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Still Here Season 2 is a warm reflection of Auckland's Pasifika community
3:00 PM.The soundtrack to the web series focusing on Auckland's inner-city Pasifika community features music performed by members of Leao and Noa Records. Read more Audio
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The new album by UK collective SAULT is excellent... but you can't listen to it
4:00 PM.The elusive UK soul collective present a one-track album that celebrates spirituality. Read more Audio
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1990s cult hitmakers The Folk Implosion return with Walk Thru Me
4:00 PM.Lou Barlow's indie pop duo reunite for another mix of the heartfelt and experimental. Read more Video, Audio
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Clairo's Charm is tasteful and tightly controlled, but definitely worth your time
3:15 PM.The soft-pop superstar reappears with an extra shot of soul on her third album. Read more Audio
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Texan band Loma partly recorded their new album in an end-of-life centre
3:00 PM.Tony Stamp chats to the art-rock trio over four timezones about their third album How Will I Live Without a Body. Read more Audio
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UK rapper Niko B navigates small town life in his early twenties on Dog Eat Dog Food World
4:00 PM.The UK rapper's debut comes four years after he found viral success in his teens, and finds him somewhat more grown up. Read more Video, Audio
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Ghana Special 2 celebrates the music of the Ghanaian diaspora during the 1980s
4:00 PM.The latest compilation from Soundway documents the burger-highlife music made by West-African emigrants. Read more Audio
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AMA-winner Amamelia on three favourite musical subgenres
4:00 PM.The winner of Best Electronic Artist at the 2024 Aotearoa Music Awards joins Tony to talk him through three of her favourite musical subgenres. Read more Audio
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Songwriter: An album of previously-unheard Johnny Cash songs
9:00 AM.The posthumous return of the Man in Black features a collection of demos recorded in the early '90s, discovered and repurposed by his son, John Carter Cash. Read more Video, Audio
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Salvia Palth's follows the worldwide sensation of his debut with a surprise second LP
4:00 PM.Eleven years after his incredibly successful first album, the Wellington-based musician returns with a slightly more hi-fi collection of bedroom pop. Read more Audio
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Kaytranada is sonically sweaty on Timeless
4:00 PM.The Grammy-winning producer returns with a dancefloor behemoth, crammed with special guests. Read more Video, Audio
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Jess Coenelius: 'It’s not like there’s a huge canon of rock musicians singing about parenthood, you know?'
4:00 PM.The NZ-born singer-songwriter is now based in Los Angeles after 18 years in Melbourne, and receiving glowing reviews for the first two albums released under her own name. Read more Video, Audio
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Auckland musician Joe Ghatt is endearingly aimless on Caper
3:00 PM.Tony Stamp reviews the local guitar-slinger's psychedelic new LP. Read more Video, Audio
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Review: Eight Pointed Star by Marina Allen
4:00 PM.The Californian musician's third album is placid and pretty, but its lyrics pack a punch. Read more Video, Audio
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Review: As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again by The Decemberists
4:00 PM.The Portland band's latest feels like a look back through their 24 year catalogue, but Colin Meloy's writing is still sharp. Read more Video, Audio
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Interview: Rachel Ashby
4:00 PM.A debrief with the former 95bFM Breakfast host about her five years in the role, and some songs she enjoyed along the way. Read more Audio
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Death and the Maiden plumb fraught depths while staying danceable on Uneven Ground
3:00 PM.The Dunedin trio continue to produce 'dance music that's not afraid to be sad' on their third album. Read more Video, Audio
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Ann Annie on his "epic and fantastical" aural landscapes
4:05 PM.The Portland musician's new album is an inviting mix of ambient and neo-classical, involving acoustic guitar; upright bass; cello; and clarinet, all of which he taught himself. Read more Video, Audio
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Jess Cornelius processes pregnancy and heartache on new album
9:00 AM.The always-candid LA-based expat processes pregnancy, heartache and ecological fears via expert, invigorating songcraft. Read more Video, Audio
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South Korean DJ Peggy Gou cops a lot of hate. But is it just sour grapes?
9:00 AM.South Korean DJ Peggy Gou is phenomenally successful. Her social media feed can blur into a montage of beaches, restaurants, fashion shows, and adoring crowds. Read more Video, Audio
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Seth Frightening aims to unsettle on his long-awaited new LP
4:00 PM.The ex-pat neo-folk artist's name might serve as a warning, but his return after nine years is more bracingly original than scary. Read more Audio
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Interview: Lilly Carron
4:00 PM.The Muriwai-based singer-songwriter reflects on the inspirations and collaborations behind her new EP And the Clouds Came Undone. Read more Audio
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Night Reign is another essential album from Arooj Aftab
3:00 PM.The Pakistani singer's follow up to her breakthrough Vulture Prince is just as stately and serene, further establishing her as a fiercely unique artist. Read more Video, Audio
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Earth Tongue's Great Haunting is a willfully weird blast of riff-heavy rock
9:00 AM.The local duo generate enough noise to fill several stadiums, and fill their songs with a spooky type of myth-making. Read more Video, Audio
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Arab Strap are not fine at all on new LP I’m totally fine with it
4:00 PM.The acerbic Scottish duo are in particularly good form, thirty years after their inception, on an album that takes aim at social media. Read more Video, Audio
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