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The Cat Empire: "One day you have to stop drinking and start getting fit"

MattShea — Thu, 16 May 2013 10:32:26 GMT

A revealing interview with Harry Angus of the Cat Empire, about reigning in the booze, being "an exciting new band" overseas, and realising what's important.

Dick Diver: "I’m conflicted about everything in the band"

DougWallen — Wed, 15 May 2013 11:30:00 GMT

Before a national launch tour in July, Melbourne band Dick Diver chat about about overplanning, covering Dragon, the cultural cringe and not watching Eat, Pray, Love.

The National: "We’re excited about doing something big"

samanthaclode — Tue, 14 May 2013 15:30:00 GMT

The National's Matt Berninger talks to TheVine about bringing his brother on the road and ending up with a documentary, romance, and returning to Australia.

Daft Punk: "The problem is if you meet people's expectations or not''

TheAge — Mon, 13 May 2013 17:03:40 GMT

"This record somehow - it's true - is like a teenager's fantasy of trying to create something with musicians and artists that inspired us and that are keeping on inspiring us today and have also saved us as human beings and musicians."

Flatbush Zombies: "I heard y’all still got dinosaurs!"

MattShea — Tue, 07 May 2013 12:30:02 GMT

We spoke to rising US rap crew Flatbush Zombies about their open use of marijuana and LSD, a revival in New York rap music, and bestiality - or not.

Havana Brown: "If I’d stayed the same I wouldn’t be here"

MattShea — Wed, 01 May 2013 15:24:59 GMT

We talk to Melbourne-born DJ Havana Brown about ancient UK record contracts, life as a pop star in America, and using ‘Big Banana’ to flip the sexual innuendo on her male counterparts.

Seth Sentry: “I did play on a 70-foot Doritos vending machine stage”

MattShea — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 11:00:00 GMT

“I did play on a 70-foot Doritos vending machine stage”

The Tongue: “I don’t have to like every Australian hip-hop artist, do I?”

MattShea — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 13:00:00 GMT

Sydney rapper the Tongue on hip-hop beefs, being accepted by his peers, and automatically associating 'Australian' with 'good'.

Chicks on Speed: “Julian Assange has an honesty that’s very similar to that of an artist”

TheVine — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 10:00:00 GMT

Chicks on Speed sat down with TheVine for an exclusive interview about boundary-pushing, why it’s a good thing that the music industry is dead and how their good friend and collaborator Julian Assange is more artist than he is political provocateur.

The xx: "Are they really waiting for the beat to kick in?"

MitchAlexander — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 16:26:14 GMT

Ahead of their April tour, we talk to The xx about gloomy music in bright places, curating their own festival and waiting for the beat to drop.

James Blake: "I hear that you make trip-hop dubstep jazz techno"

Elliott-Spencer — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 13:00:00 GMT

James Blake on his new record, being influenced by both Radiohead and 'Watch the Throne' and his plans to return to Australia.

NAS: "A lot of the places we played were really dangerous"

jonnoseidler — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 11:00:00 GMT

We caught up with God’s Son about his upcoming Australian music festival, working with Damian Marley and making music people love.

AJ Maddah: "He sold me his half of Soundwave for $1"

Marcus — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 11:00:00 GMT

In this rare insight to the firey promoter, AJ Maddah discusses his formative years, the infamous Harvest problems, expands on why he doesn't book Australian bands, and how he bought Soundwave for $1.

Watch - TheVine meets Divine Fits

Marcus — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 10:00:00 GMT

We sat down with Divine Fits backstage at Laneway in Melbourne.

Wilco: "Sounding bad is really fun"

DougWallen — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 16:00:00 GMT

Wilco's Jeff Tweedy chats to us about true-crime, great demos and “dogshit” songs.

Watch: TheVine meets Nicolas Jaar

Marcus — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 17:36:49 GMT

TheVine sat down with Nicolas Jaar at the recent Laneway Festival to discuss

PVT: "It got a bit weird for a while"

MattShea — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 15:00:00 GMT

Sydney's PVT talk to TheVine about the legacy of INXS, switching labels, the importance of preserving demos and their new album Homosapien

The Drones: "I'm not addicted to love"

AndrewMcMillen — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 12:00:00 GMT

The Drones' Gareth Liddiard talks about 'modern fluff', writing on a computer, curating the forthcoming ATP festival and expanding to a five-piece.

Watch: TheVine meets Alt-J at Laneway 2013

Marcus — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 12:00:00 GMT

TheVine sits down with Alt-J at the Melbourne Laneway Festival to discuss awful bands and why you should listen to their whole album.

Watch: TheVine meets Flume at Laneway 2013

Marcus — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 12:05:12 GMT

TheVine meets Sydney beatmaker Flume at Laneway 2013 to discuss his chart-topping album, choosing samples and an exciting new visual show he has in the works.