Saturday 16 August

This week New Zealand Musician Magazine celebrates its 20th year of publishing. In Access All Areas we meet some of the people responsible for keeping this local music industry mainstay alive;

Fur Patrol's Julia Deans speaks about the new album, and the reasons for sticking at it;

Troy Ferguson reviews The Coral Sea - a requiem written for artist Robert Mapplethorpe by punk-poet Patti Smith, with sonic accompaniment by My Bloody Valentine's Kevin Shields.

Troy also looks at a compilation of the first seven years of post-punk band 'A Certain Ratio'

Hear ten-piece funk band The Hot Grits live at Galatos;

Andrew Tidball introduces us to an Auckland band on the rise- Mean Street;

We check out a little electronica label, who in the spirit of not taking itself too seriously, is called 'Angry Rabbit'

At 4.10pm Musical Chairs goes to Guitar Fest 2008. Trevor Reekie packs his picks and strings to experience the excitement of guitars and amplifiers turned up to 11!