Karen Leng

Melbourne

Host of Curated @doublejradio & music is my passion / ex 3RRR / she / her / on Wurundjeri country / Instagram @karen_l_leng FB: @KarenLengDJ

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Press Club dig deep and dream big on album #4

1 week ago | abc.net.au | Karen Leng |Dylan Saville

Melbourne four-piece punk outfit Press Club has just released their exhilarating fourth record, To All The Ones That I Love - and they're hitting the road to celebrate. Natalie Foster and guitarist Greg Rietwyk are back on the J's to catch up with Karen Leng to chat about how their new album came together.
Justice bring their area tour to Australia this December

2 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Karen Leng |Dylan Saville

French electro duo Justice have made four brilliant albums across their long career, but it's on the live stage that they shine brightest. Seven long years after their last visit to Australia, Justice are returning, bringing their full production to arenas in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane for their biggest shows here to date in December. Gaspard Augé and Xavier de Rosnay call into Double J for a chat with Karen Leng about what we can expect from their full-kit heckers live shows.
DJ Joey Lightbulb's PUMP UP mix

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Karen Leng |Dylan Saville

Fresh from following PJ Harvey and Fontaines D.C. on stage at Victoria’s Golden Plains Music Festival, DJ, music writer and AFL footy mascot Mikey Cahill, AKA Joey Lightbulb, jumps back on the decks for a pre long weekend PUMP UP mix on Double J. Strap in for a bit of funk, R&B, house and some turbo riddims.
You Am I celebrate Hi Fi Way's dirty thirty

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Karen Leng |Dylan Saville

This year marks 30 years since You Am I released their much-loved second album Hi Fi Way. Released in February 1995, it remains an Australian classic. It snagged the band an ARIA, earned them 3 spots in that year’s Hottest 100, its songs have been covered tons of times, and it’s influenced generations of Australian musicians This year band are hitting the road in April and May to celebrate, playing Hi Fi Way as well as their third album Hourly Daily in full all over Australia.
PJ Harvey on poetry, folklore and reinvention

2 months ago | abc.net.au | Karen Leng |Dylan Saville

PJ Harvey is back in Australia in Australia in 2025, her first tour here in 8 years, delivering magical sets with her band and long time collaborator John Parish. Over recent years PJ Harvey has found inspiration in writing poetry. The ancient folklore of her hometown Dorset to write the poetic narrative Orlam, and then to create the spell bindingly beautiful album I Inside the Old Year Dying. It sees another dramatic reinvention in a career marked by constant change.
DARKSIDE's Nicolás Jaar unpacks 'Nothing'

2 months ago | abc.net.au | Karen Leng |Dylan Saville

Pioneering electro-psych group DARKSIDE’s third album Nothing has just dropped, and their first as a trio. Nicolás Jaar and Dave Harrington are joined by longtime friend, collaborator, instrument designer and drummer Tlacael Esparza which has seen them re-imagine and reinvigorate their rich sound with even more sonic textures. Born out of jam sessions recorded at the band's Los Angeles-based rehearsal space (an abandoned shop front), Nothing is their first studio album as a creative 3-some.
Hottest 100 of 2004

Jan 23, 2025 | abc.net.au | Karen Leng

Karen Leng takes you through to the middle of Double J's countdown of the Hottest 100 of 2004.
Kim Deal is finally going solo after decades with Pixies and The Breeders

Dec 26, 2024 | abc.net.au | Karen Leng

It took nearly 40 years, but venerable alt-rock fixture Kim Deal has finally got around to releasing her first proper debut solo album, Nobody Loves You More. The opening title tack sets the tone for many surprises to come — a lush, pop-orchestra arrangement where strings and brass rise up around old-fashioned melodies. It's a far cry from the deeply influential bands the 63-year-old musician established her reputation with.
Amyl and the Sniffers are one of Australian music's great current success stories — so why have they moved overseas?

Oct 31, 2024 | abc.net.au | Dan Condon |Karen Leng

Amyl & The Sniffers are one of the great modern Australian music success stories. The scrappy garage rock band who cut their teeth in Melbourne's pubs and practice rooms are now global darlings. They live in Los Angeles, they're beloved by iconic rock bands, sometimes they wear Gucci.
HEAVENLY - ABC listen

Aug 29, 2024 | abc.net.au | Karen Leng

Off the back of Zan Rowe’s Australian radio exclusive interview with Nick Cave on his new album with the Bad Seeds, Wild God, we’re letting the dark prince guide us for DESKO today. It’s Heavenly Desko!You’ll hear tracks that with lift you up from The Cure, DJ Sammy, The Peep Tempel and Belinda Carlisle. Get turbo DESKO, the disco at your desk by request. It's an hour of back-to-back bangers handpicked by you to catapult you into the weekend.