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The Black Seeds' Barnaby Weir is back with TRiPS
Charlotte talks with Barnaby Weir about starting a new musical project TRiPS midlife and the meanings behind the name; psychedelic sound and having an adventure. Audio
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Cassandra Jenkins on her midlife crisis: ‘Music seemed like a foolish thing to follow’
3:15 pm todayCassandra talks to Charlotte Ryan about the challenges of making music and touring midlife, and how she's doing things on her terms. Audio
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Still Here Season 2 is a warm reflection of Auckland's Pasifika community
3:00 pm todayThe soundtrack to the web series focusing on Auckland's inner-city Pasifika community features music performed by members of Leao and Noa Records. Audio
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Jujulipps, Aotearoa's new rap star, is soaring
20 Jul 2024The trophy's keep coming for South African raised, Tamaki Makaurau based rapper and hip hop artist Jujulipps. In April she won the Auckland Live Best… Audio
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The Mixtape: WORD Christchurch director and beloved book reviewer Kiran Dass
4:00 pm todayOur guest picking the music is Kiran Dass, one of New Zealand's most trusted book reviewers and director of WORD Christchurch. Audio
Saturday 27 July 2024
On today’s show
Celebrating Generation X
THE BREAKFAST CLUB, Judd Nelson, Emilio Estevez, Ally Sheedy, Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall, 1985. Photo: Universal Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection
Today we are celebrating the music of Generation X, inspired by Generation X: 50 Artworks from the Chartwell Collection opening today at Te Papa.
Born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X was raised in an analogue world, becoming the first early adopters of the internet.
We talk to painter Liz Maw who features in the exhibition and play some of the best loved tracks from Generation X.
1:40 Exhibition features 'old school' Gen X artists
Generation X: 50 Artworks from the Chartwell Collection includes works drawn from one of Aotearoa New Zealand’s most significant contemporary art collections, the Chartwell Collection, itself a member of Gen X.
Started in 1974, the Chartwell celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. The artworks, made during the 90s and early 2000s, span painting, sculpture, installation, sound and video.
The collection is seen not as an art historical document, but an attitude, a way of looking at the cultural contribution of an unruly group of artists who are now ‘old school.’
Painter Liz Maw is among the exhibitors and joins Charlotte.
Satan, Liz Maw 2003 Photo: Chartwell Collection, Auckland City Art Gallery
2:20 The Black Seeds Barnaby Weir is back with TRiPS
TRiPS is a new musical collaboration from Barnaby Weir (The Black Seeds and Fly my Pretties) and Andrew Christiansen (The Black Seeds).
Their debut self-titled album is out this week and Charlotte talks with Barnaby about starting a new project midlife, and the meanings behind the name TRiPS; psychedelic sound and having an adventure.
TRiPS, a new musical collaboration from Andrew Christiansen and Barnaby Weir Photo:
3.15 Cassandra Jenkins on her midlife crisis: ‘Music seemed like a foolish thing to follow’
After saying she was not going to release music anymore, New York-based artist and musician Cassandra Jenkins is back with a new album My Light, My Destroyer.
Her previous album An Overview on Phenomenal Nature was one of the best-reviewed on Pitchfork and also made it into many playlists here in NZ. She has since toured with Mitski and Courtney Barnett.
Cassandra talks to Charlotte Ryan about the challenges of making music and touring midlife, and how she’s doing things on her terms.
Cassandra Jenkins Photo: Dead Oceans
3:40 Review: Still Here Season 2 - a warm reflection of Auckland's Pasifika community
The soundtrack to the web series focusing on Auckland's inner-city Pasifika community features music performed by members of Leao and Noa Records.
Photo: Heard and Seen
4pm The Mixtape: WORD Christchurch director and beloved book reviewer Kiran Dass
Our guest picking the music is Kiran Dass, one New Zealand’s most trusted book reviewers and literary champions.
Kiran is the programme director of WORD Christchurch, a festival which is about to fill Ōtautahi’s cup from August 27 with theatre, guest authors, and lots of wonderful discussions about books.
Kiran has written about books and culture for the NZ Herald, NZ Listener, The Guardian, North & South, Metro, The Spinoff, Pantograph Punch, The Sunday Star-Times and is a regular book reviewer on RNZ’s Nine to Noon show.
She is a judge for many writing awards and was awarded a Michael King Writers Centre residency in 2021 and was the VERB Wellington writer's resident at Katherine Mansfield House last year.
Alongside her work elevating writers, Kiran Dass is a true music lover, writing for UK magazine The Wire and DJing around town.
WORD Christchurch runs from Aug 27 - Sept 1st. Full programme here: https://wordchristchurch.co.nz/
WORD Festival Programme Director Kiran Dass Photo:
Music featured on today's show:
1-2pm
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers - Out Of Reach
Simple Minds - Don't You Forget About Me
Fiona Apple - Criminal
Primal Scream - Love Insurrection
The Clash - Rock the Casbah
The Cure - Lullaby
Nick Cave and the Bad seeds - Long Dark Night
Thompson Twins - Hold Me Now
Kim Deal - Coast
2-3pm
Gaslamp Killer - Nissim With Amir Yaghmai
Porno For Pyros - Pets
Tex Pistol - The Game Of Love
INXS - Never Tear Us Apart
Barnaby Weir - Wishes
Barnaby Weir - Way of My Flow
Bronski Beat - Smalltown Boy
Lenny Kravitz - It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over
The Stone Roses: She Bangs The Drums
Us3 - Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)
3-4pm
Childish Gambino - Happy Survival feat Khrungbin
The Orb - Little Fluffy Clouds
Cassandra Jenkins - Hard Drive
Talk Talk - Life’s What You Make It
Deee-Lite - Groove Is In The Heart
