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3:35 PM.Ahead of their Laneway 2018 appearance Nick Allbrook from Pond explains why the Western Australian music scene is like one big underground collective. Read more Video, Audio

3:00 PM.Jana Te Nahu Owen talks to Kurt Vile about his new collaboration with Courtney Barnett, Lotta Sea Lice. Read more Audio

2:30 PM.The Fleet Foxes songwriter tells us about the downside of finding success at a young age, and taking a five year hiatus as a result. Read more Audio

2:00 PM.Music 101's Yadana Saw tries to make music using her laptop and a whole bunch of wires. She's at Victoria University's Women and Music Technology symposium attending an Arduino circuit making… Read more Audio

1:50 PM.New Plymouth singer-songwriter Graeme James checks in halfway through his Wish You Well tour, his last in New Zealand before relocating to Europe. Read more Audio

1:15 PM.Neil and Liam Finn are making an album together for the first time. They sit down to share the journey with us and discuss their upcoming January tour of small-town community halls all over New… Read more Video, Audio

4:00 PM.Delaney Davidson joins us to share the songs that have inspired him and his wonderful Magical Lightbox performance that combines music and film. Read more Video, Audio

3:30 PM.The Texas band's debut album is unabashedly romantic from beginning to end, and we can't wait to see how NZ audiences react when they visit in January. Read more Video, Audio

2:30 PM.Episode 2 in our series profiling female beat-makers in Aotearoa. Read more Audio

2:00 PM.Anthonie Tonnon is discovering new ways of connecting with his audience. He's also using audience interaction and dance to help connect himself with his songs. He spoke to Alex Behan ahead of his… Read more Video, Audio

1:30 PM.Ben Edwards has taken out the Best Producer award for his work on Reid's 2017 album Preservation. Other winners include Clint Murphy – Best Engineer for his work on Hamilton rockers Deviskin's album… Read more Video, Audio

2:30 PM.“This album encourages us as a nation to look at each other square in the eye, and open up a forum for honest dialogue.”   Read more Video, Audio

5:00 PM.In this week's Pocket Edition, Alex Behan speaks with William Patrick Corgan, who is best known as frontman of 90s grunge stars Smashing Pumpkins; we head to Girls Rock camp, a global movement making… Read more Audio

4:00 PM.The crew from RNZ Music convene to showcase some of the songs they've been digging most over the last couple of months. Read more Video, Audio

3:30 PM.Faris Badwan of The Horrors talks about the constant evolution of the band, and what the producer for Adele brought the the table on their fifth album. Read more Audio

3:20 PM.In 2014 Christchurch band Doprah was announced as the "Next Big Sound" on Billboard's website, causing a flurry of international attention. But Doprah wound up calling it a day, leaving the members to… Read more Audio

2:50 PM.Post punk stalwarts Die! Die! Die! are back with their new album Charm. Offensive. Tony Stamp talked to frontman Andrew Wilson, and new member Rory Atwell (formerly of Test Icicles) about the… Read more Audio

2:30 PM.Ramona Gonzalez is a prolific songwriter from California who makes synth pop (with a dollop of funk), under the name Nite Jewel. Ahead of her first NZ shows, she talked to Tony Stamp about her… Read more Video, Audio

1:20 PM.In a new series profiling female beat-makers, Melody Thomas talks to Wellington musician Estere. Read more Audio

1:10 PM.Trevor Reekie weeds out the wonders to be found on the Womad 2018 lineup. Read more Audio

1:30 PM.The ex-Smashing Pumpkins frontman has just released his second solo album –  OGILALA, and no one (possibly not even him) knows what it means. Read more Audio

7:30 PM.Nick Bollinger considers an upbeat pop set by Beck, and wonders if this is his Let's Dance? Read more Audio

7:30 PM.Nick Bollinger considers the sensuous voice and aromantic sentiments of Moses Sumney. Read more Audio

5:20 PM.Martin Phillips of The Chills revisits the iconic venues where the 'Dunedin Sound' came to life. Read more Audio