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.
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.
This week, Sam and Geneva take a look at "Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches." the third studio album from Madchester band Happy Mondays. Released in 1990, this record was one of the seminal albums to come out of the Madchester scene of the early 1990s.
We share a mix from the original Aotearoa junglist - 48sonic. 48sonic has been there from the start, via his residency at Auckland's first D'n'B night 'The Breaks', and his seminal show on bFM from 1996 to 2006. He digs deep in the crates for an hour. Gus rounds out the show with some captivating and charismatic music.
Oto and Jaycee spoke with Tāmaki Makaurau singer-songwriter, Reia Guess, and played 2 hours of music by singer songwriters and dreampop artists from the Asian diaspora.
This week Sam takes a look at New York hip hop duo Gang Starr's seminal second album "Step in the Arena". Released in 1991, this album set Gang Starr up as one the leading groups within the hardcore hip hop scene of the early 90s.
This week Johnny Moondog and Labretta Suede hosted Friday Drive as midnight required them elsewhere... Angus Thunder from Sunday Best, no stranger to Rockin' Pneumonia himself, kept the seats warm with a couple of hours of selection of what he considers to be Rock'n Roll, everything from P.H.F. to Rod Stewart! Listen out for the rare Norton Records reissues of seminal pre-Beatles brit rock... JM & LS will be back next week for more of what ails ya.
This week Sam takes a look at the second album from New York jazz rap duo Pete Rock & CL Smooth "Mecca and the Soul Brother." Released in 1992, this album is considered to be a seminal album from the New York jazz rap scene of the early 90s and one of the best hip-hop albums of all time.
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