Crystal from Phoebe Rings popped in for a chat about what the band is getting up to at the moment ahead of opening for Merk this saturday at Cassette 9.
1 year on from the awful Grenfell Tower fire in London, the Auckland Council have declared that the highly combustible aluminium polyethylene filled cladding is safe for use in Aucklands buildings.
The council have produced a list naming all the buildings with the cladding which include 7 Auckland hospital buildings and Auckland universities OGGB building.
Lucy Austin spoke with RNZ reporter Phil Pennington to find out more.
Amelia Murray from Fazerdaze shares her My Morning Mixtape with Eliza featuring Smashing Pumpkins, Merk, Micachu & The Shapes, Jay Som and Street Chant.
Randa spoke with Rachel about their brand new EP 'Heatwave' which is out today! Made during the APRA songwriting workshop last year, you might recognise the vocals of ol' mate Merk on the title track. Whakarongo mai.
Setting the tone with a heavy motor city theme for the first section, smoothening off the edges with dub eccentric sonics followed by detail oriented dance music to end ↟𖣂↟
This week's show featured new music from Merk, Coco Solid, Yoko-Zuna, Blood Orange, The Streets and more. Sam also celebrates J Dilla's 44th birthday (RIP) and pays tribute to the Temptations Dennis Edwards.
Estere chats to Jogai about her new double album My Design, On Others' Lives, opening for the legendary Grace Jones, and her upcoming Aotearoa tour (featuring a Casette Nine show this Saturday w/ support from Merk).
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