Crystal Choi (SKILAA, A.C. Freazy, Skogkatt and more) has a new project called Phoebe Rings for us to wrap our ears around. Whakarongo mai nei to hear about the band and their first single 'Cheshire'.
JessB has a stellar new mixtape out now, and she popped in to have a chat about it this morning. As the name suggests '3 Nights In Amsterdam' was recorded in one creative burst while Jess was visiting the city last year. Whakarongo mai nei to find out more!
Julia Deans has just been announced as the Music Director for this year's Silver Scroll Awards- making her the person in charge of organising one of the most highly anticipated parts of the night: the reinterpretations of the five finalists' songs. In previous years this has led to the likes of Ron Gallipolli covering Lorde, SoccerPractise covering Moana Maniapoto and many more. Tune in to hear Julia's thoughts on the role!
Ol' mate Diggy Dupé has a brand new album, and it's fully awesome. 'That's Me, That's Team' is out today and we caught up with Diggy to hear about it. Whakarongo mai nei!
Mike, William and Gerrit from Future Islands dial in for a chat with Rach about the exciting news of their new album, As Long As You Are. After releasing the singles Thrill, and For Sure, the band catch up with us about what we can expect from the new record and how 2020 has been for them. Chuck October 9th in your diaries, you don't want to miss this release!
Imugi 이무기 are back with their first release of 2020, and this morning we caught up with Yery and Carl to hear what they've been getting up to. Whakarongo mai nei to hear about the new track 'Somebody Else' and Dragonfruit, their EP which is out in October!
Matt Hunter- AKA Jerry Tompkins- is the brains behind Tāmaki Makaurau dance imprint Heat Rocker Records. We caught up with Matt today to hear about how Heat Rockers came to be, and also talk to him about his new project Kenny Sterling who has a dystopic and croony new track 'Seismic Commotion' out now.
The top 5 finalists for the APRA Silver Scroll 2020 have been revealed! Tracks by Nadia Reid, Reb Fountain, L.A.B., BENEE and Troy Kingi have all been selected from the top 20 by the judging panel. We caught up with Nadia, Reb and Troy to hear about their shortlisted songs. Whakarongo mai nei!
Robert Scott from The Bats joins us, excitingly, to talk about the upcoming album Foothills and share a brand new single with us, 'Warrick'. Rach chats to Robert about how the band has changed over the last 38 years and what we can expect from the new record.
Vera Ellen phoned in for a chat this morning to tell us about Girl Friday's new record 'Androgynous Mary' which is out today. Gender, covid, and cross-continental shredding- whakarongo mai nei!
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