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.
Featuring an interview with Dry Cleaning ahead of their show at the Hollywood Avondale on 3 June, as part of Strange Universe Winter + an interview with Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers ahead of their show at the Tuning Fork on 22 May!
Ngā mihi nui The Beer Spot :)
Playlist
Joseph Kamaru - Kwandĩkwo Ti Gũciarwo
Inrain - Sleep (Piano Mix)
Moving Rooms - Yamanashi
Meshell Ndegeocello - Who Is He and What Is He To You (Andre Betts 125th Mix)
Last week, figures published by RNZ showed that Afterpay made close to $20m in late fees in Aotearoa New Zealand, in the year to December 2025.
This revenue is an increase on their 2024 earnings, and comes after legislation was introduced to bring Buy Now Pay Later lending services—such as Afterpay—under similar regulation to other lenders.
Prior to September of 2024, buy now pay later lenders were exempted from the Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act that governs other lenders. This is because, unlike other lenders such as credit card companies, buy now pay later schemes do not charge interest or any other fees—so long as the debts are repaid on time—meaning they did not meet the definition of a ‘consumer credit contract’.
After September of 2024, however, they came under the act, with some exemptions, such as that they don’t have to carry out the same checks as other lenders to see if a borrower can actually afford a loan.
A later amendment exempted them from the prohibition on charging unreasonable fees and also exempted them from being required to ensure default fees do no more than reasonably compensate the provider for their costs.
Earlier this year, Consumer New Zealand and FinCap (with support from Victoria University and funding from the Borrin Foundation) published the second stage of their report examining Buy Now Pay Later schemes in Aotearoa New Zealand, before and after these regulatory changes. So, to discuss the recently reported Afterpay late fee revenues within the wider context of what that report found, producer Theo spoke to the senior policy advisor at FinCap, Jake Lilley.
Chris welcomed into the studio Aotearoa NZ heavy metal king Chris Calavrias of Stälker and Razorwyre — who chatted about some of his favourite local tunes plus selections from his own fabled career.
The best and freshest of Kiwi music — 100% tunes from Aotearoa New Zealand, thanks to NZ On Air Music!
Playlist
3 The Hard Way - Hip Hop Holiday
Babyteeth - Poser
The Mint Chicks - I Can't Stop Being Foolish
Roy Irwin - Demon's Cave
Confessor - No Peace For The Wicked
Kody Nielson - Ruban's Birthday
Cloudboy - This Long Underwater
Marginal Era - You Fascinate
Shayne P. Carter with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra - Crystalator
Princess Chelsea - Aftertouch (Disasteradio Cover)
To celebrate the theme for Te Marama Puoro o Aotearoa 2026, 'Our Sounds, Our Spaces', Feather from Darkroom dials in to share one of her favourite memories of live music at the venue. Whakarongo mai nei!
Ata mārie e te whānau! E whai ake nei, coming up on the show today: What's Up with Minister Paul Goldsmith, more of our NZ Music Month coverage with Feather from Darkroom, What's The Buzz with Emily, the grand reveal of our Lōemis prize winner, and more! Whakarongo mai nei!
This week has seen discussions on New Zealand Firsts announcement that if they win the election they plan to buy BNZ and nationalise it into kiwibank, a plan some estimate to cost $30,000,000,000 and has been completely ruled out by their coalition partner in the National Party. Despite this, it’s sparked conversations around how we should be engaging with our banking sector, the vast majority of it dominated by Australian owned banks.
And critics fear that National party changes to the accommodation supplement is going to hit poor working families at a time they’re already doing it rough, nullifying other support that they are offering the rest of the country more broadly, repeating a pattern of policies that hurt poorer communities worse than the rich.
So for our weekly catchup w/ the Green Party, Host Manny spoke with MP Ricardo Menéndez March on what impact he thinks will come from restrictions to the accommodation supplement, particularly for the poor, they then discussed New Zealand Firsts policy to buy BNZ bank, and whether minor parties tend to over promise if they are constrained by the major parties who they will inevitably have to work with if they make into parliament.
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