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FBi Monthly Mixtape #009
From hybrid vaporwave to indie folk, IDM to New York hip-hop — allow our presenters to ease you into the warmer weather by looking back on the sounds that got us through winter.
They Might Be Giants on phoney Aussie accents and phoning it in
TMBG’s John and John on Dial-A-Songs, creative translations and lazy American voice actors.
Cash Savage on turning indignation into inspiration
Cash Savage is playing the Lansdowne, showcasing a new set of songs born out of an incendiary indignation at the appalling plebiscite foisted upon Australia by a coalition of groups opposed to equality.
Religious Upbringings, Coming Out & ‘Good Guys Go’: Cub Sport on Jack Off
Off the back of their emotional second album ‘BATS’, Cub Sport joined Jack Shit in the studio to perform a live rendition of ‘Good Guys Go’.
Waxing Lyrical: Teri Gender Bender on Jack Off with Jack Shit
Get walloped by the fabulous force of nature that is Teri Gender Bender. Hear her perform two Le Butcherettes songs live in the studio, rounded out with a hilarious dose of mile-a-minute self-mockery.
Murder Ballads, Tolstoy & Banjo: Sam Amidon on Jack Off With Jack Shit
Listen to Sam Amidon and Jack Shit talk Tolstoy, folk music and murder ballads – plus two stunning live songs from Sam in the studio.
Spod takes America! But first, he takes over Jack Off with Jack Shit
Before heading off for the bright lights of L.A., Sydney legend Spod joined Jack Shit for an epic 40 minutes of banter, live music, talking over recorded music, and more than a few hot takes.
Vic Simms interview + ‘Stranger In My Country’ live on Jack Off
The Indigenous icon talks about the album he recorded in Bathurst Gaol in just one hour, and performs the first song he ever wrote, live and unaccompanied in the studio.
Listen: Aldous Harding & Laura Jean on Jack Off
In a disarming interview that left everyone in the studio in silence or tears, hear NZ’s Aldous Harding and Australia’s Laura Jean (plus Laura’s father and sister, incidentally) speak with Jack Shit on ANZAC day. Each artist performs an intensely personal piece in the process.
Listen: Elana Stone ‘Emotions’ (Mariah Carey) & ‘These Days’ live on Jack Off
A sometimes reckless and even ribald chat between Elana and Jack, peppered with two outstanding live performances that could not be further apart in terms of tone and technique: one a profoundly beautiful acoustic rendition of her original song, ‘These Days’; the other a live-looping electronic cover of Mariah Carey’s ‘Emotions’.