Through The Creative Door

Alexis chats with PAPERCITY, the Aotearoa/New Zealand alt-pop trio blending heartfelt songwriting with soaring pop hooks, gritty guitars and cinematic storytelling. We chat about growing up making music together, finding creativity through community, balancing art with real life, and why being unapologetically yourself is the key to creating something that truly connects.

The band memb...

Featured Artist: What So Not

Featured Vinyl:  Not All The Beautiful Things

Alexis’ Hot Pick 

Warlord

Sam’s Hot Pick

Beautiful

Aus Music Alert! Support this artists by purchasing this record via Bandcamp: https://whatsonot.bandcamp.com/album/not-all-the-beautiful-things 

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In this episode, Alexis sits down with Neha Kumar, a facilitator, art curator, and owner of Artful Yoga Gallery in St Kilda, Victoria. Together they explore the power of creativity, community, and healing through art, as Neha shares her journey of creating a space where artists, wellness, and human connection come together with purpose and intention

If you’d like to see more, you can follow on instagram; @  

neha.artfuly...

Featured Artist: Meg Mac

Featured Vinyl:  It’s My Party

Alexis’ Hot Pick 

What Have You Done

Sam’s Hot Pick

I’m Gonna _ Somebody

Aus Music Alert! Support this artists by purchasing this record via Bandcamp: https://megmac.bandcamp.com/ 

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Aimee Francis is an acclaimed music producer, artist, and sync licensing specialist from Melbourne. In this episode, she shares her journey as the creative force behind Aimee Francis & The Midnight Hours, offering insights into producing music and building a sustainable career in today's music industry.

If you’d like to see more, you can follow on instagram; @  aimeefrancismusic

This episode was recorded on 6 Augus...

Featured Artist: The Beatles

Featured Vinyl:  Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band

Alexis’ Hot Pick 

Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds

Sam’s Hot Pick

Getting Better

GUEST Hot Pick

Special Guest  Maja

joins us for this episode. They were on Season 1, episode 19, go check it out! https://open.spotify.com/episode/5gzcWlijQEzLgOmFHQByC8?si=856ee1...

Alexis chats with Melbourne-based producer, musician, and Peak Park member Thomas Hoeft about his journey from civil engineering to a full-time career in music. They discuss the privilege and importance of collaboration, a peak into his creative process behind producing, and what it takes to build a sustainable career doing what you love.

If you’d like to see more, you can follow on instagram; @ tmh.wav   @ thisispeakpa...

Featured Artist: Joan & The Giants | Seb Szabo

Featured Vinyl:  baked LIVE IMP056

Aus Music Alert! Support these artists by purchasing this record via Bandcamp:

https://joanandthegiants.bandcamp.com/

https://sebszabo.bandcamp.com/

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Alexis sits down with multidisciplinary artist Tams Hesz, whose work spans visual art, writing, movement and community connection. Best known as the creator of Soul Stories, Tams shares her journey from a professional dance career in Paris to building a creative business centred around emotion, empathy and human connection. Together they explore reinvention, the healing power of creativity, the importance of slowing down, and how a...

Featured Artist: Maxon

Featured Vinyl:  Talking With Strangers

Alexis’ Hot Pick 

No Good For Me

Sam’s Hot Pick

18

Aus Music Alert! Support this artists by purchasing this record via Bandcamp: https://itsmemaxon.bandcamp.com/music 

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Alexis sits down with Mienna Brookman, an emerging Australian musical theatre performer and dance educator. Mienna shares her journey through the world of performance, choreography, and teaching, and reflects on what it takes to build a career while inspiring the next generation of performers. From the rehearsal room to the classroom, this conversation explores creativity, resilience, and finding your place in the performing arts.

Featured Artist: Gavin Bowles & The Distractions

Featured Vinyl:  ARE WE HAVING FUN YET?

Alexis’ Hot Pick 

Love Is Dumb

Sam’s Hot Pick

Damned

Aus Music Alert! Support this artists by purchasing this record via Bandcamp: https://gavinbowles.bandcamp.com/album/are-we-having-fun-yet 

Love Is Dumb (Official Music Video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_-mh-IvCoo 

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Melbourne-based, partners and co-founders of Sandhill Records, our guests Nayomi Pattuwage and Maxon are passionate about artist development, recording, and supporting independent music projects. Nayomi is a songwriter, producer, audio engineer, visual artist and videographer who performs as Like Bear and runs Heaps Stoked Productions. Maxon is a singer-songwriter whose folk, Americana and '70s-inspired sound is known for its heart...

Featured Artist: Karnivool

Featured Vinyl: In Verses

Alexis’ Hot Pick 

Ghost

Sam’s Hot Pick

Remote Self Control

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Alexis chats with performer, choreographer, and creative Will Johnston. From his early dance training in Geelong to graduating from Oxygen College's Musical Theatre program, Will shares his journey through the performing arts, the shows that reignited his passion for theatre, and his work behind the scenes as a choreographer and director. Plus, all the juicy details about his unique creativity, collaboration, and why performance co...

Featured Artist: Primrose Path

Featured Vinyl:  Ruminations

Alexis’ Hot Pick 

Shifted

Sam’s Hot Pick

Obstruct

Aus Music Alert! Support this artists by purchasing this record via Bandcamp: https://primrosepathofficial.bandcamp.com/ 

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In this episode, Alexis chats with Melbourne/Naarm-based AACTA nominated cinematographer (Try Colour Studios), with his career spanning film, music videos, commercial production circles and he is also the producer of Tones of Naarm.

If you’d like to see more, you can follow on instagram;  @trycolour_studio @ tonesofnaarm

This episode was recorded on 11 May 2026 on the lands of the Woiworung  Peoples. We hope that t...

Featured Artist: Quadeca

Featured Vinyl:  I Didn’t Mean To Haunt You

Alexis’ Hot Pick 

born yesterday

Sam’s Hot Pick

fantastyworld

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We're joined by Melbourne singer-songwriter Brooke Taylor, a powerhouse performer blending rock, blues, country, soul, and pop into her own unmistakable sound.

Recommended by past guest Delsinki, it’s a pleasure to finally have Brooke on the show. Having spent years in the industry, Brooke shares honest insights into perseverance, staying true to yourself, and navigating uncer...