Events
Seriously Sound System 2008
- DATE:
- Saturday 20 December 2008
- TIME:
- Midday - 10pm
- VENUE:
- Hyde Park, North Perth
- COST:
- Presale - $15 for RTRFM Subscribers, $20 for General Admission. TIX ON SALE HERE!!! More on the door.
We return to the leafy and luscious surrounds of Hyde Park for Seriously Sound System 2008 on Saturday December 20 from midday to 10pm.
This year we have assembled our biggest line up ever for another local lark in our favourite park.
So here… more »
News
Top 10/20 Week
Once again Out to Lunch and Full Frequency get stuck into the best music of the year.
From Monday the 8th to Friday the 12th of December these solid music heads review the top tracks and top albums of 2008 more »
Radiothon Grand Prize Winner for 2008
The Grand Prize for Radiothon 2008 has just been announced and the winner is – drum roll please…
Tim Hawkins! (rapturous applause)
Well done to Tim for winning the Arcam amplifier, Dynaudio speakers and 70 Universal Music CDs. Tim was a very… more »
Get your own program on RTRFM!
RTRFM’s Annual Programming Review is coming up. Now is the time to submit a new program idea! Anyone can do it!
Simply fill out the proposal form attached below and email it to dhouchin@rtrfm.com.au by 5pm on Friday 21 November and you could be presenting your own RTRFM program in January 2009… more »
Reviews
Friday 5th December 2008
The Secret Machines -
The Secret Machines have been releasing some of the tastiest psych-pop/rock of the 00’s, but they’ve always seemed to fly under the (commercial) radar and they’ve been dropped from Inertia. Not only that, but lead guitarist Ben Curtis has now left the band, leaving his brother Brandon at the helm… more »
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Thursday 4th December 2008
Cut off Your Hands - You And I
Speak and Spell Records
Cut Off Your Hands’ first full length album You and I brings tales of love, sorrow, lies and nostalgia from the land of the long white cloud…. more »
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Tuesday 2nd December 2008
DVD on the Radio - Cartoon Heroes
In another thrilling installment of DVD on the Radio, guest reviewer Stacy Gougoulis dished the dirt on the crazy world of cartoon mayhem with Peter Barr on Breakfast…. more »
stories
Friday 5th December 2008
Clash of the Clergy
Adam Ant once said about music ‘You may not like the things we do but only idiots ignore the truth’…. more »
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Thursday 4th December 2008
The Net under Threat
Now that the internet plays such a significant role in many Australians lives, how would you feel if the Government stepped in and tried to block and control the content that you view on your computer at home and work? … more »
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Wednesday 3rd December 2008
Summer Berry Pudding
Summer’s here kids, and Luke Bolton joined Peter Barr on Breakfast to whip up a tasty treat.
With the scent of warmth in the air and a summer-spring in his step, Luke served up a Berry Pudding. more »
Around Town
ORIGIN New Years Eve 2008
Origin New Years Eve 2008
Origin 2008 boasts a mind boggling line up that includes:
Pendulum Live, Public Enemy, Mos Def, DJ Numark (J5), N-Type, Skream, Benga, D Bridge and Jenna G, Chase & Status, Subfocus, Noisia and Phace.
Having both dominated and divided the drum n bass scene in ways never before seen, Pendulum have since progressed above and beyond it into what can only be described as their own atmosphere… more »
NYE FUNK CLUB WITH GILES PETERSON
Volunteer Opportunities at Red Cross
On the Air
Live Now
Looney Choons
Archives and restreams of all RTRfm shows are now available in our shows section.
Top Tracks
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Out To Lunch
- MGreat Ghosts
- Mount Eerie
- Dawn
- (Patrick Pittman)
- TFriedman and Liebezeit
- Morning Has Broken
- Secret Rhythms 3
- (Sarah Tout)
- WLagos Creepers
- Red Snapper
- A Pale Blue Dot
- (Jack Midalia)
- TVenice
- Anni Rossi
- Afton
- (Gemma Pike)
- FStepper A.K.A. Work
- Skeleton
- (Gemma Pike)
- More Tracks
- Out To Lunch »
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Full Frequency
- MProstitutes and Video games (grandson remix)
- Break the Box
- (Micah , Ben Mac)
- TWhiplash
- Mr Scruff
- (Travis)
- WWiked Man
- Agent Alvin
- (Dart, Sardi)
- TClunk Click Every Trip
- Peverelist
- (Ben Elliott)
- FMy Comet
- Onra
- (Dan 'The Man' Moore, Rok Riley)
- More Tracks
- Full Frequency »
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Drivetime
- MBrick Red
- Red Snapper
- Pale Blue Dot
- (Simon Pigliardo, Anthony Princi)
- TThe Sun Smells Too Loud
- Mogwai
- The Hawk Is Howling
- (Sarah Delfante)
- WClocks
- Fridge
- The Sun
- (Chris Wheeldon)
- TMy Cabal
- School of Seven Bells
- Alpinisms
- (Aarom Wilson)
- FWoodfriend
- Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson
- (Shannon Fox)
- More Tracks
- Drivetime »
Opinion
Friday 5th December 2008
Movie Squad - Four Holidays , My Blueberry Nights
The warmer weather has brought a wind of change.
Movie Squad’s moved to Breakfast for its Summer Series. Paul Grace joins Peter Barr on Breakfast to talk movies and all that surrounds cinema…. more »
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Friday 28th November 2008
Movie Squad - Australia
Epic, sweeping vision. Genius. Mastery. The rugged outback. Horses. Special guest Baz Luhrmann (we think) joins Patrick to explain his greatness, but Patrick has other ideas. more »
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Monday 24th November 2008
Movie Squad - Quantum of Solace, American Teen
Paul and Patrick find themselves a little let down by James Bond: The John Pilger Years, though are glad to see neoliberal conspiracy is best fought by explosion, tuxedo and the bedding of women… more »

The Sound of The Smiths
Alpinisms
The BBC Sessions
London Undersound