Rachael talked to Bianca Rocca and Toya Webb about their show 'Working Title', on at the George Fraser Gallery. Theo was in studio and played some Korean experimental music from the Bulgasari community. He also played some commentry from John Waters, the director of Multiple Maniacs.
š A gentle beginning with things picking up as the show goes on.
Eccentric Track of the Week: Deafheaven - Dream House Live Before the Entertainment Guide: Talking Heads - Girlfriend Is Better (Live)
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Betty Carter - Open The Door Koop, Ane Brun - Koop Island Blues Jai Paul - Do You Love Her Now Soft Hair - Lying Has To Stop Serebii - Verrans Corner (feat. Leith Sye Towers) Neive Strang - Gather Round The Veils - Melancholy Moon Destroyer - Kaputt Japanese Breakfast - Mega Circuit SODA BOYZ - Enough Los Yorkās - Solo estoy Caru, Brandn Shiraz - Back 2 Back Mia Koden - Wait A Minute Deafheaven - Dream House Chris Knox - And I Will Cry Horsegirl - Frontrunner The Durutti Column - Future Perfect Jack Glacier - upb4thasun CCTV - austerity blues SBTRKT, Ezra Koenig - NEW DROP.NEW YORK Sababa 5, Sophia Solomon - Shehzadi - ą¤¶ą¤¹ą¤ą¤¼ą¤¾ą¤¦ą„ Apollo Brown - Never In A Million Years KNEECAP - H.O.O.D Manix - Feel Real Good Noise Factory - Can You Feel The Rush Talking Heads - Girlfriend Is Better (Live) Porridge Radio - Donāt Want To Dance Arahi - Babyās Back Evelyn āChampagneā King - Love Come Down From Outside - W.D.T.W (feat. ILLSEFF, DIZZY DASH, JUDAH KIDD & SPEWER) Triniidadii - FATED PATH Michael Llewellyn - Down By The Packs Armand Hammer - The Gods Must Be Crazy McLusky - To Hell With Good Intentions The D4 - No Antidote Burland - Dagobah Aristidez - Caudal Chop Daily, Eugy Official - My Touch Mia Koden - F.T.S Klute - Hell Hath No Fury
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Penelope returns with tales from Paris Fashion Week, from crashing the catwalk to models protesting on the runway, Pennie gives us the lowdown on what actually went down this year.
A rapid round of Second Guessing sees an enchilada kit donated to the Auckland City Mission- shot, Justin. Rachel speaks to Deputy Mayor of TÄmaki Makaurau, Desley Simpson on Isthmus'n That about the budget that has recently passed and what that means for the city. Church dials in to talk about his recent solo project, SPRING '21. On Stage Direction, Alice speaks to Tessa Rao and Catherine Yates from Indian Ink Theatre about their show, Dirty Work. On Ready Steady Learn, Joyce John from the Lung and Respiratory group at Auckland Bioengineering Institute at The University of Auckland is up to talk about her research using predictive models to try and improve the lives of those with lung disease. Whakarongo mai nei!
As a special double-whammy we have two Fancy New Bands this week and rapper Ryan Hendriks joins Pearl to spit a few verses. Ryan is one-half of Bad Crop but has just dropped his solo record 'Old Zealand'. Cheers NZ On Air!!
Music can be a pretty unifying force, especially for the geographically isolated. Kiran talks to Mikey about music critic David Keenan's first novel, This Is Memorial Device, which evokes this idea while portraying a fictional post-punk band in '70s-'80s small town Scotland.
Alex picks a show Mike's had on the brain for ages - the '70s crime drama Quarry. With an antihero whose story spans the Mekong to the Mississippi, Alex gets in behind to make some bold claims of quality.