Oblivious Maximus - Podcast

Just the two of us this week for a bit of a chat about recent shows, records we've been listening to and getting into the Black Sabbath last show. Fun little chinwag between two of the great Jacob and Rasputin's the world has ever known. Rip in. FOLLOW: AZZY - instagram.com/returntrip/FOLLOW: ⁠SEARLO⁠ - instagram.com/searlo_/ FOLLOW: ⁠OBLIVIOUS MAXIMUS⁠ - instagram.com/obliviousmaximuspodcast/ Thanks to our mates at Born Dry, for 10% off your order use code ‘maximus10’ at checkout: www.borndry.com.au

Joining us this week are Drew and Dean from Totally Unicorn! The lads came to the studio while in town on their ‘Hard Feelings’ Tour, to chat about the new track, filming music videos, searching for porn in the bush and pitching themselves to be school Captains. Rip in, brutal! Check out ‘Hard Feelings’ here: https://youtu.be/d4PdtvwGG-EFOLLOW: TOTALLY UNICORN - instagram.com/totallyunicornmusic/FOLLOW: ⁠SEARLO⁠ - instagram.com/searlo_/ FOLLOW: ⁠OBLIVIOUS MAXIMUS⁠ - instagram.com/obliviousmaximuspodcast/Thanks to our mates at Born Dry, for 10% off your order, use code ‘maximus10’ at checkout: www.borndry.com.au

Our guest this week is Courtney Fry, triple j Music News Producer! Courtney joins us to chat music, festivals, growing up on the NSW South Coast, being a Premiership Winning Captain and all sorts of other great banter. Lots of fun, rip in and enjoy! FOLLOW: COURTNEY - instagram.com/courtwhip/ FOLLOW: ⁠SEARLO⁠ - instagram.com/searlo_/ FOLLOW: ⁠OBLIVIOUS MAXIMUS⁠ - instagram.com/obliviousmaximuspodcast/ Thanks to our mates at Born Dry, for 10% off your order use code ‘maximus10’ at checkout: www.borndry.com.au

Our guest this week is Sam Octigan, vocalist of Iron Mind and legendary artist. Sam joins us on the podcast to chat about the new Iron Mind LP, 'Test Of The Iron Mind' available now through Last Ride Records and Flatspot Records, recent and upcoming shows in support of the new album and what it's like getting back into the band after a bit of down time. Great chat, rip in! FOLLOW: Sam - instagram.com/samoctigan/FOLLOW: Iron Mind - instagram.com/ironmindhc/FOLLOW: ⁠SEARLO⁠ - instagram.com/searlo_/FOLLOW: ⁠OBLIVIOUS MAXIMUS⁠ - instagram.com/obliviousmaximuspodcast/Thanks to our mates at Born Dry, for 10% off your order use code ‘maximus10’ at checkout: www.borndry.com.au

This week, Ben and Aaron sit down with comedian and podcaster Tommy Dassalo. We chat about the ups and downs of podcasting, weird listener feedback, and the strange world of Spotify comments. The conversation covers getting scammed online, old-school cinema hacks, and what it’s like going to the movies in 2025. Tommy also talks about his podcasts, Filthy Casuals and How to Do Everything, and we swap stories about comedy, growing up, and dealing with chaos at the cinema.FOLLOW: Tommy - instagram.com/dassalo//FOLLOW: ⁠SEARLO⁠ - instagram.com/searlo_/FOLLOW: ⁠OBLIVIOUS MAXIMUS⁠ - instagram.com/obliviousmaximuspodcast/Thanks to our mates at Born Dry, for 10% off your order use code ‘maximus10’ at checkout: www.borndry.com.au

Allison Watters (Pulse Zine), joins us this week to chat about music, our weird potential names, putting together the Pulse Zine, putting on and working at shows, and drawing raffles. Rip in! FOLLOW: PULSE - instagram.com/pulsethezine/FOLLOW: ⁠SEARLO⁠ - instagram.com/searlo_/FOLLOW: ⁠OBLIVIOUS MAXIMUS⁠ - instagram.com/obliviousmaximuspodcast/Check out the current Issues of Pulse here: https://pulsemagazine.squarespace.com/Thanks to our mates at Born Dry, for 10% off your order use code ‘maximus10’ at checkout: www.borndry.com.au

Jake Zammit (Forewarned, Kingpin), returns to the podcast to chat about the ripping new Forewarned record 'Only God Forgives', his label Kingpin, their recent shows and a bunch of other nonsense from Ben and Aaron about how great hardcore is in Australia at the moment. Rip in! FOLLOW: KINGPIN - instagram.com/kingpinmelbourne/FOLLOW: ⁠SEARLO⁠ - instagram.com/searlo_/FOLLOW: ⁠OBLIVIOUS MAXIMUS⁠ - instagram.com/obliviousmaximuspodcast/Thanks to our mates at Born Dry, for 10% off your order use code ‘maximus10’ at checkout: www.borndry.com.au

ROBBO IS BACK. TimePeace has played a few gigs and No Barriers has been on the airwaves. We chat about that, then rip into the important topics like British accents, feeding pigeons, vocal warm-ups, and the realities of playing and organising gigs. BRUTAL!FOLLOW: TIMEPEACEFOLLOW: NO BARRIERSFOLLOW: SEARLO FOLLOW: OBLIVIOUS MAXIMUSThanks to our mates at Born Dry, for 10% off your order use code ‘maximus10’ at checkout: www.borndry.com.au

This week, we're joined by the new legends of Canberra Hardcore, Thantu Thikha! We chat about the band's origin, the resurgence of Canberra's house show scene, and Aaron officially gives the boys the keys to the city. Plus we talk about the importance of no diving signs near the ocean and Red Hot Chili Peppers. Follow Thantu Thikha here: https://www.instagram.com/thantuthikha/Follow Searlo here:https://www.instagram.com/searlo_Follow Oblivious Maximus here:https://www.instagram.com/obliviousmaximuspodcastLeave us a message on SpeakPipe here:https://www.speakpipe.com/obliviousmaximusFull video on YouTube here:https://www.youtube.com/@obliviousmaximuspodcastThanks to our mates at Born Dry, for 10% off your order use code ‘maximus10’ at checkout: www.borndry.com.au

Sam and Lewis of Kaarst are on! Kaarst started as Sam's electronic project and has now formed into a fully fledged live act. We talk about the challenges of interpreting the music for a live show, how music is shaped by live performance, and the learning curve of coming to a new style of music from a background in heavy music. Follow Kaarst:https://www.instagram.com/kaarst__/Follow Sam: https://www.instagram.com/ssamhaven/Follow Lewis: https://www.instagram.com/lewcifer.wav/Follow Searlo here:https://www.instagram.com/searlo_Follow Oblivious Maximus here:https://www.instagram.com/obliviousmaximuspodcastLeave us a message on SpeakPipe here:https://www.speakpipe.com/obliviousmaximusFull video on YouTube here:https://www.youtube.com/@obliviousmaximuspodcastThanks to our mates at Born Dry, for 10% off your order use code ‘maximus10’ at checkout: www.borndry.com.au

Just us again! Back in the studio, chatting it up with your old mates. We talk about some of the stuff we've been loving, telly, movies, books, pods, etc and give you the update on some shows coming up and just our fucken lives. You know where to find us by now. Just type the name into IG and stuff. Thanks for listening. You rock! Cheers. Thanks to our mates at Born Dry, head to borndry.com.au at use the code ‘maximus10’ at check out for 10% off your order!

It's the middle of Comedy Fest, so Searlo is going bonkers, and the studio was booked out, BUT we had time to catch up about Aaron playing with I Exist at Cold Day in Brisbane coming up, how comedy fest is going for the searlo, and some other stuff. AT HOME EPISODE. Grab tickets to Searlo's Comedy Festival Show, 'Punk Music' here: https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1320551Suss out the Cold Day line up here: https://www.instagram.com/acolddayinbneGrab Tickets to A Cold Day in BNE here: https://moshtix.com.au/v2/event/a-cold-day-in-bne-2025/179580Follow Searlo here: https://www.instagram.com/searlo_Follow Oblivious Maximus here: https://www.instagram.com/obliviousmaximuspodcast

David Correos (Comedian, Taskmaster NZ) joins us on the podcast this week to chat about his Melbourne Comedy Festival show, 'Noise Zealand'. We talk Punk, Magic, DJing, and the move over to Australia from New Zealand. Rip in! Grab tickets to David's show here: https://www.comedyfestival.com.au/browse-shows/noise-zealand/ Grab tickets to Searlo's Comedy Festival Show, 'Punk Music' here: https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1320551 Follow David here: https://www.instagram.com/davidpostoffice Follow Searlo here: https://www.instagram.com/searlo_ Follow Oblivious Maximus here: https://www.instagram.com/obliviousmaximuspodcast

We are joined by the Melbourne HC Best Friends Club - Akira (Iron Mind) and Otis for another episode of unstructured nonsense conversation - loosely based around the topic of music. We chat about recent shows, growing up in Melbourne and what we've all got coming up over the coming weeks and months! Get tickets to Searlo's Comedy Fest show here: https://www.comedyfestival.com.au/browse-shows/punk-music/Follow Iron Mind here: https://www.instagram.com/ironmindhc/Follow Searlo here: https://www.instagram.com/searlo_/Follow Oblivious Maximus here: https://www.instagram.com/obliviousmaximuspodcast/Full Video on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/@obliviousmaximuspodcast

Jem and Josh from Speed join us this week for a long awaited episode! We chat about their recent Australian tour, playing shows in Tassie for the first time, and the rise of a new generation in hardcore. Plus, we dive into the unique connections hardcore creates and what makes the scene so special.  Grab tickets to Searlo's Melbourne Comedy Festival show 'Ben Searle's Punk Music' here  Follow SpeedFollow Searlo Follow Oblivious MaximusLeave us a message on SpeakPipeSubscribe on YouTube

After many weeks of straight up just not doing the podcast, we are back recording again! We chat about Aaron being away on tour with Harms Way, Ben's upcoming Melbourne Comedy Fest show, and everything else we've been up to over the last couple of weeks! Check it out! Grab tickets to Searlo's Melbourne Comedy Festival show 'Ben Searle's Punk Music' here: https://www.trybooking.com/CXDMLGrab the new AGLO record here: https://onlybigrecords.com/Follow Searlo here: https://www.instagram.com/searlo_Follow Oblivious Maximus here: https://www.instagram.com/obliviousmaximuspodcastLeave us a message on SpeakPipe here: https://www.speakpipe.com/obliviousmaximus

Jordan Barr (Comedian, triple j Weekend Breakfast Host), joins us this week to chat about her stand up show 'Dog Why', musical theatre, her weekend wake ups for the radio and much more! Grab tickets to Jordan's tour 'Dog Why' here: https://comedy.com.au/tour/jordan-barr/Grab tickets to Searlo's Melbourne Comedy Festival show 'Ben Searle's Punk Music' here: https://www.trybooking.com/CXDMLFollow Jordan here: https://www.instagram.com/jbarr_666Follow Searlo here: https://www.instagram.com/searlo_Follow Oblivious Maximus here: https://www.instagram.com/obliviousmaximuspodcastFull video on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/@obliviousmaximuspodcast

Martín Stewart (Terror, God's Hate, Xibalba) joins us on the podcast this week to chat while Xibalba are on tour in Australia. Big chinwag about music, booking festivals, travelling overseas and having a great time. Rip in! Grab tickets to Searlo's Melbourne Comedy Festival show 'Ben Searle's Punk Music' here: https://www.trybooking.com/CXDML Follow Xibalba here: https://www.instagram.com/xibalbaca Follow Searlo here: https://www.instagram.com/searlo_ Follow Oblivious Maximus here: https://www.instagram.com/obliviousmaximuspodcast Full video on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/@obliviousmaximuspodcast

Lachie and Dozer from Fever Shack join us on the podcast this week to chat about their new record 'Not Fuckin About', ripping riffs in Frankston, their upcoming run of shows and anything else we can squeeze in to the pod. Check it out, brutal! Buy tickets to Searlo's Melbourne Comedy Festival show 'Ben Searle's Punk Music' here: https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1320551 Follow Fever Shack here: https://www.instagram.com/fevershackhc Follow Searlo here: https://www.instagram.com/searlo_ Follow Oblivious Maximus here: https://www.instagram.com/obliviousmaximuspodcast Full video on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/@obliviousmaximuspodcast

Micky and Ben from Gaoled join us on the podcast this week, over in Melbourne for a weekend of shows, we chat about their new LP 'Bestial Hardcore', Perth shows, Ben's Label Televised Suicide and lots of other nonsense. Brutal! Get Tickets to Searlo's Comedy Festival Show 'Ben Searle's Punk Music' here: https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1320551 Check out Gaoled here: https://gaoled.bandcamp.com/ Follow Televised Suicide here: https://www.instagram.com/televisedsuicide Follow Searlo here: https://www.instagram.com/searlo_ Follow Oblivious Maximus here: https://www.instagram.com/obliviousmaximuspodcast Full video on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/@obliviousmaximuspodcast