Kendrick described her as possibly ‘the illest doing it right now’ – but mainstream recognition has been slow for London rapper Little Simz. Her new record ‘GREY Area’, Triple R’s Album of the Week, could change all that, though.

From the thousands of mixtapes he sold from his driveway, Houston legacy DJ Screw established the now-famous chopped and screwed DJ technique – but the closest thing he had to a ‘single’ was a mixtape he made for a friend’s birthday (by now, it’s likely to have sold enough to be a platinum record).

Something pretty cool went down here in Melbourne recently: ‘Rah! Rah!’, a feminist punk retrospective of the last 30 years of female, femme and non-binary sounds from this city. We broadcast three of the talks panels on International Women’s Day – and they’re now available for your streaming pleasure!

She was homeless at 15; she started out as a drummer; and she bloody loves posting photos of her dogs.

Self-driving cars are coming – and with them, an estimated 94 per cent fewer road accidents. So what’s stopping us from embracing them? Triple R volunteer and writer Alix Palmer investigates Aussies’ emotional and cultural connection to driving.

‘Long legs, poor coordination and the natural anxiety that comes with doing anything new, especially while naked, meant I’d found [squat toilets] a horror to use [...] But science suggests that squat toilets are, in fact, better.’

From Breakfasters right through till midnight, women and GNC broadcasters (plus their ace guests) will take over the airwaves this Friday for International Women’s Day – and some of the combos of presenters are pretty damn exciting.

It’s official – we’re pants-wettingly excited for to feast our eyeballs and earholes on the absolutely ripper lineup of women and gender non-conforming musical artists who’ll be tearing down the house during Dropout Boogie for International Women’s Day.

‘Just like Prince and Bowie, Mark Hollis was a visionary. He pushed himself as an artist and us as listeners to hear something unreachable.’

Folks, we’re having some problems with live streaming via the website (but you can still stream us as per normal via the 3RRR app). We’ll have this fixed up by morning.

Tune in to Triple R all day on International Women’s Day, Friday 8 March, to hear women and GNC broadcasters and their guests taking over the airwaves.

It’s going to be a helluva time this Sunday at CERES, with the folks from Supernormal Canteen joining the Eat It crew; live performances from Waari and Kee’ahn during Still Here; and JVG’s All-Star Melbourne Barbeque Orchestra.

Ever heard of Necrobarista, a visual novel game about the living dead set in a Melbourne café? Or what about Bush Bash, an arcade cabinet made out of the front half of a Mitsubishi sedan? These are just some of the works coming out of our city’s thriving independent videogame scene. The Byte Into IT crew introduce us to some of the talented individuals behind the scenes.

‘The audience member will always read the PowerPoint slide text before the speaker gets through it […] This is particularly problematic where dinner is served at presentations because people may be tempted to poke their own eyes out with the fork due to boredom.’

‘If we doubt our ability to successfully complete a task, we are much more likely to put it off.’ Dr Jen, aka Breakfasters’ scientific brains trust, explains why we procrastinate – and what we can do to stop.

Triple R volunteer Jenny Davis has a few passions: making great radio, keeping the station’s CD library in order, and bacteria.

It was great to join our mates at JOY and other community radio stations at the Midsumma Pride March this Sunday.

Triffids founder and songwriter David McComb died 20 years ago this week – and his long deleted solo album Love of Will has finally been digitally re-released. Under the Sun’s Jonathan Alley, who’s wrapping up a documentary on McComb, reappraises a forgotten gem.

Huge congrats to our very own Tim Thorpe, who has been awarded an Order of Australia Medal for his service to broadcast media – and in particular, to community radio. We’re bloody chuffed that his legendary status has been now been made extra-official. Well done, Tim!

This Sunday, our mates at JOY FM are marching in the Midsumma Pride Parade, and we’re chuffed to be joining them along with our our community radio colleagues, including folks from PBS and SYN. All LGBTIQA+ Triple R volunteers and allies are welcome to join us.