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3:30 PM.Dunedin band Death And The Maiden can count Shayne Carter among their growing number of fans. He invited them to perform at the Silver Scrolls last year, and since then they've released their second… Read more Audio

2:20 PM.Sydney based post-punk outfit Mere Women make loud music that takes you on a journey through big open spaces. Read more Audio

2:05 PM.Pitchfork called her a leader in the next generation of indie rock and the "wisest teenage indie rocker we know", now Snail Mail, aka Lindsey Jordan has finally released her debut album. She speaks to… Read more Video, Audio

1:20 PM.Wellington buskers-turned-Spotify darlings Drax Project yesterday embarked the tour a lifetime: supporting the most streamed solo female artist of all time – Camila Cabello, on her string of sold-out… Read more Video, Audio

1:05 PM.Anna Coddington is throwing a fundraiser for her son's Kōhanga Reo pre-school and because she is Anna Coddington, she will be joined by Julia Deans and Anika Moa (of course). Is this the first show of… Read more Video, Audio

12:00 PM.On this week's Pocket Edition we talk to American indie wunderkind Snail Mail and Sydney post-punkers Mere Women. Read more Audio

12:17 PM.In his new book Sound System: The Political Power of Music, English musician Dave Randall explores musical movements that have inspired social change - and urges people to "get stuck into… Read more Video, Audio

7:30 PM.Nick Bollinger listens to the international debut of formerly Wellington-based soul singer Deva Mahal. Read more Audio

7:30 PM.Nick Bollinger considers the hard-road song-tales of Bernie Griffen. Read more Audio

5:00 PM.This week's RNZ Music Mixtape selector is drummer Myele Manzanza. The accomplished musician who's played across jazz, RnB, and hip-hop shares some tracks that have inspired his sound. Read more Video, Audio

5:00 PM.In this week's Pocket Edition, Alex Behan learns some Samoan with the help of Anoymouz and Tha Movement; Jana Whitta hosts Corduroy Cape - The Persnicketty Mixtape with Soaked Oats, Being, Ha the… Read more Audio

3:20 PM.A meeting of minds between electronic producer Fis and taonga pūoro player Rob Thorne resulted in Clear Stones, an experimental album that saw the duo invited to play shows around Europe. Ahead of… Read more Audio

1:05 PM.South Auckland rapper Tha Movement (David Saotupe) and beat-maker Anonymouz (Matthew Faiumu Salapu) tell Alex Behan how Samoan language and culture enriches their lives and their work. Read more Video, Audio

1:00 PM.New Zealand Music Month has been running for 17 years. Alex Behan asks the people who were there from the start to tell its story: how it began, what it's achieved and where it's going next. Read more Video, Audio

7:30 PM.Three years on from a spectacular debut album, how does Courtney Barnett really feel? Nick Bollinger listens to her latest and offers his conclusions. Read more Audio

5:00 PM.Local hip-hop heavyweight King Kapisi was the first hip-hop artist ever to win the Silver Scroll - NZ's most coveted songwriting award - back in 1999. These days he's a father, grandfather, basketball… Read more Video, Audio

4:00 PM.Australian R&B producer/singer Oscar Key Sung on how his visa woes set him on his own Berlin-inspired musical adventure. Read more Video, Audio

3:10 PM.We discuss with Matthew Young the long road towards his excellent new E.P. Read more Audio

2:10 PM.Wellington hip-hop artist dropped into the RNZ studios to perform his songs 'Kia Tau' and 'Rangatira', from his new te reo Māori EP Rangatira. Read more Video, Audio

1:09 PM.We check out the Vodafone Pacific Music Awards Audio

12:00 PM.In this week's Pocket Edition we talk to te reo rapper Rei, and Melbourne pop musician Oscar Key Sung. Read more Audio

1:34 PM.The creator of legendary Wellington club nights Atomic and 24 Hour Party People, Bill E has been getting crowds dancing to New Wave and synth pop for over 20 years. For NZ Music month he's playing a… Read more Video, Audio

7:30 PM.Nick Bollinger reviews a brassy, gaudy - and at times surprisingly restrained - set from Tami Neilson. Read more Video, Audio

5:00 PM.In this week's Pocket Edition, Kirsten Johnstone speaks with Courtney Barnett about her new album Tell Me How You Really Feel. Alex Behan speaks with Sola Rosa about his latest release and Auckland's… Read more Audio

4:00 PM.Rick Bryant has been the vocalist and bandleader in bands like Original Sin, Mammal, Blerta, Rick Bryant and the Jive Bombers, The Jubilation Gospel Choir and the Windy City Strugglers. Here he talks… Read more Audio