All episodes
Saturday, 8 February 2020
- 7:00 How Bob Marley’s 1979 Western Springs concert changed NZ music
- 2:40 Okilly Dokilly, the Ned Flanders-themed metal band
- 10:37 Introducing: Belladonna
- 12:00 Faith No More's Billy Gould on why the band keeps reuniting.
- 1:00 NZ/ UK dance act Flamingo Pier live @ RNZ
- 2:00 Emily Edrosa on life after Street Chant, in LA
- 4:00 The Mixtape: Te Radar
Saturday, 1 February 2020
- 3:30 Song Crush: Agnes Obel, Yumi Zouma, Guardian Singles
- 12:00 Marlon Williams backstage at Laneway Festival
- 1:00 Mahalia on navigating the music industry while still in her teens
- 1:00 Stella Donelly at Laneway Festival
- 2:00 The Leonard Simpson Duo: the hip hop project bridging Detroit and NZ
- 2:00 The Leonard Simpson Duo
- 4:00 The Mixtape: Graham Reid
- 2:00 Soaked Oats on playing to their biggest-ever crowd at Laneway Festival
Saturday, 25 January 2020
- 12:30 Meeting the campers at Girls Rock Camp 2020
- 1:15 Sam from The Phoenix Foundation on their forthcoming album
- 1:40 Okay Kaya on her confrontingly honest second album
- 2:15 Paul Bosauder left NZ to play flamenco guitar in Seville
- 3:00 Song Crush: The Weeknd, Tame Impala, Nic and Reuben
- 4:00 The Mixtape: Benee
Saturday, 18 January 2020
- 5:00 Access All Areas: Kearney Barton
- 5:00 The Mixtape: Julien Dyne
- 12:00 Ruel on staying grounded in his teens, and new EP Free Time.
- 1:00 Hybrid Rose on her new album Awkwardly Eccentric.
- 1:00 Flying Lotus on his live 3D show and new album Flamagra.
Saturday, 11 January 2020
- 12:15 Spikey Tee - UK bass culture artist
- 1:00 Julia Jacklin has been touring 'Crushing' for a while now.
- 1:30 Orville Peck on shaking up country music with his album 'Pony'.
- 2:00 Philippa McIntyre on leaving NZ to start her own record label in Berlin
- 2:30 Introducing - Paper Plates
- 3:00 The Mixtape: Zane Lowe
Saturday, 4 January 2020
- 12:30 Secret Life of Skank
- 4:00 Essential New Zealand Albums: Che Fu - Navigator
- 2:20 Mike Nesmith of the Monkees: “I’m way too stoned to do an interview right now!”
- 1:05 The Return and near death of Zambian-Australian rapper Sampa The Great
- 1:30 Mal Lakatani - live session
- 3:00 The Mixtape - Katrina Batten
Saturday, 28 December 2019
- 2:00 The Secret Life of Warm Up DJs
- 10:39 Mystify: Michael Hutchence, a tragic and intimate film on the INXS frontman
- 8:00 Top Māori artists lift spirits with new visual album Mōhau
- 3:35 'I delayed the Millennium by five or six minutes' - Murray Kingi on The Gathering 2000
- 1:00 Noah Slee Session
- 4:00 The Mixtape Robyn Malcom
Saturday, 21 December 2019
- 1:00 Valentine from Purple Pilgrims on their acclaimed album Perfumed Earth
- 1:00 Bruce Ward explains the local success of 'Snoopy's Christmas'
- 3:00 Introducing: Samuel Morgan
- 3:00 South Auckland artists Disciple Pati talks about her powerful new video
- 4:00 The Mixtape: Shona Laing
Saturday, 14 December 2019
- 4:09 Song Crush: 13 of the best international songs of 2019
- 12:30 Stella Donnelly
- 1:00 LAB's Joel Shadbolt
- 3:00 Introducing: Fanfickk
- 5:00 The Mixtape - Jaz Coleman
Saturday, 7 December 2019
- 3:30 Musical Chairs - Arthur Baysting
- 2:38 Song Crush: 12 favourite NZ songs of 2019
- 12:00 Nadia Reid introduces us to her new single
- 2:00 Angel Olsen on her new album All Mirrors
- 2:00 Introducing: Ashley Alexander
- 2:05 Nick Bollinger on Rick Bryant and Arthur Baysting
- 5:00 The Mixtape - Boh Runga
- 7:00 Music 101 Pocket Edition 264: Nadia Reid/ Angel Olsen
Saturday, 30 November 2019
- 3:30 Song Crush - Moses Sumney, FKA Twigs, Trent Reznor
- 4:15 40 Years of Bad Religion
- 12:00 RNZ Music's top 21 NZ albums of the 21st century
- 2:30 Lontalius on his LA-produced second album All I Have
- 3:15 Introducing: Na Noise
- 4:30 Stebbing: Wired For Sound
Saturday, 23 November 2019
- 5:00 The Mixtape: Don McGlashan
- 1:00 Jazz superstar returns to NZ
- 3:35 Song Crush - Listener's choice 2019
- 12:00 Interview: Ziggy Marley talks music, politics and cannabis
- 2:00 Teen hip hop duo Church & AP on their debut album Teeth
Saturday, 16 November 2019
- 3:30 Song Crush: French For Rabbits, Kojey Radical, Wye Oak
- 12:00 NZ Music Awards 2019: the winners
- 1:00 German composer Nils Frahm on his upcoming NZ show
- 1:30 Miriam Clancy on her latest album Astronomy
- 2:00 Fat Freddy’s Drop on their new album and massive summer tour
- 3:05 Live session: Dawn Diver
- 4:05 The Mixtape: Hamish McKeich
Saturday, 9 November 2019
- 11:04 Steve Gunn live in session
- 3:32 The Mixtape: Mikee Tucker
- 3:38 Song Crush: SoccerPractise, Lankum, Jeff Goldblum
- 1:00 Pluto are back and have a new album
- 1:10 Six60 discuss their new album
- 1:15 Introducing: Makeshift Parachutes
- 2:45 Harper Finn releases a new single
Saturday, 2 November 2019
- 2:30 Andrew Scheps
- 10:00 The Chills, Blam Blam Blam and more live at the Others Way festival
- 3:10 Introducing: Sports Dreams
- 3:16 Song Crush - Kanye West, Frank Ocean, SWIDT
- 12:20 Icehouse
- 1:30 David Kilgour
- 1:40 Dr. Robert Burns on the legacy of King Crimson
- 2:40 Thomston
- 4:05 The Mixtape: Michelle A'Court
Saturday, 26 October 2019
- 3:00 Laurie Anderson: finding hope in loss
- 12:00 Music 101 Pocket Edition 257: Savage, Sampa the Great
- 5:03 Song Crush: Laurie Anderson, Tinariwen, Secret Knives
- 12:20 House of Shem
- 1:30 Delaney Davidson live @ RNZ
- 2:15 Introducing: Cam MacLean
- 4:00 The Mixtape: Mike Chunn
Saturday, 19 October 2019
- 5:17 Song Crush: Gang Starr, Michael Kiwanuka, Sturgill Simpson
- 6:50 The Mixtape: Aaron Hawkins
- 12:15 Savage
- 12:30 JS Ondara
- 1:05 The Return and near death of Zambian-Australian rapper Sampa The Great
- 1:45 Seth Haapu
- 2:10 Raiza Biza
- 2:30 WOMAD 2020 preview with Trevor Reekie
- 3:10 Introducing: Jordan Gavet
Saturday, 12 October 2019
- 2:24 Song Crush: Nick Cave, Björk, Vivian Girls
- 1:40 Tina Cross celebrates 40 years since winning The Pacific Song Contest
- 1:10 Tami Neilson shares tour stories ahead of her NZ shows
- 2:20 Pitch Black discuss their new album and accompanying wine release
- 2:30 Introducing: Antony Jeffares
- 3:20 Damian from Canadian punk band F***ed Up on his love for Flying Nun Records
- 3:20 Hossam Ramzy
- 4:00 The Mixtape: Claire Cowan
- 2:15 Sing it to My Face: How Baby Boomers and Millennials can confront their differences
Saturday, 5 October 2019
- 11:55 Access All Areas: Pixie Williams
- 10:10 Winners announced for the 2019 APRA Silver Scrolls
- 2:30 Song Crush: Post Malone, Tame Impala and Master Fader
- 1:30 Cowboy Junkies
- 1:30 James Reid
- 3:00 The Mixtape: Maisey Rika
Saturday, 28 September 2019
- 2:38 The Mixtape: Ngahiwi Apanui
- 4:02 Song Crush: Underworld, (Sandy) Alex G, Noah Slee
- 5:00 Mo Muse in session with Summer Thieves and Abdul Kay
- 1:45 SideKickNick tackles manopause on his new double album
- 2:15 Introducing: Zane 2000
- 2:35 Th' Dudes
- 7:00 Music 101 Pocket Edition 254: Th' Dudes/ SideKickNick
Saturday, 21 September 2019
- 5:13 Song Crush: Karnan Saba and Hone Be Good, Jenny Hval, Angel Olsen
- 12:30 The 1975
- 1:45 Skux
- 2:10 Introducing: Sulfate
- 3:00 The Mixtape - Nathan Haines
Saturday, 14 September 2019
- 4:07 Song Crush: Iggy Pop, SiR, Joan Shelley
- 12:30 Bic Runga on translating 'Sway' into te reo
- 1:30 Adam Hattaway LIVE
- 2:40 INTRODUCING: RIIKI
- 4:00 The Mixtape: Dianne Swann
Saturday, 7 September 2019
- 12:02 Song Crush: Lana Del Rey, Channel Tres, King Princess
- 12:30 JessB
- 1:20 Miss June
- 3:10 Introducing: Crap Date
- 1:00 Flaxmere-raised rapper Tipene: "Music saved my life"
- 4:00 The Mixtape: Hinewehi Mohi
Saturday, 31 August 2019
- 2:43 Song Crush: Lillie Mae, SoccerPractise, BTS and New Pornographers
- 12:20 LIVE: Tom Walker
- 1:10 Dope Lemon
- 1:30 Going Global Music Summit
- 3:05 The Mixtape: Tom Sainsbury
Saturday, 24 August 2019
- 2:11 Fred Armisen: The Funny Side of Music
- 12:06 Song Crush: Whitney, Marika Hackman, Priya Sami
- 3:00 Kirin J Callinan live session
- 4:00 The Mixtape: Charlotte Ryan
- 2:39 Sleater Kinney's Corin Tucker on making their new album The Center Won't Hold
- 5:00 Music 101 Pocket Edition 249: Sleater Kinney/Fred Armisen