The Triffids has been played on NTS in shows including Round Trip, featured first on 15 March 2014. Songs played include Tender Is The Night (The Long Fidelity), Family Name and Wide Open Road.

The band originated in Perth, Western Australia in the late 1970s. They went through various line-up changes until the early 1980s when they moved to Sydney and later Melbourne and released their first LP Treeless Plain. The band toured extensively in Europe and caught the attention of the UK music press, being featured on the cover of NME twice.

Four albums followed - Born Sandy Devotional, In the Pines, Calenture and The…