Podcasts by For The Record

FKA twig's Caprisongs from 2022-01-26T02:00

To say FKA twigs in her near-decade career has seen and experienced it all is an understatement. Since first arriving in 2012 as a hot artist to watch, which each release twigs has extended her ...

Deafheaven’s Ordinary Corrupt Human Love from 2022-01-19T02:06

In July 2018, blackgaze (black metal/shoegaze) juggernauts Deafheaven released one of the most unique records in recent memory. Stomach churning vocals balanced across delicate, graceful instrum...

Skee Mask’s Pool from 2022-01-12T02:06

Back for the first episode of 2022 and diving right into one of the very best techno records of last year. Released on the iconic Munich based label Ilian Tapes, Pool is a 1 hour 45 minute journ...

Best Of 2021: The War on Drugs’ I Don’t Live Here Anymore from 2021-12-22T02:06

More of a refined evolution than any kind of reinvention of the wheel, I Don’t Live Here Anymore is The War on Drugs at the very peak of their powers. With supreme love and care pooled int...

Best Of 2021: Erika de Casier’s Sensational from 2021-12-15T02:05

Subtle and unassuming on the surface, Erika de Casier e Ramos Lizardo’s record, Sensational, possesses extraordinary depth. Harkening back to the early naughties whisper-sung R&B styli...

Best Of 2021: Tinashe’s 333 from 2021-12-08T02:15

Now onto her second album back as an independent artist, Tinashe is finding freedom creatively and sonically. An exciting, sexy and stunningly varied look into the worlds of R&B, Pop, Hip-Ho...

Best Of 2021: Marcus Whale’s The Hunger with Marcus Whale from 2021-12-07T08:00

Fellow FBi Radio alum and extraordinary local creative talent, Marcus Whale joins Maia to discuss one of Sydney’s records of the year, The Hunger. A vampiric themed album, exploring ideas ...

SCRAM’s RAPTURE with SCRAM from 2021-12-07T07:00

ALL OUR FRIENDS. ALL YOUR FRIENDS. That’s the tagline for Western Sydney’s artist collective, GARJ. This week joining Dan & Maia is Jake Morris, aka SCRAM. Founder of GARJ and lo...

Car Seat Headrest’s Teens of Denial from 2021-12-07T05:35:08

If we could travel back to 2016, not a day would go by without hearing something positive about, or simply just hearing Car Seat Headrest. Teens of Denial had music nerds and critical darlings e...

Ngaiire’s 3 from 2021-12-07T02:00

Initially planned to be a piece for personal discovery, Ngaiire has poured her heart and soul  into the extraordinary album, 3. In a time of great uncertainty globally, and personally, Ngai...

Tyler, The Creator’s Call Me If You Get Lost from 2021-12-07T00:00

In 2021’s year of Hip-Hop, there hasn’t been a mountain of new music to really shift the dial in terms of where the new standard should be set. That is, outside of Tyler, The Creator...

HTRK’s Rhinestones from 2021-12-06T22:00

Taking inspiration from friendships forged, prolific Melbourne duo HTRK return with ‘Rhinestones’. Released on their own label, HTRK use this opportunity to show their growth as arti...

Too Birds’ Melbourne 2 with Mr. Society, Realname&Teether from 2021-12-06T20:00

Breaking down Too Bird’s Melbourne 2 with the whole Too Birds crew, Mr. Society, Realname & Teether. Dan & Maia dig into one of the best Australian releases of the year, what exact...

Indigo De Souza’s Any Shape You Take with Indigo De Souza from 2021-12-06T18:00

Joined by North Carolina’s inimitable Indigo De Souza, Maia enjoys the great pleasure of being taken through the emotion and honesty which spawned the stunning, Any Shape You Take. An unob...

Turnstile’s Glow On from 2021-12-06T16:00

With this fourth record in the band’s catalogue, Turnstile have achieved something spectacular. A crossover album which bridges hardcore across into the funky and exuberant, transcending m...

NASHO’s self-titled LP with Heli from 2021-12-06T13:46:35

NASHO, as in, “nationality”, are a Sydney-based punk supergroup, featuring members of Royal Headache, Dispossessed & Good Throb. Joined by bassist and one quarter of the band, He...

Gil Scott Heron&Jamie xx’s We’re New Here from 2021-09-08T03:30

After being approached with the opportunity by Head of XL Recordings Richard Russell, Jamie xx was honoured with the task of recontextualizing Gil Scott Heron’s timeless comeback record, I...

John Glacier's SHILOH: Lost For Words from 2021-09-01T03:30

A hidden force in the UK underground and cult member of the Hackney scene, John Glacier has a reputation for being enigmatic and elusive. An artist who doesn’t care for the commodification...

Theo Parrish's Wuddaji from 2021-08-25T03:30

For 25 years Detroit's Theo Parrish has been a pioneer and stalwart deep house/techno DJ and producer. Known for his long sets, diversity of genres and no-nonsense attitude, he is consisten...

The Goon Sax's Mirror II from 2021-08-18T03:30

Mirror II is the third full length record from The Goon Sax, an indie pop/rock trio from Brisbane who formed as friends in high school. They initially grew to acclaim through their debut and sop...

black midi's Cavalcade with Geordie Greep from 2021-08-17T08:09

Taking a slight detour from the unbridled energy of their debut record, black midi return with Cavalcade. A deeply intricate, anxiety inducing, unpredictable mega-statement from a band who's buz...

3NDLES5&Crazymike's Sydney Bass with Crazymike from 2021-08-17T08:07

Sydney Bass is a collaborative project by 3NDLES5 (Mitch Tolman of Low Life) and Crazymike (Michael Hassett of DEN). Two premier local songwriters, combining to create something totally lef...

Slayyyter's Troubled Paradise with Slayyyter from 2021-08-17T08:03

Released through Fader Label, Troubled Paradise is born from the inspiration of 2000s pop and pop culture. The sounds and imagery of people like Britney Spears, Lindsey Lohan, Paris Hilton, Gwen...

Danny L Harle's Harlecore with Danny L Harle from 2021-08-17T08:02

On Harlecore, Danny L Harle strives to create the ultimate super club. 4 storeys, 4 separate DJs, and you, floating from one floor to the next. Building these soundscapes from the utmost extreme...

Greentea Peng's MAN MADE from 2021-07-13T07:10:22

Greentea Peng, who got her name from a 'peng' looking green tea box in a Peruvian pharmacy, crafts a punkish, neo-soul, psychadelic wonderland on her full length debut, MAN MADE. Taking influenc...

SBTRKT’s self-titled LP from 2021-07-04T15:27:08

Venturing back 10 whole years to celebrate a very special record to everyone involved on For The Record, SBTRKT’s self-titled full length debut on Young Turks. What’s immediately app...

Alice Ivy’s Don’t Sleep with Alice Ivy from 2021-07-04T15:10:33

Lee Tran Lam talks to Alice Ivy about her second album, Don't Sleep, which was nominated for an Australian Music Prize. The Melbourne artist finished the record just as the world went into lockd...

Banoffee’s Look At Us Now Dad from 2021-07-04T15:06:14

Released in February of 2020, Banoffee’s Look At Us Now Dad felt like an important record as we collectively traversed through the pandemic. An album that touches on themes of loneliness, ...

D.D. Dumbo’s Utopia Defeated from 2021-07-04T15:05

D.D. Dumbo, the project of Oliver Hugh Perry had been drawing eyeballs the world over since his promise-filled Tropical Oceans EP had dropped. What those people weren’t expecting was for h...

WU LYF’s Go Tell Fire To The Mountain from 2021-07-04T15:05

10 years ago, Manchester, England collective WU LYF (or World Unite Lucifer Youth Foundation) released a record, and enacted in a moment, Go Tell Fire To The Mountain, which kind of came and wen...

Arcade Fire’s The Suburbs from 2021-07-04T15:03

If you’re a fan of indie music from between 2005 and 2015, there’s a good chance you’ll already be well across this record. For the uninitiated, Arcade Fire’s sprawling e...

Yu Su’s Yellow River Blue from 2021-07-04T15:03

This week we take a look into an artist and in turn, a story that has evolved into one of the most culturally irresistible and beautiful records that we’ve heard so far this year. We are o...

Panda Bear’s Tomboy from 2021-07-04T15:03

It’s been 10 years since the release of Panda Bear’s classic record Tomboy, and to very excitedly honour that anniversary, we chat through the often overlooked album in full. Forming...

DJ Rashad’s Double Cup from 2021-07-04T15:02

If you’re a big electronic music or footwork stan, you’re gonna know exactly what Teklife crew founder, the late, DJ Rashad is all about. Taking the opportunity to look back at an ab...

FTR Vault: Honey Dijon’s The Best of Both Worlds with Sophie Forrest from 2021-07-04T15:01

To commemorate International Trans Day of Visibility, we dip into the FTR Vault to revisit a very special chat with local Sydney DJ Sophie Forrest, about that one time she got to support Honey D...

Baths’ Cerulean from 2021-07-04T15:00

Taking you all the way back to 2010, revisiting a bit of a hidden gem and one of Dan’s absolute favourite records, Baths’ Cerulean. Released to plenty of press and acclaim, the recor...

Big Thief’s U.F.O.F. with Adrianne Lenker from 2021-07-04T14:56:13

This week we have the privilege of speaking with Adrianne Lenker, who took us through Big Thief’s extremely personal, moving and instant classic, U.F.O.F. To be in Adrianne’s presenc...

Daft Punk’s Discovery from 2021-07-04T14:56:03

One last time. Two weeks on from the announcement that one of the most impactful duo’s in electronic music’s history would be retiring, For The Record run through Daft Punk’s D...

slowthai's TYRON from 2021-03-03T10:00

A tale of assuredness and introspection. Exploring the vivid contrast between what slowthai projects himself to be and who he really is. TYRON is all at once boisterous, brash, loud and confiden...

FRITZ's Pastel from 2021-03-03T09:30

Welcomed into the loving home of Merewether Heights’ very own Tilly Murphy, we discuss all things FRITZ and her coming-of-age record, Pastel. Together, we explore the musical themes and in...

Black Country, New Road's For the First Time from 2021-03-03T09:00

Melodic, irresistibly complex and just a little bit immature, Black Country, New Road have exploded from their home in London to the attention of post-punk fans the world over. Having only forme...

SOPHIE's PRODUCT from 2021-03-03T08:30

Having learned of SOPHIE’s tragic passing, the world mourned an artist who truly can lay claim to changing electronic music forever. An icon of the queer community, an artistic visionary a...

Divide and Dissolve's Gas Lit from 2021-03-03T08:00

A brooding, brutal cacophony of noise and anger, Gas Lit is a near-unspoken tearing down of societal structures as we know them. Astonishing in its grip and clarity, Divide and Dissolve create a...

Kelly Lee Owens' Inner Song from 2021-03-03T07:30

It’s not often you hear a record that can flip from dreamy pop to spacey electronic music with an ease as if to say it’s nothing. But then it’s not often you find an artist who...

California Girls' Beat Boy from 2021-03-03T07:14:07

We have the pleasure to be joined this week by FBi’s very own, the inimitable Gus McGrath. Discussing his stunning California Girls record, Beat Boy. A work of vulnerability, honesty, inte...

Thundercat's It Is What It Is from 2021-02-17T22:00

Nearly every album released in 2020 will be viewed through the lens of the pandemic and the context of the times. So many encapsulated the feeling of melancholy that such a vast majority of the ...

Madvillain's Madvillainy from 2021-02-17T21:00

MC/Producer Daniel Dumile, best known as MF DOOM, passed away on the 31st October, 2020 aged 49. He left behind one of the all time great hip hop resumés and influenced a bevy of today&rs...

Best Of 2020: Dua Lipa's Future Nostalgia from 2021-02-17T11:00

“You want a timeless song / I wanna change the game” sings Dua Lipa on the opening lyrics of self-titled opener, Future Nostalgia. If that was the mission statement for this record, ...

Best Of 2020: Snowy Band's Audio Commentary from 2021-02-17T10:00

Led by Melbourne music scene extraordinaire, Liam ‘Snowy’ Halliwell, Snowy Band’s debut record is a beautiful piece of work built for isolation. Typically working with the infl...

Best Of 2020: Against All Logic's 2017-2019 from 2021-02-17T09:00

Nicholas Jaar shocked the electronic world with his unexpected foray into house music under pseudonym, Against All Logic. An instant classic, it was easy to believe his debut would also be his l...

Best Of 2020: Phoebe Bridgers' Punisher from 2021-02-17T08:00

The second solo record from Phoebe Bridgers (previously featured on the show for her work in boygenius, alongside Julien Baker and Lucy Dacus) is a deeply sombre, personal and equally stunning a...

Best Of 2020: Run The Jewels' RTJ4 from 2021-02-17T07:07

3 years for most artists just seems like a typical break between albums, but for Run The Jewels, the time between the release of RTJ3 and RTJ4 felt like an extended hiatus. Like superheroes, the...

Outkast's Stankonia from 2021-02-11T01:00

When considering the best of the best of hip hop across the last 20 years, not including Outkast’s ground-breaking and iconic ‘Stankonia’ would be a travesty. Even outside the ...

Aldous Harding's Designer from 2021-02-11T00:00

As an artist, Aldous Harding could be described as a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. Her third record, although often cryptic lyrically, could be anything but. Designer is a stunni...

Miiesha's Nyaaringu from 2021-02-10T23:00

Hailing from Woorabinda in Central Queensland, proud Pitjantjatjara woman and elegant songstress, Miiesha, began singing with her family and in her community at a very young age. Today, Miiesha ...

Tkay Maidza's Last Year Was Weird Vol. 2 from 2021-02-10T22:00

The second instalment of a planned trilogy, Last Year Was Weird Vol. 2 sees Tkay really come into her own artistically, while delivering with a confidence not yet revealed. Since bursting on the...

Marie Davidson's Working Class Woman from 2021-02-10T21:00

Not typically a big fan of club culture or dance music, Working Class Woman is Marie Davidson’s statement on turning the mirror toward herself. A reflection of her time living in Berlin an...

Spoon's Kill The Moonlight from 2021-02-10T11:00

Four records into their already critically acclaimed catalogue, Texas four-piece, Spoon set alight the style they’d become known and were reborn across their record, Kill The Moonlight. No...

Arca's Kick I from 2021-02-10T10:00

Traversing through spheres of language, genre and gender, Arca’s ‘Kick I’ is an acute and textured avant-pop masterclass. An album best listened to in its entirety, by way of t...

The Kid Laroi's F*ck Love from 2021-02-10T09:00

From Waterloo and Broken Hill to number one on the ARIA charts and around the world, The Kid Laroi’s rise has been meteoric. At only 17 years old and with Australia on his back, Laroi&rsqu...

e4444e's Coldstream Road from 2021-02-10T08:00

Inspired by the sounds and feeling of nature and the earth, e4444e (otherwise known as Romy Church to his friends back in hometown, Newcastle) joins us this week to discuss his record, Coldsteam...

Mort Garson's Mother Earth's Plantasia from 2021-02-10T07:00

Way back in 1976, Moog synthesizer pioneer, Mort Garson released a record that would later garner a tremendous cult following. It’s an album composed specifically for plants to listen to, ...

Paul Mac's Mesmerism from 2021-02-10T06:06:10

We’re so fortunate to be joined in the studio this week with Australian dance music icon, formerly one half of Itch-E and Scratch-E, Stereogamous, The Dissociatives, and so much more that ...

Label Showcase: Milk! Records with Jen Cloher, Courtney Barnett and the Milk! family from 2020-09-23T06:35

In an effort to support as many Australian and Sydney artists as our platform allows during this time, we're introducing a new series in which we take a deep dive into some of our favourite loca...

Gordon Koang's Unity from 2020-09-09T01:09:18

Bonafide popstar from South Sudan, migrant, and now rising Australian artist. Amongst a world tour, Gordon Koang and his cousin Paul Biel made the tough decision to not return home and seek asyl...

Label Showcase: Bedroom Suck Records from 2020-09-02T00:27

In an effort to support as many Australian and Sydney artists as our platform allows during this time, we're introducing a new series in which we take a deep dive into some of our favourite loca...

Kendrick Lamar's DAMN. (Live with Dobby) PT 2 from 2020-08-13T02:00

"Is it wickedness? / Is it weakness?" Joining us to unpack the sermon woven across Kendrick Lamar's fourth studio album is local rapper and friend, Dobby. Picking up where To Pimp A Butterfly left ...

Kendrick Lamar's DAMN. (Live with Dobby) PT 1 from 2020-08-13T01:00

"It was always me verse the world / Now it's me verse me / Why, why, why, why?" Joining us to unpack the sermon woven across Kendrick Lamar's fourth studio album is local rapper and friend, Dobby. ...

Bloc Party's Silent Alarm from 2020-08-12T11:30

Revisiting the "technicolour" classic, Bloc Party's debut album Silent Alarm. Picking up where their early EPs left off, Silent Alarm reinvigorated modern guitar rock, with its post-punk energy ...

Label Showcase: Dinosaur City Records from 2020-08-12T10:30

In an effort to support as many Australian and Sydney artists as our platform allows during this time, we're introducing a new series in which we take a deep dive into some of our favourite loca...

Roza Terenzi's Modern Bliss from 2020-08-12T09:32

Melbourne heavyweight DJ Roza Terenzi is a name that's been hot on the lips of local line-ups, labels and internet radio stations for some time now. Following a steady flow of releases, the prod...

Ziggy Ramo's Black Thoughts from 2020-08-03T00:28

The album that almost never was. Sydney rapper Ziggy Ramo originally recorded Black Thoughts five years, only for it to shelved out of fear for what it...

Label Showcase: Spinning Top from 2020-07-10T06:00

In an effort to support as many Australian and Sydney artists as our platform allows during this time, we’re introducing a new series in which we take a deep dive into some of our favourit...

Label Showcase: Rice Is Nice from 2020-07-02T08:00

In an effort to support as many Australian and Sydney artists as our platform allows during this time, we’re introducing a new series in which we take a deep dive into some of our favourit...

Yves Tumor's Heaven to a Tortured Mind from 2020-07-02T02:00

Stripping away the avant-garde pandemonium of their earlier work, the form Yves Tumor takes on throughout their fourth record, Heaven to a Tortured Mind, is the most accessible incarnation of th...

Label Showcase: Pure Space from 2020-06-10T05:00

In an effort to support as many Australian and Sydney artists as our platform allows during this time, we’re introducing a new series in which we take a deep dive into some of our favourit...

Stay Inside: Songs From the Great Indoors from 2020-05-25T02:00

Dinosaur City Records, Spunk!, Osbourne Again, Hotel Motel, Blossom Rot and Inertia Music team up to share a collection of music born and bred in isolation. With a mixed bag across the indie mus...

Jay Electronica's A Written Testimony from 2020-05-21T02:00

After years of waiting, almost insurmountable levels of hype and lore, Jay Electronica's debut record arrived after a recording period of 40 days and 40 nights. Fittingly, A Written Testimony is...

The Morning Bender's Big Echo from 2020-05-16T02:00

San Francisco's The Morning Benders took a stylistic leap with their second record, Big Echo, trading the jangle pop sounds of their debut for a swampy blend that sits somewhere between Californ...

Yaeji's WHAT WE DREW 우리가 그려왔던 from 2020-04-28T02:00

The first full-length project from Korean-American producer Yaeji, is a timely ode to the blisses of community and the simple joys of domestic life. Straddling the blurry lines between dream pop...

Flume's self-titled debut from 2020-04-27T02:00

The ahead-of-its-time self-titled debut LP from Sydney's Flume was the first step in the producer's eventual journey from a kid who grew up on Sydney's Northern Beaches, making music on his firs...

Kim Gordon's No Home Record from 2020-03-26T01:00

After decades of making music, Kim Gordon comes through with her thrillingly noisy debut solo record, No Home Record, proving that she remains at the vanguard of modern music. Along the way, she...

Blood Orange's Freetown Sound from 2020-03-11T01:00

Dev Hynes' third record as Blood Orange, 2016's Freetown Sound, is a warm and impassioned personal document of black culture and history, using samples, collaborations and a mix of genres in his...

Sleep D's Rebel Force from 2020-03-06T04:00

Along with their label Butter Sessions, Melbourne duo Sleep D have had an immeasurable impact on Australian dance music at large, helping to move the scene from the deep house and disco dominanc...

Kings of Leon's Aha Shake Heartbreak from 2020-02-26T01:00

Long before they hit mainstream popularity, the second album from Tennessee family act Kings of Leon, Aha Shake Heartbreak, honed in on their hook-smart brand of Southern bar rock meets garage r...

Julia Jacklin breaks down Crushing (Live) from 2020-02-19T01:00

Blue Mountains songwriter Julia Jacklin took home the 2019 SMAC Award for Album of the Year last Tuesday for her heartwrenching, extraordinary second record, Crushing. This week, she joined us i...

Haim's Days Are Gone from 2020-02-12T01:00

The debut full-length from South Californian sister band HAIM, 2013's Days Are Gone, perfected a seamless blend of 70s radio rock and 90s R&B harmonies, introduced Fleetwood Mac to an entire...

Marcus Whale on Scott Walker's The Drift from 2020-02-05T01:00

Sydney's Marcus Whale (of Collarbones, BV and solo fame) brings in Scott Walker's 2006 record The Drift to chat about how the album changed his life, taught him about the execution of Benito Mus...

Craterface's Don't Be Confused (live with Baby Bruh and Taki Local) from 2020-01-29T01:00

At the end of 2019, Craterface, a producer-rapper duo out of Newcastle made up of Baby Bruh and Taki Local, released their debut mixtape, Don't Be Confused. Following in the footsteps of JPEGMAF...

Hearteye's Joyride The Stars: Mixtape (live with Maurice Santiago) from 2020-01-15T01:00

Joyride the Stars is the debut project from Hearteyes, the latest artistic adventure from Sydney’s Maurice Santiago (aka George Michelle), his most unabashedly sentimental and openly emoti...

Best of 2019: Vampire Weekend's Father of the Bride from 2020-01-01T01:00

Vampire Weekend return from a six year hiatus with their fourth record, Father of The Bride, a sprawling, shaggy double album that features some of the band's loosest, most playfully adventurous...

Best of 2019: Bon Iver's i,i from 2019-12-25T01:00

From the icy solitude of For Emma, Forever Ago, Bon Iver brought his catalogue full circle in 2019 with his fourth studio record, i,i, his warmest and most outward-looking, generous music yet. M...

Best of 2019: Lana Del Rey's Norman F*****g Rockwell! from 2019-12-18T01:00

Lana Del Rey's sixth record, the majestic and stunning Norman F*****g Rockwell!, is one of 2019's most towering musical achievements, a Laurel Canyon-bathed exploration into a world descending i...

Best of 2019: slowthai's Nothing Great About Britain from 2019-12-04T01:00

A visceral blend of the energy, politics and presentation of punk with the jagged and bleak sounds of early grime, the incendiary and irreverent Nothing Great About Britain is slowthai's compell...

Best of 2019: Body Promise's Smooth Sensation compilation (Live with Body Promise) from 2019-11-27T01:00

For years Body Promise, the multi-hyphenate radio show/DJ duo/record label of Amelia Jenner and Doug Wright, have been sharing some of the most forward-thinking electronic and dance music from a...

Best of 2019: Dying Adolescence's Please Be Kind (live with Mikey Barker) from 2019-11-20T01:00

Please Be Kind is the second record from Sydney stalwart Mikey Barker's (also of Bleeding Knees Club, Neighbourhood Void and 1-800-Mikey) bedroom emo project Dying Adolescence. According to Mike...

Sui Zhen's Losing, Linda from 2019-11-13T01:00

On 'Losing, Linda', the second album from Melbourne pop artist Sui Zhen, the alluring singer adopts a digital persona to unnervingly explore grief, death, sci fi and the intersection between rea...

Nicolas Jaar's Sirens from 2019-11-06T01:00

The second studio album from the prodigious Nicolas Jaar, 2016's Sirens, is a study in musical contrasts full of unrivalled beauty and Nicolas' own Chilean politics that established him as one o...

The 1975's A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships (live with Matty Healy) from 2019-10-30T01:00

The 1975’s outrageous, eclectic, sprawling third record, A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships, established the group as a generational voice making some of the most intelligent pop mu...

Coming Soon... a new podcast from FBi Radio from 2019-10-17T02:00

Coming Soon... a new podcast from FBi Radio

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