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Music 101 for Saturday 8 November 2025

  • Theia is a Girl, in a Savage World

    music te ao Maori

    1:15 PM.The singer-songwriter behind the Te Kaahu project relocated to Los Angeles and resumed her alt-pop project, resulting in a debut album that weaves te reo and traditional Maori song forms with… Read more Audio

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  • Emily Wheatcroft-Snape is on the Move

    music culture

    2:15 PM.An in-demand sound engineer (award-nominated for her work with Fazerdaze), Emily Wheatcroft-Snape also founded Record Enable, which aims to "help women and non-binary people create sustainable careers… Read more Audio

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  • Alphabethead re-introduces himself on My Name is David

    music culture

    3:15 PM.David Morrison started collecting records aged 12, and when he was 18 won the 2002 New Zealand DMC DJ Championship. Since then he's released albums with Young Gho$t, The All-Seeing Hand, and seven as… Read more Audio

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  • The Sampler: The Life You Save by Flock of Dimes

    music culture

    3:40 PM.A gorgeous new collection from American singer-songwriter Jenn Wasner (Wye Oak), which tackles tricky familial history through soothing songcraft. It's always easy to listen to, thanks to her… Read more Audio

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  • The Mixtape: Mike Hall & Milan Borich

    music culture

    4:00 PM.It's been two decades since Pluto released Pipeline Under the Ocean, a record that not only went double Platinum but also helped define a golden era of New Zealand rock. Twenty years on, the band are… Read more Audio

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Show Notes

13:15 Theia is a Girl, in a Savage World

The singer-songwriter behind the Te Kaahu project relocated to Los Angeles and resumed her alt-pop project, resulting in a debut album that weaves te reo and traditional Māori song forms with electronic elements. She spoke to Kara about her life in America.

Theia in the BALDH3AD! music video.

Photo: Supplied

14:15 Emily Wheatcroft-Snape is on the Move

An in-demand sound engineer (award-nominated for her work with Fazerdaze), Emily Wheatcroft-Snape also founded Record Enable, which aims to "help women and non-binary people create sustainable careers as audio engineers and music producers". As well as that, she's a busy indie-pop producer, and has just released her debut album as Em. 

Move album cover

Photo: Em

15:15 Alphabethead re-introduces himself on My Name is David

David Morrison started collecting records aged 12, and when he was 18 won the 2002 New Zealand DMC DJ Championship. Since then he's released albums with Young Gho$t, The All-Seeing Hand, and seven as Alphabethead. He told Tony Stamp about reinventing his sound on the latest.

David Morrison

Photo: Abby Stewart

15:40 The Sampler: The Life You Save by Flock of Dimes

A gorgeous new collection from American singer-songwriter Jenn Wasner (Wye Oak), which tackles tricky familial history through soothing songcraft. It's always easy to listen to, thanks to her appealing voice and knack for melody. 

The Life You Save album cover

Photo: Sub Pop

16:10 The Mixtape: Mike Hall & Milan Borich

It’s been two decades since Pluto released Pipeline Under the Ocean, a record that not only went double Platinum but also helped define a golden era of New Zealand rock. Twenty years on, the band are revisiting their landmark album in full for a special one-night performance at Auckland’s Double Whammy.

Mike Hall and Milan Borich share stories about the album and some songs that have shaped their journey so far.

Milan Borich, Mike Hall, Kara Rickard

Photo: So'omalo Iteni Schwalger

Songs Played:

1pm-2pm

  • Sofia Kourtesis - Madres

  • The White Stripes - The Hardest Button to Button

  • Bic Runga - Paris in the Rain

  • Theia - Bury Ur Children, I Picked a Flower From the Grave

  • Troy Kingi - Afters ft MĀ

  • Santigold - L.E.S. Artistes 

  • Annahstasia - Overflow

  • Kokoroko - Sweetie

  • Sharon Van Etten - Seventeen

2pm-3pm

  • DARGZ - Lou’s Tune

  • Basement Jaxx - Romeo

  • She Say She - Prism

  • Em - Lucky Star, The Orchard

  • Radiohead - Nice Dream

  • Phoebe Rings - Astronaut

  • Courtney Barnett - Stay in Your Lane

  • Stella Donnelly - Feel It Change

  • Portishead - Strangers

3pm-4pm

  • Four Tet - Three Drums

  • Pluto - Long White Cross

  • Greatsouth - Hellhole of the Pacific

  • Alphabethead - My Name is David, Thunderbird, Castlevania, Hamlet, No Control, I'm Lucy Lawless

  • Benee - Cinnamon

  • Flock of Dimes - Keep Me in the Dark, Long After Midnight, Theo, Defeat

  • Michaela Tempers - Nothing to Lose

  • Scott Walker - The Old Man’s Back Again

4pm-5pm

  • Voom - No Real Reality

  • Wilco - Impossible Germany

  • Nick Drake - Saturday Sun

  • Dave Dobbyn – Belltower

  • Alice in Chains – Love Hate Love

  • The Song Remains the Same - Led Zeppelin