RNZ Music

US band Warpaint were in New Zealand for two shows last week. Drummer Stella Mozgawa and Bass player Jenny Lee Lindberg spoke to Elliott Childs backstage at San Fran in Wellington. Read more Audio

Neill and Thom from Auckland rock band Villainy talk to Yadana Saw about people getting their name wrong, their current tour of NZ and which fictional criminal mastermind they relate to most. Audio

Nadia shows us the places that mean the most to her, and takes a trip down memory lane, returning to the high school where she discovered her love of folk music and formed a bond with other musicians.

Paddy Free is one half of pioneering NZ electronic act Pitch Black. He's collaborated with top musicians including Moana Manipoto, Neil Finn and the NZ Symphony Orchestra, and produced some of this… Read more Video, Audio

Wellington jangle-rock four-piece Terror of the Deep have just released their fourth studio album, The A-Team. Read more Audio

On this week's Pocket Edition Stan Walker tells us about his new single, Milan Borich talks us through the reformation of Pluto, and we meet kiwi teen pop muso Benee. Read more Audio

RNZ Music is stoked to be the first to share the brand new video from Auckland rockers Dead Favours. ‘Misbehaviour’ is the title track off their debut album, which came out in June. Read more Video

Aldous Harding, Tiny Ruins, Alien Weaponry and Anika Moa are among the 20 finalists for New Zealand’s most coveted songwriting award, the Silver Scroll. Read more Audio

Dunedin's Millie Lovelock plays in noisy rock duo Astro Children, but has just released a quiet, introspective album as Repulsive Woman. She talks to Kirsten Johnstone about how studying boy-band One… Read more Audio

Maimoa Music crew member Pere Wihongi has released his first solo song 'High on Ingoingo' to encourage and inspire rangatahi. Pere speaks to Yadana Saw about being the brightest thing out of Herekino.

Benee is a nineteen-year-old singer from Grey Lynn in Auckland, who recently signed a deal with Republic Records, home to some of the world's biggest pop stars. Read more Audio

Stan Walker wrote 'Give' in response to the Christchurch mosque attacks. He performs it live in the RNZ studio. Read more Video, Audio