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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Mentalized – Skeleten

07.02.25

Moody, spacey, but injected with a pulsing warmth.

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BLACK’!ANTIQUE – Pink Siifu

31.01.25

A crowning moment for one of hip-hop’s great auteurs.

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Monorail – 198archie

25.01.25

Monorail is a personal, introspective record that muses on the interplay of memory and nostalgia. It’s also got bagpipes.

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shard mentality – e fishpool

17.01.25

Charged with unabashed emotion.

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It Takes A Village – Josef

13.12.24

Like Chris Paul snaking around a pick and roll for a languid fadeaway free-throw jumper, or Carmelo Anthony pulling up off the dribble into a form-perfect 3-pointer – so does Josef slide, effortlessly smooth, over It Takes A Village.

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New Old Horse – Twine

06.12.24

A nervously writhing thing, New Old Horse twists and turns, collapses in on itself, builds itself up again and then strips itself clean, in furious, sweating catharsis.

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Penance – Sidney Phillips

29.11.24

Eshayz lad

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Die One Day – DJ ANDREW

22.11.24

Die One Day contains all sorts of fun surprises that you’d hope for from an artist who styles himself as a DJ but primarily plays acoustic guitar.

Independent Artist of the Week

Giant Hammer

14.02.25

House-mates turned bandmates, eora based indie band “Giant Hammer” have much more in common than musical sensibilities.

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emefbanx

06.02.25

“Passion will translate more than the perfect song.”

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Independent Artist of the Week

Dumbhead

30.01.25

“I've had a couple of people being like, that's the worst name I've ever heard.”

Independent Artist of the Week

Heart Armour

23.01.25

‘I guess it’s rooted in just spending a lot of time with each other…So I think it's really just honouring the friendship between all of us.”

Independent Artist of the Week

WAARI

18.12.24

Inspired by Moses Sumney and D’Angelo, and sonically akin to shapeshifters such as Jai Paul, WAARI makes sleek & atmospheric R&B music.

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Independent Artist of the Week

CD

12.12.24

‘Warm night, like, hot night – not hot, but, like, really warm: 25º, 26º.”

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Independent Artist of the Week

Hinano Fujisaki

05.12.24

Inspired by Japanese folk songs, Hermeto Pascoal and Miles Davis, Hinano’s sound is personal, contemplative and homely, singular in its intent yet resoundingly multitudinous in character and feeling.

Independent Artist of the Week