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Grumpy Jukebox Episode 4 with Francis Leach, Robbie Buck and Costa Zouliou

Gday Folks, it’s time for Episode four of Grumpy Jukebox. What do you get if you stick 3 old mates in a virtual studio, one in Melbourne, one in Sydney and one in Brisbane with a bit of time on their hands and nothing better to do than sit around and talk shit, just like they used to but back in the day we were paid for the privilege, now we do it for love. Love of music, love of the new and surprising and love of the banal? So check out what Francis Leach, Robbie Buck and Costa Zouliou have been listening to, and what the headline in the Sunday Territorian "Why I Put A Screamer Up My Steamer" is referring to.

Grumpy Jukebox Episode 3 with Francis Leach, Robbie Buck and Costa Zouliou

G’day Folks. Wanna know what three grumpy old blokes have been listening to over the last couple of weeks? Not just any old grumps, this lot are legends in their own Grumpy Jukebox. Francis Leach, Robbie Buck and myself have decided to have a yack about new music. Robbie takes us to the world of funk with FAM - Disco Blaxploitation, Francis drops a Dick Move and I’m pretty happy with the new record from Jack White.   Plus we veer off into World Cup Football, Pachichi (me either, you’ll have to listen to find out), the majesty of Kakadu, Crocs, Artificial Intelligence, Clive Palmer (he’s back), Bill Shorten (Robbie had a beer with him) and UFC White House Styleee (a red white and blue disgrace)   Check the-breakdown.net [http://the-breakdown.net] for Grumpy Jukebox Ep 3.   Also available chats with Lontano, Buzz Bidstrup (The Angels), Jeff Martin (The Tea Party), Jim Moginie (Midnight Oil, The Family Dog), William Crighton, Dom Mariani (The Stems, DM3, Datura 4) and a preview of the Necrosonic Festival with Kent Haines and Chris Rand (Segression).

Grumpy Jukebox Ep 2 featuring Francis Leach, Robbie Buck and Costa Zouliou.

Gday Folks. Here is episode 2 of Grumpy Jukebox. Francis Leach and I are joined by Robbie Buck. We talk new music, Little Simz, Ngaiire and Blackwater Holylight as well as the perils of shrinkage during a winter solstice swim and oh Iggy you have a biggie. All that and more on Grumpy Jukebox, you never know what might be playing.....

the-breakdown.net - Lontano album launch with Anthony Dettori and Roz Pappalardo

Lontano is an Italian term meaning "far away". It's also the name of a long-distance collaboration between songwriters Anthony Dettori and Roz Pappalardo, who share Italian-Australian heritage and a love of spacious, earthy, alt-country storytelling. Lontano's approach melds different perspectives to unearth surprising new musical narratives, not completely autobiographical, but not fictional either - and always tethered to a shared insight about the physics of the human condition. And it's proving to be a highly productive partnership, with two successful albums and an unexpected recent QMA win under their belt. On this episode of The Breakdown, ahead of the launch of Lontano's third album 'Love without hard lines' (June 20 at The Cave Inn), I catch up with Anthony and Roz, to find out how it all began, how it works, and what the future holds...

Grumpy Jukebox Pilot

Gday Costa Zouliou here with you and I have a new addition to the-breakdown.net [http://the-breakdown.net]. I've collaborated with my good mate Francis Leach to have a bit of a yack about new music, fashion,books, festivals, gigs or whatever has come across our ears and eyes over the last few weeks. What's new? What's surprised us? WTF? This is the pilot, so we hope you enjoy it.