Episode 2: Kevin Mitchell – Jebediah, Bob Evans
If you’re someone who has listened to Australian music at any point over the last three decades, the chances are pretty good you would have listened to Jebediah at least once in your life. Forming in Perth back in 1994,...
Episode 1: Dan Haggis & Tord Knudsen – Sunship Balloon, The Wombats
Hello and welcome to Trusty Chords, the podcast which aims to celebrate music and those that create it. This is the very first episode of the podcast and if you’re listening to it, it probably means that you know me...
Best Albums Of 2023
Despite the date above, this list is actually being posted in December of 2025, as I make the move to publish these lists online rather than having them live on social media. This was the year I began to hit...
Chelsea Manor Venture Into Unnerving Territory For New Single, ‘Predator’
Mount Gambier trio Chelsea Manor have returned with their first piece of new music since 2022’s ‘Tide Times’, unveiling their latest track, the powerful ‘Predator’. It’s been a few years since Chelsea Manor first formed, emerging onto the scene with...
Like A Version Meets triple j’s Hottest 100 – The Pairing Your Ears Have Waited Years For
Cover songs are often perceived as the slacker’s way to fame. ‘Like A Version’ was inspired by the mission to snatch the cover back from the Shannon Nolls and Alien Ant Farms of this world and give it back some...
Sean Bonnette Of AJJ On Finding Confidence & Clarity In ‘Disposable Everything’
For fans of Arizona genre-defying rockers AJJ, it’s been a few years between drinks when it comes to albums. Last releasing their seventh album, Good Luck Everybody, just two months before the COVID-19 pandemic took hold on a global scale,...
Best Albums Of 2022
Despite the date above, this list is actually being posted in December of 2025, as I make the move to publish these lists online rather than having them live on social media. In 2022, I decided to be a little...
Review: Good Things @ Brisbane Showgrounds, Brisbane
Review: Good Things festival at Brisbane Showgrounds, Brisbane, 4th December, 2022. After launching its long-awaited return in Melbourne on Friday, 2nd December and heading north to Sydney the following day, the 2022 edition of Good Things was set to wrap...
Review: Good Things @ Centennial Park, Sydney
Review: Good Things festival at Centennial Park, Sydney, 3rd December, 2022. As Saturday morning rolled around, it was time for the Good Things festival to take its 2022 edition north. Having kicked off in Melbourne on Friday, 2nd December, Saturday...
Review: Good Things @ Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne
Review: Good Things festival at Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne, 2nd December, 2022. The last time the Good Things festival took over Australia, the world was very different, unaware of what would happen just months after December of 2019. Now, after three...