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.
Jenna reviews The Antidote by Karen Russell. Set in 1930s Nebraska, the author's latest book delves into collective memory (and forgetting), man-made environmental disaster, and the genocide of the native American nations of the mid-West. Thanks to Time Out Bookstore!
Coast Arcade play a ripper set and give us a sneak peak of their forthcoming single Acetone out this Friday! Brought to you by NZ On Air Music, with thanks to McLeod's Brewery.
Also at the Grapehouse single release show, Oto did a series of interviews with Backshotz, CCTV and Club Ruby at Ding Dong Lounge's backstage area and asked each band a series of rapid-fire, shitposty questions in-between each band's set.
Travelling Tunes takes us to whichever musical motherland our resident ethnomusicologist, Dr Kirsten Zemke, sets course for. This week's topic is Yé-yé!
Mōrena! I highlighted this week's Grove set with some synthy, dreampop jams, before hitting some hard-rocking bangers in the second half! Check out the setlist below...
This week's Little Journey: Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Underworld 6