Our Demo God this week has tripped into Americana with Finn Johansson on the back of the horse. Lead singer and vocalist for Soft Bait Josh Hunter took up the challenge, twisted the prompts and surprised us all with his (as yet) untitled demo. Hear it here!
The very talented Joe Kaptein forgoes his morning coffee to head into 95bFM to tell us about his residency at the Upside Down Lounge at the Goblin Bar, cnr Ponsonby and Richmond Roads every Wednesday night. Joe plays in AIGHT and also Pool Sharks. “Loungey jazzy-y grooves” and perfect for a mid-week night out.
Our Demo God this week comes from a long line of bad backs. Lead singer and vocalist for Soft Bait Josh Hunter has taken up the challenge to collaborate with Finn in the van. No prompt has been chosen yet, but Finn suggests Josh try... a samba.
Street dancer and music producer MANFRD is in the studio to enlighten Karyn on everything from popping to krumping and the art of street dance. If you’re a dancer or just love watching the form, then find out more about the three day Base Street Dance Festival at the Basement Theatre and the Beatpad Dance Battle on Day 2 of the Festival Friday | 6 MAR | which is Battle night. Entries are open now!
Finn returns for Pt II of his first Demo God for 2026: comic artist, musician and teacher, Indira Neville. Indira chose “Recycling Only” as her prompt, and one Tuesday last week they cooked up the demo of the same name. Listen to it here!
Liam Hansen (Misheard presents) is in the studio with a rundown on the artists appearing at Queer Autumn 2, a now annual event celebrating "the intersections between alternative music and the rainbow/takatāpui community of Aotearoa. Queer Autumn returns to Whammy Bar on Sunday, the 22nd of February.