Matthew speaks to local Tāmaki avant-pop extraordinaire JHL following their stellar set at Audio Foundation's Outlier Festival and delves into their must-listen cover of Portishead.
Scarlett goes on a trip for two hours. Ambient jazz, mutant dub, slow jams, r&b, & 70s/ 80s oddities to warm-up for dj sets this weekend. Scarlett plays Flamingo Pier (Waiheke) on the Saturday 7th Feb (w. Carlotta from 3 pm) & then Shipwrecked (Te Arai) Sunday 8th Feb at midday. Enjoy.
Josh Aoraki is back for 2025 - in outer planetary news, a small asteroid has been discovered with a very small chance of impacting earth in 7 years, Boeing and NASA are likely to cancel the SLS Moon rocket for Artemis missions as the Trump administration is set to layoff staff, and Saturn’s rings will ‘disappear’ next month.
Elle spoke to New York-based five-piece Been Stellar. They spoke about their most recent tour, the themes of their album 'Scream from New York, NY' largely derived from its setting and a longing for the return of physical media.
Profs Ngata and Cassawarrior have an incredible array of tunes to share, with the usual embarrassment of riches in Campbell's crate, while Cass this week delivers an astounding, soulful, shazam-defying set of music from the Southwestern African nation of Angola. Not to be missed!
Sof chats to Swedish-Filipino-American musician Baba Stiltz about the making his collaborative album with Norwegian-American musician Okay Kaya, Blurb. They talk about the pair's relationship, their collaborative process, and witty lyricism.
Cello from Womb joins Milly to play an acoustic set that will woo your socks off. Ahead of the release of their album One Is Always Heading Somewhere, coming out next Friday 14th March. Thanks again to Cello and thanks to NZ on Air and McLeod's Brewery.
Oto spoke with Tāmaki Makaurau based alt-Hip Hop artist DBLDBL, aka Liam Dargaville, to discuss their upcoming Mā Te Wā tour before they leave for Thailand. They also chose a couple of tracks to play on air and did a freestyle at the very end of their set.
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