On the day of the release of their new album, St. Ranga, Bloodnut storm the studio to talk deep dirge rock, gigging and the perils of residing on the Scottish end of the melanin spectrum.
Murray 'Legend' Cammick stops in to talk Iggy Pop's pajamas and his latest photography exhibition, AK 75-85.
“I tried to document the music and the scene as a ‘fly-on-the-wall’ documentary photographer. You either contribute to the myths/bullshit of rock n roll or you try and show some of the reality of the grind of touring and promotion. I recall being the designer at Craccum in 1976 and being delighted that our music editor John Robson came back from a press conference with a photo of Frank Zappa drinking a cup of tea. How sublimely un-rock n roll!”
Emily Gardner, a.k.a. street artist Adore, graduated top of her class with an economics degree. After three years working in finance she picked up the spraypaint and made the career change to street/graf artist. Her photorealistic tigers drew the attention of Tiger Beer and kick-started what has become a profitable career in the art world, with regular work with the company along with a range of private and other corporate clients. Adore joins us on Breakfast to talk about what we can expect from her bStreet mural this Saturday.
Ahead of his September show at the Bruce Mason, Mikey caught up with comedian/presenter/actor Joel McHale. Best known to New Zealand audiences for his television work in The Soup and Community, McHale is surprisingly candid about the trials and tribulations of making television in America. And how much he likes Porsches.
Reservoir Dogs, Reality Bites, Pulp Fiction, Clueless, Boogie Nights - not only some of the greatest films of the nineties, but also some of the decade's greatest soundtracks. Mike speaks to the woman behind them all (and more), Music Supervisor Karyn Rachtman, and asks how she came to compile and clear the rights for the soundtracks that are still regarded as some of film's best.
As the general manager of Independent Music New Zealand, what sneaky insights can Dylan Pellett give us with regards to the upcoming Going Global Music Summit? Who's coming, who's likely to be playing, and... hey, can we get on the door?
Currently looking forward to the New Zealand premiere of her new Helen Clark documentary, My Year with Helen, respected filmmaker Gaylene Preston drops in to tell Mikey about her namesake award within the HP48HOURS Film Competition. Give it a burl, Gaylene reckons.
With the Kog Transmissions album inside a quiet mind nearing its twentieth birthday, Mikey talks to the artist behind it - Denver McCarthy a.k.a. micronism - about its conception, production and reception. Currently undergoing an anniversary reissue process courtesy of LOOP Recordings, has Denver's work changed with the march of time? How has the electronic scene changed? How has Denver changed himself?
On the eve of his new performance piece, Your Heart Looks Like a Vagina, Dom Hoey drops in to talk to Mike about the differences between straight up performance poetry and anything involving goddamn props and lighting. Combining poetry, comedy and theatre, Dominic's one-man-show covers his personal journey from developing Ankylosing Spondylitis (a rare form of arthritis), through being bedridden, to eventually reclaiming his life. Plus some laughs. Promise.
Ant Healey, Head of Operations at APRA AMCOS NZ, and newly minted Silver Scroll nominee Fazerdaze (a.k.a. Amelia Murray) talk to Mike about songwriting and the 2017 APRA Silver Scrolls longlist announce. After an initial 200 songs have been whittled to 20 by a jury of songwriter peers, what stands to happen next for both the award organisers and the award hopefuls?
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