For The Record

Like a book club for music nerds, Dan Gordon and Maia Bilyk take a deep dive through a different album each week. Between the nostalgic and brand new, broken down by the artist themselves. Recorded a…

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FKA twig's Caprisongs
To say FKA twigs in her near-decade career has seen and experienced it all is an understatement. Since first arriving in 2012 as a hot artist to watch, which each release twigs has extended her alt-baroque-electronic world with each new release, culminating in the grandiose opus Magdalene. In the t…
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Deafheaven’s Ordinary Corrupt Human Love
In July 2018, blackgaze (black metal/shoegaze) juggernauts Deafheaven released one of the most unique records in recent memory. Stomach churning vocals balanced across delicate, graceful instrumentation and tropes of classic rock. This was not blast beat, evil black metal; this was pretty and hopef…
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Skee Mask’s Pool
Back for the first episode of 2022 and diving right into one of the very best techno records of last year. Released on the iconic Munich based label Ilian Tapes, Pool is a 1 hour 45 minute journey through unbridled experimentation, rhythm and pulsating dance. With this, Skee Mask presents his elect…
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Best Of 2021: The War on Drugs’ I Don’t Live Here Anymore
More of a refined evolution than any kind of reinvention of the wheel, I Don’t Live Here Anymore is The War on Drugs at the very peak of their powers. With supreme love and care pooled into every minute detail of the record, frontman, Adam Granduciel has put together an uplifting classic/stadium ro…
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Best Of 2021: Erika de Casier’s Sensational
Subtle and unassuming on the surface, Erika de Casier e Ramos Lizardo’s record, Sensational, possesses extraordinary depth. Harkening back to the early naughties whisper-sung R&B stylings of artists like Craig David, de Casier revitalises what feels like an aged sound with self-taught, self-complet…
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Best Of 2021: Tinashe’s 333
Now onto her second album back as an independent artist, Tinashe is finding freedom creatively and sonically. An exciting, sexy and stunningly varied look into the worlds of R&B, Pop, Hip-Hop and even EDM, the lightness of Tinashe’s touch throughout almost feels like a subtle flex. One of our favou…
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Best Of 2021: Marcus Whale’s The Hunger with Marcus Whale
Fellow FBi Radio alum and extraordinary local creative talent, Marcus Whale joins Maia to discuss one of Sydney’s records of the year, The Hunger. A vampiric themed album, exploring ideas of longing and desire through a gothic-soaked lens. TRACKS PLAYED: ‘Cowboy Song’ ‘Two Holes’ ‘Impossible’ ‘Port…
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SCRAM’s RAPTURE with SCRAM
ALL OUR FRIENDS. ALL YOUR FRIENDS. That’s the tagline for Western Sydney’s artist collective, GARJ. This week joining Dan & Maia is Jake Morris, aka SCRAM. Founder of GARJ and local producer/DJ who’s debut record RAPTURE is commanding attention with its stunning production and arrangement. TRACKS P…
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Car Seat Headrest’s Teens of Denial
If we could travel back to 2016, not a day would go by without hearing something positive about, or simply just hearing Car Seat Headrest. Teens of Denial had music nerds and critical darlings everywhere swooning. The thirteenth (!) record in 23 year old, Will Toledo’s catalogue, provided hooks, ri…
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Ngaiire’s 3
Initially planned to be a piece for personal discovery, Ngaiire has poured her heart and soul into the extraordinary album, 3. In a time of great uncertainty globally, and personally, Ngaiire found solace in her music to form what is an absolutely stunning record for the times. TRACKS PLAYED: ‘3’ …
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