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4:00 PM.Today's guest on the RNZ Mixtape is DJ Vee - real name Vishal Vasan. Vishal's musical journey started on Cuba Street Wellington, then to DJing with FFD, slinging records in Soho and organising the… Read more Audio

3:40 PM.Tony Stamp looks back at three of 1994's weirder indie rock records, in the final instalment of this six part series. Read more Video, Audio

3:15 PM.The RNZ studio was jammed packed with a live performance from Che Fu singing classic tunes, backed by five horn players and a DJ. Together they are Big Horns, and they are bringing 90s RnB and hip hop… Read more Video, Audio

2:30 PM.The Hard Quartet is a band we think you should pay attention to. They've been called a supergroup, and it's an interesting one because each member has a cult following. Stephen Malkmus is best known… Read more Audio

2:15 PM.Screening in select NZ cinemas is a new documentary about Paul McCartney and Wings - One Hand Clapping. The one hour doco shows long-lost footage of Paul McCartney in the studio in the early 70s with… Read more Audio

1:15 PM.There are some beautiful thoughts about relationships from this year's Silver Scrolls finalists. There's also the power of finding your roots, and the thrill of letting go and choosing fun. The… Read more Audio

4:00 PM.Our guest picking the music is writer, ghost writer and editor Madeleine Chapman. Madeleine started as the very first intern at The Spinoff, and is now one of the youngest editors of a major… Read more Audio

3:30 PM.Bob Mould is the founder of legendary hardcore punk band Hüsker Dü and later Sugar, and he's bringing his solo electric tour to New Zealand - his first shows here in 22 years. Bob will be highlighting… Read more Audio

3:15 PM.Tomorrow Aotearoa will attempt to reclaim the world record for the largest haka. Musician Rob Ruha has been involved with haka all his life. He joins Anika Moa, Topp Twins, Shepherds Reign and Alien… Read more Audio

2:15 PM.Lyttelton's multi-award winning Delaney Davidson, and Barry Saunders - the iconic frontman of The Warratahs, have just released a brand new album Happiness is Near. This is a highly anticipated… Read more Video, Audio

1:20 PM.Dam Native's Danny Haimona (aka Danny D) joins Kara Rickard in the studio to celebrate the re-release of Kaupapa Driven Rhymes Uplifted, one of Aotearoa's greatest hip hop albums. Danny talks about… Read more Audio

4:00 PM.Our guest picking the music is musician, DJ, composer and producer Mark de Clive-Lowe. Mark started his career in the late 1990s as a central player in Auckland's jazz scene and has gone on to make a… Read more Audio

3:15 PM.RNZ's resident pop expert Sam Robinson weighs in on Katy Perry's new album 143 in a year of giant pop releases. Read a review of 143 here. Read more Audio

3:00 PM.The legendary avant-garde artist's latest release is a musical retelling of Amelia Earhart's final flight. Read more Audio

2:15 PM.Conor Oberst and his friends have released a new Bright Eyes album Five Dice, All Threes, featuring some beautiful collaborations with Cat Power and The National's Matt Berninger. Singer Conor and… Read more Audio

1:45 PM.Music 101 is excited to announce the finalists for the APRA Best Jazz Composition Award. We will announce the four finalists and play an excerpt of each wonderful composition on the show. Read more Audio

1:20 PM.The new Jamie xx album In Waves promises to own the dance floor this summer. The English musician, DJ, record producer, and remixer started his career at the age of 18 forming the XX with his friends… Read more Audio

1:07 PM.RNZ has just received the news that New Zealand musician Eddie Low has died. Eddie Low was an Award-winning singer, entertainer, songwriter, composer known as the 'voice in a million'. He was a member… Read more Audio

4:00 PM.Our guest on the RNZ Mixtape is broadcaster, singer and author Anika Moa. Starting her music career over 20 years ago, Anika is one of Aotearoa's most loved musicians. She has written some of our… Read more Audio

3:40 PM.After relocating to a remote Island outside of Oslo, Okay Kaya has been able to access a deeper sense of solitude giving her more time to write and focus on a simpler and more stripped back album.  Read more Video, Audio

3:15 PM.NZ electronic duo, Pitch Black, have been making electronic music since 1996. Michael Hodgson and Paddy Free have pioneered their own sound that blends dub and electronica. Pitch Black's first… Read more Audio

2:15 PM.UK sound artist Jon Hopkins draws inspiration from Ecuadorian caves and Edinburgh ice rinks to stages across the globe, drawing inspiration for his music from these diverse environments. Hopkin's… Read more Audio

1:45 PM.When Chris White was part of Dire Straits in the mid-1980s they were massive - but there were "no big bust-ups, not like Oasis", he tells Music 101. Read more Audio

1:20 PM.New Zealand music pioneer Doug Hood died earlier this week after a long illness. He had a distinguished career in New Zealand music as an engineer, manager and later a promoter for local and… Read more Audio

4:00 PM.Tony Stamp looks back at three albums turning 30 this year, in the third of a six-part series. Read more Video, Audio