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Playing the blues: An ecosystem of underground hip-hop in 'Australia' - Part 3

19.02.25

“It has morphed into this chimerical, mongrel thing...It speaks to this feeling of being an outsider. Of the rest of your immediate society looking down their nose on you. And there comes a point where you go f**k it. I'm not going to be ashamed about it anymore."

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Playing the blues: An ecosystem of underground hip-hop in 'Australia' - Part 2

18.02.25

"And then we'd get up on stage and it'd just be like “who the f**k are these guys? What the f**k is this music?” People just staring at us."

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Playing the blues: An ecosystem of underground hip-hop in 'Australia' - Part 1

17.02.25

"The weirdo outskirts of first and second gen migrants…Working class. Maybe a bit mentally ill. Maybe a bit nerdy. Not very tough."

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fbi.radio's Most Played Songs of 2024

23.12.24

The top 100 most played songs on fbi.radio in 2024!!

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Snack Time: 4 stalls you should check out at Powerhouse Lane

11.10.24

Snack Time's Shiv and Ann sit down with 4 chefs from Powerhouse Lane.

The image is a black and white photo of the 8 members of the band Cymande standing outside. Some members are standing on each others shoulders and legs in a human tower.

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A "second phase of life" for Cymande

07.02.24

51 years after their first release, Cymande is touring Australia for the first time ever. Hannah Galvin sat down with the group on Solstice to discuss their legacy and ongoing impact as one of Britain’s greatest but perhaps most underground funk bands.

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Watermelon JUICE, a cypher for Palestine

29.01.24

Three artists come together live on Juice with Nazty Gurl for a powerful display of solidarity.

Black and white image of BAYANG sitting on a couch. He is wearing a white singlet and black pants. He is holding rosary beads.

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Maintaining the ecosystem with BAYANG (tha Bushranger)

17.01.24

Last year was a big one for Sydney’s BAYANG (tha Bushranger).

Tanya Ali and Caroline Polachek stand in the fbi.radio cd library. They are smiling and looking at the camera. Caroline has her arm over Tanya's shoulder.

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One year on, Caroline Polachek reflects on Desire, I Want To Turn Into You

14.12.23

In the midst of her first solo Australian tour, Caroline Polachek joined Tanya Ali in the studio for an interview on Lunch. The two spoke about her most recent album, the stories behind certain tracks, and the future of PC Music.

A film photograph of the four band members of R.M.F.C. They are sitting (and one is standing) against a brickwall, with a green and white striped awning above them.

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Child prodigy fires bandmates live on Real to Reel

22.11.23

Off the back of the release of R.M.F.C.’s debut album, Buz Clatworthy sat down with Jasper Craig-Adams and gave an interview drenched in dry, dry humour.

Album of the Week

Sydney –koreancrashout

21.03.25

Less eshay, more LB; billies are out, menthols are in (the TNs stay, but they’re pink).

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Album of the Week

iO –JUPiTA

14.03.25

Io, the closest of the Galilean moons in Jupiter’s orbit, is one of the most geologically active objects in our solar system. On iO, we’re in Melbourne artist JUPiTA’s orbit, descending gracefully to this porous, seismic surface.

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T4 –Banjo Ulysses

07.03.25

T4 is a progressive exercise in entropy: as it advances, it moves from more traditional compositions towards wild experimentation.

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Wake The Town –Cousin

28.02.25

Like bushwalking on a different planet.

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TREK –Shady Nasty

21.02.25

Soundtrack to the highways of the harbour city; the pains of toil, pedal to the medal with “Chrome on my lips”, no road to Valhalla in sight, only the never-ending bend of the M5 as company.

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choke enough –Oklou

15.02.25

Eyes closed, headphones on at the back of the bus, wires fluttering gently against your chest with each bump on the road. A promise of escape into another world.