Ina and HALFQUEEN discuss the Polyfilms Movie Marathon at the Hollywood Avondale on Friday, a maaaaassive 12 hours of films - all entirely free as part of this year's Whau Pasifika Festival!
Sof speaks to Junk Drawer (IRE) about their latest album Days of Heaven. They chat about the pressures of releasing a sophomore record, their writing process as a band, and the band taking inspiration from Flying Nun in the 80s.
Matthew is joined by members of the Medena Ensemble, the only Bulgarian Folk Choir in Aotearoa, to discuss their upcoming trip to a folk festival in Bulgaria and to perform two pieces live-and-direct from the 95bFM studio.
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.
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.
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!
Oto interviewed Gussie from the Berlin-based Pōneke psychedelic doom-fuzz outfit, Earth Tongue, about their nationwide tour set to begin this week, and the secret opener joining them for their Tāmaki Makaurau show at Double Whammy on the 14th of June.