One A Day

What more is there to say about The Preatures? The Sydney quintet has been on our radar for over two years, releasing a steady stream of quality rock and roll that has only gotten better. Last week, the released their latest EP, Is This How You Feel?, featuring the critically acclaimed smash hit single of the same name. We thought it was high time we gave the rest of the world a proper primer on everyone’s favourite band, so we invited co-frontmen Gideon Bensen and Isabella Manfredi over to drink wine and discuss their writing and recording process, cameraphones at gigs and the fighting with your boyfriend over kitsch guitar parts. Subscribe on iTunes and never miss a beat. Related: The Preatures – ‘Is This How You Feel?’ The Preatures – ‘Take A Card’ The Preatures – ‘Young’ The Preatures – ‘Waiting Here No More’

Yeezus is probably the biggest thing to happen on planet Seidler since David got his driver’s license, so we’re dedicating an entire podcast to it. You’ve read the articles, you’ve seen the contributor list, but you’ve never heard Kanye’s sixth LP discussed quite like this. From race to sex, Hudson Mohawke to Nina Simone, The College Dropout to 808s and Heartbreaks, this is the definitive Kanye West retrospective from the only website to have been founded on his philosophy of ‘always doing more awesome.’ Learn about Rick Rubin, discover the deep dark twisted late night fantasies of a former backpack rapper, question whether he’s overtaken his mentor Jay-Z or picked up the radical politics of Lupe Fiasco and settle in for the wildest most unpredictable ride hip-hop can offer. We’re excited. You’re excited. Let’s do this. Subscribe on iTunes and never miss a beat. Tracklist: Kanye West – On Sight Kanye West – Black Skinhead Lupe Fiasco – All Black Everything Kanye West – New Slaves Kanye West – Love Lockdown Kanye West – Paranoid Kanye West – Blood On The Leaves Nina Simone – Strange Fruit TNGHT – R U Ready? Kanye West – Runaway Kanye West – Bound 2 Kanye West – All Falls Down

Jagwar Ma‘s stunning debut album, Howlin‘, has just dropped. We loved it so much we thought we’d corner the band and find out more about what we think will be one of the records of 2013. For our second exclusive artist-only podcast in collaboration with Future Classic, Jagwar writer/producer Jono Ma tells us all about marrying techno and Motown, why he’s jealous of Jamie xx’s stage set-up, how to make music for the iPod earbud generation and why being a ‘gear slut’ in the studio doesn’t always pay. Subscribe on iTunes and never miss a beat. Tracklist: Jagwar Ma – The Throw Jagwar Ma – Uncertainty Jagwar Ma – Man I Need Jagwar Ma – Let Her Go Jagwar Ma – Exercise Buy Howlin’ here.

What is the right release model for music these days? Do leaks and advance streams ruin the fun? The second Seidler has disappeared, so Mark and Jonno stay up all night to get lucky and discuss the rise of Disclosure amid the furore surrounding Daft Punk’s latest record. We also take a look back at a Tensnake insta-classic, question whether Jamie Cullum has gone too far in appeasing mothers worldwide and backflip on our view on Justin Timberlake with his stunning ‘Blue Ocean Floor.’ Subscribe to the One A Day podcast here. Tracklist: Disclosure – Latch Disclosure ft. Jessie Ware – Confess To Me Tensnake – Coma Cat Daft Punk ft. Todd Edwards – Fragments Of Time Jamie Cullum – Everything You Didn’t Do Jamie Cullum – Twentysomething Justin Timberlake – Blue Ocean Floor Jamie Cullum – Please Don’t Stop The Music *This photo taken by David’s girlfriend, Lindsey. We have no idea where it is.

Adelaide’s Motez Obaidi first caught our attention with stunning remixes of Frank Ocean and Justin Timberlake, and soon followed it up with his own brilliant tracks that made us confident he was a sure bet. The Baghdad-born DJ is a house music devotee in a city renowned for hip-hop, championed by DJs across the country and indeed the world. He’s got a new EP on the way and has some great taste, so we thought we’d ask him to make us a mix of the music he likes to listen to at least once a day. It’s a juicy mesh of new and old, and exclusive to us. Plug it in, baby. Subscribe to One A Day podcast on iTunes and never miss a beat. Tracklist Amerie – ‘Why Don’t We Fall in Love’ (Kaytranada Edit) Flight Facilities – ‘Clair De Lune’ (Motez Remix) The Manuel Portio – ‘Love Cuts Deep’ Gat Decor – ‘Passion’ (Fake Forward Edit) KLP – Hands (Saari Remix) Deep City Groove – Police Brutality (Dale Howard’s Brutal Mix) Motez – ‘Find Me’ * Forthcoming on Say Wat Records * Amtrac – Those Days (Viceroy Edit) Kry Wolf – ‘Bluffin’ Nic Perry – ‘Girls Get Down’ (Cause & Affect Basement Remix) Motez – ‘Find Me’ (Wongo Remix) * Forthcoming on Say Wat Records * Bahamadia – ‘Uknowhowwedu’ More on Motez here.

How important are film soundtracks to our perception of music? Can made-for-movie tracks transcend the blockbuster from whence they came? On the eve of the release of Baz Luhrman’s ‘Great Gatsby’, we take a look back at arguably one of his best films, ‘Romeo + Juliet’ and discuss what effect the silver screen has on our ears and our heartstrings. Subscribe to the One A Day podcast here. We then hit a jugular with Des’ree’s ‘Kissing You’, while we check out new music from Rudimental collaborator John Newman, as well as a classic rap banger from Big Pun and new Swedish pop from NoNoNo. Tracklist: 100$ Bill – Jay Z – Great Gatsby Soundtrack Crazy In Love (Kid Koala Version) – Emeli Sande and The Bryan Ferry Orcehstra A Little Party Never Killed Nobody (It’s All We Got) – Fergie, Q-Tip, Goon Rock Young Hearts Run Free – Kym Mazelle Kissing You (Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet) – Des’ree Still Not A Player – Big Pun ft. Joe Still Not A Player – Incubus Pumping Blood – NONONO Lovefool – The Cardigans

Flight Facilities are moving so fast at the moment that sometimes it’s hard to keep up with them. Today we premiere our first artist-only podcast on the boys, which we made for Sydney-based record label Future Classic. Subscribe to the One A Day podcast on iTunes and never miss a beat. We recently sat down with Jimmy2Sox to discuss the ups and downs of being one of the most in-demand production pairs in Australia. He told us about finding new female voices in your junk mailbox, why a mixtape is the best kind of business card and discussed whether putting a gold record on your wall makes you a dick. You’ll also hear their brand new single with Elizabeth Rose, an alternative edit of ‘Crave You’ and some of the highlights of their recent Decades mixes for triple j Mix-Ups. It’s everything you’ve ever wanted to know about Sydney’s favourite production duo in one bite-sized morsel. Tracklist: Flight Facilities ft. Giselle – ‘Crave You’ (Version 2) Flight Facilities ft. Elizabeth Rose – ‘I Didn’t Believe’ (Extended Mix) Flight Facilities ft. Christine Hoberg – ‘Clair De Lune’ Flight Facilities for ‘triple j Mix Up Exclusives’: 1982-1992 (snippet) Cassius/Outkast – ‘Feeling For Rosa’ (1999) Jamiroquai/Notorious BIG – ‘Notorious Insanity’ (1996)

Is social media strangling music? This week we look at Mariah Carey, Thicke and Busta Rhymes’ recent #hashtag tracks and see if there’s something too all that chatter or if it’s just a way to keep the kids interested. We time travel back to Jonno’s first ever online writing with Midnight Juggernauts, learn about Polish-American models with Robin Thicke, make fun of Mark’s parents’ obsession with Simply Red and discuss why everyone’s taking a punt on Chance the Rapper. Subscribe to the One A Day podcast on iTunes and never miss a beat. Be sure to listen in for your chance to win one of 5 copies of Rudimental’s ‘Home’, thanks to Warner Music. O: Mariah Carey ft. Miguel – #beautiful J1: Midnight Juggernauts – Into The Galaxy D1: Robin Thicke ft Pharrell – Blurred Lines J2: Simply Red – Fairground D2: Chance The Rapper – Cocoa Butter Kisses —- Other songs we mentioned Miguel – Adorn Diplo – Express Yourself Katy Perry – California Gurls Ke$ha – Tik Tok Midnight Juggernauts – Shadows Robin Thicke – When I Get You Alone Daft Punk ft. Pharrell – Get Lucky Simply Red – If You Don’t Know Me By Now Lupe Fiasco – Kick Push Kanye West Power —– Thanks for listening. We love you.

In light of Rihanna and Calvin Harris’ record breaking runs on both sides of the Atlantic, we look at chart figures and wonder what they even mean in the 21st century. After that we enjoy some vintage Gorillaz, meet the newest XXL freshman, Logic, teach Mark about Bill Withers and reminisce over Nike ads with JXL’s famed remix of Elvis’ ‘Little Less Conversation.’ Subscribe to the One A Day podcast on iTunes and never miss a beat. O: Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris – ‘We Found Love’ (Star Slinger Refix) J1 Gorillaz – 5/4 D1 Logic – Nasty J2 Bill Withers – Use Me Up D2 Elvis vs JXL – Little Less Conversation Outro: Robin Thicke ft. Pharrell – ‘Blurred Lines’ — Other songs/artists we mentioned: Simply Red – ‘If You Don’t Know Me By Now’ Rihanna – ‘Umbrella’ Macklemore ft. Ryan Lewis – ‘Thrift Shop’ PSY – ‘Gangnam Style’ Blur – ‘Song 2’ Gorillaz -‘Feel Good Inc’ — Thanks for listening. We love you.

Staring down the barrel of podcast No. 5, we confirm Jonno’s Splendour predictions and discuss the festival’s relevance, as well as having an exclusive chat with Danny Rogers, co-founder of St. Jerome’s Laneway Festval and manager of Gotye and The Temper Trap. After that we go balls-deep on our Classixx premiere, review the second coming of Josef Salvat, get sexy with Cassie’s mixtape and hopefully talk about PSY for the last time ever. Subscribe to the One A Day podcast on iTunes and never miss a beat. J1: Classixx ft. Nancy Whang – All You’re Waiting For D1: Josef Salvat – Hustler J2: Cassie ft Wiz Khalifa – Paradise D2: Psy – Gentleman Outro: Bill Withers – ‘Just The Two Of Us’ — Other songs/artists we mentioned: Lana Del Rey – Video Games Snoop Dogg ft. Wiz Khalifa – Young, Wild & Free Ciara – Body Party Mayer Hawthorne – The Walk Rick Ross, generally. LCD Soundsystem – Shut Up & Play The Hits [Film] Carley Rae Jepsen – Call Me Maybe PSY – Gangnam Style Will Smith – Just The 2 Of Us — Thanks for listening. We love you. *Photo by Hobogestapo

For our fourth podcast, we try to figure out why skinny white bands are so obsessed with black music from the 90s. Using Coachella as our case study, we also look closer to home with Chet Faker’s cover of ‘No Diggity’. We then race across the Tasman to discover new wunderkind Lorde, get a second sensual serving of Rhye, fall back in love with The Preatures and reacquaint ourselves with one of the best one hit wonders ever, ‘Groove Is In The Heart.’ Subscribe to the One A Day podcast on iTunes and never miss a beat. Opener: Chet Faker – No Diggity J1: Lorde – Million Dollar Bills D1: Rhye – Open J2: The Preatures – Is This How You Feel? D2: Dee-Lite – Groove Is In The Heart — Other songs/artists we mentioned: Blackstreet – No Diggity Phoenix – 1901 Aaliyah – Hot Like Fire Ben Folds – Bitches Ain’t Shit Mark Ronson ft. Q-Tip, MNDR – Bang Bang Bang A Tribe Called Quest – Electric Relaxation Sufjan Stevens – That Dress Looks Nice On You Drake – Girls Like Beyonce — Thanks for listening. We love you.

For our third podcast, we look at Daft Punk, Major Lazer and The Knife and question how long is too long to wait between album releases in today’s attention-deficient culture. We also speculate as to how real Snoop Lion’s persona really is, discover bhangra music in Brooklyn, take a trip back to 1981 with Rick Springfield and relive 2006 with an epic Bang Gang remix of Lost Valentinos. Subscribe to the One A Day podcast on iTunes and never miss a beat. Opener: Major Lazer – Get Free (What So Not Remix) J1: Rick Springfield – Jessie’s Girl D1: Snoop Lion – Ashtrays and Heartbreaks J2: Lost Valentinos – CCTV (Bang Gang vs Van She Tech Remix) D2: Red Baraat – Shruggy Ji Other songs/arists we mentioned: M.I.A – Galang Glee Cast – Jessie’s Girl Snoop Dogg & Dr Dre – Gin & Juice Snoop Dogg & Dr Dre – Still D.R.E Snoop Dogg ft. Justin Timberlake – Signs Midnight Juggernauts – Shadows The Cat Empire – Hello Hello Jagwar Ma – The Throw Like us on Facebook so we can feel better about ourselves Retweet the snide observations we make on Twitter Thanks for listening. We love you.

For our sophomore podcast, we discuss whether The Strokes are still ‘a thing’, the perennial allure of Crowded House, why Miguel will be the biggest thing in neo-soul and whether Calvin Harris can actually call out new London producer Jakwob for stealing a chord progression. Subscribe to the One A Day podcast on iTunes and never miss a beat. J1: Sticky Fingers – These Girls D1: Miguel – Adorn J2: Crowded House – It’s Only Natural D2: Jakwob ft. Maiday – Fade Other songs we mentioned: Calvin Harris – I’m Not Alone John Legend ft. Kanye West – It’s Over D’Angelo – Send It On The Strokes – One Way Trigger The Strokes – All The Time Like us on Facebook so we can feel better about ourselves Retweet the snide observations we make on Twitter Thanks for listening. We love you.

Podcast #1: The Ultra Aussie Edition On our inaugural podcast, we discuss David’s recent trip to Miami to cover Ultra Music Festival, whether EDM is actually eating itself, how long it will take Swedish House Mafia to actually retire, the serene magic of Golden Plains and what makes Ben Lee’s first single from 1997 such an Australian classic. D1: Zedd – Clarity ft. Foxes [Listen] D2: Swedish House Mafia vs Benny Benassi – Satisfaction [Listen] J2: Dick Diver – Keno [Listen] J2: Ben Lee – Cigarettes Will Kill You [Listen] Other songs we mentioned: Major Lazer – Pon De Floor Beyonce – Run The World (Girls) Ben Lee – Catch My Disease Ben Folds – Brick Madeon – Finale Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes Like us on Facebook so we can feel better about ourselves Retweet the snide observations we make on Twitter Thanks for listening. We love you.