!!!DANGER DANGE HIGH VOLTAGE!!! This week it was an absolute joy to chat to Dick Valentine front man from Electro-Disco, New Wave, Garage Rock Legends Electric Six! We chat about the upcoming tour of Australia, Dick tells us how he manages to consistently put out a new record almost once a year, we chat about his solo material, his early musical influences and he picks, dare I say it......an ELECTRIC 6 tracks for his Mixtape! www.metropolistouring.com for tickets to the Australian shows. www.electricsix.com www.themixtapepodcast.com for all my social media and Youtube Channel.

Canadian Folk Singer/Songwriter Donovan Woods has hit Australian shores for the first time this week, playing dates in Perth, Sydney, Newcastle, Melbourne, Adelaide and Brisbane. He chats about his new album, Things Were Never Good, If They're Not Good Now, the upcoming tour, Australian Beaches, Jetlag, Vinyl records and he picks the tracks for his Mixtape! www.oztix.com.au for tickets for the Australian Tour. www.donovanwoods.net to pre-save and pre-order the new album www.themixtapepodcast.com for all my other episodes!

I'm Back! Yes I've had a few short weeks away gathering my thoughts after the momentous night that was Hillstock! This week I'm chatting to Melbourne based artist Zoe From Earth about her new EP The Sun EP and the singles from it, her experiences writing the record, the amazing promo video's and everything in between, you can check out Zoe's Mixtape tracks here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/11TCP98P2LZ9OOE6SmzO6d?si=5be69c3d24274180 you can connect with Zoe here: www.zoefromearth.com you can connect with me here: www.themixtapepodcast.com

This week on the Mixtape, it was an absolute delight to get to chat to NSW Folk artist Melody Pool. Melody chats about her new single Fantasy Girl, her upcoming tour supporting Ella Hooper, the album she's putting out later this year, teaching in a maximum security men's prison once again I bang on far too long about The Emerson Brothers and Light In the Attic Records, and she picks 6 sublime tracks for her Mixtape. Connect with Melody here: https://www.melodypool.com.au Hear her mixtape track choices here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5YOgx0hZZ2b5bRGIOusZxL?si=0fc6394fb0944267 Connect with me here: https://www.themixtapepodcast.com

Something a little bit different this week on the pod. I usually pre-record the Mixtape and play it out on my radio show, but this week, I've reversed it and done The Mixtape interview Live in the KCR 102.5fm studios during my Tuesday night radio show. If you'd like to hear the full show including the music, just click the listen on demand link at https://www.themixtapepodcast.com Connect with Matty here: https://ww.mattytwall.com Hear Matty's Mixtape Choices here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0cXlf96UTk34qYlCovppTa?si=0b1c6b20ee524b98

This week it was a real buzz to chat to Paddy Macrae from The Dreggs. Paddy chats about their new album Caught in the Reverie, the new single they wrote and recorded with Matt Corby, mental health, the sold out Album launch dates and the forthcoming Australian Tour. Absolute cracker this one! Tour dates, info and album orders here: https://www.thedreggsmuisic.com Hear Paddy's mixtape choices here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/21AGyyVckdAQRXuXJTmTcp?si=b61b04a244c64eb9 Connect with me here: https://www.themixtapepodcast.com

In this bonus episode, I look back on the first 50 episodes, talk about some of my favourite interviewee's and pick my favourite tracks in each of the 6 categories. If you want to hear the songs as well as the chat then drop over to my Mixcloud channel, where you can hear the tracks as well as the chats! https://www.mixcloud.com/themixtapepodcast_/ links to all the previous 50 chats are here: https://www.themixtapepodcast.com

This week on Episode 50 of the pod my guest is Perth Musician and Author Alexandra Hainsworth. She talks about her new single "Fighter" and her new novel, and picks 6 fantastic tracks for her Mixtape! Hear her choices here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4qctrIKwanXsc6Ylgyhfug?si=13620429529f45be https://www.alexandrahainsworth.com https://www.themixtapepodcast.com

A Little bonus Episode for you all. I'm chatting with Amos and Elenie from Perth Record Store Midland Records about Record Store day which is happening this week Saturday 20th April. Amos and Elenie run us through how they are marking RSD this year, I give them my take on the best way to manage "flippers" and we talk through the RSD Procurement process from a record stores point of view. https://www.midlandrecords.com.au https://www.themixtapepodcast.com

This week it was a real thrill to get to chat to Fin Greenall aka Fink! Fin chats about his new album Beauty In Your Wake, what happens when your music gets put on a TV series you are obsessed with, How Alison Moyet came to his rescue when he copped hate for covering one of her songs, his recent Audiophile release on Lowswing Records, and he picks 6 amazing tracks for his Mixtape, settle in for this one, its an absolute cracker! www.finkmusic.net www.themixtapepodcast.com hear Fins track choices here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2rPZb1NhXhD7PMvQ69sdMy?si=108d363d7dec479b