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• The Kooks' Luke Pritchard on Dylan, Bowie and Lykke Li

  It was 2006 when UK band The Kooks burst onto the scene with their debut record Inside In / Inside Out.Six albums later, they're returning to the same raw energy that captured their beginnings, and a nod in the album title too.On the day Never/Know comes out, frontman Luke Pritchard joined Zan to Take 5, and celebrate the songs that capture that same energy. From Lykke Li to David Bowie to The Police, this is a joyful chat about inspiration, indie-sleaze, and how music forms the foundations of our shared memories.\Bob Dylan - 'Like a Rolling Stone'Lykke Li - 'Complaint Department'David Bowie - 'Oh! You Pretty Things' The Strokes - 'Under Control'The Police - 'Walking On The Moon'

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• Antony Green's song preferences

  You’re about to hear a side of Antony Green you’ve never heard before. The longtime Chief Election Analyst for the ABC is about to hang up his boots, after calling close to 100 elections in his time. He’s the guy we look to as the polling booths close, crunching the numbers, understanding the swings, and with a brain and knowledge bank that would rival the best computers. Antony is an icon, and arguably the most trusted person in Australia.But who is he behind the numbers? Get ready to find out, as we Take 5 and analyse the man himself across five songs.Traffic – 'The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys'Pretenders – 'Up The Neck'Pete Shelley – 'Telephone Operator'Simple Minds – 'I Travel'D:Ream – 'Things Can Only Get Better'

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• Zan returns to Slowdive's girls to the front songs

  Back in the early '90s, a little band called Slowdive were making waves in the UK. With wall of sound, they dwelled in the same realm as My Bloody Valentine, a real shoegaze sensibility, and they thrived. Then they hit a wall. As the loud, brash sounds of Britpop rose, the press soured on shoegaze, and the band decided to call it a day in the mid '90s.In 2013 they made a comeback and a few years later they made their first ever visit to Australia. As Slowdive ready their return for another tour in 2025, I’m reminded of a brilliant convo I had with singer Rachel Goswell on that first trip, when I invited her in to Take 5.  From her memories as a 7 year old dancing to ABBA, to idolising Siouxsie (and taking her song name as a band moniker), the shoegaze legend shares stories of the '90s British music press, and what is it that inspires her to make music today. ABBA - 'SOS'Grace Jones - 'La Vi En Rose'Siouxsie & The Banshees - 'Cities In Dust'Cocteau Twins - 'Lorelei'Joni Mitchell - 'River'

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• Zan revisits a beautiful Take 5 with Lucy Dacus

  Lucy Dacus is one helluva songwriter. Whether collaborating with boygenius, or crafting solo songs, she’s gathered a dedicated following across the world.Lucy just recently put out her fourth album Forever is a Feeling, but back in 2019 she was in Australia touring her second Historian, and I swooped at the chance to have her Take 5. She was 23 at the time, but already showing a wisdom that proved she’d have a long songwriting road ahead of her. And she loves a good cover, as you'll hear in this very charming conversation.Yo La Tengo - ‘Tom Courtenay’Jesse Pearson - ‘One Last Kiss’Louis Armstrong - ‘When You’re Smiling (The Whole World Smiles With You)’The Cure - ‘Close To Me’Sixpence None The Richer - ‘Kiss Me'

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• Bon Iver on SABLE, fABLE, leaving the cabin, and finding happiness

  A special treat in the feed this week, as Zan speaks with Justin Vernon in his only Australian interview. Bon Iver have just released their first new album in 6 years, and it's a lush, heartfelt love letter of song.Justin doesn’t give interviews often, and this conversation finds him more open than ever before. He’s also really happy. But it’s not without nuance, as you’ll hear across this beautiful conversation.Five albums in, and he’s gone from a cabin in the woods, to collaborating with some of music’s biggest stars, and making layered, conceptual produced records like i,i and 22, A Million… But on SABLE, fABLE he pulls back the veil, and shares more of himself than ever before.

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