Joe Kaptein is up in the studio, chatting to Rosetta and Milly about his new album Pool Sharks - out now digitally and on vinyl! Joe also chats about his forthcoming gigs this Thursday and Friday at The Apartment on K Road. Whakarongo mai nei!
Following the government’s announcement that Aotearoa would move to the red setting of the traffic light system on Monday 24 January, a number of events were forced to cancel or postpone. This is yet another massive blow to the music, arts and events industry, whose artists and workers have spent the last two years of the pandemic struggling to find consistent work and promoters have had to cancel or change the dates for their events multiple times.
News and Editorial Director Jemima Huston reaches out to a few people working in the performance art sector who have been impacted by the red setting. Firstly, Jemima speaks to Director of Splore John Minty, Director of Freqs Out East Dan Hesson and Director of The Others Way Mathew Davis, who are all promoters for summer festivals that have had to cancel or postpone due to the shift to the red light setting. They discuss how the pandemic has affected events and whether the exisitng events support schemes are enough to get the people involved in the industry through the Omicron outbreak.
Secondly, Jemima chats to artist and musician Jazmine Mary who says there is no support available for artists who have effectively lost their jobs under the red setting and cannot access the wage subsidy. Jazmine has penned a letter to the Prime Minister and submitted a parliamentary petition request to call for support for artists and musicians in Aotearoa unable to work under 'red'. They explain what sort of financial support is needed and how the public can help their call for action from the government.
To check out the follow up podcast on this issue, click here.
Gene Wilder – Pure Imagination
Devendra Banhart – Saturday Night
Regina Spektor – Small Bill$
Sleigh Bells – It's Just Us Now
Nightcrawler – Dystopia
DBLDBL – Gains
Tkay Maidza – Carry On feat. Killer Mike
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Push The Sky Away
Johnny Cash – Hurt
serpentwithfeet – four ethers
Soft Hair – Lying Has To Stop
Thundercat – Bus In These Streets
Swet Shop Boys – Tiger Hologram
L'Orange & Mr. Lif – Strange Technology feat. Akrobatik & Gonjasufi
Bon Iver – 33 GOD
Oberhofer – Pure Imagination
Factory Floor – 25 25
The Raveonettes – A Good Fight
Crystal Castles – Fleece
Sam Evian – I Need A Man
The Growlers – City Club
Tennisinc – Ladies Don't Play Guitar
Angel Olsen – Intern
Yohuna – Apart
Boxed In – Forget
Mick Jenkins – Spread Love
Local Natives – Coins
Cate Le Bon – Wonderful
Couple of new things alongside some classics, spat this tape out over a couple late nights inbetween fits of boredom and a slightly amplified base level of paranoia as this stupid fucking year plods on.
I'm just gonna dump the playlist here:
VLAD TEPES – RETURNING TO MY OLD BATTLEGROUND
THE SHITS – MURDER ON MY MIND
PROSTATE – PROSTATE
CERNUNNOS – LAMENTATION OF A HOBGOBLIN (DUNGEON OF RATS AND BATS)
TOMBCRUSHER – CREATION OF BLASPHEMIES
Μνήμα – INVOCATION
INFERNAL LEGIONS OF MORDOR – TRAX (69 SONGS ABOUT HOW I THINK COTTAGECORE IS FALSE AND NOISECORE IS TRVE
FENTANYL SURPRISE – PROSTHETIC FACE
MANKIND’S DEVASTATION – UNTITLED (UNRELEASED SESSION)
ELECTRIC EELS – ACCIDENT
THOMAS JEFFERSON SLAVE APARTMENTS – MY MYSTERIOUS DEATH (TURN IT UP AGAIN)
TRIPLE SIX MAFIA – RIDIN’ N DA CHEVY
LAST DAYS OF HUMANITY – EXCREMENTAL CARNAGE
DEAD INFECTION – DAY OF DECAY
SPECTRAL VOICE – INEFFABLE WINDS
LIL NOID – LOAD MY CLIP
INNUMERABLE FORMS – DESPOTIC RULE
GORGON – THE LADY RIDES A BLACK HORSE
WARSORE – STOP POSING AND KILL SOMEONE
MILUMET – COINCIDENCE REARRANGED
LIZA ‘N’ ELIZA – LET THE BASSDRUM GO
BILLY BAO – UNTITLED
ROBBER – MAIN MAN
RAPID DYE – GET OUT
BOWEL RUPTURE – LIVIDITY
I miss the 95bFM coffee machine very dearly. A thousands praises to the skeleton crew keeping the station going.
The government announced their ideal route for the new Auckland city light rail last week. The light rail is intended to connect the Auckland Airport with other parts of the city in order to improve public transport efficency. However, out of the three route options proposed the governments top choice is garnerning criticism from many with regards to it's practicality. The Public Transport Users Association was apart of the inital conversations between the government and the Auckland Light Rail Project as to what would be the best way to link the Auckland Airport with other parts of the city. Emily Bell spoke to the National Coordinator for the Public Transport Users Association about the government's light rail route choice and what other alternatives could be put in place instead.
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