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Feb 14, 2025 | 
abc.net.au | Zan Rowe |Gabrielle Burke
New Zealand band Shihad are calling it a day. Over almost 4 decades they’ve torn up stages around the world, proving themselves one of the best live bands around. As they hang up the guitar leads, what better time to ask them to Take 5 and share some of their best memories? This is a blueprint for how Shihad came to be. It's also the story of a friendship that began in a schoolyard in Wellington and lives strong between lead singer Jon Toogood and drummer Tom Larkin, to this day.
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Feb 6, 2025 | 
abc.net.au | Zan Rowe |Gabrielle Burke |PHOEBE CORNISHRory Bennett |Caitlin Nienaber
One of the most influential bands of our time are coming back to Australia. To celebrate New Order’s return, I’m dusting off a cracking Take 5 from 2020 with the one and only Bernard Sumner. The frontman joined me to share the songs that made him, which was a real treat given his blueprint has changed the course of modern music. Dive into the Haçienda, and hear some incredible stories with this Mancunian legend.
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Jan 30, 2025 | 
abc.net.au | Zan Rowe |Gabrielle Burke
What do you say about Wayne Coyne? The legendary frontman of Flaming Lips has been bringing us joy for more than four decades. Their live shows are the stuff of legend; wild visuals, confetti, balloons, furry animal costumes and giant plastic balls rolling across the crowd. And then there's their music, strange and uplifting pop songs that have become the soundtrack to our own lives.
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Jan 27, 2025 | 
abc.net.au | Zan Rowe |Gabrielle Burke |PHOEBE CORNISHRory Bennett
This is one of the best bits from Take 5. Aussie hip-hop royalty Hilltop Hoods had me in stitches when they came in to Take 5 in 2022. Like many of you, I’ve grown up with the Hoods, and had plenty of fun at festivals and shows with them too. It was such a buzz to finally Take 5 with them and travel through some of the highlights of an extraordinary career.
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Jan 20, 2025 | 
abc.net.au | Zan Rowe |Gabrielle Burke |PHOEBE CORNISHRory Bennett
This is one of the best bits from Take 5. Angel Olsen did a stunning Take 5 in early 2023. It came after a period of massive upheaval for Angel—the death of her parents, coming out as queer, and all the joy and grief that circled around it. She came to the conversation with a new perspective, and a beautiful collection of songs that captured the full spectrum.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
abc.net.au | Zan Rowe |Gabrielle Burke |Sam Wicks |Caitlin Nienaber
This is one of the best bits from Take 5. Fatboy Slim was in Australia in January 2020, right before the world locked down. He came in to Take 5, and took us all on a thrilling journey through his crate digging collection and remarkable history. Listen to the full episode here: https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/take-5/fatboy-slim-dancefloor-evergreens/11918368
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Jan 6, 2025 | 
abc.net.au | Zan Rowe |Gabrielle Burke |PHOEBE CORNISHRory Bennett
This is one of the best bits from Take 5. Caroline Polachek had a huge 2023, and at the end of it she joined Zan Rowe to Take 5. The energy of her most recent album Desire, I Want to Turn Into You had been replicated with a volcano at her live shows, so her theme was centred around explosive songs of release (i.e. 'volcano' songs). It wasn’t the first time she’d done Take 5, but more than a decade had passed, so we caught up on her own musical evolution too.
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Nov 28, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Zan Rowe |Gabrielle Burke
Katie Crutchfield has been making music as Waxahatchee for almost 15 years. In the early days she self-released on cassette, lo-fi indie music that would blossom into Americana around a decade later. That foray, with her acclaimed album Saint Cloud, brought her a whole new audience. But she has always been a brilliant songwriter. Katie doesn’t waste a word, which is why I love chatting with her about songs. And why I asked her to Take 5.
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Nov 22, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Zan Rowe |Gabrielle Burke
10 years ago, a fellow called Nick Murphy put out his debut album. The Melbournian traded on the name Chet Faker, buzz was building, but when Built on Glass was released, no one knew how big it would become. It hit #1 on the ARIA charts, songs from it landed 3 times in the Top 10 of the Hottest 100, including that #1 for Talk Is Cheap. and life got kinda' crazy. From Four Tet to Mk.gee, catch up with Chet Faker and some wild stories from his last decade.
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Nov 14, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Zan Rowe |Gabrielle Burke
There aren’t many Australian bands who have sold 23 million copies of their albums. Cast your mind back to the late 90’s, and a duo from Brisbane called Savage Garden. Darren Hayes was the angel-voiced frontman, and after putting out two hugely successful albums he went solo.
