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Rip Ship came up to the studio ahead of their Europe Tour fundraiser gig at Whammy bar Thursday, 26 February and delivered some synth laden long tracks.
Playlist
Julee Cruise - The Art of Being a Girl
The Native Cats - My Risks Is Art
Little Annie - I Think Of You
No More - Suicide Commando
charmort - Dublin
Chanel Beads - The Coward Forgets His Nightmare
Baba Stilz, Okay Kaya - Scandinavia
Vivienne Eastwood - Snooze
Hannah Mckittrick - Utensil
Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek - Haydar Haydar
WYNONA - sunset (demo)
Juniper May - sentimental demo
Helmet - LA Water
Now Always Fades - A Pain That I Used To Feel
Cuticles - OGLED MOAT
Yo La Tengo - The Crying of Lot G
POiSON GiRL FRiEND - FACT 2
Ween - Ocean Man
Ripship - Bon Voyage (Alphabethead Remix)
DC Maxwell - Funeral Suit
Eleanor Wyling - Easy (till it's not)
Eerie - Go 2
Menzies - 'Appy
Loveliescrushing - dizzy
Molina - I am your house
Public Service Broadcasting, Tracyanne Campbell - Progress
King Hannah - New York, Let's Do Nothing
Automatic - I Love You, Fine
Articial Go - The World is My Runway
Severed Heads - We Have Come to Bless the House
Selda Baǧcan - ince ince
Noriel Viela - 16 Toneladas
Chicks On Speed - Euro Trash Girl
Vanessa Daou - Dear Anne Sexton
All Natural Lemon & Lime Flavours - When Things Come Falling
Peter Lineham joins Matthew for That's The Spirit! Discussing the peculiarities of the Christian idea of Lent and Ash Wednesday.
Laika Rountree joins Matthew for Stage Direction, having been to the dress rehearsal of the upcoming production for Embrace, and the planning of the upcoming production, Before We Begin.
Joel covers for HALFQUEEN while she gets ready for her set at Splore!
Chris joins us for Marijuana Media to chat all things weed news. Thanks to our mates at The Hempstore!
And Joel chats to Rosetta from Brekkie and Programme Director Molly while they pack in to the final Splore! Rosetta also chatted to Splore Festival Director John Minty earlier in the day!
This week on Drive, Elle is back on the air with Sof!
We heard from Steve Newall for Flicks 'n' That, about a windfall of his latest recommendations and Issey Jean joins us to talk about some of her favourite music on What's Cooking.
CONTENT WARNING: Discussions of SA - Peter Lineham joins Matthew for a chat about the former Centrepoint commune in Albany and Bert Potter
And an interview with Jim White and Marisa Anderson about their music, and upcoming performances at the International Festival of Secret(e) Sounds and Port Noise!
Chris chats about new findings from a U.S. based study that links legalisation with declining rates of drug-use amongst high school aged students, an update on Aaron Barlow's sentencing, and a potential new supplier of home-grown and made hemp milk on Marijuana Media, thanks to our mates at The Hemp Store. Later on, Nicola and Adam of Basement are in the studio to mix-up a delicious mocktail and chat about their summer season and Pride '26 programming on Cocktail Corner.
Space! Astronomer Josh Aoraki joins Smashton and Big J for another week, to talk about China's latest manned launch, the launch of SpaceX's Starship, and a successful fly-by of Mars.
We gave Professor Emeritus Peter Lineham a call for That’s The Spirit and boy did we chat! This week's topic was Buddhism and why it appeals to people disenchanted with traditional religion.
Elle spoke to Cate Le Bon on the emotional core of her latest album Michaelangelo Dying. Le Bon’s thematic arc of the album, an enigmatic take on the pit of heart break. Sonically dense and laden in synths Le Bon revels in the throes of heart ache, though her disarming and earnest narrative threads.
They spoke about the writing process of the album and adapting it for the live shows later in June.
Elle spoke to Tom Dowse (guitar) and Nick Buxton (drums), of Dry Cleaning, ahead of their show at the Hollywood Avondale, on 3 June. Their recently released third album Secret Love, explores the quintessential Dry Cleaning sound and pushes it a bridge further. With Florence Shaw’s characteristically level and restrained vocal delivery accompanied by a narratively driven world of synths, guitar riffs and at times a saxophone.
Heading into Strange Universe Winter season, Milly from the 95bFM Breakfast show had a brief chat with American indie-rock singer Cass McCombs, who will be playing live in Tāmaki Makaurau on the 26th this month at Double Whammy.
For the past 7 years, FromThePithas been an annual celebration of Aotearoa’s finest gig photographers, who each week muscle their way through bustling moshpits at venues across Aotearoa, tirelessly working to document our country's amazing music scene.
Smashton and Big J can speak from personal experience about their excitement of seeing photos from their own gigs pop up in these compilations. They chat to both curator and photographer Dave Simpson and photographer Jade Johnson.
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