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HALFQUEEN's back for another fabulous Rāpare Drive. First up is Marijuana Media with Chris, thanks to The Hempstore. Later in the show, Ruby and Steph from LIPS make a tasty Moscow Mule on Cocktail Corner to get ya in the mood for Cross Street '25 the weekend after next. Whakarongo mai nei!
Today's guest host for Rāapa Drive is none other than Billy T nominated comedian Tim Batt! Featuring Flicks 'n' That with Steve Newall and What's Cooking guest selections by Arahi - plus the run down on his latest single Baby's Back!
Rosetta and Nick chat to Dave Borrie of Ōtepoti band L. Hotel about their latest single Dead Ends and on Audio Culture, Gareth Shute revisits the wide-spanning career and music of Stanley Manthyngand Fatal Jelly Space, as well as the newly launched NZ On Screen Rainbow Collection.
Woohoo! Friday is finally here, and it's the debut of our new co-hosts Milly and Tuva'a, the start of your weekend is in safe hands. Featuring a guest interview with DJ awesomechillguy25 and Dishwasher about their just released EP Papyrus, plus Sam Cullen is in the studio for an unplugged Friday Live brought to you by NZ On Air Music with thanks to McLeod's Brewery.
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Playlist
Michael Llewellyn - Down By The Packs
Sworn Virgins - Fifty Dollar Bills
Theophilius London, Tame Impala - Only You
Colter Carson - Tabu
Dishwasher & djawesomechillguy25 - How Do I Do The Funny Font (Curious Mix)
Featuring Marijuana Media with Chris thanks to The Hempstore, Cocktail Corner with Bassment Theatre, and celebrating the debut show of our new Thursday Drive show host HALFQUEEN!
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Playlist
NGARU - Uphill Battle
Jamie XX - F.U. (feat. Erykah Badu)
Fontaines D.C. - Starburster
Ripship - CHROME
Sharon Van Etten - Jupiter 4
Perfume Genius - No Front Teeth (feat. Aldous Harding)
Featuring Flicks 'n' That with Steve Newall, guest selections on What's Cooking with Ōtautahi postpunk doomnoise trioMoider Mother, and Joel of Radio Mother speaks to the founders of Nymphoabout the origins of their iconic clubnight (and now label), plus some of the exciting things they have planned for the future! This interview is part of our coverage of Auckland Pride 2025. Whakarongo mai nei!
Featuring a guest interview with Horsegirl about their new abum "Phonetics On and On", Josh Aoraki returns for Spaced Out thanks to the Stardome, and Maddy Hakaraia de Young phones in to talk about the massive 2025 programme for the Māoriland Film Festival!
Featuring a guest interview with Horsegirl about their new abum "Phonetics On and On", Josh Aoraki returns for Spaced Out thanks to the Stardome, and Maddy Hakaraia de Young phones in to talk about the massive 2025 programme for the Māoriland Film Festival!
The Nudge & Troy Kingi - He Ōrite
outkast - Aquemini
CCTV - austerity blues
Sababa 5 & Sophia Solomon - Shehzadi - शहज़ादी
Jack Glacier - upb4thasun
Nubiyan Twist - Morning Light ft. Ria Moran
Louisa Williamson - In Tune (feat. MĀ)
Flea Miller - Letter Dog
LIPS - Heave Ho
Courtney Barnett - Lotta Love
Neive Strang - Gather Round
Marlon Williams - Aua Atu Rā
Womb - Angels
Fontaines D.C. - Jackie Down The Line
Blair Parkes - splendour
Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory - Trouble
Perfume Genius - It's a Mirror
Blondshell - T&A
Mekons - Mudcrawlers
The D4 - Judgement Day
Joe Armon Jones - Mollison Dub
Earth, Wind & Fire - Shining Star
Ezra Collective & Fela Kuti - Lady (Ezra Collective Version)
Featuring heaps of good stuff! Matthew Crawley is away doing Matthew things so Kaitlyn steps in for a massive Monday Drive. Featuring kōrero with Jason Parker about their show Little Gay In as part of Basement Theatre's Pride 2025 programme - check out all the shows here. Later, Kaitlyn phones Americana folk legend Simon Joyner ahead of Port Noise 2025down in Ōhinehou (we have massive fomo) and they catch up on his recent tour of Aotearoa over the week just been. Whakarongo mai nei!
Alice Canton spoke with actor and playwright Gideon Smith about Black Faggot - a black comedy production at Q Theatre telling the experiences of queer Pasifika in response to Destiny Church’s “Enough is Enough” march on Parliament in 2004 and the 2012 protests against the Marriage Equality bill.
Oto and Peter had a kōrero about Shia Islam, the differences between it and the more widely followed Sunni sect and it's role in Middle-Eastern geopolitics.
MELODOWNZ walks Tony Stamp through some of his favourite tracks and chats about his upcoming release MELO & BASS. Featuring the the following tracks:
Bone Thugs n Harmony - Thuggish Ruggish Bone
Skepta - Bullet From A Gun
The Isley Brothers - That Lady Pt. 1 & 2
MELODOWNZ - FEEL GOOD AURA w/ Caru feat. Romi Wrights
Naarm-based musician Paul Bender (Hiatus Kaiyote) has begun a tireless and nobel social media call to action, after his project The Sweet Enoughs had their streaming profiles hijacked by what appears to be AI-generated music. Turns out, it's becoming a really common issue; the low barriers for entry of digital distributors and lack of verification processes, combined with the speed and scale of AI content, making it harder for artists to protect their creative identities and autonomy across streaming. Rosetta decides to investigate, chatting with Paul, Dave Gibson from Elemeno P about a similar experience last year, Recorded Music NZ CEO Jo Oliver, and AI Music researcher Dr Fabio Morreale.
DUSTY and GHOS from MOKOMOKAI are up in the studio for a kōrero with Nick and Rosetta about the new record PONO!, the release of their debut self-titled record on vinyl, and their forthcoming tour! They're playing Double Whammy on July 19, tickets and more info from Madcap.
Today on Audio Culture we pay tribute to wāhine toa Lorraine Barry, who sadly passed over the weekend. Manager to Dave Dobbyn, Tom Scott and countless other artists, and an absolute force in the Aotearoa music scene - Gareth Shute came up to the studio to chat with Nick and Rosetta about Lorraine's impact. The trio chat about Lorraine's Northern Irish roots and involvement with global icons The Spice Girls, what brought her to Aotearoa, and her commitment to mentoring emerging industry professionals through organisations such as MMF. Lorraine features in AudioCulture's article Five Wāhine Toa of The Industry.
Matthew is joined in the studio by folk musicians Australian Ned Collette and American Thalia Zedek (on the phone) to chat about their upcoming show at the Auckland Unitarian Church this Wednesday. Whakarongo mai nei!
Peter Lineham phones in to catch up Crawley and us listeners about his recent travels to China and the ways in which religions are currently practiced in China.
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