Music 101 for Saturday 12 March 2022

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12.25  Franz Ferdinand 

Franz Ferdinand  are one of the biggest UK bands in the world, selling over 10 million albums, 1.2 billion streams to date, 14 platinum albums, winning Brit, Ivor Novello + Mercury Prize awards, Grammy nominations and selling 6 million tickets for their incendiary live show worldwide.
The band released Hits To The Head, a 20-track greatest hits on the 11th March.
Charlotte Ryan spoke to frontman  Alex Kapranos and bassist Bob Hardy from the band about their 20 year anniversary and reflected on their success.

1.20  Foo Fighters 

The Foo Fighters have been making music for 26 years, with legendary hits like ‘Monkey Wrench’, ‘Learn to Fly’, ‘All My Life’, ‘All My Life’, ‘Best Of You’, ‘This Is a Call’, ‘My Hero’, ‘Times Like These’, ‘Everlong’, ‘Big Me’

They released their 10th studio album last year “medicine at midnight”  
Released a Foo Fighters horror film called ‘Studio 666’ last month 
it’s no surprise Foo Fighters are one of the biggest live band on the planet.
Charlotte Ryan spoke to Foo Fighters guitarists Chris Shiflett & Pat Smear and of course they had wonderful memories from their many visits to NZ..

Louisa Nicklin Live at Roundhead Studios - Moving Slow

2pm LIVE - Auckland Arts Festival 

Ria Hall - Owner

Neil Finn & The APO - Don't Dream Its Over 

Full concert can be found here.

2.30 The Sampler   

This week Tony Stamp reviews a lengthy new album by prolific folk-rockers Big Thief and takes a look back at the second album by seventies funk legend Betty Davis, who died earlier this year.

3:20  Introducing - Ersha Island

3.30   Mousey 

Otautahi musician Mousey talks to me about her sophomore album 'My Friends' - inspired by friendships with friends - The good and the bad.

From her podcast with fellow comedian Rose Matafeo 'Boners of the Heart' to her stand up show 'Absolute Monster' almost all of Alice's endeavours are critically acclaimed.  Yet she claims her greatest skill is her ability to do absolutely nothing.
Charlotte Ryan sat down with her and talked about life, death and her favourite songs on this weeks episode of The Mixtape.

Watch Alice Snedden's Bad News here.

Songs played on today's show: 

12-1
Los Bitchos - The link Is About to die
Aldous Harding - Fever
Parquet Courts - Tenderness
Franz Ferdinand interview
Blondie - Rapture 
The Black Keys - Wild Child
Charlotte Gainsbourg - Heaven Can Wait 
Dianne Swann - Losing The War On Peace of Mind 
Calexico - El Mirador 
Son Lux (feat. Mitski, David Byrne) - This is a life

1-2
Benny Salvadore - Duck Rice
Wet Leg - Too Late Now 
The Velvet Underground - Im waiting of the man 
Belle and sebastian - Unnecessary drama 
Bic Runga - Close Your Eyes
Foo Fighters interview
Siouxsie and the banshees - Hong Kong Garden 
Popstrangers - Are pigeons Doves
Bria - Green Rocky Road (Karen Dalton cover)
Rodriguez - Inner City Blues 
Louisa Nicklin Moving Slow - Live at Roundhead Studios  

2-3
Silkroad Ensemble - Travelling Music
Ria Hall - Owner live at the Surgery’
Neil Finn & APO Don’t dream it's over
King Kruel - Baby Blue LIVE 
Rufus Wainwright - Cigarettes and chocolate milk
Chelsea Jade - Laugh it off
The Sampler Big Thief -Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You
The Sampler -The Sampler Betty Davis - They Say I’m Different
Marvin Gaye - Got to Give it Up 

3-4
Branko Mataja - Sreo Sam Te 
Anna Coddington - ‘AHO (Beams)’ feat Louis Baker 
Oliver Sim - Romance with a Memory
The Kinks - A well respected Man
Introducing Ersha Islands
Santogold - Lights Out
SJD - Southern Lights 
Mousey interview
Harry Nilsson - Gotta Get Up 

4-5
The Mixtape - Alice Sneddon
Fiona Apple -Under the Table
Dorothy Moore -Misty Blue 
Bruce Springsteen- Tougher than the rest 
Che Fu-Hold Tight 
Ariana Grand -NASA 
Barbara Streisand Feat Barry Gibb -Guilty