Trivia question: Who is the only Australian act to have eight consecutive number one albums? Answer: Billy Birmingham, The 12th Man.

Fred Smith is not your average singer/songwriter.

After returning from the US exhausted, Matt Corby almost gave the game away. But, he tells us, backyard gigs saved him.

In February, 2010, 20000 music fans marched on the streets of Melbourne to support live music. It changed government policy.

The Bedroom Philosopher has been waxing lyrical about inner city life for over a decade now, tickling people's funny bones with songs like I'm So Postmodern and Northcote (So Hungover).

Gregg Arthur sings what affectionately is known as “American Cool” and artists dressed to perform.

The terribly clever Stav and Jake from Sydney party crew Bluejuice get frank about their funky new album Company.

Rising Melbourne mod-rockers Kitchen Knife Wife drop in to chat about all the attention before they've even recorded an album.

Things Of Stone And Wood and Swamp Dandies frontman and producer Greg Arnold talks about the folk rock highway.

Rock animals Matt Sonic and The High Times fire up for new album This Love Electric, but Matt never thought he'd play it live.

Californian dance-punks Funeral Party tell the truth about old members, singing skills, dodgy labels, and their unformed debut.

Canadian jumpstarters These Kids Wear Crowns drop in to talk MILFs, awkward impromptu busking sets and their hit single.

DAMNDOGS are the product of Jet's Chris Cester and Mark Wilson who enlisted the help of Louis Macklin and cousin to the Cesters, Mitch McIvor, but don't expect Jet rehashed. DAMNDOGS are a live-instrument disco party.

Rogue Traders have finally returned to the public eye after several years hiding in the shadows with a greatest hits compilation and a new album tacked on the side.

What do you get if you put a violinist and a DJ in a band together? Australia's brightest synth-pop hope, Strange Talk!

Budding Kiwi powerhouse Zowie talks fashion, Katy Perry, her drumming past, and tough electro-pop tunes.

Brisbane indie rock stayers Grand Atlanta talk to us about recording their most ambitious album yet, in a Kiwi lunatic-asylum-turned-studio.

Face The Music 2011: Australian dance music legend Paul Mac discusses songwriting, the state of electro, and reviving Itch-E & Scratch-E.

Since joining ARIA as Chief Executive Officer, Dan Rosen has rejuvenated the office and brought the business end of Australia’s music business into the 21st Century.

David Briggs was the guitarist for Little River Band at the band’s peak from 1976 to 1981.

SXSW is the world’s biggest music gathering. The conference and festival takes place in Austin, Texas each March.

SXSW is the world’s biggest music gathering. The conference and festival takes place in Austin, Texas each March.

Face The Music 2011: Mr Henry Wagons discusses the time Joe Pug almost killed him, and how playing in churches might finish the job.

Face The Music 2011: Jarrad Brown of Eagle & The Worm talks songwriting and his collab with Hypnotic Brass Ensemble and Juiceboxxx.

Through The Gin Club, Giants Of Science, Wilson Pickers and more, Ben Salter became a lynchpin of the Brisbane scene. And now he's gone solo.

From the beaches of Maroubra to the main stages comes rising urban pop star Kid Mac.

Face The Music 2011: We ask Becky Ayers from Liverpool Sound City about what makes the home of the Beatles such a vital musical town.

Sepia-toned strummers Georgia Fair discuss their recording session with Bill from Band of Horses, and why they're not really a folk band.

Folk Uke come from true music pedigree. Amy Nelson is the daughter of Willie Nelson. Cathy Guthrie is the daughter of Arlo Guthrie and granddaughter of Woody Guthrie.

The Whitlams’ Tim Freedman has released his first solo album ‘Australian Idle’, his first album of new music since the last album from The Whitlams ‘Little Cloud’ almost six years ago.