Natali Caro

Loud + Queer is the voice of Melbourne/Naarm's queer youth, broadcasting on SYN since 2018.

Hear new conversations with queer culture shapers and change makers on the 'Loud + Queer Talks' podcast.  And open up our closet of archived episodes with the 'Loud & Queer (2018-22)' podcast.

Listen locally: Tune in to 90.7FM or SYN DAB+ in Melbourne (Naarm) or Geelong.
Outside Melbourne: Stream on the SYN website or the Community Radio Plus app.
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Loud + Queer broadcasts from eastern Kulin nation and respectfully acknowledges the Wurundjeri people.

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Sammy and Liz are joined by 2/3 of SYN's Music Managers, Gracie and V, to chat our favourite releases of 2022 by LGBTQIA+ artists! Trying to cover as many of the incredible releases this year as possible they chat EP's, honourable mentions, and then dive into - in no particular order or structure - the top ten local and top ten international albums.

Read the full list of artists and projects mentioned on our website!

Playlist:

Okay Kaya - Spinal Tap

Thelma Plum - Backseat of My Mind

Vetta Borne - Say Less

Camp Cope - Running With The Hurricane

070 Shake - Skin & Bones

Jesswar - Fell In Love

Moonchild Sanelly - Demon

Steve Lacy - Bad Habit

June Jones - Hoodie Girl

Dyan Tai & Jamaica Moana - Get On It

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(1:15) Robert Baxter joins Liz and Sammy to talk latest single Just For The Night, creative approaches, performing live and what we can look out for next year! 

(14:15) Plus, Kaiyah Mercedes joins the show live to talk about their debut album Hindsight. An album that reflects on young romance, bitter heartbreak, and the broader idea of introspection we feel diving back into old memories.

Make sure you listen to Loud & Queer live Sundays from 3-4pm, you'll hear more talks and great queer music. Tune in to SYN 90.7FM, listen online at syn.org.au or search for SYN on digital streaming platforms.

Playlist:

Dyan Tai - Nightlife

Robert Baxter - Just For The Night

Kaiyah Mercedes - Hindsight

Kaiyah Mercedes - Don't Forget My Name

Chela - Cool 2B Queer

Mo'Ju - Change Has To Come

JULAI - Old Money

BVT & Jamaica Moana - ROADS

Our Spotify playlist is regularly updated with songs played on the show, so you can hear every beat again, and again.

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(1:00) Mara joins Sammy live in the studio to talk about music production, particularly the use of software like TidalCycles and more recently Max, that incorporates coding into her experimentation. She also touches on some of the other equipment and general creative approaches at play, performances/gigs, and upcoming album 'I'm Just One Person.'

Listen to Mara on Bandcamp!

(10:45) Plus in an extended podcast interview, Morgan, Amie and Vicky join the show to talk about Two Little Houses and their chimney smokes adjoining. An upcoming group exhibition in collaboration with Trocadero and Melbourne's Living Museum of The West, exploring what it means to be an artist in public and private.

Make sure you listen to Loud & Queer live Sundays from 3-4pm, you'll hear more talks and great queer music. Tune in to SYN 90.7FM, listen online at syn.org.au or search for SYN on digital streaming platforms.

Playlist:

Kee'Ahn - Better Things

Dyan Tai & AnSo - Do it 4U

Skink Tank - Look At Me Now

Marara - Previews from upcoming album

Simo Soo - Suzi Up Next

Mykki Blanco - Lucky

Clara Hope - Blood Coal

Our Spotify playlist is regularly updated with songs played on the show, so you can hear every beat again, and again.

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Chela joins Liz and Sammy to talk latest single Cool 2B Queer, it’s inspiration, larger themes and bringing together the music video!  Plus we touch on creative projects and gigs outside of music, and getting back into live performance.

While Chela is always busy in different creative fields, this is the first music offering since 2019’s Delivery EP. Delivery was an incredible retro nostalgic synth pop project, and Cool 2B Queer compliments these sounds while leaning far more into modern pop styling; complimented by a camp music video packed with imagery on the corporatisation of queerness.

Make sure you listen to Loud & Queer live Sundays from 3-4pm, you'll hear more talks and great queer music. Tune in to SYN 90.7FM, listen online at syn.org.au or search for SYN on digital streaming platforms.

Playlist:

Isobel Caldwell - Snails in the Sage

Rose Bassett - Overland

Chela - Cool 2B Queer

Time's Up (Oscar Scheller Remix) - Sycco

Tove Lo & Channel Tres - Attention W***e

Poppy Rose - My God

Miss Grit - Follow The Cyborg

Our Spotify playlist is regularly updated with songs played on the show, so you can hear every beat again, and again.

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(1:05) Lauren from Meanjin-based band MELLOW joins Liz and Sammy to chat sophomore Single Monster (out now!) off the back of debut single Sad Posting on The Internet released earlier this year.

(15:20) Plus a very special interview we are rebroadcasting by Arnel from Film 101, who attended the Melbourne Premiere of Bros - a new US rom-com in cinemas Thursday - and had a chat with director Nicholas Stoller.

Make sure you listen to Loud & Queer live Sundays from 3-4pm, you'll hear more talks and great queer music. Tune in to SYN 90.7FM, listen online at syn.org.au or search for SYN on digital streaming platforms.

Playlist:

Julian Wa - Energies

Julian Wa - Barbados

Mellow - Monster

Betty Who - One of Us

Arona Mane, Shantan Wantan Ichiban, & Dancingwater - doin it different

Jamaica Moana - CYA

Vilify - Odyssey

Isobel Caldwell - Tiger Stripes

Our Spotify playlist is regularly updated with songs played on the show, so you can hear every beat again, and again.

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Comedian, actor, DJ, drag king, writer, producer and presenter Natali Caro (@natty_daddy_) joins the show for this podcast bonus, to tell us all about their Fringe comedy showcase Thanks For Having Me, starting tomorrow!

Make sure you listen to Loud & Queer live Sundays from 3-4pm, you'll hear more talks and great queer music. Tune in to SYN 90.7FM, listen online at syn.org.au or search for SYN on digital streaming platforms.

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(1:10) Cerulean joins us to talk about how their year has been in performance, drag and general creative business. As well as hype-up an upcoming hyper-pop night they are producing, and talk about ambitions to produce more in the future!

(16:20) J. Rosenbaum, an artist and researcher who explores the intersections of art, technology and society with their work, joins to talk about their online exhibition for Melbourne Fringe - AI Perceptions of Gender.

(26:10) Rachel Maria Cox calls in from Newcastle to talk their latest single ‘Say You Love Me,’ apart of upcoming EP ‘The Day You Left’ out November 24th, and how they have been waiting years to share this new music.

Make sure you listen to Loud & Queer live Sundays from 3-4pm, you'll hear more talks and great queer music. Tune in to SYN 90.7FM, listen online at syn.org.au or search for SYN on digital streaming platforms.

16/10 Playlist:

Kai Cult - Raver

Rachel Maria Cox - Say You Love Me

Brambles - Stay

Charlie XCX & Rina Sawayama - Beg For You

dameeeela & Tjaka - The Shake Up

Our Spotify playlist is regularly updated with songs played on the show, so you can hear every beat again, and again.

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This week on Loud & Queer we spoke to some fabulous artists, performers and musicians who will be putting on shows for Melbourne Fringe!

(00:40) Starting with Miss Cairo (@prettymisscairo), who joined us to tell all about her solo cabaret show ‘Breasts Become Her.’ Chatting themes, inspirations, some of the ideas behind the show, and the process of bringing it all together!

(14:25) Plus intergalactic baddie Dirty Versachi (@dirtyversachi), talking creative approach, getting ready for Astronaughy and the space being created at their shows.

(25:00) And finally, Dyan Tai (@dyan_tai) stops by to talk about their latest single We Can’t Forget on top of the absolutely huge year they have had with music and beyond! And of course let us know about upcoming Fringe shows, including an appearance at Astronaughy, and bringing Dynasty to Naarm, a Worship Queer Collective mainstay.

Make sure you listen to Loud & Queer live Sundays from 3-4pm, you'll hear more talks and great queer music. Tune in to SYN 90.7FM, listen online at syn.org.au or search for SYN on digital streaming platforms.

Playlist:

Samuel Gaskin & The Merindas - RĀIN

Dirty Versachi - Rainbow Light Beam

Dyan Tai & Mindy Meng Wang - We Can't Forget

Jesswar - Caramel Bars

Kai Cult - Get Wound Away

Mykki Blanco - Steps

Our Spotify playlist is regularly updated with songs played on the show, so you can hear every beat again, and again.

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Patrick Livesey joins Sammy to talk about their new one person show Naomi, coming to Naarm/Melbourne next month after great reception at the Adelaide Fringe Festival earlier this year. We talk about the themes of the show, bringing it together and what has changed for this new run, as well as going into Patrick’s interview process before writing the show and how research is a part of their creative process at large.

Plus an early podcast bonus, Amy McIntosh - lead vocalist of Mulubinba/Newcastle-based alternative-metal group Vilify - joins the show to tell us about the bands latest single Odyssey, upcoming projects and more!

25/9/22 Playlist:

Dyan Tai & Mindy Meng Wang 王萌 - We Can’t Forget

June Jones & Alice Skye - Extrovert

Isobel Caldwell - Across The Hill

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