On a cold and windy day in Tasmania, Horsell Common opened up last years Burnie AWOL concert with a rockin set that warmed up the thousands of people on the Burnie Dockers oval.
Sam Simmons finds out what Ozi Batla, Urthboy, Unkle Ho and Jane Tyrell from the Herd think about Joe Dolce's Shuddupayaface, space sadness and accordions...wind or percussive instrument?
For the third Ausmusic month live performance triple j tv presents The Herd, who returned to their hometown Sydney and gave a mindblowing performance for the enthusiastic crowd of fans.
We shine the spotlight on Perth band Harlequin League. The band has been playing on the live scene for roughly a year now, but they have already embarked on a handful of East Coast tours, performed on the 2008 Big Day Out and supported the likes of The Freestylers (UK), The Cops, Regurgitator, Expatriate, Dardanelles, and more. Their sound is a mix of rock, new noise and pop.
If you go to a music festival you're pretty much guaranteed to see plenty of buff blokes with their shirts off. This week HACK heads to a festival to find out why the boys are doing it, and if muscly dudes with their kits off are getting more common.
If you leave school early are you a drop-out or a go-getter? This week HACK reporter Ronan Sharkey chats to 3 young people who left school early about how things turned out.
HACK finds out the latest on a proposal for an Islamic school in a small town outside Sydney. There were protests against the plan late last year and lots of residents are not happy about it. The local council was due to make a decision around now, but that's been delayed.
Every night in Australia there are around 100-thousand people living homeless, and around half of them are under 25. It's a complex and growing issue with no simple answers, but a couple of young guys have been trying to do their bit. They've decided to live on the streets for 5 days to find out more about homelessness, and HACK caught up with the two guys along the way.