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Helping you find the next great song in your playlist. Each week, the team from 78 Amped bring you the news, reviews and interviews you need to find the next great song for your favourite playlists!
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Max is back in the headphones to listen to the 2005 debut record from Dallas Green's solo project, City & Colour's Sometimes. While he may not be the biggest fan of the project, the record makes him realise a human truth about what difference lays between his and Sam's taste. Relisten to City & Colour's "Sometimes" on Spotify and Apple Music. Discover more new music and hear your favourite artists with 78 Amped on Instagram and TikTok. Watch episodes on our YouTube channel and don't ...
Backstage before the kick-off of their very first Australian tour, Sam and Max sit down with Will and Jordan from Better Lovers. They cover a two-year horror cycle, that lead to the band, how they separate out their many projects, and which bands inspire their sound. Connect with Better Lovers on Instagram and TikTok, and listen to their album "Highly Irresponsible" on Spotify and Apple Music. Discover more new music and hear your favourite artists with 78 Amped on Instagram and TikTok. Watc...
Only days after the Hottest 100 wash up, Sam and Max are back looking at the best of 2025 with analysis of this year's Grammy awards. Then it's a quick look at how triple j could better represent the genres, and finally, a look back at Australian bands that have fallen off the earth. 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. Watch episodes on our YouTube channel and ...
Sam's going into a second back-to-back pop gal album with a look back on Olivia Rodrigo's sophomore album from 2023. He's discovering more and more about his inner teenage girl, but will this one resonate? Relisten to "Guts (Spilled)" on Spotify and Apple Music. Discover more new music and hear your favourite artists with 78 Amped on Instagram and TikTok. Watch episodes on our YouTube channel and don't forget to like and subscribe.
Ahead of the fourth iteration, Max dials in with Tom and Jack from Port Noarlunga's Nice Day to Go to The Club Festival. They cover the impact of local festivals on revitalising local scenes, bringing home a second flag in two years, and getting some brackets next to acts' names. Connect with Nice Day to Go to The Club on Instagram and Facebook, and find tickets here. Discover more new music and hear your favourite artists with 78 Amped on Instagram and TikTok. Watch episodes on our YouTube ...
It's a bumper episode this week as Sam and Max breakdown the numbers on the weekend's Hottest 100 countdown, analyse Harry Styles' latest album and tour announcement, and then dive deep into the set times for Laneway festival. Then, how to kill a party in eight tracks. 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. Watch episodes on our YouTube channel and don't forget to...
Max's homework was to dive deep into the 2016 chunky big hitter, Promise Everything, from the UK band Basement, but will the non-stop overdriven guitars tick his box, or tick him off? Relisten to Promise Everything on Spotify and Apple Music. Discover more new music and hear your favourite artists with 78 Amped on Instagram and TikTok. Watch episodes on our YouTube channel and don't forget to like and subscribe.
Off the back of their seventh studio album, Simon from DZ Deathrays dials in with Sam and Max. They cover how two different EPs led to the record, how they're making room backstage for new acts, and a drunken run-in with Chris Lilley. Connect with DZ Deathrays on Instagram and TikTok, and listen to "Easing Out of Control" on Spotify and Apple Music. For tickets to their "Easing Out of Control" Tour, head to their website. Discover more new music and hear your favourite artists with 78 Amped o...
Summer listening is still the the talk of the town for our new songs this week, then we dive into the new line-up drop from Bluesfest, a tour announce from the world's most famous military conscripts, and look back at 2016 like the whole of the internet seems to be doing. Follow along with the songs we discuss in this week's Spotify playlist. Discover more new music and hear your favourite artists with 78 Amped on Instagram and TikTok. Watch episodes on our YouTube channel and don't forget t...
Sam is dipping into the alt-pop world of the early 2010s for this week's vinyl club. Will his hardened grunge heart open up to the pop life, or will it be a no-thank-you? Relisten to "Night Time My Time" on Spotify or Apple Music. Discover more new music and hear your favourite artists with 78 Amped on Instagram and TikTok. Watch episodes on our YouTube channel and don't forget to like and subscribe.
Digging back through the archives (because it's January and holidays have made us lazy), Max and Sam revisit one of their earliest favourite chats with Alisa and Thom from The Naked and Famous. They cover the release of their then-new album, "Recover", working alongside L.A.'s creative scene, and how they were reinventing their live set. Hopefully this is ahead of their full-scale return to the game! Connect with The Naked and Famous on Instagram and TikTok, and listen back to "Recover" on Sp...
It's 2026, Max is back in the country, and the boys are ready to (poorly) podcast! It's all new songs to kick off the year, discussing rumours swirling around one of the UK's most beloved (or not-so, in Sam's case) exports, and new festivals launching on the Sunshine Coast. 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. Watch episodes on our YouTube channel and don't forg...
Sam has set Max new of his favourite albums from 2025, from the big-hitters at Thornhill. Max is on the move on an overseas holiday, but will he rate Sam's love, or dunk on a modern classic? Re-listen to "Bodies" on Spotify and Apple Music. Discover more new music and hear your favourite artists with 78 Amped on Instagram and TikTok. Watch episodes on our YouTube channel and don't forget to like and subscribe.
While the industry is taking some time off in the early part of the year, Sam and Max compile a collection of Hottest 100 votes that reflective of the Friends of the Show we've made in 2025. Discover more new music and hear your favourite artists with 78 Amped on Instagram and TikTok. Watch episodes on our YouTube channel and don't forget to like and subscribe.
Max is still jet-setting his way across the world, but that doesn't stop him and Sam from running through some under-exposed hits that they dug up last year, and going through their votes for the Hottest 100, before they look ahead at some artists that they're expecting will have a big 2026 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. Watch episodes on our YouTube chann...
Sam's taking a trip back in time to one of the biggest landmark albums of the pop-punk era, with Sum 41's 2001 debut record. What will he think of an album that everyone fully agrees stands the test of time? Re-listen to "All Killer, No Filler" on Spotify and Apple Music. Discover more new music and hear your favourite artists with 78 Amped on Instagram and TikTok. Watch episodes on our YouTube channel and don't forget to like and subscribe.
For the final backstage interview from Good Things Festival, Max chat with Blöthar the Berserker from Gwar. They cover huge and important topics like Gwar's political stances, the proper plurals for human anatomy, and who the band are keen to work with from the modern metal scene. Connect with Gwar on Instagram and TikTok, and listen to their latest album "The Return of Gor Gor" on Spotify and Apple Music. Discover more new music and hear your favourite artists with 78 Amped on Instagram and ...
Over a year of podcasting, Sam and Max have screwed up plenty, and dropped a stack of dumb comments, so in lieu of a full episode on New Year's Eve, we're presenting a short montage of some of the weirdest stuff we've said this year that got cut from the main episodes. Check out a different cut of visual screw-ups on our YouTube channel. Discover more new music and hear your favourite artists with 78 Amped on Instagram and TikTok. Watch episodes on our YouTube channel and don't forget to lik...
Max is digging through the back of his closet for a flannel shirt as he ventures into the world of the Grunge throwback record from Superheaven; 2015's Ours is Chrome. Will he be rocking it out, or will he find it all is a bit of a Blur? Relisten to Superheaven's "Ours is Chrome" on Spotify and Apple Music. Discover more new music and hear your favourite artists with 78 Amped on Instagram and TikTok. Watch episodes on our YouTube channel and don't forget to like and subscribe.
Backstage at Good Things Festival, Sam and Max catch up with Will and Adam of Lorna Shore. They cover their internal critique of their latest album, what might be coming next for the band, and which band members are pushing Will to achieve those insane vocals. Connect with Lorna Shore on Instagram and TikTok, and listen to their latest album, "I Feel the Everblack Festering Within Me" on Spotify and Apple Music. Discover more new music and hear your favourite artists with 78 Amped on In...
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