Michael Hurst popped into the studio today to talk about his play 'No Holds Bard', on at the Vault Q Theatre for the 2020 Auckland Fringe arts festival. Tune in!
Melbourne singer Kaiit played a killer set at Laneway last week, bringing the sunshine and good vibes all round. Rachel had a chat to her following her performance about the Melbourne scene, growing up with artists as parents and who she writes tracks for. Tune in to hear some live tracks from the day too.
Monster Valley has a flash new gallery space on K'rd, and we're all invited to the launch party this thursday. Emma Hall-Phillips (aka aw b), Shelley Botticelli, and Toby Morris popped into studio to have a chat about it!
Back from LA, Emily Edrosa returns to the bFM studios for a quick catch up with Jenn and Tess about her debut solo album Another Wave is Coming. Don't miss her homecoming show tomorrow night at Whammy Backroom with TOOMS, Bitch Magic & Roy Irwin. Get your tickets here.
Rachel was lucky enough to have a chat with Alex Cameron ahead of his show in New Zealand in support of his new album Miami Memory. Rachel asks Alex Cameron about album and how he juggles the heavy themes he writes about. Don't miss out, get your tickets here.
Matthew Crawley and Reuben Bonner join Oscar and Tess in studio to announce their very exciting upcoming gig, Strange Universe. A collaboration between Strange News and Banished From The Universe / Banished Music presents DIIV, Cut Off Your Hands, Wax Chattels, Imugi 이무기, and DJ Mealy Worm, an absolutely epic line-up and hopefully the first annual Strange Universe gig. You can't miss this one.
Keria was lucky enough to have a quick chat with Josh Price, Matt Boggis, and Eamon Sandwith, aka The Chats, during Laneway, before their exceptional performance last week. Plus a lil' sneak peak into the recording of their set incase you missed it. Look out for their new album, High Risk Behaviour, out next month.
Berlin-based composer and electronic musician Holly Herndon spoke with Rachel ahead of her spectacular set at Laneway Festival about her 2019 album PROTO. For the project Herndon created an "AI baby" called Spawn, that worked with her choral ensemble of human singers to create a body of work which explores the human-technology relationship and our place in the grander scheme of things. Phew! Whakarongo mai nei!
We've got Luke Buda from the Phoenix Foundation on the line this morning ahead of their first performance in Auckland in 18 months. Rachel catches up with Luke about what the band has been up to, with a few lil' hints about what we can expect. You can catch this special gig on Sunday at the Silo Sessions down at Silo Park.
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