Diode

8CCC Feature Album is is from Melbourne-based Ecca Vandal, Looking For People To Unfollow.Currently touring UK, Europe, Canada and that bit of US known as Chicago, this is the sophomore album from the South African-born alternative rock singer, songwriter and rapper – and it’s been almost a decade between them. Thankfully singles have been on slow release, but these 17 tracks collectively allow for a good amount of time out or extend the escape by comfortably hitting repeat. Must be the DIY values, recorded in a makeshift garage studio and a good blend of punk, alternative, hip-hop, hardcore, and electronic sounds.”This album isn’t about fitting in. It’s about subtraction. Stripping things back to what’s real. Taking up space in a world that constantly asks you to shrink. I’ve stopped trying to smooth out the edges, the loud and the soft, the rough and the restrained, they all belong.” Bandcamp

A big shoutout to the Central Australian Volunteer Organisation for 2026, the Alice Springs Rural Volunteer Fire Brigade. Their Captain, Marie Baptista joined us on the Big Brekky Show to share their approach to success, having also taken out all other awards beside the Chief Minister’s Volunteer of the Year! It’s been a big year of growth and consolidation of their volunteers, which has led to these fantastic accolades from Volunteering NT.