Presenting Mixtape #28 with The Orphan! 💀 The Orphan are a punk, hardcore and rock ‘n roll outfit out of Melbourne, and on the back of the release of their huge debut album ‘OH THE HUMANITY’, Dan joined Dave for a chat. Dan brought 5 tracks that influenced the band to chat through, featuring tracks from The Chariot, The Bronx, and more! You can str…

Fil and Dave

Fil and Dave

Fil and Dave

We’re back with another interview… Presenting Mixtape #27 with TOWNS <3 TOWNS are a high energy, pop-punk, 2-piece hailing from Adelaide and are hot off the back of supporting Hot Mulligan on their SA leg, and about to hit the road with Between You & Me across the country in May! Aston & Daniel joined the pod this week for a super fun chat covering…

The Press Conference Podcast Presents Episode #69 - New Bloom Fest: Recap & Review 🌺 Dave & Fil spent the weekend hitting up all 3 New Bloom Fests across Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne and caught up today in person to recap and review such an amazing weekend! Covering all the major bands, our favourite locals of the weekend, favourite moments and m…

We are absolutely stoked to announce our next guest… Presenting Mixtape #26 with Antiskeptic 🔥 Antiskeptic are fresh off the back of releasing their first album in 10 years, ‘Instincts’, and this week the pod was joined by frontman Andrew Kitchen for a chat. We talk about the hunger of returning for a new album after so long, writing an album in lo…

After a big week, we are back with our next band… Presenting Mixtape #25 with GLOW ✨ GLOW are a metalcore band hailing from Melbourne, and last week they celebrated the release of their debut EP ‘…And All That We Are Is Nothing We Dreamed Of’. Josh and Rick from the band joined us this week to chat how the band came to be, the Ballarat scene, havin…

We have a huge episode today… Presenting Episode #66 (TPCP’S Version) 🩵🩷 For the first time in a while, Dave and Fil are back behind the mic this week catching up on what’s been going on, all things gigs, new music, and more! This week we talk Blink-182, Taylor Swifts’ The Eras Tour, Bloom’s ‘Maybe In Another Life’, and are joined by friend of the …

We are so stoked to announce our next guest… Presenting Mixtape #24 with December 🖤 December are a melodic hardcore outfit hailing from Adelaide, and are fresh off the back of the release of their debut EP ‘The Words I Wish I Said’. This week the pod is joined by Aidan and Dylan from the band to chat about how the band came together, the Adelaide s…

The Press Conference Podcast Presents 𝕃𝕠𝕧𝕖 𝕊𝕠𝕟𝕘 𝔻𝕖𝕕𝕚𝕔𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕤 💘 Roses are red, violets are blue, like Paramore said, I’m still into you 🌹 Join us for a special edition Valentine’s Day Radio Hour with love song dedications from some of our listeners! Featuring songs from City & Colour, Blink-182, The Maine, Kirk Van Houten and more! We are sure there …

We are excited to announce the next melodic hardcore band on the pod… Presenting Mixtape #23 with Fallweather 🥀 Fresh off the release of their debut EP ‘Halesia’, we were lucky to be joined by Cullen, Halley, Bradley & Dimitrious from Melbourne outfit Fallweather. With their huge debut show right around the corner, we talk about how the boys came t…

We are back for another week with our first band of 2024… Presenting Mixtape #22 with Keymaker 🇨🇦 Keymaker are a DIY heavy band hailing all the way from Nova Scotia, Canada, and this week we are joined by vocalist and bassist for the project, Stephen Taylor. We talk about how the project came to be and what it was like creating and recording their …

We are back with our first Mixtape of 2024… Presenting Mixtape #21 with Ryan Evan’s from Tyrannocoreus on PBS 106.7FM🦖 Ryan is the host of a radio show out of Melbourne that covers all music in our scene from Metalcore to Hardcore, Deathcore, Punk and more! This week Ryan is jumping on the other side of the desk and is being asked the questions, an…

After a little break we are back for our first episode of 2024! Presenting Episode #60 🏡 In this jam packed episode Dave and Fil catch up about what they did during their break, they recap a huge Secret House Show, and chat all things new music in 2024. Featuring Ricky from Saving Face, the boys break down how the house show came to be, whether the…

HAPPY NEW YEAR! 🥳 Presenting our Emo New Year Radio Hour! 📻 We couldn’t just stop at Emo Christmas tunes, and we have brought you some of our favourite New Year’s tracks by some of our favourite bands! Featuring songs by Motion City Soundtrack, Thursday, A Day To Remember, and more! We are sure there is something in here for you to get you through …

Surprise! We’re back with another episode before the end of the year… Presenting our Emo Christmas Radio Hour! 🎄 We know there is so much music to celebrate this time of year, but we have put together some of our favourite Emo Christmas tracks to make this holiday season a little more tolerable and a lot more emo! Featuring songs from Blink-182, No…

It’s beginning to look a lot like Pressmas… Presenting Episode #57! 🎄 After reviewing our favourite music and gigs of the year, Dave, Fil and Mae are back together to wrap up the huge year we had and talk about what we are looking forward to in 2024! We also celebrate and chat about Trophy Eyes’ The American Dream which turned 5 this year, and take…

What an amazing year for music! Presenting our 2023 Review 🏆 Join Dave and Fil as they catch up for their annual review of all the music that came out in 2023! We talk about songs, EPs and Albums that came out this year, and rank our Top 10 in each. The Sleeper category is back, and we touch on our Spotify wrapped as we recap the year. This is a ja…

The year is coming to a close and as we start to look back at what an amazing year it was, we welcome Mae back to the mic for our 55th episode! Presenting our 2023 Gig Review 🎸 Join Dave, Mae and Fil as we catch up after not being on the mic together for nearly 4 months! We chat Good Things and a huge few weeks of gigs, followed by recapping the bi…

Presenting our last guest of the year… Mixtape #20 with Cordiform 🖤 Cordiform are an emo pop punk band hailing from Melbourne, and after a huge debut show earlier in the year the band has gone from strength to strength and are coming off the release of their debut EP ‘Growth & Despair’ just last month! This week Dave and Fil were joined by guitaris…

And as our Stiffcut Records sponsorship comes to a close, we cap off a 10 week run with one half of the label… Presenting mixtape 19, Sean Jordan 🧿 Sean joined Alex over at Stiffcut earlier this year and has been a huge part in getting some amazing releases to vinyl such as Agnes Manners, Deez Nuts and Bad Love. He has also been an integral part in…

We are excited to announce the next guest in our mixtape series… Presenting mixtape #18 with Agnes Manners ✨ This week Dave and Fil were joined by Matt from Agnes Manners on the back of the release of their brand new album ‘Peace and Why I Didn’t Think I Deserved It or Really Needed It Anyway’! Matt brought us 5 amazing tracks that influenced the n…

Presenting episode #51… Thy Wheel: A Mackas Method Radio Hour 📻 Dave and Fil spin the wheel this week and pick some songs from their record collection in this weeks episode. Featuring songs from Weezer, Bring Me The Horizon, Thrice, and more! We want to say a massive thank you to everyone who is here. These last 10 days has been our biggest week in…

And just like that, we have hit 50 episodes! 🥳 And what better way to celebrate than to have some of the Saving Face boys on! We are joined by Ricky and Jye fresh off of Saving Face’s sold out EP Launch to chat all things Saving Face, what they have coming up and what we might be able to expect moving into next year! We talk upcoming gigs, what mus…