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Your Gig Is Showing w/ Amy Shuang Wang: June 27, 2026

 Your Gig Is Showing w/ Amy Shuang Wang: June 27, 2026 Your Gig Is Showing w/ Amy Shuang Wang: June 27, 2026, 40.49 MB
Sat 27 Jun 2026

Amy Shuang Wang is in to tell us about the Auckland Songwriters’ Circle gig she organises at The Ponsonby Social Club. Five songwriters perform four songs each acoustically.

A Song From Insane Times w/ George Henderson: June 27, 2026

 A Song From Insane Times w/ George Henderson: June 27, 2026 A Song From Insane Times w/ George Henderson: June 27, 2026, 8.59 MB
Sat 27 Jun 2026

This week George highlights Kendra Smith and her "clever adaptation of the famous poem by Arthur Rimbaud: Drunken Boat".

Demo Gods Pt. II Pickle Darling: June 27, 2026

 Demo Gods Pt. II Pickle Darling: June 27, 2026 II Pickle Darling: June 27, 2026, 41.46 MB
Sat 27 Jun 2026

Finn Johansson brings us the demo he did with Pickle Darling, an 11-minute-plus demo from the prompt “Can’t Decide? Add One More” with the very apt title More. 

The Saturday Spring w/ Karyn Hay: June 27, 2026

 The Saturday Spring w/ Karyn Hay: June 27, 2026 The Saturday Spring w/ Karyn Hay: June 27, 2026, 163.96 MB
Sat 27 Jun 2026

The winter solstice is behind us and Karyn highlights some of her best songs from the first half of the year including Kathryn Mohr and a track from War Child Records Help 2. Also, listen out for the late (great) Brian Wilson at his piano for two very familiar Beach Boys tunes and new tracks from Blums and Phoebe Bridgers. 

The Saturday Spring w/ Karyn Hay: June 20, 2026

 The Saturday Spring w/ Karyn Hay: June 20, 2026 The Saturday Spring w/ Karyn Hay: June 20, 2026, 166.65 MB
Sat 20 Jun 2026

Join Karyn for two hours of the best and the brilliant and the kinda weird. New music from the unlikely pairing of Olivia Rodrigo and Robert Smith (although in a parallel universe it makes sense). And is Mark E. Smith turning over in his grave with the new, posthumous Fall release 30 Degrees? We think he might be. 

Demo Gods Pt. I Pickle Darling: June 20, 2026

 Demo Gods Pt. I Pickle Darling: June 20, 2026 I Pickle Darling: June 20, 2026, 39.22 MB
Sat 20 Jun 2026

Finn Johansson looked up Pickle Darling when he was in Ōtautahi, Christchurch and they’re beavering away on an 11-minute Demo God. They obviously relished the prompt “Can’t decide? Add one more.” Hear more about the collab with Pickle Darling with the demo to be revealed next week. 

Your Gig Is Showing w/ Daniel Clarke: June 20, 2026

 Your Gig Is Showing w/ Daniel Clarke: June 20, 2026 Your Gig Is Showing w/ Daniel Clarke: June 20, 2026, 49.69 MB
Sat 20 Jun 2026

The Auckland Live Cabaret Festival takes over the mighty Civic from June 24th with music, comedy, theatre, circus, drag burlesque and “some acts that simply can’t be defined”! Festival Director, Daniel Clarke with the rundown on “your ticket to the extraordinary!"

A Song From Insane Times w/ George Henderson: June 20, 2026

 A Song From Insane Times w/ George Henderson: June 20, 2026 A Song From Insane Times w/ George Henderson: June 20, 2026, 9.59 MB
Sat 20 Jun 2026

This week George gives us a taste of traumacore with Nicole Dollanganger and the track Nymphs Finding the Head of Orpheus.

The Saturday Spring w/ Karyn Hay: June 13, 2026

 The Saturday Spring w/ Karyn Hay: June 13, 2026 The Saturday Spring w/ Karyn Hay: June 13, 2026, 168.68 MB
Sat 13 Jun 2026

This week on the Spring new music from zzzahara and a bonus track from Mitski from the 10th anniversary release of Puberty 2. Mitski covers Ol' Blue Eyes himself, Frank Sinatra. And Karyn dusts off Connector with three tracks that have something in common: the 1967 Grammy’s!

Demo Gods Pt. II Amamelia June 13, 2026

 Demo Gods Pt. II Amamelia June 13, 2026 II Amamelia June 13, 2026, 40.75 MB
Sat 13 Jun 2026

Finn Johansson’s more than a little buzzed to unveil the song he'’s been working on with Amamelia for Demo Gods. The prompt was "The Fine Art of Restraint” and Amelia Berry joins us from Melbourne to talk about the process. Hear the demo here!