, slide...
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Episode 36: My Friends Corpus from 2015-12-17T14:03:04

For the final episode of 2015, we're speaking with two figures of Sydney music - one mini, one mega - that have built up a devoted, loudly-singing audience in their near-decade together. Keiron Ste...
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Episode 35: My Friends The Bennies from 2015-11-18T14:32:46

It's party time! Anty Horgan and Craig Selak have been raising hell since their school days, flying through puerile teenage bands and dreaming of the big time. They began the journey by borrowing t...
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Episode 34: My Friends Raccoon City Police Department from 2015-11-05T16:22:23

Screaming their way out of suburban Adelaide, Raccoon City Police Department (aka Raccoon City PD, aka Raccoon City, aka Rack City, aka Rack Rack City Bitch)are one of the more unique acts to emerg...
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Episode 32: My Friends Apart From This from 2015-10-14T13:00

The timeline of Apart From This spans pop-punk, melodic hardcore, alternative rock and stoner jams; not to mention a slew of different members whom have all entered the fray at different stages of ...
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Episode 31: My Friend Chris Cowburn from 2015-10-01T17:20

A dislocated shoulder and a few happy accidents lead a punk part-timer into the role of the lifetime - the driving force of The Smith Street Band, who have evolved into one of the country's most re...
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Episode 31: My Friend Chris Cowburn from 2015-10-01T17:20

A dislocated shoulder and a few happy accidents lead a punk part-timer into the role of the lifetime - the driving force of The Smith Street Band, who have evolved into one of the country's most re...
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Episode 30: My Friend Andy Hayden (Poison City Records) from 2015-09-24T14:54:27

You've bought your favourite records off him. You've watched him slap the bass for bands like A Death in the Family and Freak Wave. But how much do you know about Andy Hayden, the man behind Poison...
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Episode 29: My Friend Urthboy from 2015-09-16T16:32:32

Down the Mountains into Marrickville, Tim Levinson - aka Urthboy - has gone from serving up $3.40 bags of fresh hip-hop to a national tour with Paul Kelly. He stands as one of the most interesting,...
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Episode 28: My Friend Jack R Reilly from 2015-09-10T17:24:18

Jack Richard Reilly came straight outta Kiama with a dyed black fringe and a fetish for Frenzal Rhomb. A decade on, he's shifted through post-grunge, post-punk and post-rock - ending up in a place ...
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Episode 27: My Friends Seahorse Divorce from 2015-08-26T13:15:01

Finger-tapping wizardry, strikingly-melodic hooks and one of the busiest drummers this side of the equator - Brisbane's Seahorse Divorce are cult favourites among Australia's DIY scene; and with va...
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Episode 26: My Friends Dylan Farrugia And Jacob Rossi (Oslow/Sweater Season) from 2015-08-19T15:00:01

It's been a quick ascension to the top of the food chain for Dylan Farrugia and Jacob Rossi. As one half of Oslow, the duo have already played with the likes of Title Fight, La Dispute, Knapsack an...
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Episode 25: My Friends The Sad Grrrls Club from 2015-08-12T16:36:12

It's the grrrls! Ahead of a national tour devoted exclusively to promoting and supporting the talents of women and non-binary people, we get the story behind the Club's initiation and what they hop...
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Episode 24: My Friend David Le'aupepe (Gang Of Youths) from 2015-08-05T18:16:56

This episode almost didn't happen - David Le'aupepe almost didn't come back to music, almost didn't form Gang of Youths and almost didn't release one of the most acclaimed debut albums of the year ...
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Episode 23: My Friends Totally Unicorn from 2015-07-29T18:35:18

They're the life and death of the party. The sweatiest dudes in the room. The strangest, weirdest and most wonderful thing to ever happen to punk and hardcore in Australia. If you haven't had your ...
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Episode 22: My Friends Burlap from 2015-07-22T15:53:23

The two Toms and Max of Burlap are in the building this week. We've got McEwen, also of Unbranded Animals and McLovin fame; as well as Houlahan, who has played in bands such as F'Tang and Ted Danso...
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Episode 21: My Friend Karina Utomo (High Tension) from 2015-07-16T20:12:31

We've never gotten to say this before, but... we did it in the back of the van! In the midst of a brutal tour with King Parrot and Colossvs, High Tension's fearless frontwoman talked through her co...
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Episode 20: My Friend Aaron Osborne (I Exist/Oblivious Maximus) from 2015-07-08T14:00

It's our first-ever crossover episode! For something a little different, All My Friends Are in Bar Bands has teamed up with Melbourne-based podcast Oblivious Maximus for a collaborative look into o...
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Episode 19: My Friends Luca Brasi from 2015-07-01T14:31:47

TASSIE! For the last few years, Luca Brasi have been flying the flag for the Apple Isle. In that time, they've put out two albums, toured the country countless times and established themselves as o...
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Episode 18: My Friend Georgia Maq from 2015-06-24T15:12:15

It's not often that the podcast has a guest that was born into a world of music, but this is certainly the case when it comes to Georgia Macdonald - known professionally and colloquially around the...
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Episode 17: My Friend Dave Drayton (Pinch Hitter, Zzzounds Et Al.) from 2015-06-17T14:33:49

You may have seen him wielding a bass for Milhouse and Between the Devil and the Deep, a guitar under the name zzzounds or a banjo as one half of Pinch Hitter. Under any circumstance, it's always a...
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Episode 16: My Friend Andy Bull from 2015-06-10T15:05:37

From mop-topped piano-pop to quiff'd synth jams, Sydney's Andy Bull has come a long way from his humble beginnings. Now a Triple J favourite and a successful touring artist, Bull has grown up in pu...
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Episode 15: My Friend Jen Buxton from 2015-05-27T14:15:10

Newcastle Month ends with an honest, detailed and entertaining chat with Jen Buxton. Since the tender age of sixteen, Buxton has been breaking hearts, kicking arse and not compromising herself for ...
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Episode 14: My Friend Benjamin Louttit (Safe Hands) from 2015-05-20T14:24:55

If you've been around any given venue in Newcastle - or, indeed, if you consider yourself even a passing fan of intricate, intelligent Australian hardcore - no doubt you have crossed paths with Saf...
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Episode 13: My Friends Jamie Hay And Liam White from 2015-05-14T16:35:57

Having known one another for a decade and change, Melbourne-via-Newcastle's Jamie Hay and Melbourne-via-Hobart's Liam White teamed up a couple of years ago to add some electricity to Jamie's acoust...
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Episode 12: My Friend Jack Lundie from 2015-05-06T11:50:55

It's Newcastle Month on All My Friends Are in Bar Bands! That means that the month of May is dedicated entirely to some of the legends that either have or currently do call Newcastle home. First up...
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Episode 11: My Friend Toby Martin from 2015-04-29T13:49:34

Singer, songwriter, guitarist, father of two, lecturer, composer... Youth Group's frontman Toby Martin has donned many a hat throughout his career. On a sunny morning in Annandale amid tiny childre...
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Episode 10: My Friend Lindsay McDougall (Frenzal Rhomb/triple J) from 2015-04-22T14:00

With nearly twenty years at the axe for Frenzal Rhomb, Lindsay McDougall has played both the trashiest punk gigs and the biggest stages in Australia. He's traversed the globe playing smart, sardoni...
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Episode 9: My Friend Jules Rozenbergs (The Bennies) from 2015-04-14T14:00

He's the tall man with the tan. The high-five giver. The king that said "Don't fuck with our dreams." He's also one of the nicest guys in Australian music. Intrepid adventurer with The Bennies, pun...
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Episode 8: My Friends H A N N A H B A N D from 2015-04-08T13:43:21

Nathan James Martin and Marnie Elizabeth Vaughan are H A N N A H B A N D, but they're also so much more. They're grindcore veterans, Central Coast survivors, DIY advocates and seven-year-old girls ...
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Episode 7: My Friends Kissing Booth from 2015-04-01T15:08:04

They may put up a united front as Melbourne indie-twee-pop-punk collective Kissing Booth, but Grace Lawry and Luke "Thommo" Thomas have incredibly different musical backgrounds; each pursuing their...
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Episode 6: My Friend Spencer Scott from 2015-03-18T12:49:15

Despite still being in his early 20s, Spencer Scott has made the most out of his time playing music. He's played alongside some of his heroes, rocked shows with his best mates and helped to put New...
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Episode 5: My Friend Tom Kennedy (Bare Bones) from 2015-03-11T13:00

From high-school Metallica covers to opening up Soundwave, Tom Kennedy has been living the rock & roll dream since he was a kid. Now the fearless frontman of Bare Bones, TK pulled up a chair at the...
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Episode 3: My Friend Chris Kearnes (Fat Guy Wears Mystic Wolf Shirt) from 2015-02-18T13:00

The class clown of Australian grindcore, Chris Kearnes has gone from strength to strength; becoming a prominent figure of the central coast's heavy music scene and terrifying all and sundry as the ...
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Episode 2: My Friend Lochlan Watt (Colossvs/Monolith) from 2015-02-10T13:00

If you've been to a heavier show in the last few years here in Oz, there's a good chance that Lochlan Watt has had something to do with it. He's fronted a half-dozen bands, started his own manageri...
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Episode 1: My Friend Ben David from 2015-02-04T13:00

Ben David has been playing since his teens, traversing through folk, rock, punk and country. Before a show at Black Wire Records, I spoke with Ben about his thrash-punk dad, trains from Perth and r...
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