Song Crush

Host Kirsten Johnstone with six new songs you need to hear! This week's guests are Anji Sami from Auckland band She's So Rad, and Danielle Street, host of the new music show on Auckland's student… Read more Video, Audio

Anti-capitalist disco, uplifting English indie-pop, Jamaican reggae soul and soul soothing ambient music are all part of the Song Crush mix this week.  Read more Video, Audio

On Song Crush this week we sample everything from French pop to Lyttelton folk, before blasting off alongside sci-fi space operatics. Read more Audio

The Song Crush team have self-empowerment anthems and songs that pose existential questions amongst their varied selections this week  Read more Audio

Some sad-ass – but gorgeous - songs from the Song Crush team this week, as well as a long lost gem from the post-punk-funk scene in Melbourne, and an up and coming rapper from Dunedin. Read more Video, Audio

Ethereal Nordic classical-pop, retro yacht-rock, and Flying Nun-esque jangle are all part of the Song Crush team's high rotate this week.  Read more Video, Audio

The first Song Crush of the year has some songs nostalgic for the 80s, as well as some up-and-coming local musicians and more. Host Kirsten Johnstone is joined by Tony Stamp and Waveney Russ.  Read more Video, Audio

RNZ is unable to publish any content with commercially-released music to podcast platforms, but Song Crush is available on our website at rnz.co.nz/song-crush Read more Audio

Ballads for the end of the world, torch songs for broken hearts, political missives for everyone, and a glimmer of hope in them all. It’s Song Crush’s 2019 wrap of the (international) songs they’ve… Read more Video, Audio

It was another strong year for music in Aotearoa, from the internationally acclaimed Aldous Harding and Tiny Ruins, to the grass roots DIY acts just bubbling up. The Song Crush team play some of their… Read more Video, Audio

Art-pop from Moses Sumney and FKA Twigs, a techno soundtrack from Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor, an afrobeat banger, some sad-boy-soul, and some Scottish minimalist dream-pop feature on Song… Read more Video, Audio

All year the Song Crush team have introduced you to new songs they're loving, but this week host Kirsten Johnstone threw the call out to you the listeners, for your favourite tune of 2019. Here's a… Read more Video, Audio