We are talking artist-run and volunteer galleries this week! Ben and Siena from Satchi&Satchi&Satchi in parnell speak to Rachel about their gallery and studio spaces, supporting yours peers, and stick-and-poke tattoos! Also in studio is Julia Craig, one of the three current volunteer curators of Window gallery in the University of Auckland General Library. Julia is speaking to us about how the space is run and how people can get involved. Cool!
Today on Fancy New Band Dartz (with a zed) hoons all the way up from Welly to jam out in the bFM studio. Playing some Garage rock and playing songs about hating driving lessons Dartz is a good start to your Friday morning. Catch them at the Wine Cellar on K rd tonight (the 16th). You can also find them on all streaming services or on Instagram @smokedartz.
Swedish-Chilean DJ Dinamarca, and co-founder of the Staycore label, is in Aotearoa for the first time to play at Whammy backroom thanks to Community Garden! Rachel spoke to Dinamarca about music, how he got into DJ-ing and the community of artists he works with around the world. Tune in and head along to the gig tonight!
Monster Valley has a flash new gallery space on K'rd, and we're all invited to the launch party this thursday. Emma Hall-Phillips (aka aw b), Shelley Botticelli, and Toby Morris popped into studio to have a chat about it!
Melbourne singer Kaiit played a killer set at Laneway last week, bringing the sunshine and good vibes all round. Rachel had a chat to her following her performance about the Melbourne scene, growing up with artists as parents and who she writes tracks for. Tune in to hear some live tracks from the day too.
Disciple Pati has a big weekend coming up: she's playing our Drive Island alongside Dick Move tomorrow evening, and she'll be killing it down at Silo Park on Sunday for Milk & Honey's curated Silo Session. Both those gigs are free so get yerself down there and hear some sick music!
Amelia is joined by Annabel from 95bFM Wednesday Morning Glory and music video production luminaries Sports Team to chat about Annabel's best ever jobs. Sadly, she forgets to mention the time she was in a flash mob.