The Sampler

Nick Bollinger samples the introspective electronica of Pacific Heights. Read more Audio

On May 8th, genre-defying Oxfordshire quintet Radiohead released their ninth album, A Moon Shaped Pool. To explore its depths and details, Nick Bollinger has called a Sampler Summit with local… Read more Video, Audio

Nick Bollinger reviews a set of surreal and romantic duets by Sam Beam and Jesca Hoop. Read more Audio

Nick Bollinger discusses the innovations and irritations of Canadian-born rapper Drake. Read more Audio

Nick Bollinger digests a New York-inspired album from transplanted Texans Parquet Courts. Read more Audio

In The Sampler this week Nick Bollinger convenes a Sampler Summit to discuss Lemonade, the new visual album by Beyoncé. Our panellists are ethnomusicologist Savali Andrews, musician and writer Jessie… Read more Video, Audio

Nick Bollinger surveys an epic first album from Auckland's Mice On Stilts. Read more Audio

Nick Bollinger delights in the existentialist groove-pop of Welllington's Joe Blossom. Read more Audio

Nick Bollinger reviews recent local garage rock releases from The Situations, The Raw Nerves, The Conjurors and The Cavemen. Read more Audio

Nick Bollinger discusses the front-line dispatches of PJ Harvey's The Hope Six Demolition Project. Read more Video, Audio