New Zealand music month was in May but Kirk still had the bug, which he got out of his system by playing a bunch of his NZ favourites (& all time favourites). Lots of older stuff, with a few new bits in there too.
Lee Whall takes over Rāapa Drive! Whakarongo mai nei and catch Steve's roundup of what's good to watch this week on Flicks 'n' That, guest selections and kōrero about archive for humble stoneson What's Cooking with Pōneke multi-hyphanate Fèng, plus Michael Brown and Lukas Rowell discuss the book Eyeliner's Buy Now and vaporwave.
On today's episode it all got a lil chaotic in the studio. We still managed to hold it all together though, with the help of some fine tuneage from Saint Etienne, Dominique Dumont, Keanu Nelson, Kiki Hitomi and Speng Bond to name just a few.
A fun selection of tunes from all over the shop. No rules, no boundaries. Well, there is a rule about keeping liquids away from the desk. That's a good rule. Lesson learned.
Fun show with tunes from all over the shop. No rules, no boundaries. Well, there is actually a rule about keeping liquids away from the studio desk. That's probably quite a good rule. Lesson learned.
This week's show featured faves from Mysticwood & Mezcal, Benefits, Saint Etienne, Munk & Kapote, Daniel Monaco Band and what I think was a well-timed Primal Scream critique of US imperialism - pretty much airing at the same time ex-The Wire host Chlöe Swarbrick was calling out the government's spineless approach to the genocide we see happening in Gaza every damn day.
Featuring a gorgeous What's Cooking with the wonderful Reb Fountain, and Elle's kōrero with Lyon-based electronic trio eat-girls about their latest single Off The and their upcoming debut album Area Silenzio.
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