Guest Interviews

Elle spoke with Rory Trobbiani and Luke Scott of post-punk outfit HighSchool. Currently touring their debut self-titled album, they play Whammy Bar this Sunday (10 May) with support from Wellington based Lipstick. 

After making the move from Naarm to London in 2020, the duo formed HighSchool, a cohesive project evocative of the nostalgic pangs caused by teenage emotional turmoil. Taking their time to hone their sound through their live performance and shorter length EPs, the album is moody, angsty and a little bit cathartic.

You can find them on bandcamp!

Matthew Crawley and producer Harry welcomed Billy T Award nominated musical comedy legends Tough Tiger Fist to the studio. Ben Cleland and Matt Parker joined us to chat about their new song ‘Milk’ and their upcoming shows as part of the Auckland Comedy Festival. They also gifted us each a packet of vegan Caesar salad dressing which we will both treasure deeply.

Elle spoke with Robber Robber, about their sophomore album Two Wheels Move the Soul, released earlier this year. The album was written in amounst precarious circumstances, after a fire had sent their building to demolition.

The uncertainty and chaos of the band’s experience is reflected within the hefty guitar riffs and sharp abstracted lyrics. It's so awesome. 

In September last year, British artist Baxter Dury released his ninth studio album, Allbarone, under Heavenly Recordings. 

From the end of this month, Dury will be performing across the globe as a part of his Allbarone tour, with two dates at the Hollywood Avondale in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland on the 2nd and 3rd of May, and at Meow Nui in Te Whanganui-a-tara Wellington.

Joel spoke to Dury ahead of this tour, chatting about the album and how he’s feeling about heading down under.