11 October

SJD has just released Dayglo Spectres, an album Sean James Donnelly says has the dial set firmly to 'dance'. We catch up with him and collaborator James Duncan.

The Woolshed sessions: a group of Wellington musicians took a musical retreat in an old Woolshed in Takaka, near Nelson last summer. The result is a gorgeous album of folkie songs filled with banjos, melding vocal lines, laughter, and sunshine.

Reb Fountain and some of her bandits take over the studio to play songs and chat.

Midge Marsden & Hammond Gamble - the elder statesmen of NZ Blues - have more than eight decades of music experience between them. They join forces for a Music 101 session hosted by Trevor Reekie.

Nick Bollinger reviews the latest from Tennessee Pentacostals the Kings of Leon;

And in a similar rock vein, we catch up with Dolf De Datsun to talk about Head Stunts, the new album by the Datsuns and hear an exclusive live song.

There's an interview with Canadian indiepop band The New Pornographers, who play in NZ this week

And Musical Chairs goes to Invercargill.
A zero fees scheme at the Southland Institute has reinvigorated the local economy by encouraging an influx of students seeking a debt free education. For a town that's usually known for country music and a strong heavy metal scene, new people means new ideas.
This week Musical Chairs goes to Invercargill and finds there's more to the country's southern most town than Suzanne Prentice.

And Nick Bollinger reviews a diverse folky covers album from Californian collective Vetiver.

Woolshed Sessions

The Woolshed Sessions- photo by Andy Morley-Hall