Off The Record

24/08/2026

Exciting news:

Monday, August 24, 2026 – Love Police have announced the airst ever Australian tour by The Wallflowers, who will be celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Burning Down The House and Tom Petty & The [...]

19/08/2026

Off The Record Playlist, August 15, 2026 - Radiothon Show #1
1. Second Song - Neil Young & The Chrome Hearts – Single
2. Do It Again – Tim Rogers & The Temperance Union
3. Toughen Up – Mondo Rock – Primal Park
4. Happy Birthday Ada Mae – Paul Kelly – Live on OTR (November 2025)
5. Heading In The Right Direction – Vika & Linda – Single (2023)x
6. Do You Know What I Mean – Renee Geyer – So Lucky
7. Breakfast In Paris – Don Walker – Love Songs
SWEET TALK INTERVIEW – DAVE & SOREN (FROM NASHVILLE)
8. No Vacancy – Sweet Talk – Single
9. Do Right Woman, Do Right Man – Ema Donovan – Take Me To The River
10. The Fly – Tom Waits – Single
MIFF REVIEW – SUMMER TOUR (MICHAEL MACKENZIE)
DAVE WARNER INTERVIEW (FROM PERTH)
11. Suburban Boy – Dave Warner’s From The Suburbs – Mug’s Game
12. Strangers On A Train – The Sports – Suddenly (1980)
13. Unstoppable – Andy White (Tribute to Glen Hansard)
ANDY WHITE INTERVIEW
14. Many’s The Time In Dublin – Andy White – Live In The Studio
THE AUDREYS (TAASHA & TOM WITH SHANE NICHOLSON)
15. Long Ride – Taasha Coates, Tom and Shane Nicholson – Live In The Studio
16. Zydeco Sont Pas Sales – Rolling Stones – A Tribute To Clifton Chenier
17. Saturday Morning (Off The Record Tribute Song) – Robert Marley Wise – Single
18. H***y Tonk Part 2 – Bill Doggett – Single
19. The End – The Beatles – Abbey Road

10/08/2026

Off The Record Saturday August 8, 2026:
Playlist Below. Listen Back Here: https://www.rrr.org.au/explore/programs/off-the-record/episodes/39123-off-the-record-8-august-2026
PLAYLIST:
01 OTR Intro Theme
02 Andy White – Unstoppable
03 The Transmutation Notebooks_ II. Notes for Another Life...Iarla Líonáird Dylan Mattingly_ The Wild Heart (Complete) 2026
04 Wash My Soul In The River's Flow
05 Volver A Celaya Steve Earle, Los Lobos Volver A Celaya 2026
06 Marie Madeleine Bonsoir Catin Marie Madeleine 2026
07 Light Shine On Me The Waterboys Atlantic Rain_ The Lost Fisherman's Blues Recordings 2026
08 Deeper Light Don Walker Love Songs 2026
09 Deportee Ken Pomeroy Deportee 2026
10 Fountain Lakes – Castaway
11 Jess Williamson - Goodbye to All That (A Mile South Of Heaven)
12 Elizabeth Cook - 19th Nervous Breakdown - Great Television
13 No Vacancy - Sweet Talk
14 Rockets & Flowers - The Bamboos
KEB MO’ INTERVIEW PART 1
15. Stitched Up Heart – Keb Mo’ - The Breakdown
16. More Yesterdays – Keb Mo’ - The Breakdown
17. One Day Away – Keb Mo’ - The Breakdown
18. Walking on Water – Keb Mo’ - The Breakdown
KEB MO’ INTERVIEW PART 2
19.Don’t Make Em Like They Used To
20. Fussing and Fighting
21. Hand It Over - The Breakdown
MIFF PREVIEW – MICHAEL MACKENZIE
22. The Gypsy Faerie Queen – Marianne Faithfull – Negative Capability
CELLAR OF SOUND
23. The Tattler Linda Ronstadt Hasten Down the Wind (August 9, 1976)
24. Rivers of Babylon Linda Ronstadt Hasten Down the Wind
24. Hasten Down the Wind (with Don Henley) Linda Ronstadt, Don Henley Hasten Down the Wind
25. Walkin' Blues - Butterfield Blues Band - East West (August 1966)
TEX PERKINS & MATT WALKER IN THE STUDIO (RE. NEW ALBUM BEFORE THE SHOW TO BE RELEASED ON AUGUST 28)
26. Before The Show – Live
27. It Always Can Get Worse – Live
28. The Truth - Tex Perkins & Matt Walker (New Single) – Before The Show
29. Almost Saturday Night - Dave Edmunds - Twangin’
30. H***y Tonk Part 2 – Bill Doggett
31. The End – The Beatles – Abbey Road

09/08/2026

Listen back to Tex Perkins and Matt Walker talking and playing on Saturday August 8:
https://www.rrr.org.au/shared/broadcast-episode/39123/8175000/9945000

31/07/2026

The latest episode of On The Record is out now:

Episode 34 of On The Record opens in sombre territory, with Brian Wise and Michael Mackenzie remembering Glen Hansard, the Irish singer-songwriter, Frames frontman and Once star who died aged 56 following a motorcycle accident [...]

27/07/2026

AARON LEE TASJAN INTERVIEW - PARTS 1 & 2:
PART 1
https://www.rrr.org.au/shared/broadcast-episode/38959/4428000/6227000

PART 2
https://www.rrr.org.au/shared/broadcast-episode/38959/8648000/9724000

Brian talks to Nashville singer songwriter Aaron Lee Tasjan about his new album Get Over It, Underdog.

26/07/2026

OFF THE RECORD 25.07.26
01 King of America - The I Don't Cares - Wild Stab 2016
02 State of the State - Mason Jennings - Dark Wings 2026
03 Deportee - Mason Via, Lucinda Williams - Deportee 2026
04 Waitin' For The World To End - Bill Chambers - Bill Chambers And The City Girls 2022
05 Willi Carlisle - The Mason Jar at the Center of the World
06 Round Of Applause At The End Of The World - Wild Pink Still - Coming Down 2026
07 Spanish Pipedream - The Avett Brothers - Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows:Songs of John Prine 2010
08 Spanish Bombs (Remastered) - The Clash - London Calling (Remastered) 1979
09 Spanish Guitar - Bo Diddley - Have Guitar, Will Travel 1959
10 I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me) - Meshell Ndegeocello, Cynthia Erivo – Synonym 2026
11 Mable's Rock - Joel Paterson - Handful of Strings 2013
12 Shame, Shame - Jad Tariq - Jad Tariq Sings 2025
13 Cassette Mix Tape - Ray Wylie Hubbard – Reel 2 Reel 4 Real 2026
14 The Night Warren Zevon Stopped Drinking
15 Imitation Wood Grain - Ben Vaughn, Deer Tick - Magnetic East, The Deer Tick Sessions 2026
AARON LEE TASJAN INTERVIEW PART 1 (28.08)
16. Shining Down – Jesse Malin & Aaron Lee Tasjan
17. Instant Coffee Blues – Aaron lee Tasjan – Old No.1 Revisited
18. Talking Reality Television Blues – Todd Snider – Cash Cabin Sessions
19. Shiver - Aaron Lee Tasjan – Get Over It, Underdog
THE CELLAR OF SOUND
20. CELLAR OF SOUND INTRO
21. A Beautiful Delilah (Saturday Club _ 1964)
22. Route 66 - The Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones 1964
23. Jealous Lover - The Rolling Stones - Foreign Tongues 2026
THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
24. God Save The Queen (Live) - John Mayall - Diary Of A Band Vol 1 & 2
25. England From the Air - Mickey Jupp - Single Man Again Blues EP 2026
26. Who's Gonna Love You Now - The Tubs 2026
27. Florida Water Blues Twisted Teens - Florida Water Blues 2026
JAMES RIVERS TRIBUTE
28. Bird Brain - James Rivers - Southern Funk N Soul Vol. 2 2023
29. Carnival Time - Al 'Carnival Time' Johnson - One Note At A Time (Official Soundtrack) 2018
30. Sea Cruise - Frankie Ford - Sea Cruise - Time After Time 2016
AARON LEE TASJAN INTERVIEW PART 2 (19.30)
31. The Real - Aaron Lee Tasjan – Get Over It, Underdog
32. The Dream Comes True - Aaron Lee Tasjan – Get Over It, Underdog
33. Clown Show - Aaron Lee Tasjan – Get Over It, Underdog
34. Lydia’s Boots - Aaron Lee Tasjan – Get Over It, Underdog
35. Born To Dream Young Gun Silver Fox Pleasure 2025
36. Almost Saturday Night - Dave Edmunds - Twangin’
GIG GUIDE – KEN McLEISH
37. Serein - Evil Graham Lee - I Think I'm Alone Now
38. Egyptian Reggae (Live) - Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers
39. H***y Tonk (Pt 2) – Bill Doggett
40. THE END (THE BEATLES)

11/07/2026

OFF THE RECORD JULY 14, 2026
01. Gimme Shelter - Lisa Miller - Stoned
02. Maggie's Farm - Margo Price - Days Of Unrest
03. Deportee (Plane Wreck At Los Gatos) Margo Price, Joan Baez, Memphis Mariachi - Days Of Unrest
04. Protest Song - David Keenan
05. A Rainy Night in Soho Bruce Springsteen, Shane MacGowan A Rainy Night in Soho 2026
06. Echo - Declan O'Rourke
07. Solid Air - John Martyn - Solid Air 1973
08. Solid Air - Julian Lage, John Medeski, Kenny Wollesen - Scenes From Above 2026
09. Charm of Finches - Bodysuit
10. No One Else's Pen - Luluc
11. Alabama Shakes - I Feel Hope Coming
12. Ringing Hollow - The Rolling Stones - Foreign Tongues 2026
13. Jealous Lover - The Rolling Stones - Foreign Tongues 2026
BRAD INTERVIEW COOK PART 3
14. He**in (e) – DeYarmond Edison – Silent Signs (Wisconsin, inc. Brad & Phil, Justin Vernon)
15. 1922 – Phil Cook – Southland Mission
16. Marco Polo – Futurebirds – Far Out Country
17. Wishin’ – Futurebirds – Far Out Country
18. My Visit (To Hell) – Way Dynamic – Massive Shoe
19. Heathcliff – Snocaps – Waxahatchee, Allison Crutchfield – Sno Caps
20. THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK THEME (John Mayall - Diary Of A Band Vol 1 & 2)
21. Dead Ringers BBC 4– World Cup
22. Made of Stone (Remastered 2009) The Stone Roses The Stone Roses 1989
23. April Skies The Jesus and Mary Chain Darklands 1987
24. A Dead Ringers BBC 4 – The Donald
25. Hit the North (Part 1) The Fall The Frenz Experiment 1988
26. DJ MONO SPECIAL - PT 1 – PRODUCED BY MICHAEL MACKENZIE
27. DJ MONO SPECIAL - PT 2 – PRODUCED BY MICHAEL MACKENZIE
RUBY JONES IN STUDIO INTERVIEW
28. Souvenir – Ruby Jones – Souvenir (https://rubyjones.bandcamp.com/album/souvenir)
29. Feeling of Falling – LIVE – With Jules Pascoe (guitar) and Joel Loukes (guitar)
30. Breaking My Own Heart – Ruby Jones – Souvenir
31. Some Of Us (Keith Richards) The Rolling Stones Foreign Tongues 2026
32. Almost Saturday Night Dave Edmunds Twangin’
GIG GUIDE
33. Picture Unseen – Lost Ragas
34. Unfinished Business – The Owls

11/07/2026

EP 31 of On The Record available now:

Episode 31 of On The Record ranges from Spielberg’s latest extraterrestrial spectacle to Icelandic cocktail jazz, via Australian festival programming, political songwriting, BBC football commentary and the fragile magic of shellac records. It is a [...]

03/07/2026

This week's On The Record:

There are plenty of artists happy to spend their careers polishing yesterday's trophies. Tim Rogers isn't one of them.Appearing on Episode 30 of On The Record with Brian Wise and Michael Mackenzie, the You Am I frontman could easily have spent an hour reminiscing about the band's landmark 1996 album...