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2:30 PM.Bene has created a helluva buzz with only two released songs. We meet the Auckland teenager and find out how all this has happened and check out her excellent song Soaked. Read more Audio

1:30 PM.Baltimore dream pop duo Beach House have built a loyal following since their debut in 2006. Seven excellent albums in they are coming to New Zealand for the Auckland Arts Festival 2019. Read more Audio

4:00 PM.The crew at RNZ Music choose their favourite local tracks songs of 2018.  Read more Video, Audio

3:40 PM.Music Promoter Kurt Shanks recalls stories from The Buzzcocks New Zealand tours in both 2013 and 2016 including long lunches, details on their riders and their motto 'No Moet - No Show-ay'. Read more Audio

3:30 PM.Auckland musician Paige introduces her song Alignments. Read more Audio

3:00 PM.Ground-breaking electronic album Switched on Bach celebrates its 50^th anniversary this year. RNZ Music’s Trevor Reekie spoke to music lecturer Mark Graham who recently wrote a comprehensive piece on… Read more Video, Audio

2:45 PM.Marika Hodgson is a highly sought after bass player working with everyone from Rhian Sheehan to Teeks. Her first solo outing under the moniker Sorrento is a fun funky frolic featuring Troy Kingi. Read more Audio

2:05 PM.Nigerian-New Zealand artist Unchained XL is forging an identity for other African Kiwis to look up to.  Read more Video, Audio

2:00 PM.Grey Lynn rapper Diggy Dupé catches up with RNZ Music's Danielle Street to chat about his new EP Island Time. Read more Audio

1:30 PM.Church and AP have built up an incredible amount of hype about their new song 'Ready or Not'. Before it was even released it was the most shazamed song in the country. It is an A rotate on two radio… Read more Audio

1:10 PM.Matthew J Ruys is releasing music under his own name for the first time in twenty years. Now based in Los Angeles the self described Jack-of-all-trades discusses where music has taken him over the… Read more Video, Audio

12:00 PM.In this week's Pocket Edition, Nigerian New Zealand hip hop artist Unchained XL treats to a live session, Trevor Reekie delves into the fascinating story of Switched on Bach, which is celebrating its… Read more Audio

12:00 PM.Kirsten Johnstone reviews I Need To Start A Garden, the debut album from Portland-based songwriter Haley Heynderickx, who investigates self-doubt, religious doubt and existentialism, but with a good… Read more Audio

5:00 PM.In this week's Pocket Edition, Australian artist Mojo Juju shares her Native Tongue, Mel Parsons and Alex Behan discuss Glass Heart - Mel's latest album and Phodiso Dintwe speaks with Raiza Biza and… Read more Audio

4:00 PM.Opera singer Jonathan Fa'afetai Lemalu joins Kirsten Johnstone for an hour of chat and some of his favourite songs. Read more Audio

3:00 PM.Auckland band Leisure perform live with Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Hamish McKeich, 6th April 2018. Read more Audio

2:40 PM.Hamilton-based Rwandan rapper Raiza-Biza and Melbourne-based rapper Remi speak to Phodiso Dintwe about their new EP Black Hole Sun. Read more Video, Audio

2:05 PM.Berlin-based Tongan-New Zealand artist Noah Slee has followed up his debut album Otherland with a short film based on the music and its themes.  He speaks to Yadana Saw about how he plucked up the… Read more Video, Audio

1:30 PM.Singer-songwriter and West Coast native Mel Parsons discusses her new album Glass Heart with RNZ Music's Alex Behan. Read more Video, Audio

1:10 PM.For her third album, Native Tongue, Australian Wiradjuri Filipino artist Mojo Juju looked into her family’s ancestry to explain her present.  She speaks with Yadana Saw about putting a mirror to… Read more Video, Audio

3:30 PM.Arab-Kiwi rapper Meer has released a string of acclaimed singles over the last few years, including collaborations with Jess B and Siobhan Leilani, as well as being one half of duo Cool Tan. She… Read more Audio

3:05 PM.Lisa Crawley joins us on the phone from Melbourne to tell us what she's been up to and share her new song 'Baby it's Fine'. Read more Audio

2:00 PM.Los Angeles-based singer and composer Julia Holter has just released her fifth album Aviary and is performing in New Zealand in January. She spoke to RNZ's Kiran Dass. Read more Audio

1:30 PM.Bailey Wiley stops by RNZ to share her new song 'Sugar' feat Melodownz and explain why she's been gone too long. Read more Audio

1:10 PM.After reuniting for three shows this year Tiki Taane and Salmonella Dub have released a new song 'Ignite'. Read more Video, Audio