All episodes
Saturday, 3 November 2018
- 7:30 The Sampler: To the Sea by Harry Lyon
- 1:20 Ōtara Music Arts Centre: celebrating a musical legacy
- 2:30 Dunedin alt-poppers Jaggers x Lines on dealing with trauma through dancefloor bangers
- 3:00 Orchestra of Spheres on their new album Mirror
- 4:00 The Mixtape: Harry Lyon
- 5:00 Music 101 Pocket Edition 211: OMAC/Orchestra of Spheres
- 7:30 The Sampler: Teal by Julien Dyne
Saturday, 27 October 2018
- 5:00 The Mixtape: Parris Goebel
- 7:30 The Sampler : The Loneliest Girl by Princess Chelsea
- 1:10 Australian pop sensation Kira Puru on dancefloors, diversity and her Tainui roots
- 1:40 Tali returns to her drum and bass roots on Love and Migration
- 7:30 The Sampler: Broken Politics by Neneh Cherry
Saturday, 20 October 2018
- 2:00 Che Fu on his debut album 2b S.Pacific
- 1:00 Hopetoun Brown live @ RNZ
- 1:40 Trevor Reekie's WOMAD 2019 highlights
- 2:30 Bangkok-via-Hamilton musician Phum Viphurit on his newfound fame
- 3:00 Live session: High Hoops performs tracks from new album Seasons on Planet Earth
- 3:35 Thomston turns up after two long years to give us The Heights
- 4:00 RNZ Music Spring mixtape
- 5:00 Music 101 Pocket Edition 209: Che Fu/Tiny Ruins
Saturday, 13 October 2018
- 7:30 The Sampler: Piano and a Microphone by Prince
- 7:30 The Sampler: Room 25 by Noname
- 1:00 Reb Fountain visits Music 101
- 2:00 Connan Mockasin on new album Jassbusters
- 2:30 Live: Paul Kelly performs at Roundhead Studios
- 2:30 Introducing Ashy
- 3:00 JC Carroll of The Members on punky reggae sounds of the suburbs
- 3:30 Kurt Vile: 'I know my music is pretty weird'
- 4:00 The Mixtape: Six60
- 5:00 Music 101 Pocket Edition 208: Reb Fountain/Connan Mockasin/J.C. Carroll
- 4:00 Brooke Singer's Suffrage Song 'An Obstacle'
Saturday, 6 October 2018
- 5:00 The Mixtape: Ria Hall
- 10:30 Marlon Williams wins the 2018 APRA Silver Scroll
- 10:54 All the performances from the 2018 APRA Silver Scrolls
- 2:20 VIDEO PREMIERE: 'Give It To Me' by Motte
- 2:40 The Upbeats take drum n bass to the world
- 3:00 Rhian Sheehan on his new album A Quiet Divide
- 3:30 Divide and Dissolve, the Melbourne duo fighting racism through doom metal
- 2:00 Lily Allen on getting back her smile
Saturday, 29 September 2018
- 1:10 The kaupapa behind the Te Kākano album
- 2:05 2018 Mercury Music Prize winners: Wolf Alice
- 2:30 Anatomy of a Scroll: Chelsea Jade, 'Laugh it Off'
- 3:00 Dudley Benson on his epic album Zealandia
- 3:30 Anatomy of a Scroll: Unknown Mortal Orchestra, 'Hunnybee'
- 5:00 The Mixtape: Godfrey De Grut
Saturday, 22 September 2018
- 10:15 Laneway Auckland: 2019 lineup announced
- 11:22 From Beatles to Brockhampton - a short history of boybands
- 6:00 Anatomy of a Scroll: Troy Kingi, 'Aztechknowledgey'
- 1:15 Meet Rex Orange County
- 1:30 Jesus he was exceptional: remembering Darcy Clay
- 2:05 Veteran Aussie pub rockers The Johnnys are back on the road
- 2:05 Estere explains the demon behind her new song
- 2:45 Paul McLaney is the musical director of this year's WOW
- 3:05 Anatomy of a Scroll: The Beths, 'Future Me Hates Me'
- 5:00 The Mixtape: Adam McGrath
- 5:00 Music 101 Pocket Edition 206: Darcy Clay/Troy Kingi/The Beths
- 7:30 The Sampler: Flow State by Tash Sultana
Saturday, 15 September 2018
- 1:38 Alayna Powley on her new EP Sweet Soul
- 11:00 Rob Ruha, Ria Hall and Alien Weaponry among winners at the Waiata Māori Music Awards
- 1:30 The Manurewa High band heading to the national finals of Smokefree Rockquest and Tangata Beats
- 2:00 Headquarters: The Beths
- 3:00 Introducing: Marlin's Dreaming
- 3:10 Mitch James
- 4:00 The Mixtape: 30 Years of Rockquest
- 7:30 The Sampler: Chills, snow, and the creative thawing of Martin Phillipps
Saturday, 8 September 2018
- 7:30 The Sampler: Our Garden Needs Its Flowers
- 1:10 Te Wiki o te Reo Māori: what role can music play?
- 1:30 Rob Ruha and Ria Hall to tour NZ in October
- 2:00 James Lavelle: The Man From Mo' Wax
- 2:45 RIP Mac Miller
- 3:00 Congress of Animals
- 5:00 The Mixtape: Don McGlashan
- 7:30 The Sampler: Negro Swan by Blood Orange
Saturday, 1 September 2018
- 7:30 The Sampler: The Record Man - A Tribute to Ron Kane
- 2:00 Blair Jollands on his new album 7 Blood
- 2:50 Introducing: Abby Wolfe
- 4:00 The Mixtape: Fiona McDonald
- 7:30 The Sampler: Lightsleeper by Neil and Liam Finn
Saturday, 25 August 2018
- 9:56 Christchurch musician Roy Montgomery on his latest album Suffuse
- 3:30 Pacific Heights' new album A Lost Light came to him in a dream
- 12:00 Music 101 Pocket Edition 202: Pacific Heights/ Steven Wilson
- 1:35 Paul Banks on Interpol's sixth album Marauder
- 2:10 Steven Wilson: the king of progressive rock
- 5:00 The Mixtape: Julien Dyne
Saturday, 18 August 2018
- 3:00 Respect: the songs of Aretha Franklin
- 1:30 Avantdale Bowling Club: Track by track with Tom Scott
- 2:50 Introducing - Valle
- 3:00 LIVE SESSION: Emily Fairlight shines in highly awkward interview
- 3:40 Are Twitter bots promoting Wellington bands? The mystery of No Pictures Please.
- 4:00 The Mixtape: Devilskin
- 5:00 Music 101 Pocket Edition 201: Chelsea Jade/Emily Fairlight
- 7:30 The Sampler: Invisible Lines by Ha The Unclear
- 7:30 The Sampler: Hive Mind by The Internet
- 10:00 Chelsea Jade performs 'Perfect Stranger' with the St Mary's School Choir
Saturday, 11 August 2018
- 2:00 Susan Rogers on her four intense years working for Prince
- 2:05 Live in session: Huia Hamon
- 5:00 The Mixtape: Some of the best tracks of 2018 (so far, in our opinion)
- 5:00 Music 101 Pocket Edition 200: Susan Rogers/Huia Hamon
- 7:30 The Sampler: A Dawn I Remember by Holly Arrowsmith
- 7:30 The Sampler: Avantdale Bowling Club by Tom Scott
- 7:30 Zealandia by Dudley Benson
Saturday, 4 August 2018
- 4:00 The Mixtape: Rob Ruha
- 1:30 New Songs from Princess Chelsea (not the financial dominatrix)
- 1:30 Ha The Unclear's Michael Cathro explains the curious lyrics on new album Invisible Lines
- 12:00 Music 101 Pocket Edition 199: Ha The Unclear/ The All Seeing Hand
- 2:00 Live music photographer Garry Brandon on 40 years in the job
- 3:10 Pop-soul singer Geoff Ong in Session
- 3:40 All Seeing Hand: Syntax Error
- 7:30 The Sampler: Personal Best by Chelsea Jade
- 7:30 The Sampler: Future Me Hates Me by The Beths
Saturday, 28 July 2018
- 7:30 The Sampler: Remain in Light by Angelique Kidjo
- 1:30 Four tips for using your phone at a concert
- 1:00 Interview: Tash Sultana on 'Jungle', feminism and touring
- 1:50 Introducing: Sollem Den
- 2:40 Live: Sianne Dougherty in session
- 4:00 The Mixtape: Wellington Paranormal's Karen O'Leary
- 5:00 Music 101 Pocket Edition 198: Tash Sultana/This Sporting Life
- 7:30 The Sampler: Haja by The Adults
- 3:30 Married duo Terrible Sons on parenting, intentional living, and being a 'streaming band'
Saturday, 21 July 2018
- 9:23 REVIEW: King Kendrick gives Dunedin a DAMN good time
- 10:53 The Adults new album Haja harnesses the power of women's music
- 1:30 Introducing: Josie Moon
- 2:00 High Beams ft. Che Fu live at RNZ
- 3:30 Vincent H.L: weird days have just begun
- 4:00 The Mixtape: Opetaia Foa'i
- 5:00 Music 101 Pocket Edition 197: Jon Toogood & Josie Moon
Saturday, 14 July 2018
- 7:30 The Sampler: Finkelstein by Hamish Kilgour
- 6:00 The APRA Silver Scroll Award 2018 Top 20 announced
- 12:00 Music 101 Pocket Edition 196: Silver Scroll nominees/ Bully
- 2:00 Club 121
- 2:30 Bully
- 4:00 New documentary on the late Aboriginal musician Gurrumul at the NZ Film Festival
- 4:00 The Mixtape: Andrew Fagan
Saturday, 7 July 2018
- 1:30 New songs from Los Angeles-based NZ songwriter Lontalius
- 1:10 New chart aims to keep music fresh
- 2:00 Holly Arrowsmith live at RNZ
- 3:00 The Clean's Hamish Kilgour on his new album 'Finkelstein'
- 3:00 Funking good times with The Bamboo's Lance Ferguson
- 4:05 It all ties together: The songs and people who shaped Simon Grigg’s musical life
Saturday, 30 June 2018
- 12:00 The Mixtape: Tigilau Ness
- 1:15 Kanye West album releases mired in disrespect for black women
- 2:00 Dictaphone Blues live at RNZ
- 2:50 Introducing: Skilaa
- 3:10 Ponguru - The Many Voices of Nga Taonga Puoro
- 5:00 Music 101 Pocket Edition194: Dictaphone Blues/Ponguru
- 7:30 The Sampler: Big Pink 50th Anniversary Special
Saturday, 23 June 2018
- 7:30 Shannon In Nashville by Shannon Shaw
- 1:10 Live Session: another side of Paul Ubana Jones
- 2:00 The secrets of Boycrush's bountiful beats
- 2:50 Cinematic drone: Nomadic duo Hackedepicciotto discuss their sound
- 3:10 Sixties band The Seekers share long-lost television series
- 5:00 The Mixtape: Charlotte Yates
- 7:30 The Sampler: Soil by Serpentwithfeet
Saturday, 16 June 2018
- 7:30 Doors Wide Open by Bernie Griffen and The Thin Men
- 1:10 Jon Toogood - the return of The Adults
- 1:30 Finland's search to find the Global Capital of Metal
- 1:50 Introducing: Lexxa
- 2:05 The Feelers: live in session
- 3:00 Catrin Finch and Seckou Keita
- 4:00 The Mixtape: Bill Direen
- 5:00 Music 101 Pocket Edition 192: Jon Toogood/Hellinn/The Chills
- 7:30 No Shame by Lily Allen
Saturday, 9 June 2018
- 11:04 Can Kanye West still shock us?
- 12:17 Dave Randall on how music can inspire change
- 12:00 Music 101 Pocket Edition 191: Snail Mail/ Mere Women
- 1:05 Live session: Anna Coddington
- 1:20 Drax Project: from Cuba Street to supporting a Cuban pop star
- 2:05 19-year-old indie-rocker Snail Mail on being wise beyond her years
- 2:20 Post-Punk band Mere Women talk songwriting and regional isolation
- 3:30 Light shining out of the gloom: Dunedin band Death and The Maiden
- 7:30 God's Favourite Customer by Father John Misty
Saturday, 2 June 2018
- 2:20 Ha The Unclear, Being, and Soaked Oats live session
- 7:30 Sassafrass! by Tami Neilson
- 1:05 Tha Movement and Anonymouz: standing up for Samoan culture
- 3:20 Fis & Rob Thorne take taonga pūoro into epic new places
- 5:00 The Mixtape: Myele Manzanza
- 5:00 Music 101 Pocket Edition 190: Anonymouz/Corduroy Cape
- 7:30 Run Deep by Deva Mahal
Saturday, 26 May 2018
- 1:34 Five NZ dancefloor bangers with the host of legendary clubnight Atomic
- 12:00 Music 101 Pocket Edition 189: Rei/ Oscar Key Sung
- 1:09 Pacific Music Awards
- 2:10 LIVE SESSION: Wellington rapper Rei performs in te reo
- 3:10 Matthew Young and his new E.P. Fruit
- 4:00 Oscar Key Sung: "I wanted to forget who I was"
- 5:00 The Mixtape: King Kapisi
- 7:30 Tell Me How You Really Feel by Courtney Barnett
- 1:00 What even is New Zealand Music Month? An oral history
Saturday, 19 May 2018
- 1:00 Courtney Barnett gets it all off her chest
- 1:10 Music Month Summit addresses women, diversity, wellness and regional isolation
- 2:05 Live Session: Nick Dow
- 2:30 Sola Rosa - In Spaces
- 3:00 Wax Chattels on their 'guitarless guitar music'
- 3:30 Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino by Arctic Monkeys
- 4:00 The Mixtape: Rick Bryant
- 5:00 Music 101 Pocket Edition 188: Courtney Barnett/ Sola Rosa/ Wax Chattels
